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🛡 Community-Powered Fraud Intelligence. Right Now.

Fraud Literacy Is the Oldest Form
of Fraud Prevention.

Pattern recognition is how bank AI, cybersecurity firms, and fraud specialists protect people. DIGITA teaches you to run the same check. People who can identify the patterns of phishing, fake job offers, impersonation attacks, and romance scams are measurably harder to defraud.

📚 What DIGITA Is
Community-powered fraud intelligence — not a security product. DIGITA does not block scams, recover stolen money, or prevent fraud. A clean DIGITA result does not guarantee that a person, job offer, or communication is legitimate. AI knows historical fraud patterns. What it cannot know is what is circulating in your language, in your community, right now. DIGITA does. Always verify independently before sending money or sharing personal information.
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One subscription. Protect every member of your household — from elderly parents to teenagers who click everything.

👵 Check-before-grandma-pays mode 📋 Shared household watchlist 🔔 Guardian alerts 🎓 Teen scam literacy
👵 Check Before Grandma Pays

Someone in your family received a suspicious message. Paste it here — DIGITA will give a plain-language yes/no answer they can understand, in their language.

🎓 Teen Scam Literacy — 3 things every teenager in your household should know
1. If a stranger online offers you money, a job, or a prize — and asks for anything first — it is a scam. Always. No exceptions.
2. No real employer, school, or government office will ever ask you to pay a fee to receive money or a job.
3. If something makes you feel excited and rushed at the same time — stop. Send it to an adult to check with DIGITA first.
🚨 Real Scams — Caught This Month
⬆ 3 SURGING NOW
⚡ Surging This Week
📈 Fake scholarship emails — West Africa → Canada/UK routes up 40% this week
📈 Crypto recovery scams — targeting previous crypto victims via Facebook groups
📈 Fake NHS recruitment fees — internationally-trained doctors, UK
Fake NHS Doctor Recruitment — UK
Impersonating NHS trusts to collect £200 "registration fees" from internationally-trained doctors. 7 indicators detected.
Immigration Consultant Fraud — Canada
Unregistered "agents" charging $3,000+ for PR application services. CICC warning issued. Verify before paying.

Fraud literacy = measurable protection. People who can recognise the 7 patterns of phishing, the 4 markers of fake job offers, and the 3 signs of impersonation attacks are statistically harder to defraud. DIGITA teaches those patterns.

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DIGITA gives pattern-based guidance to everyone for free — no setup. For deep, message-specific AI analysis, connect a free provider in under 60 seconds.
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Should I Proceed?

One question. One risk score. One clear answer.
Tell DIGITA what you are about to do — and we will check it.

Step 1 — What are you about to do?
Analysing risk across all fraud patterns…
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Risk Assessment
DIGITA's assessment is based on known fraud patterns. A low-risk result does not guarantee safety. A high-risk result does not prove fraud. Use this alongside your own independent research. When in doubt — do not proceed until you have verified independently.
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Scam Identifier
Paste any suspicious message — WhatsApp, email, text, Facebook, Instagram, or any platform. DIGITA will name the fraud pattern, explain exactly how it works, and tell you what to do next.
Analysing fraud patterns...
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Scam Analysis
🔍 Suspect AI-generated content? If the message might be written by AI, or the caller's voice sounded synthetic, use DETECTA — PLENA's verification platform for AI fakes, deepfakes, and identity verification.
Educational information only. DIGITA identifies common fraud patterns based on publicly known scam mechanics. It cannot confirm whether any specific message is fraudulent or legitimate. When in doubt, never send money, never share personal documents, and contact the organisation directly using a phone number or website you find independently — not one provided in the suspicious message.
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Job Offer Checker
Fake remote jobs, overpayment check scams, and LinkedIn fraud are the fastest-growing fraud categories globally. Newcomers are disproportionately targeted because they are actively job-seeking and less familiar with local hiring norms.
Checking against known fraud patterns...
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Job Offer Assessment
How to verify a real company: Search the company name + "scam" or "fraud." Check LinkedIn company page creation date (fraudulent pages are often recently created). Look up the employer on Glassdoor. In the UK, verify at Companies House. In the USA, check your state's business registry. A legitimate employer will never ask you to handle financial transactions or purchase equipment during onboarding.
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Immigration Fraud Warnings
Ghost consultants, notario fraud, fake visa agents, and unauthorised representatives destroy lives. In the USA alone, tens of thousands of people lose money to fake immigration consultants every year — and often end up with a rejection on their record.
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Immigration Fraud Guidance
DIGITA provides information only. It does not give legal immigration advice and is not a substitute for a licensed attorney or accredited representative. If you have already paid a fraudulent consultant, report this to the relevant authority listed in your guidance — and consult a licensed immigration attorney about whether your application can be corrected.
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Digital Safety for Newcomers
🔗 Deepfakes & AI verification? For voice cloning, deepfake video, and AI-generated identity fraud, see DETECTA.
Banks, government agencies, and immigration authorities never ask for your password by email. Understanding how real institutions communicate — versus how fraudsters imitate them — is the single most important digital safety skill.
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Digital Safety Guidance
If you have already clicked a phishing link or entered credentials: Change your password immediately. Contact your bank directly on the number on the back of your card — not from any link in the email. Enable two-factor authentication immediately. Check your recent transactions and recent login activity.
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Report & Recover
You have been scammed. You are not alone, and there are concrete steps to take right now. The first 24 hours matter most. DIGITA will walk you through every step, in order, specific to your country and how you paid.
Finding the right steps for your situation...
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Your Recovery Steps
Reporting matters even when recovery is unlikely. Your report joins a database that law enforcement uses to identify, track, and prosecute fraud networks. It may prevent the same fraud from happening to someone else. There is no shame in being targeted — these are professional criminal operations specifically designed to deceive.
🗄 Evidence Vault Saves locally · private

