SCAM & FRAUD INTELLIGENCE
Verify before you click, pay or trust.
Fresh scam warnings, evidence-led checks and practical next steps for suspicious messages, websites, calls and payment requests.
LATEST SCAM WARNINGS
Payment requests to check twice.
Explore our published guides to payment diversion, hotel-booking messages, digital wallets and Marketplace handovers.
New: sales-season shopping checks
A countdown is running. The shop still needs checking. Read our Black Friday shopping-scam guide →
A genuine email. Fraudulent bank details.
An expected invoice and a familiar sender can still lead to the wrong account. Explore the payment-diversion trap.
Your real hotel booking. A false payment request.
Why correct reservation details do not establish that a payment message is genuine.
The passcode that adds your card to another wallet
A genuine bank code may authorise something you never intended. Read the wallet-setup warning.
The buyer’s screen says paid. Your account does not.
Marketplace handovers, false payment information and the check to make before releasing goods.
OUR STANDARD
A repeatable standard, not a hunch.
CLAIM
What is actually being asserted?
EVIDENCE
What can actually be verified?
TEST
Does the evidence hold up to scrutiny?
VERDICT
Graded by evidential strength, V1–V5.
ACTION
What should you actually do about it?
OUR EVIDENCE SCALE
Every conclusion is graded, not asserted.
We grade findings by evidential strength, not by tone or confidence.
Unverified
A claim or lead without adequate supporting evidence.
Indicated
Some credible evidence exists, but important gaps remain.
Corroborated
Evidence from more than one credible source supports the core claim.
Strongly Verified
Strong authoritative or independently testable evidence supports the claim, with any remaining limitations stated.
Verified
The claim is established to TVD’s highest evidential standard from authoritative evidence.
WHAT WE COVER
Common fraud risks, explained clearly.
Impersonation, Voice Cloning & Urgent Requests
How impersonation scams work, what cloned or manipulated voices can and cannot prove, and the independent checks to make before trusting an urgent request.
Deepfakes, AI Images & Manipulated Media
What to look for in suspicious video, audio and images, how to check the source, and why AI-detection tools should never be treated as infallible.
Suspicious Investment & Financial Websites
Simple checks for suspicious investment offers and financial websites: who operates them, whether claimed regulation can be verified, how old the domain is, and which warning signs deserve caution.
Payment Scams & Changed Bank Details
How to handle unexpected payment requests or changed bank details: stop, verify the request through a trusted route and avoid relying on the contact details in the message itself.
Fake Documents, Messages & Online Evidence
How to preserve and assess suspicious documents, screenshots, messages and files without overstating what metadata or appearance alone can prove.
Scam Warning Signs & Checklists
Reusable warning-sign lists and simple checking routines designed to help readers slow down, verify independently and avoid being rushed into a decision.
WHO IT IS FOR
For anyone trying to make sense of a suspicious situation.
The Verification Desk is written for the public first: people who receive an unexpected message, payment request, investment offer, suspicious call or unusual document and want to know what to check next. Professionals are welcome too, but this is an awareness and education site, not a consultancy or investigation service.
- People targeted by scams
- Families helping relatives
- Online buyers & sellers
- Small businesses and sole traders
- Community groups and educators
- Anyone wanting a second check before acting
LATEST GUIDES
Warning signs, checks and next steps.
Plain-English guides, evidence-led explainers and practical checklists to help you spot warning signs and decide what to do next.
Evidence Before Certainty
Why verification requires a repeatable evidential method, and the discipline to say inconclusive.
Can You Trust This Voice Note?
A practical framework for testing executive audio, cloning claims and urgent payment instructions.
The 30-Minute Subscription Audit
A structured audit to expose recurring costs, reduce financial leakage and restore control.
Need practical next steps?
If you think you may have been targeted by a scam or fraud, start by slowing the situation down, preserving the evidence and using the appropriate official reporting route. Our guides explain the practical steps.
