Someone is threatening to share intimate images of you
This is called sextortion. It is a crime, it is happening to thousands of people right now, and it is not your fault. Telling us takes less than three minutes, and nothing you write is ever made public.
No account. No email. Nothing published. Available in every step of the form if you need to talk first.
Not ready to report? See support where you liveThis is completely private
Chainabuse runs a public scam database. This is not part of it. Your report and everything in it stays private, and there is no account attached to your name.
Never published
Your report is never posted publicly and never appears in search results. Nobody can look it up.
Separate from the public database
This is kept entirely apart from the public Chainabuse scam database. The two do not mix.
No account, no emails
Submitting creates no account and sends no sign-up or confirmation email. Nothing lands in an inbox someone else might see.
We never contact you
Chainabuse will not email, call or message you. Sharing with law enforcement is on by default and you can switch it off before you submit.
You write it once
Tell us what happened in your own words. We pull out the accounts, links and payment details for you.
Less than three minutes
Short steps, and only one asks you to type. You get a report ID and a PDF for the police at the end.
Never send intimate images — to us or anyone else
There is no upload box in this form on purpose. If you want an image blocked from being shared, use one of these free services. They create a fingerprint of the picture on your own device — the image itself never leaves your phone or computer.
If you are 18 or over
StopNCII.org
Creates a digital fingerprint (a hash) of your image on your own device. The image itself never leaves your phone or computer. Partner platforms including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Reddit, Snapchat and Bumble use the hash to detect and block it.
If you were under 18 in the image
Take It Down (NCMEC)
Same hash-on-your-device approach, run by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and supported by Google, Meta, OnlyFans, Pornhub and Yubo. Free and anonymous, wherever you live.
Before you do anything else
- 1Do not pay. Paying almost always leads to more demands.
- 2Do not delete your account — deactivate it, so the evidence survives.
- 3Take screenshots of the account, the messages and any payment request, and keep them for the police.
- 4Block them once you have the evidence, and tell someone you trust.
Reports like yours lead somewhere
Reporting can feel like shouting into a void. Here is what reports have already made possible.
$2.78M
in illicit funds traced
Blackmail scam traced to $2.78 million in illicit funds
A report submitted through Chainabuse by a victim of blackmail enabled investigators to uncover a laundering operation involving nearly USD 2.8 million in suspicious funds.
One report
exposed a transnational network
Global scam network exposed through a single Chainabuse report
In 2022, a single report submitted to Chainabuse helped expose a sprawling transnational scam operation. Using blockchain intelligence tools, investigators traced illicit fund flows across several countries and connected them to a pig butchering fraud network targeting global victims.
$1.9M
wallet flagged as a freeze target
$1.9 million scam uncovered after a victim report triggered an investigation
A report submitted through Chainabuse by a victim of an investment scam initiated a detailed blockchain investigation, which led to the identification of a high-risk wallet holding approximately USD 1.9 million in crypto assets.
Common questions
- Do I have to say who I am?
- No. You can complete the entire report without giving us a single identifying detail.
- What if no crypto was involved?
- That is still a report we want. Gift cards, bank transfers, payment apps, or threats with no money at all are all covered.
- Can I upload screenshots or images?
- Not right now, and never intimate images. Use StopNCII or Take It Down to get an image blocked — they fingerprint it on your own device so the picture never leaves it.
- What happens to my report?
- We look for links to other cases and, where you have authorised it, share leads with platform safety teams or law enforcement.
Looking to report a crypto scam instead?
Go to the public Chainabuse report