Add every piece of evidence before memories fade — messages, amounts, dates, names, account numbers. DIGITA will package it into an exportable complaint packet you can attach to your police report or bank dispute.

⏰ Follow-up checklist
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Fake Document Detector
Fake credential evaluation services, fraudulent certification bodies, and fabricated official documents specifically target newcomers during job applications and credential recognition processes. DIGITA helps you verify before you pay.
📄 Got a document and want to verify it? DIGITA checks whether the service that issued it is legitimate. DETECTA checks whether the document itself is AI-generated or tampered with.
Checking against known legitimate services...
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Document & Service Verification
The legitimate credential evaluation services for Canada are: WES IQAS ECE CICIC. For the UK: Ecctis (formerly UK NARIC). For the USA: NACES members only. Never pay a credential evaluation service that does not appear on these official lists.
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Community Reports
Search before you pay. Every report filed by PLENA users is searchable here — addresses, phone numbers, company names, email domains. Real intelligence from real people in your city, updated in real time. AI cannot know what happened yesterday. Your community can.
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Important — How This Works
Reports are user-submitted and unverified. PLENA cannot confirm whether any report is accurate. Community Reports covers fraud and scam patterns only — fake listings, advance fees, phantom jobs, ghost consultants. It does not cover general landlord or employer reviews. Use reports as one data point alongside your own independent research. A report is not a finding of fraud.
📌 File a New Report

Encountered a scam, fake listing, or fraudulent contact? File a report to protect others in your community. Reports are anonymous. Only fraud and scam patterns — not general complaints about businesses or individuals.

