This page records the factual errors corrected on this site: which page, what it said, what it was changed to, and why. The table currently has 8 entries, five dated 2026-10-13 and three dated 2026-09-16.
Which changes are recorded here
Only corrections that could affect a reader's judgment or actions:
- factual errors (a mechanism, a rule or a piece of official information stated wrongly);
- outdated information (a scam method or platform rule has changed and the original text is no longer accurate);
- wording that could lead a reader to a wrong conclusion.
Typos, layout changes and minor rewording are not recorded.
Correction log
| Date | Page | Original | Corrected to | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 | The "where to report" section on each page, and Police Call Says Move Crypto to a “Safe Account”: Is It a Scam? | Pages listed different reporting channels. Several gave only US channels as plain text and named the UK service as "Action Fraud". Mainland China's channels were worded differently on some pages | One set of channels across the site, each with a link: US FBI IC3 and FTC; UK Report Fraud; Australia ReportCyber and Scamwatch; the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre; Hong Kong's ADCC helpline 18222 and Scameter; Taiwan's 165 hotline; in mainland China, 110 or the nearest police station, with the National Anti-Fraud Center app for tip-offs | The UK service is now called Report Fraud. Channels were written and linked differently from page to page |
| 2026-10-13 | Affiliate Disclosure and the guide "How to Sign Up for OKX Without Getting Scammed" | "The rate an invited user gets is between 0% and 20%, set by the inviter". The disclosure page also said "it doesn't change your fee rate" | "A trading-fee discount of up to 20%, subject to OKX's current terms". "It doesn't change your fee rate" was removed. A sentence was added that OKX's services and referral terms differ by country | Two sentences on the disclosure page contradicted each other, and the wording differed between pages |
| 2026-10-13 | Home page, Scam Field Guide, 0 USDT in Your Wallet? How Address Poisoning Works and other pages | "Danger 4" and "Danger 5" scores on cards and the grouping by danger level; counts of scam types ("13 scam types", "14 scams"); figures with no source, such as "about eighty percent of the time" on the address poisoning page | Removed | The scores were our own, with no standard a reader could check. The counts did not match from page to page. We could not find an original source to cite for the other figures |
| 2026-10-13 | Pig Butchering Scams: 7 Stages and What You Can Check | One pig butchering page described four stages and the other seven | Seven stages | The stage count for the same scam did not match, and a reader could not tell which to go by |
| 2026-10-13 | Fake Crypto Exchange Apps: TestFlight, APK Files, How to Check | "Download from only two places: the Apple App Store, or the official download page you reach by typing the official domain yourself"; "you can confirm registration via FINRA BrokerCheck or the FCA register" | Open the exchange's official website, follow its link to the App Store or Google Play, and check the developer name before installing. The BrokerCheck sentence was removed | Imitation apps can be listed in app stores too, and the old wording left out Google Play. BrokerCheck is FINRA's lookup for brokers and brokerage firms and is not a register of crypto exchanges |
| 2026-09-16 | Fake Crypto Exchange Apps: TestFlight, APK Files, How to Check | "The danger isn't at login — it's the moment you move money" | The risk begins when you type in your username and password: the credentials and verification codes reach the scammers first, and after that come fake balances that draw you into depositing and a swapped address when you move money. The steps to take afterwards now include changing the password, revoking other sessions, checking logged-in devices and re-binding 2FA | The original sentence let readers who had only logged in and never deposited think they were safe, which does not match how the attack works |
| 2026-09-16 | Crypto Recovery Scams: “We Can Get Your USDT Back” and the scam overview page | "Anyone who charges a fee first to help you recover is a second-wave scam"; "the real process doesn't take your private money" | Treat it as a recovery scam when three things come together: they approached you, they guarantee recovery, and they want payment first. Reporting costs nothing. Lawyers and blockchain forensics firms may charge for their services, but you have to seek them out yourself, and nobody can guarantee the result | The blanket wording would also have labeled legitimate paid legal services a scam, leaving people afraid to seek help after being defrauded |
| 2026-09-16 | Scam Field Guide | "12 scam types" | "13 scam types" | The field guide covered 13 types at the time, and the count line at the top of the home page was one short. The count was removed on 2026-10-13 |
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