Scams and fraud

See scams before the money moves, and find who runs them.

Azonic Lighthouse warns you while a scam is still being advertised. Azonic Vantage traces the accounts, numbers, wallets and mule accounts to the people running it.

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Scam adverts and promoted offers from social media and the open web

AdvertGuaranteed weekly returns on a starter depositSame operation
Promoted offerFree trading course this week onlySame operation
AdvertThe crypto fund a famous presenter backsSame operation
Promoted offerGovernment-backed savings bond, few places leftSame operation
AdvertTurn your pension into monthly incomeSame operation
AdvertRetire early with one simple appSame operation
Promoted offerGold trading from home, no experienceSame operation
AdvertDouble your savings before the deadlineSame operation

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Scam operationCase openedAdverts and shared details addedTracing the wallet

Scams move faster than any one organisation can follow.

Scams are run by organised networks. They advertise on social media, move people into private chats and fake websites, then move the money through mule accounts and cash it out through crypto exchanges.

Police later investigate the network behind all of it.

US$15.9bn

Lost to fraud reported by consumers to the FTC in the US in 2025

Across 3 million fraud reports. Investment scams caused about half of all reported losses.

Source: US Federal Trade Commission, Testimony to Congress, Mar 2026

C$704m+

Lost to fraud reported to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre in 2025

Reported losses since 2022 now top C$2.4 billion. The centre says only 5% to 10% of frauds are reported.

Source: Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, News release, Mar 2026

A$2.18bn

Lost to scams reported in Australia in 2025

Up 7.8% on 2024, across 274,577 reports with a loss. Investment scams caused the largest losses, at A$837.7m.

Source: National Anti-Scam Centre, Targeting Scams 2025

NZ$265m

Lost to scams and fraud reported by 12 New Zealand banks over a year

Gross reported fraud over the past 12 months, from the first Payments NZ Reported Fraud Monitor, published in November 2025.

Source: MBIE Consumer Protection, Media release, Nov 2025

£576.4m

Lost to authorised push payment scams in the UK in 2025

Up 19% on 2024, across 248,070 cases. Banks returned £354.3m of it to victims.

Source: UK Finance, Annual Fraud Report 2026

€4.2bn

In fraudulent payments reported across the European Economic Area in 2024

Up 17% on 2023. Fraudulent credit transfers reached €2.5bn and card fraud €1.3bn.

Source: EBA and ECB, Report on Payment Fraud 2025

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Four organisations each see one part of the same scam.

Lighthouse flags a crypto advert with a fake celebrity endorsement. The platform sees the advert, the telco the number victims call, the bank the mule accounts they pay into and the exchange the cash-out. Vantage joins the parts and identifies the controller directing the mules.

Disrupt scams sooner, and build the case against the people running them.

Vantage

Links reports to the people running the scam.

Connects the reports
Links the numbers, wallets, profiles and domains shared across many reports to the operation running them.
Follows the money
With your account data connected, traces funds through mule accounts to the crypto exchanges where the money is cashed out, and separates the mules from the people directing them.
Drafts the report
Drafts a cited report for police, your financial intelligence unit or a reimbursement decision. Your team approves every report before it leaves.

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Lighthouse

Warns you while the scam is still being advertised.

Scam adverts and fake sites
Flags fake endorsements, impersonated brands and fake investment sites as they are promoted.
Early indicators
Phone numbers, wallets, links and profiles tied to live scams, fed into the detection you already run.
Evidence for a takedown
Each alert carries what a platform, registrar or regulator needs to act on it.

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Who this is for.

Common questions.

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Does this replace our fraud detection or transaction monitoring?

No. Lighthouse adds indicators from before the payment, and they feed the detection you already run. Vantage works alongside your monitoring and case management, and results go back into them.

Does Vantage cover money laundering?

Yes. Vantage traces scam proceeds through mule accounts to the crypto exchanges where the money is cashed out, using your own account data and outside sources, and separates the mules from the people directing them.

Can a bank and the police both use Azonic?

Yes. Each organisation runs Azonic in its own environment and works the scam from its own side, and shares an approved copy of a report with the other side.

What does Lighthouse watch?

Social media, forums and the open web, including scam adverts and promoted offers, focused on the scams your customers or the public see most. Your team sets the coverage.

Who decides what happens next?

Your team. Investigators direct the work, accept or reject each link Vantage proposes and approve every report before it leaves the case. Every action is logged.

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