Anti-scam

Protege capital y datos antes de que sea tarde.

Anti-scam educates users to recognise fraud, manipulation, unrealistic promises, fake brokers, fake gurus, pump & dump, romance scams, pig butchering, miracle bots and clone platforms.

Essential for retail, crypto, exchange, trading bot and community audiences — complement to Psychology (emotional manipulation) and AI, Big Data & Quantum Finance (what AI can and cannot do).

SEC Investor.gov flags: unlicensed operators, aggressive sellers, promises "too good to be true", guaranteed returns, "risk-free" opportunities. FBI describes pig butchering and crypto investment fraud among the most damaging. FINRA documents pump & dump: accumulate, promote, dump on final buyers.

Frequent red flags

Signal	Why it's suspicious
Guaranteed returns	No legitimate market guarantees profits
Risk-free / paid secret	Marketing, not education
P&L screenshots	Easily faked
«AI bot» without audit	Black box + broker affiliate
Time pressure	«Last spots», urgent deposit bonus
Opaque offshore broker	Licence not verifiable on regulator site
Signals without drawdown	Incomplete track record
Five-figure training	Often more profitable than trading
Recovery scam	«We recover your lost funds» — second fraud

Terms to link

Término	Status
Pump and dump	Pump and dump
Rug pull	Rug pull
Pig butchering / Romance scam	Pig butchering Romance scam
Fake exchange / Fake broker / Clone website	Fake exchange Fake broker Clone website
Recovery scam	Recovery scam
Signal group scam	Signal group scam
Fake trading bot / Fake prop firm	Fake trading bot (scam)Fake prop firm
Phishing / Seed phrase theft / Wallet drainer	Phishing (trading/crypto)Seed phrase theft Wallet drainer
Social engineering	Social engineering (slang)
Wash trading / Spoofing / Market manipulation	Wash trading Spoofing
Ponzi / Guaranteed returns	Ponzi scheme Guaranteed returns (red flag)
Honeypot / Rug check	Honeypot Rug check
Red flags / Due diligence	Red flags Due diligence
Aggressive CFD marketing	CFD
Market maker conflict	Market Maker

Protection checklist

Regulation — Verify licence (FCA, SEC, ASIC…) on the regulator site, not only the broker.
Risk — Costs, spread, leverage, deposit/withdrawal terms.
Track record — Verified history with scepticism (audit, letters — not screenshots).
Separation — Never give passwords, 2FA or «account management» to strangers.
Education before deposit — At least Recorrido Bronce.
AI promises — Read AI, Big Data & Quantum Finance for real limits.

Institutional sources

Entity	Role
SEC Investor.gov	Investment red flags
CFTC	Commodity/crypto fraud
FBI	Pig butchering, cyber fraud
FINRA	Pump & dump, brokers
FinCEN	AML, crypto
Chainalysis / TRM Labs	On-chain intelligence (crypto)

Enlaces

Resource	Content
Psychology	FOMO, social pressure
AI, Big Data & Quantum Finance	Realistic AI vs marketing
Systematic trading	Validation vs «miracle system»
CFD	Instrument often abused in marketing

Recommended path

Red flags — overview
Due diligence on brokers
Psychology — why we fall for it
AI, Big Data & Quantum Finance — fraudulent AI bots
Recorrido Bronce — foundation before depositing