In one line: ScamLens is an independent crypto scam-awareness site, and we do exactly one thing—take apart the scams ordinary people actually run into and explain them in plain English, so you can recognize them before you send a transfer, sign an approval, or click a link. Below is what we think you have a right to know: who we are, why we built this, what we do and don't do, and how we keep the lights on.
Who we are
We're a few regular people who've spent years around crypto. We're not a "blockchain security lab," and there's no team of dozens behind us—just a small group who've stepped on the rakes ourselves and watched people close to us do the same. One of us clicked a link that "support" sent over. One of us signed an approval to claim an airdrop. One of us kept topping up principal in a "mentor's" group, again and again, before it finally clicked that something was wrong.
Those stories all share one thing: in hindsight, the scam left a trail the whole time—nobody just spelled it out beforehand. We built ScamLens to turn what you "only understand after the fact" into something you know going in.
We run this anonymously. No public personal social accounts, no real names attached. That's a deliberate choice, not a sign we're hiding something. For one, anti-scam content makes enemies of people who run scams for a living, and there's no good reason to leave a trail of personal details lying around. For another, we'd rather you trust the content because it holds up when you check it—not because some person is famous. Anonymous doesn't mean unaccountable: we stand behind every page you read here, we date each one with the month it was last reviewed, and we keep a public corrections log.
Why we built this
In your first year in crypto, the biggest risk usually isn't reading the market wrong—it's getting scammed. A group promising "guaranteed returns," a page that's a pixel-perfect clone of the real exchange, a message saying "your account is frozen and needs to be unlocked"—these things find you earlier than any market move does, and they specifically target newcomers who haven't built up their judgment yet.
There's no shortage of people calling trades or selling you "financial freedom." What's missing is someone patient enough to walk through how a scam actually works, what the warning signs are, and what to do if you're already caught—in language a beginner can follow. That's the gap ScamLens is here to fill.
What we do
- We break scams down. Fake exchanges, knockoff apps, pig butchering, fake support, approval-drain attacks—we take real scams apart one by one and explain how each works, which signals give it away, and what to do if you're already tangled up in it.
- We give you tools and checklists you can actually use. Things like a 30-second scam self-test, an official-domain checker, and a starter safety checklist—so when you're unsure, you've got something to check against.
- We help you find the official channels. A lot of scams start the moment a newcomer walks through the wrong door on step one. We help you understand how to reach a platform safely and how to judge whether an exchange is legit.
What we don't do
Spelling out what we won't touch matters just as much as describing what we do:
Things ScamLens will never get into
- We don't predict the market or call trades—we won't tell you what to buy or when to buy it.
- We don't trade on your behalf—we won't manage your account, and we'll never ask you to send us money to "trade for you."
- We don't charge membership fees or sell "insider signals"—everything is free for everyone. No paid groups, no VIP tier.
- We don't run any "recover your losses" service—anyone who claims they can claw back stolen funds and asks for a fee up front is almost always running a second scam, and we won't go near it.
If anyone DMs you, charges you, offers to trade for you, or promises to recover funds in the name of ScamLens, that is not us—treat it as a scam, full stop.
How we keep the content trustworthy
An anti-scam site that can't keep its own house in order is a joke. We hold ourselves to a few plain rules:
- Every article is dated with the month it was last reviewed, so you know when the information was checked.
- Scam tactics shift, so we come back and update. Whenever a change is substantive, it goes into the public corrections log—we don't quietly edit and pretend nothing happened.
- Where our information comes from, how we verify it, and why we'd rather leave out certain numbers than vouch for them—it's all written up in how we verify.
- When we're not sure about something, we'd rather leave it out than make it up.
Our relationship with the exchange
This part we'll say straight: ScamLens is a referral partner (affiliate partner) of OKX. When you sign up for OKX through the official link on this site and trade, we may earn a share of the trading fees from OKX. It costs you nothing extra, and it doesn't change our willingness to tell you the truth about exchange risk.
We take this arrangement on because it doesn't conflict with what we do: we already recommend that newcomers go through large, regulated exchanges and official channels rather than rolling the dice on search ads and links from strangers. The full explanation of the relationship—and how it's fundamentally different from a pyramid-style "recruit people for rebates" scheme—is in our affiliate disclosure. Please give it a read.
How to reach us
Spotted an error, want to see a particular scam covered, or want to share your own experience? Write to us: privacy@scamlenss.com. We read every email, but please understand we can't provide case-specific legal help or fund-recovery assistance—for a concrete problem, consult a professional or report it to the authorities.
And one more time, since it's the whole point: we don't call trades, we don't trade for you, and we don't charge a cent. We just want to help you avoid one more pitfall. Browse the scam guide, or run whatever you're hesitating over through the scam self-test.