Before submitting: Do not include personal names or identifying information about individuals. Describe the fraud pattern and the contact point (address, number, domain) only. Your report is anonymous and cannot be traced back to you. By submitting you confirm this describes a fraud or scam pattern, not a general complaint.
Community Reports covers fraud and scam patterns only. It does not accept reviews of landlord quality, employer conduct, or service quality. Those are general reviews — this platform is for fraud and scam reporting only. All reports are user-submitted and unverified. PLENA is not responsible for the accuracy of user-submitted reports and makes no determination of fraud. Reports are provided as community information only — use them alongside your own independent research.
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⚠ The Fastest-Growing Fraud Category in the World
The FBI reported $3.96 billion lost to crypto investment fraud in 2023 in the USA alone — more than any other fraud category. Diaspora communities are disproportionately targeted because investment opportunities spread through trusted networks. When someone you know made money, you are far more likely to invest. The scammers know this. They seed communities deliberately.
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Crypto & Investment Fraud Checker
Check any investment offer — USDT platforms, crypto trading groups, forex signals, Zoom investment meetings. Includes a return rate calculator that instantly shows what any promised return actually means in annual terms.
Return Rate Reality Calculator
Type in the return rate you were promised. See what it means in annual terms — and compare it to what real investments return.
Real-world comparison
~10%/yr
S&P 500 average
~5%/yr
High-yield savings
~80%/yr
Best hedge funds ever
How these scams work — step by step
1
Contact. You are approached on WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, or dating apps. Sometimes by someone you know who was already recruited. Sometimes a "wrong number" that becomes a friendship. The contact is warm, personal, builds over days or weeks.
2
The introduction. Casually, the contact mentions how much money they have made on a trading platform. They show you screenshots of their dashboard. They offer to help you get started. There may be a Zoom presentation with professional slides. There may be other "investors" in a group who share their success stories — all of them are part of the operation.
3
The small win. You invest a small amount — $100, $200. Your dashboard shows returns immediately. You can even withdraw this first small amount. This is the critical step — you just got paid real money. This is called "slaughtering the pig": they feed the pig (you) to fatten it up before the kill.
4
The escalation. Encouraged by the small win, you invest more. The dashboard shows impressive gains. You are encouraged to invest your savings, to borrow, to bring in family and friends. The platform may even show you "VIP tiers" with higher returns for larger deposits.
5
The block. You try to withdraw. Suddenly there is a "tax fee," a "compliance deposit," a "verification charge," an "insurance requirement" — always a percentage of your holdings. You pay it. Another fee appears. Eventually the platform, the contact, the Zoom account, and the USDT wallet address all vanish. The money is gone.
The people running these Zoom calls are often themselves victims — trafficking survivors forced to operate fraud under threat. The criminal networks behind pig butchering are among the most sophisticated organised crime operations in the world, primarily operating from compounds in Southeast Asia. Reporting helps law enforcement build the cases needed to dismantle them.
Red flags — any one of these means stop
  • Any promised return above 1–2% per month from a non-institutional source is almost certainly fraud — 3.33% per day is 1,215% per year, which is mathematically impossible through legitimate investment
  • Deposits accepted only in cryptocurrency (USDT, BTC, ETH) — crypto transactions cannot be reversed, which is why scammers require it
  • The platform is not regulated — check FINRA (USA), FCA (UK), IIROC (Canada), ASIC (Australia). If it is not registered, it is not a legitimate investment platform
  • You were recruited through a personal relationship — WhatsApp, Telegram, dating app, Facebook — rather than through an established brokerage
  • A Zoom presentation with professional slides but no verifiable company registration, physical address, or named regulated individuals
  • Small early withdrawals are paid successfully — this is deliberate, to build trust before the large investment
  • Any fee required before you can withdraw your own money — "tax," "compliance deposit," "insurance," "verification" — this fee does not unlock your funds, it is the second theft
  • Other "investors" in a group sharing success stories — they are part of the operation
  • Pressure to recruit friends and family — this is how the network spreads and how victims become unwitting recruiters
Analysing fraud patterns…
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Investment Fraud Analysis
If you have already lost money: Report immediately to: USA — FBI IC3 (ic3.gov) and FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) · Canada — Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (antifraudcentre.ca) · UK — Action Fraud (actionfraud.police.uk) · Australia — Scamwatch (scamwatch.gov.au). Also file a Community Report above. Crypto transactions generally cannot be reversed — but reporting builds the evidence law enforcement needs to prosecute these networks and may prevent others from losing money to the same operation.
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⚠ A Critical Warning Before You Apply
