Fraud Detection & Compliance

Ensuring that blockchain addresses are safe and compliant is critical for audits, regulatory requirements, and fraud prevention. Tatum’s Check Malicious Address endpoint allows you to verify whether a given blockchain address has been flagged for suspicious or fraudulent activity.

This includes addresses associated with:

DarkWeb assets
Scam projects
Stolen funds
Phishing, hacks, or money laundering

The endpoint uses data aggregated from standard on-chain analytics providers. The API response also includes the source of the malicious flag.

Supported Chains

Ethereum – ETH
Bitcoin – BTC
Litecoin – LTC
Solana – SOLANA
Tron – TRON

Request Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
address	string	✅	Blockchain address to check.	0x002Bf459dC58584D58886169EA0E80f3Ca95FFAF

Example cURL Request

curl --request GET \
     --url https://api.tatum.io/v3/security/address/0x002Bf459dC58584D58886169EA0E80f3Ca95FFAF \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'x-api-key: t-66a730ccccfd17001c479705-2f597d14ad7543f289a03418'

Sample Responses

Malicious Address:

{
  "status": "invalid",
  "address": "0x002bf459dc58584d58886169ea0e80f3ca95ffaf",
  "source": "CryptoScamDB",
  "description": "Trust trading scam site"
}

Valid Address:

{
  "status": "valid"
}

Practical Use Cases

Fraud Prevention
Automatically check incoming or outgoing wallet addresses to prevent sending funds to risky accounts.
Regulatory Compliance
Ensure wallets involved in business operations or audits have not been flagged for illegal activities.
Due Diligence
Integrate malicious address checks into customer onboarding or transaction monitoring workflows.

By integrating the Check Malicious Address endpoint, you can proactively identify high-risk addresses, mitigate fraud, and maintain compliance across multiple blockchain networks.