Scam alerts

Six tricks we see every month, the tell for each, and what to do next.

A look-alike in your history

A tiny payment arrives from an address made to copy one you use. Next time you copy from your history, you may pick the wrong line. The app compares every group, so only groups 1 and 8 match here.

Your saved contact (sample)

1k2pw
27xd4
3nn5r
4e9qa
5t3vj
68hzc
74mfy
8wq6e

Copied from history

k2pwgroup 1 matches
3ue8group 2 does not match
rt7kgroup 3 does not match
a5mngroup 4 does not match
x0dcgroup 5 does not match
j2ghgroup 6 does not match
f9slgroup 7 does not match
wq6egroup 8 matches

Only groups 1 and 8 match. This address was planted in your history: do not send, and hide it from the list.

Sample characters, not a real address. Fourfold Wallet (sample) shows every address this way, so you compare all of it, not only the ends.

Six tricks we see every month

The story changes; the ask is the same: send now, or share your words.

Look-alike in your history

A tiny payment arrives from an address that copies the start and end of one you use, so it sits in your history ready to be copied by mistake.

The tell: It matches at the ends and nowhere else.

Clipboard swap

Harmful software on a phone or computer replaces an address you copied with its own between copy and paste.

The tell: The pasted groups differ from the ones you copied.

Fake support

Someone answers your public question within minutes and sends a link that asks for your recovery words.

The tell: Support that found you, instead of you finding it.

Wrong network rescue

After a send to the wrong network, a ‘recovery service’ offers to fetch the coins for a fee paid up front.

The tell: A fee before any result.

Pressure to send now

A caller, a new online friend or a message says a deal, a fine or an account closes in minutes.

The tell: Being rushed is the scam.

Swapped payment codes

A sticker over a payment code on a poster, an invoice or a screen shared in a video call.

The tell: A code you did not get from the person themselves.

If you think you have been scammed

Act in this order. The first two steps matter most.

Stop sending

Pay nothing more, whatever you are promised or threatened with.

Move what is left

If your words may be known, restore to new words and move what remains.

Keep the evidence

Messages, addresses, dates and amounts, as screenshots of the chat, never of your words.

Report it

To the police, your national fraud line, and to us so we can warn others.

Ignore recovery offers

Anyone who offers to get the coins back for a fee is the next scam.

Talk to someone

It happens to careful people. Support will listen and help you with the next steps.