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updatedAt: 2025-11-17T05:23:03.000Z
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# Malicious Addresses

Tatum provides a "[Malicious address](https://apidoc.tatum.io/tag/Malicious-address/)" endpoint to recognize blacklisted addresses. When a blacklisted address is detected, the endpoint response body will return `invalid`.

> 📘 Malicious address leverages [blockmate.io](https://www.blockmate.io/) and [cryptoscamdb.org](https://cryptoscamdb.org/) as data sources.

## Good to Know

For business-critical checks, we strongly encourage users to reach out to **specialized vendors** such as:

* [Chainalysis](https://www.chainalysis.com/)
* [Elliptic](https://www.elliptic.co/)
* [Merkle Science](https://www.merklescience.com/)
* And others