Is it a scam? Check the pattern
Someone's offered you a crypto opportunity and something feels off. Answer honestly — the questions test your situation against the patterns in scams actually reported to Australian authorities. Nothing you answer is stored or sent anywhere.
The full field guide to how these operations work — pig butchering, fake platforms, the crypto ATM pipeline — is in our scam playbook, and the vocabulary is decoded in the jargon guide.
FAQ
How reliable is this checker?
It tests your situation against the patterns that appear in virtually every crypto scam reported to Scamwatch and AUSTRAC — guaranteed returns, unsolicited contact, seed phrase requests, fees-to-withdraw. A high score means the pattern matches known scams closely. A low score is NOT a clean bill of health: sophisticated scams pass casual inspection, which is why the base rules still apply.
I think I've already been scammed — what now, in order?
Stop all contact and send nothing more, especially not "recovery fees". Contact your bank and any exchange you paid from immediately — speed matters for freezing transfers. Report to ReportCyber (cyber.gov.au) and Scamwatch. Keep every message and receipt. And be ready for the follow-up scam: "recovery agents" who contact victims promising to retrieve funds for an upfront fee are the same industry's second act.
Is my answer data stored anywhere?
No — the checker runs entirely in your browser. Nothing is transmitted, stored or tracked.
General information only. This tool matches patterns; it cannot verify any specific offer. When in doubt, the safe answer is always no — legitimate investments survive a week of thinking.