Fake scholarship schemes targeting students from Africa, Asia, and Latin America are among the most sophisticated and widespread frauds in existence. They have deceived individual students, university administrators, and government education ministries. A student who paid $150 to a ghost scholarship scheme did not make a foolish mistake — they were deceived by a professional criminal operation that forged official letterheads, built convincing websites, and exploited the most trusted communication channels available. The only protection is verification before payment.
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Scholarship & Study Abroad Checker
Paste any scholarship offer, email, or announcement. DIGITA will tell you whether the programme is real, what the red flags are, how to verify it independently, and where to report it if it is fraudulent.
The one rule that protects you from every scholarship scam
No legitimate scholarship programme in Canada, the USA, the UK, Australia, or any OECD country ever requires an application fee, processing fee, documentation fee, or any payment of any kind before you are admitted.
Chevening: free. Fulbright: free. Vanier: free. DAAD: free. Erasmus: free. MasterCard Foundation: free. Commonwealth Scholarship: free. Every real government scholarship programme: free to apply. Every real university scholarship: free to apply. If any fee is requested at any stage before you receive a formal offer letter from the institution directly — it is a scam.
✓ Verified legitimate scholarship programmes — all free to apply
🇨🇦 Canada
Vanier CGS · IDRC Scholarships · MasterCard Foundation (via partner universities) · Provincial scholarships. All applications via direct university portals or official government sites ending in .gc.ca
🇺🇸 United States
Fulbright Foreign Student Program · Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship · Edmund S. Muskie Fellowship. All via exchanges.state.gov or direct embassy. Never through a third party.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Chevening (chevening.org) · Commonwealth Scholarships (cscuk.fcdo.gov.uk) · GREAT Scholarships. All applications only through official .gov.uk or institution portals.
🇩🇪 Germany · 🇫🇷 France · 🇪🇺 EU
DAAD (daad.de) · Erasmus+ (erasmus.ec.europa.eu) · Eiffel Excellence (Campus France). Never through intermediaries charging fees.
🇦🇺 Australia · 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Australia Awards (australiaawards.gov.au) · New Zealand ASEAN Scholarships. Via government portals only. No processing fees.
🌍 Africa-specific
MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program · African Development Bank · TWAS-UNESCO. All applications via partner university portals. Zero fees.
Red flags — any one of these means stop immediately
  • Any fee requested at any stage before formal university admission — application fee, processing fee, documentation fee, insurance, courier charge, anything
  • The announcement came via a WhatsApp group, social media post, or forwarded email — not directly from the institution's official website or your country's official education authority
  • The government website domain does not match the country's official domain structure (Canada = .gc.ca · USA = .gov · UK = .gov.uk · Australia = .gov.au)
  • The email comes from Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, or any domain other than the institution's own
  • The scholarship was "announced" by your local Ministry of Education — ministries can be deceived and become unwitting distributors of fraud
  • The offer arrived unsolicited — you did not apply to this programme
  • The deadline is very short — urgent pressure is a fraud technique
  • The institution name is slightly different from a real institution (University of Toronto vs Toronto University Foundation vs University of Toronto International)
  • The website was registered recently — check at whois.domaintools.com
  • No named contact at the institution with a verifiable institutional email address
Checking against known legitimate programmes…
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Scholarship Verification
If you have already paid: Contact your bank or payment provider immediately. Report to your country's anti-fraud agency and to the education authority in the destination country. In Canada: report to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (antifraudcentre.ca). In the USA: to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov). In the UK: to Action Fraud (actionfraud.police.uk). Also report to the institution whose name was used — they want to know their reputation is being exploited.
How to verify any scholarship independently — 4 steps
1
Go directly to the institution's website — type the university or government name into Google yourself. Do not click any link in the email. Search for the specific scholarship programme on their official site. If it is not listed there, it does not exist there.
2
Check the sending domain — a Chevening email comes from @chevening.org. A Canadian government email comes from @canada.gc.ca or @[department].gc.ca. A University of Toronto email comes from @utoronto.ca. If the domain is anything else, it is fraudulent.
3
Call or email the institution's admissions office directly — use the contact details you find on their official website, not the email or phone number in the announcement. Ask them directly: "Is this scholarship programme real?"
4
Check the domain age — go to whois.domaintools.com and enter the website domain from the announcement. Legitimate scholarship programmes have websites that have existed for years. A domain registered in the last 6 months for a "government scholarship programme" is fraudulent.
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Before You Pay

