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Search a business, person, website, phone number or wallet address. We compare it with our moderated records and recent multi-source news coverage.
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Adjudicated cases and independently assessed warning signals—summarised with sources, responses, denials and careful qualifications.
Editorial illustrationCoinDrop.trade cryptocurrency exchanger
Cryptocurrency exchange · Transaction disputes · Russia · Cross-border customers
Evidence updated through 28 August 2026
Independent risk assessment · not a legal finding
Editorial illustrationBestChange.com cryptocurrency-exchange directory
Exchange directory · Consumer complaints · International
Evidence updated through 28 August 2026
Independent risk assessment · not a legal finding
Editorial illustrationLookalike shops promoted through paid and organic social posts
Online shopping · Impersonation · International
Evidence updated through 20 August 2026
Current multi-source warning
Editorial illustrationDistributed recovery and refund scam campaigns
Advance-fee fraud · Impersonation · International
Evidence updated through 12 August 2026
Current multi-source warning
Editorial illustrationOnline coercion using intimate images or fabricated sexual material
Extortion · Online safety · International
Evidence updated through 24 July 2026
Current multi-source warning
Editorial illustrationCopied property adverts and advance-payment demands
Housing · Advance-fee fraud · International
Evidence updated through 10 July 2026
Current multi-source warning
Reference archive
FTX, Theranos and OneCoin remain available as archival profiles after the current warnings.
Editorial illustrationFTX and Sam Bankman-Fried
Cryptocurrency exchange · United States · Global customers
Evidence updated through 12 June 2026
Archival multi-source summary
Editorial illustrationTheranos, Elizabeth Holmes and Ramesh Balwani
Health technology · United States
Evidence updated through 22 December 2025
Archival multi-source summary
Editorial illustrationOneCoin, Karl Sebastian Greenwood and Ruja Ignatova
Cryptocurrency · Multi-level marketing · International
Evidence updated through 3 April 2024
Archival multi-source summary
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