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The Receipts Index

The Receipts, Weekly

One dated, sourced receipt a week. A real number, a real warning, or a popular claim the record contradicts. Calm, honest, nothing sold.

Real numbers. No hype. Receipts.

The promise, so you know exactly what you are signing up for. Once a week, one thing that is actually true and actually dated: a fresh regulator or law-enforcement action, an official number straight from the source, or a widely repeated statistic that a primary record does not support. Every figure links to where it came from, so you never have to take our word for it.

No fear-farming, no urgency, no coin or course to sell you. If a given week has no honest receipt worth your time, we send a short one or we skip it, rather than manufacture a reason to email you. That restraint is the whole point.

The editions

No. 0012026-07-11

The 2025 fraud numbers are in, and they are worse

The FBI's 2025 Internet Crime Report: nearly $21 billion in reported losses, more than $11 billion to cryptocurrency, and older adults carrying the heaviest and fastest-growing share. What it means, honestly, and what to do this week.

Read No. 001 ->
No. 002 | coming next week
The next receipt lands when there is a real one to report. Subscribe below and it comes to you, sourced and dated, the day it publishes.

Get the receipt each week

One honest, sourced note a week. No selling, no spam, unsubscribe any time. Just the dated truth about money and scams, before it gets spun.

How each receipt is held to account

Sourced. Every figure links to a primary source: a regulator, a law-enforcement body, or a court record. Vendor and influencer numbers do not count.

Dated. The edition is dated and every figure is dated to its report. When a number is a reported figure, we say so, because reported losses are a floor, not a ceiling.

Honest about limits. If a popular number is being used to sell or scare, we say what it does and does not actually show. Naming that is part of the value.

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