You are about to send money to someone. Before you do — run it through DIGITA. One check. 60 seconds. It could save everything.

Running payment safety check…
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Payment Safety Check
Remember: A clean DIGITA result does not guarantee the payment is safe. When in doubt: do not pay. Sleep on it. Ask someone you trust.
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Safe Services Directory

Not "is this a scam?" — who IS legitimate? Verified, regulated, licensed services for the things newcomers need most. Because knowing who to trust is as important as knowing who to avoid.

Finding verified, regulated services…
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Verified Services
Note: DIGITA lists services based on official regulatory registrations and government directories. Always confirm directly with the organisation. Inclusion here is not an endorsement. Exclusion does not mean a service is illegitimate.
🔗 How DIGITA verifies services
✅ Verified by regulator 🏛 Gov. directory listed 👥 Community trusted ⚠ High complaint volume
Every recommendation is traceable to a government regulator or official directory — which you can verify yourself with one click. Services with the ⚠ High complaint volume label appear in community reports three or more times and are listed for awareness only.
📌 Always-verified — no AI key needed
Credential Evaluation (Canada)
WES · IQAS · ECE · CICIC — all government-recognised
✅ Verified by regulator WES ↗
Immigration Consultants (Canada)
Verify any RCIC on the College of Immigration official register
🏛 Gov. directory listed Verify ↗
Immigration Advisers (UK)
Only OISC-registered advisers may legally give UK immigration advice
✅ Verified by regulator OISC ↗
Money Transfer — Regulated (FCA / FinCEN / FINTRAC)
Wise · Remitly · WorldRemit — all licensed in UK, US, Canada
✅ Verified by regulator FCA reg ↗
Free Legal Aid (USA)
EOIR-accredited nonprofits — legally verified immigration legal help
👥 Community trusted Find ↗
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Scam Survivor Stories

Real stories from real people. Anonymised, but true. Read them before you need them — because the moment you recognise your own situation in someone else's story is the moment you stop the scam.

Generating anonymised survivor stories based on real fraud patterns…
📝 Share Your Story (Anonymously)

Your experience could save someone else. Every story is fully anonymised — no names, no identifying details. You help your community by sharing what happened.

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Housing & Rental Scam Checker
Fake listings, phantom landlords, advance-fee fraud, and bait-and-switch rentals specifically target newcomers because you are actively searching, unfamiliar with local rental norms, and often willing to pay deposits before viewing. DIGITA checks the warning signs.
Analysing listing for known housing scam patterns…
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Housing Scam Analysis
Remember: DIGITA identifies known fraud patterns. A clean result does not guarantee the listing is legitimate. Always view a property in person before paying any money.
🚩 Universal housing scam red flags
1. Price significantly below market rate for the area
2. Landlord is "abroad" or "unavailable" to show the property
3. Payment requested before you have viewed the property in person
4. Payment to a personal bank account, not a registered letting agency
5. Pressure to pay immediately — "many people are interested"
6. Listing photos look too professional or are from a different property
7. They ask for your passport or ID before you have viewed
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Remittance & Money Transfer Fraud
Fake money transfer services, hawala scams, "your family member needs money urgently" schemes, and fraudulent exchange rate platforms specifically target diaspora communities who send money home regularly. DIGITA checks the transfer for known fraud patterns.
Checking transfer against known remittance fraud patterns…
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Remittance Fraud Analysis
Remember: DIGITA flags known fraud patterns. Always use regulated, licensed money transfer services. In the UK, check the FCA register. In the US, check FinCEN's MSB Registrant Search. In Canada, check FINTRAC.
🔍 How to verify any money transfer service
UK: FCA Financial Services Register — register.fca.org.uk
US: FinCEN MSB Registrant Search — fincen.gov/msb-registrant-search
Canada: FINTRAC MSB Registry — fintrac-canafe.gc.ca
Australia: ASIC registers — asic.gov.au
Rule: If the service is not on the register, your money has zero protection.
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Employer Red Flag Checker
Not every exploitative employer is running a "scam." Some are real companies that systematically underpay, withhold documents, ignore safety laws, or exploit workers who don't know their rights. DIGITA checks the employer profile for known patterns of exploitation — before you accept the offer.
Analysing employer profile for exploitation patterns…
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Employer Red Flag Analysis
Remember: DIGITA identifies patterns of exploitation, not individual guilt. If you are being exploited, contact the numbers below — they are confidential and will not report your immigration status.
📞 Confidential help — will NOT report your immigration status
UK: Modern Slavery Helpline — 08000 121 700 · ACAS — 0300 123 1100
US: National Human Trafficking Hotline — 1-888-373-7888
Canada: Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline — 1-833-900-1010
Australia: Fair Work Ombudsman — 13 13 94
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For NGOs, settlement services, diaspora orgs, churches, schools, shelters.
  • Everything in AI tier
  • Hosted for your community
  • Your language priorities
  • Offline-capable version
  • Training and onboarding
  • Custom fraud pattern library
  • 📊 Fraud trend dashboard — by neighbourhood, language, scam type
  • 📄 Monthly exportable reports for donors / boards
  • 📥 Case intake queue for staff
  • 🔗 Referral routing to legal aid, shelters, labour offices
  • 📢 Multilingual awareness campaigns from local report data
  • 🧩 Embeddable widget for your own website
Built for: settlement agencies · diaspora associations · labour rights groups · refugee support orgs · community churches · legal aid clinics

