The tool's safety guidance is based primarily on U.S. government consumer-protection and cybercrime resources. Source language is paraphrased rather than copied into the tool.
APA-style references
BCP Staff. (2026, April 30). That job offer text is probably a scam. Federal Trade Commission. https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2026/04/job-offer-text-probably-scam
Used for unexpected text/WhatsApp/Telegram job outreach, pay-to-get-paid patterns, and task-style job warnings.
BCP Staff. (2025, June 24). How to avoid work-from-home job scams. Federal Trade Commission. https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2025/06/how-avoid-work-home-job-scams
Used for independent company research, never paying for the promise of a job, and fake-check warnings.
Federal Trade Commission. (2024, December 12). Paying to get paid: Gamified job scams drive record losses. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/data-visualizations/data-spotlight/2024/12/paying-get-paid-gamified-job-scams-drive-record-losses
Used for task-scam patterns including ratings/likes, “optimization,” deposits, and cryptocurrency.
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internet Crime Complaint Center. (2024, June 4). Scammers defraud individuals via work-from-home scams. https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2024/PSA240604
Used for work-from-home task-scam red flags, crypto-payment warnings, unsolicited messages, and protecting personal/financial information.
BCP Staff. (2026, February 24). How to avoid a side hustle scam. Federal Trade Commission. https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2026/02/how-avoid-side-hustle-scam
Used for big-money/little-effort, urgency, up-front payment, and independent-research signals.
BCP Staff. (2025, December 3). Can you unbox the signs of a reshipping scam? Federal Trade Commission. https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2025/12/can-you-unbox-signs-reshipping-scam
Used for work-from-home package receiving, repackaging, and reshipping warnings.
Miller, T. (2024, July 22). Looking for a job? Spot the scams. Federal Trade Commission. https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2024/07/looking-job-spot-scams
Used for payment/check warnings and independent research of companies and recruiters.
Vercel, Inc. (2026, June 1). Privacy notice. https://vercel.com/legal/privacy-notice
Referenced for the hosting/analytics disclosure on the Privacy page.
Official reporting resources
If you believe you encountered fraud, official reporting options include ReportFraud.ftc.gov and the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center at IC3.gov.
How citations are used
Citations credit the factual guidance used to design the review rules. They do not mean the government agencies endorse this project. The project does not reproduce agency logos or long copyrighted passages.
Sources initially reviewed October 17, 2026. External pages may change after that date.