What Pausier can help with
Pausier can help you pause, review pressure signs, avoid risky actions, and verify through official or trusted routes before acting.
Country overview
United States
Local scam-pressure notes, official support routes where verified, reviewed alerts, and local stories are shown only where Pausier has existing reviewed data.
What Pausier cannot do
Pausier cannot confirm whether something is safe or unsafe, recover money, contact authorities, replace official reporting, or guarantee an outcome.
Local context
Support routes and alerts are shown where they exist in Pausier's reviewed data. If review is missing, Pausier shows fallback guidance instead of inventing links.
Support in your country
Support in United States
Use reviewed routes to verify independently, report suspicious contact, and protect accounts or payments.
Reviewed support is partially available for this country.
Coverage note: Federal reporting routes are verified. State-level and sector-specific routes are not fully mapped yet.
Report fraud/cybercrime
Report fraud to the Federal Trade Commission
Use the FTC reporting route for scams, fraud, and deceptive business practices.
File an online complaint with the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center
Use IC3 for internet-enabled fraud, cyber-enabled crime, and online scam reporting.
Review FTC consumer fraud guidance
Use the FTC consumer contact guidance if you need the federal reporting or complaint routes.
Police/emergency
Emergency services
Use 911 if there is immediate danger.
Other official routes
Use IdentityTheft.gov if identity details were misused
Use the FTC identity-theft route if personal details, accounts, or identity records may have been compromised.
FTC Consumer Response Center
Use the FTC consumer phone line if you need the federal contact route directly.
Official phone number: 1-877-382-4357
Keep evidence
Keep screenshots, message text, timestamps, sender details, payment references, and any case numbers.
Use official channels you already trust, such as the organisation's official website, app, card number, or local authority website.
Do not use links, numbers, or contact details supplied by the suspicious message or caller.
If money may be at risk, contact your bank or payment provider first using an official route you already trust.
If there is immediate danger, use local emergency services or a trusted local authority route.
Official alerts
Official alerts for United States
Official alert coverage is still expanding for this country. Pausier keeps the area visible so users can see the limit clearly instead of assuming alerts exist everywhere.
Local stories where available
Reviewed stories for United States
Grandparent scam family emergency
When the caller asked for emergency money and secrecy.
Source: AARPFake police and FBI secrecy pressure
When she was told not to tell anyone and to liquidate accounts.
Source: AARPLottery fees and secrecy pressure
When fees were demanded to release a prize and secrecy was required.
Source: U.S. Department of JusticeOnline romance trust pressure
When the online relationship moved toward money requests before any in-person verification.
Source: FBICelebrity romance impersonation
When the relationship stayed online and the person began asking for money.
Source: FBI Salt Lake CityGrandparent legal-trouble calls
When callers claimed a grandchild needed urgent money and asked the person to act quickly.
Source: U.S. Department of JusticeSource list
Review the sources Pausier can show.
Official support route sources and alert sources appear in the panels above when verified data exists for this country.
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