Why is the core free? Because the people who most need fraud protection are often the people with the least resources to pay for it. The essential services are always free. That is a founding principle of PLENA, not a marketing tactic.

What DIGITA is

DIGITA is community-powered fraud intelligence for newcomers and diaspora households. It is the tenth platform in the PLENA suite — built specifically for immigrants, refugees, and diaspora professionals navigating countries they did not grow up in.

It identifies scam patterns, checks job offers, warns about immigration fraud, teaches phishing recognition, guides fraud recovery, and verifies whether credential services are legitimate. All services are free at the core, available in 12 languages, and designed to work on any device.

Why newcomers are targeted

"The scammers know all of this. There are entire criminal industries built around targeting immigrants specifically."

Newcomers face a specific combination of vulnerabilities: no local network to call for a second opinion, savings or remittances they cannot afford to lose, unfamiliarity with how real institutions communicate in their new country, and the heightened desperation that comes with actively looking for work or housing.

The FTC's 2023 data showed that people speaking a language other than English at home lost money to fraud at significantly higher rates than native speakers. The median reported loss was $800. Most fraud against immigrants goes unreported — because of language barriers, fear of authorities, shame, and the belief that nothing can be done.

What DIGITA does and does not do

DIGITA provides educational information about known fraud patterns, protection techniques, and reporting pathways. It is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. It is not a financial institution and does not provide financial advice. It cannot confirm whether any specific message, person, or offer is fraudulent or legitimate.

DIGITA's role is to give people the knowledge and contacts they need to protect themselves — and to direct them to the right professional or authority when a situation requires more than information.

DIGITA and ASCENDA

DIGITA's Fake Document Detector is a direct complement to ASCENDA: ASCENDA tells you which official credential recognition bodies are legitimate; DIGITA protects you from fake services pretending to be those bodies. Together they cover the entire credential recognition journey — from finding the right evaluator to avoiding fraudulent ones.

Created by

DIGITA is part of PLENA, created by Jean Claude Havyarimana. Contact: [email protected]

📡 Round 3 — Community Scam Radar + Document Forensics
Report a phone number, URL, email, or scam description. Your report is shared anonymously in real time with all PLENA users via a peer-to-peer network — no backend required. You can also search what others have reported.
⚡ Live Community Reports

🧠 Round 4 — Newcomer Fraud Intelligence

Tools that no generic AI assistant can provide — built from the specific fraud patterns that target immigrants, refugees, and diaspora professionals in the first months and years in a new country.

Different scams hit at different stages of your arrival. Week 1: housing scams. Week 3: job scams. Month 2: credit-building scams. Month 3: immigration consultant fraud. DIGITA generates a personalised scam calendar for your situation.

Fake credential evaluation companies charge hundreds of dollars and deliver worthless certificates. DIGITA checks whether a credential evaluation service is officially recognised in your destination country. Works with ASCENDA — which tells you which bodies to use.

Certain fraud operations specifically target specific language communities — running scams in Tagalog, Yoruba, Hindi, Arabic, French, Spanish, or Somali. DIGITA generates a community-specific threat briefing based on your language and diaspora network.

Generate a printable, plain-language fraud briefing for a family member — a parent, a spouse, a teenager, or an elderly relative — customised to their risk profile, in their language level.

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For Institutions
Academic institutions, employers, legal aid bodies, hospitals, and government agencies — deploy DIGITA at scale for your communities, students, or beneficiaries.

