Every assessment is built from primary evidence — sourced, dated and tiered — then independently cross-checked before anything is published. Our method runs 16 sharp passes grouped into three layers, plus 1 cross-cutting red-flag layer (the independent QC & cross-check below); the on-chain passes (9–13) are measurable, not theoretical:
The MLM/Ponzi core: fixed periodic “yield” on a product that doesn't exist yet; tiered buy-in packages; recruitment/affiliate commissions; no usable standalone product; manufactured scarcity & urgency; borrowed credibility; offshore/opaque entities operating unlicensed; and contract ≠ marketing — the promised yield is missing from the binding T&C.
Read directly from the blockchain: contract flags (unverified source, owner-mint/blacklist/pause rights, honeypot — can't sell); token distribution & holder concentration; unlocked or thin liquidity (rug vector); trading integrity (wash-trading, bot-driven price); and fund-flow — where deposits actually go, with lineage to earlier schemes. On-chain detection is live in our scans.
Fake trust signals (unverifiable “audit”, fabricated “KYC/verified” badges, vanity awards, phantom partnerships); team & identity (anonymous / stock-photo / reused identities, reverse-image failures, unverifiable credentials); exit barriers (withdrawal lock-ups, moving goalposts, withdrawal fees/blocks, support going silent); and technical infra-fingerprinting & cross-linking — TLS-cert / favicon / tracker-ID / hosting-IP and code-repo provenance that surfaces the hidden operator cluster behind whois-privacy.
What we publish: sourced red flags and risk levels — not verdicts of guilt. A red flag is not proven fraud, and none of this is investment advice.
Schemes built on recruitment and promised yields require ever-more participants to sustain payouts — and most participants lose. Red flags signal risk, not proven fraud. We document and source them so you can check before you pay. Proof of Scam — independent consumer-protection information, not financial advice.