The Name on the Loan
A $290,795 PPP loan was made in the name of someone who never applied, an indictment says. How names end up on loans, and the mail to watch for.
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.
- Loan identity theft
- Pig butchering
Six in the Evening, Dubai Time
Inside Dubai scam centers, from FBI sworn statements: a night shift for U.S. victims, a pay sheet, a copied script, and a fee that never ends.
- Fund recovery
Eight Pages, One of Them Yours
No judge, no hearing. The DOJ's own form, rule and manual show who reviews a petition for remission, what they check, and how long it takes.
- Investment fraud aftermath
The Line for the Money
When the government seizes billions from a fraud, the victims are not the only ones in line. A live federal docket shows who else filed, and who goes first.
- Government impersonation
Four Callers, One Script
The caller who tells you that you are a suspect is reading a script someone else wrote. A federal affidavit lays out all four of its phases, in order.
- Fake trading app
The Shop Window and the Till
The site that sells the investment and the app that holds the money have unrelated names on purpose. An FBI affidavit shows the design, and the check.