What institutional access includes:

  • ✓ Admin dashboard — usage reporting, user management, audit trails
  • ✓ Bulk user onboarding — CSV upload or API provisioning
  • ✓ Data Processing Agreement (GDPR / UK GDPR compliant)
  • ✓ SSO/SAML integration for enterprise IT environments
  • ✓ White-label option for your brand
  • ✓ Annual invoicing compatible with procurement systems
  • ✓ Dedicated support and SLA
Universities & Higher Education
Support international students, researchers, and staff. Deploy as part of orientation, welfare, or student services.
Legal Aid & Advocacy Bodies
Multiply the reach of your services. Give clients the documentation tools, rights knowledge, and literacy they need before their appointment.
Employers & HR Teams
Support international hires, reduce employment disputes, and ensure every employee understands their rights and contracts from Day 1.
Government & Integration Bodies
Support communities you serve. Equip citizens, newcomers, and beneficiaries with the knowledge they need to access services and understand their rights.
Request Institutional Access

Contact us with your institution type, approximate user count, and intended use. We respond within 2 business days.

Contact for Institutional Access →

⚡ Enhanced Tools

These live verification tools link directly to authoritative databases. DIGITA cannot query these databases directly — but we tell you exactly where to check and what to look for.

🔗 URL / Website Safety Check

Check any URL against real-time threat databases:

→ Google Safe Browsing
→ VirusTotal URL Scanner
→ urlscan.io

Paste the URL into each tool. If any marks it as dangerous — do not visit.

🏢 Company Registration Verification

Verify if a company is legally registered:

→ UK Companies House
→ US SEC EDGAR
→ Canada Corporations
→ Australia ASIC

Search by company name. If you cannot find it — do not engage.

📞 Phone Number Fraud Check

Check if a number has been reported as fraudulent:

→ Should I Answer?   → Who Called? (UK)   → 800notes (US)

Search the number exactly as it appeared — including country code.

⚡ Additional Tools

⚡ Advanced Tools

Walk through how a scam call unfolds — step by step. Learn to recognise the pattern before it happens to you.

