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WebVetted publishes practical scam-prevention guides for people who need to verify a website, seller, recruiter, phone number, email address, marketplace listing, or suspicious image before they trust it.

These pages are written to help you move from a vague concern to a repeatable review process. Instead of relying on one screenshot, one lookup, or one gut feeling, the goal is to show you which signals deserve the most weight and which follow-up checks usually save the most time.

What you will find in this guide hub

Each article focuses on a common risk area such as fake stores, account impersonation, reverse lookups, job scams, and manipulated media. We explain what to check first, what evidence to preserve, and which patterns tend to separate ordinary mistakes from deliberate deception.

• Step-by-step verification checklists for common scam scenarios.
• Examples of the strongest trust and risk signals.
• Suggestions for which WebVetted detector to use next.
• Cross-links to scam encyclopedia pages and supporting trust pages.

How to use these guides

Start with the article that best matches the story you are being told. If the situation involves a website, begin with the website checker guide. If the scam claim is arriving through a recruiter, marketplace seller, or direct message, choose the guide that matches the contact channel first.

When a claim still feels unclear, use the article as a checklist while you collect evidence. Preserve links, usernames, phone numbers, screenshots, payment requests, refund terms, and any off-platform contact instructions before the other party edits or deletes them.

Why these checks matter

Modern scams often look polished. Fraudsters copy branding, reuse images, spin up short-lived storefronts, and push buyers or job seekers into private channels where platform protections disappear. A structured review process makes it much easier to catch those gaps early.

Use the articles below as working playbooks, not just reading material. The strongest outcomes usually come from combining careful review with targeted lookups and documented evidence.