How it works
What we do
Phended Trace reads publicblockchain data. When you paste a wallet address, we ask Bitcoin or Ethereum's public ledger for every outgoing transaction from that wallet, and then for every outgoing transaction from those wallets, and so on for a few hops.
Why “known exchange” matters
Cryptocurrency is hard to recover once it's moved. But the moment a scammer cashes out at a regulated exchange (Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, etc.), they had to identify themselves to that exchange. Police and the exchange's compliance team can act on that. Our job is to point at that handoff so your scam report has something actionable in it.
What we can't do
- We do not recover funds. Nobody legitimate offers this service.
- We can't see what happened inside a mixer like Tornado Cash — that's the whole point of a mixer.
- We don't yet follow ERC20 token transfers (USDT, USDC, scam tokens) on Ethereum. ETH-only for now.
- We don't cover every blockchain. BTC and ETH only at launch. Tron-USDT (where most pig-butchering money lands) is on the roadmap.
What to do next
Take the trace report and attach it to your filing:
- Canada: Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre
- USA: IC3 (FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center)
- Your local police non-emergency line.