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Analyse this for fraud risk.\n\n' + 'WHO: ' + (who || 'Not specified') + '\n' + 'AMOUNT: ' + (amount || 'Not specified') + '\n' + 'PURPOSE: ' + forWhat + '\n' + 'PAYMENT METHOD: ' + method + '\n' + 'HOW THEY FOUND THEM: ' + how + '\n' + (extra ? 'ADDITIONAL DETAILS: ' + extra.substring(0, 1500) + '\n' : '') + '\nProvide:\n' + '🔴/🟡/🟢 PAYMENT SAFETY VERDICT: DO NOT PAY / PAY WITH CAUTION / LIKELY SAFE\n\n' + 'RED FLAGS: List every warning sign from the information provided. Be specific.\n\n' + 'PAYMENT METHOD RISK: Is this payment method safe for this type of transaction? Which methods offer buyer protection? Which offer zero recovery?\n\n' + 'VERIFICATION CHECKLIST: 5 specific things to verify BEFORE paying:\n' + ' □ [specific check 1]\n □ [specific check 2]\n etc.\n\n' + 'IF YOU HAVE ALREADY PAID: What to do immediately to try to recover the money.\n\n' + 'SAFE ALTERNATIVE: How to do this transaction safely (e.g. use an escrow service, pay via credit card for protection, use a regulated service).\n\n' + 'Be direct. This person may be about to lose their savings.'; var result = await callAI(prompt); if (!result) result = 'Unable to analyse. Check your AI key in Settings.'; document.getElementById('res_beforepay_body').innerHTML = fmt(result); L.classList.remove('show'); R.classList.add('show'); R.scrollIntoView({behavior:'smooth', block:'start'}); }; /* ── Safe Services Directory ── */ window.runSafeDir = async function() { var need = document.getElementById('safe_need').value; var country = document.getElementById('safe_country').value; var city = document.getElementById('safe_city').value.trim(); var L = document.getElementById('load_safedir'); var R = document.getElementById('res_safedir'); L.classList.add('show'); R.classList.remove('show'); var prompt = 'You are DIGITA\'s Safe Services Directory. A newcomer in ' + country + (city ? ' (' + city + ')' : '') + ' needs: ' + need + '.\n\n' + 'Provide a VERIFIED SERVICES LIST. For each service:\n\n' + '✅ SERVICE NAME — what it is\n' + '🏛 REGULATOR: Which government body or regulator oversees this service\n' + '🔗 OFFICIAL REGISTER: The exact URL where the user can verify this service is registered\n' + '💰 TYPICAL COST: Free / fee range\n' + '📍 HOW TO ACCESS: Website, phone, in-person\n' + (city ? '📌 LOCAL TO ' + city.toUpperCase() + ': Any services specific to this area\n' : '') + '\nProvide 4-6 verified services, prioritising:\n' + '1. FREE services first (government, charity, legal aid)\n' + '2. Regulated / licensed services second\n' + '3. Community-specific services (if the person is a newcomer/immigrant)\n\n' + 'For EVERY service, include the official register URL. If you cannot verify a service on an official register, do NOT include it.\n\n' + '⚠️ RED FLAGS: List 3 signs that a service claiming to offer ' + need + ' is a scam.\n\n' + 'Be specific to ' + country + '. Name real organisations with real URLs.'; var result = await callAI(prompt); if (!result) result = 'Unable to search. Check your AI key in Settings.'; document.getElementById('res_safedir_body').innerHTML = fmt(result); L.classList.remove('show'); R.classList.add('show'); R.scrollIntoView({behavior:'smooth', block:'start'}); }; /* ── Survivor Stories ── */ window.loadStories = async function(type) { var country = document.getElementById('st_country').value; var community = document.getElementById('st_community').value; var container = document.getElementById('stories_container'); var L = document.getElementById('load_stories'); // Highlight active button document.querySelectorAll('[id^="st-btn-"]').forEach(function(b) { b.style.background = 'rgba(255,171,64,.07)'; b.style.fontWeight = '400'; }); var activeBtn = document.getElementById('st-btn-' + type); if (activeBtn) { activeBtn.style.background = 'rgba(255,171,64,.25)'; activeBtn.style.fontWeight = '700'; } L.classList.add('show'); container.innerHTML = ''; var typeLabels = { job: 'fake job offers and recruitment scams', housing: 'housing and rental fraud', immigration: 'immigration consultant fraud and visa scams', remittance: 'money transfer and remittance fraud', romance: 'romance scams and relationship fraud', investment: 'investment fraud and crypto scams', employer: 'workplace exploitation and labour fraud' }; var prompt = 'Generate 3 ANONYMISED SURVIVOR STORIES about ' + (typeLabels[type] || type) + ' targeting immigrants/newcomers in ' + country + '.\n\n' + (community !== 'Any community' ? 'Focus on the ' + community + ' community.\n\n' : '') + 'Each story must be:\n' + '- Based on REAL, DOCUMENTED fraud patterns (not invented)\n' + '- Fully anonymised (no real names — use first names only like "Amina", "David", "Priya")\n' + '- Specific: include the platform used, the amount lost, the exact tactics\n' + '- Emotionally authentic — written as if the person is telling their own story\n' + '- End with: "What I wish I had known:" — one sentence of advice\n\n' + 'Format each story as:\n' + 'STORY [number]: [title]\n' + '[The story in first person, 4-6 sentences]\n' + 'Lost: [amount]\n' + 'Platform: [where it happened]\n' + 'What I wish I had known: [one sentence]\n\n' + 'Make these feel REAL. Not educational. Not clinical. Human.'; var result = await callAI(prompt); L.classList.remove('show'); if (!result) { container.innerHTML = '

Unable to load stories. Check your AI key in Settings.

'; return; } container.innerHTML = '
' + fmt(result) + '
'; container.scrollIntoView({behavior:'smooth', block:'start'}); }; /* ── Submit story (saved locally) ── */ window.submitStory = function() { var type = document.getElementById('st_share_type').value; var story = document.getElementById('st_share_story').value.trim(); var country = document.getElementById('st_share_country').value; if (!story) return alert('Please write your story before submitting.'); if (story.length < 50) return alert('Please write a bit more detail — your story helps protect others.'); var stories = []; try { stories = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('digita_stories') || '[]'); } catch(e) {} stories.unshift({ type: type, story: story, country: country, date: new Date().toISOString() }); localStorage.setItem('digita_stories', JSON.stringify(stories.slice(0, 20))); document.getElementById('st_share_story').value = ''; document.getElementById('st_share_msg').innerHTML = '
Thank you. Your story has been saved and will help protect others in your community. It is fully anonymous.
'; }; })();