Celebrity Crypto Giveaway Deepfake: How It Works
A verified channel, a famous face and an offer to double your crypto. How the celebrity giveaway deepfake works, with FBI, NYDFS, Google and NYT figures.
Know the next one before it knows you.
This site publishes what people report: the phone numbers, links and handles that contacted them, what the scam asked for, and how much was lost. Search a string before you answer it. Every moderated report becomes a page, so the next person finds the warning in time.
How each scam actually works
Every scam runs on a method. Published, it stops working on everybody who has read it — so we catalogue the ones already known and work out the new ones while they are still spreading.
- Celebrity impersonation
Fake tech support Fake Microsoft Security Alert: The Phone Number Is the Scam
A full-screen Microsoft security alert with a phone number is an advertisement, not a warning. Microsoft says its error messages never include a number.
- Free prize or giveaway
Free Prize Scam: Why 'Just Pay Shipping' Is the Scam
Why strangers give away a free PS5 or iPhone and then ask you to cover shipping. The advance-fee prize scam explained, with FTC, FBI and BBB figures.
- Investment fraud
Pig Butchering Scam: How the Wrong-Number Text Works
How the pig butchering scam turns a wrong-number text into a crypto account you can never withdraw from, with FBI, DOJ, Chainalysis and UN figures.