Visual Forensics
Dashboard Screenshot Sandbox
Drop in screenshots of "trading account returns" or dashboard charts a scammer sent you. The educational overlay shows common visual signatures of fake mobile trading interfaces.
Visual signatures of fake trading UIs
- Impossibly smooth equity curve — no drawdowns, no chopHigh
- Returns shown to 4 decimals but no broker name visibleHigh
- Generic "VIP / Premium / Quant" badge with no regulator IDHigh
- Withdrawals locked behind a 'tax' or 'verification fee' modalCritical
- USDT-only deposit addresses (TRC20) on TradFi-styled UIHigh
- Watermarked or pixel-stretched logos copied from real brokersMedium
- Live chat 'account manager' available 24/7 inside the appMedium
- Profit numbers in the same font as the rest of the UI (not chart-rendered)Medium
Authoritative sources
Independent primary sources used to check and corroborate the guidance on this page.
- FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)
Official US channel for reporting internet-enabled fraud and cybercrime.
- US Federal Trade Commission — ReportFraud
Consumer fraud reporting and published enforcement data.
- UK Action Fraud
UK national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime.
- Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre
Canada's central repository for fraud reports and scam alerts.
