Risk and fraud
Exit scam
Last updated by The PanelCompare editorial team
Why does exit scam matter to a buyer?
This is the dominant loss vector in the market, and the wallet model is what makes it work. Money leaves your control at deposit rather than at order, so a panel that has taken deposits has already been paid for services it can simply decline to provide.
It is partly predictable. The behaviours that recur before an exit are sudden aggressive deposit bonuses, support response times collapsing, a spike in Partial orders, withdrawal or refund paths being disabled, and abrupt price cuts across the catalogue. None is conclusive alone; together, in a short window, they are the clearest warning available.
How does exit scam show up in a price list?
The catalogue is the wrong place to look. What is observable is behaviour over time — uptime, Partial rates, support latency and price volatility — which is why continuous monitoring detects this pattern days before forum threads do.
The buyer-side defence is structural rather than analytical: deposit per order rather than in bulk, prefer panels offering at least one reversible payment rail, and treat a large balance on any panel as an unsecured loan to a stranger.
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