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Replica sites
A faithful copy of the interface on a domain that is almost right.
Gives it away: The domain is the only reliable check.
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Know the Scam: Telling the Real Service From the Fakes
A legitimate service attracts imitations, and the imitations are the actual risk. Know the Scam is the project SimpleSwap publishes to document them — how a clone, a fake support account or a bonus script is built, and what gives each away.
Three patterns trade directly on the brand and lead this page. Nine broader ones follow.
Three that borrow the brand
Each links to its full write-up in Know Scam on the SimpleSwap blog.
Know ScamAug 31, 2026
Phishing that looks correct
The tells people were taught no longer apply to current copies.
Gives it away: Navigate there directly, never via a message.
Read the breakdown →
Know ScamAug 12, 2026
Standing permissions
A single approval that lets a contract move tokens whenever it chooses.
Gives it away: Check the scope of the signature.
Read the breakdown →Nine wider patterns
- Manufactured trust. A patient relationship that terminates at an investment platform. Read →
- Fabricated endorsements. Generated video of a known face promising doubled returns. Read →
- Bots around your order. Automated traders profit from the gap between your quote and your fill. Read →
- Address lookalikes. A near-match planted in history for a future copy-paste. Read →
- Swapped on paste. Malware replaces the copied address before it lands. Read →
- Tokens that will not sell. Blocked exits or vanished liquidity, by design. Read →
- Fraudulent bonus offers. Scripts that promise rewards and take credentials instead. Read →
- Impersonated helpers. Fake support answers public questions to reach people mid-problem. Read →
- Unrequested tokens. A claim page waiting behind a balance you never asked for. Read →
Run this check first
Six signals to rule out before you look at anything else.
- Manufactured urgencyA deadline you did not set.
- Guaranteed returnsNothing on-chain provides one.
- A request for your seed phraseNo service needs it, ever.
- Contact you did not startThe approach arrived first.
- Pressure to move platformsInto a channel that keeps no record.
- A fee to release your fundsYour own money has no paywall.
Establishing you are on the genuine site
simpleswap.io only
Any other domain carrying the name is a copy, however exact the interface.
The address bar decides
Logos, colours and layout clone in minutes. The domain does not.
A padlock is not identity
HTTPS encrypts the connection. Phishing sites hold valid certificates too.
No wallet connection
Standard swaps never require one, and never a seed phrase.
Support starts where you did
An account that contacts you first did not come from SimpleSwap.
Transfers do not reverse
Once confirmed there is no chargeback, so the check belongs before you send.
The original write-ups
Each summary here comes from the SimpleSwap Safety Academy, maintained as new variants surface.