Intel Suite

The Intel wing is the pattern library behind this site: 46 documented catfish tactics, 30 full scam-script playbooks built from combinations of those tactics, and risk profiles for 55 dating, social, and messaging platforms showing where each pattern actually concentrates.

Tactics are the individual moves — 20 behavioral, 15 financial, 11 technical — split by what actually reveals them: behavioral tactics show up in how someone communicates, financial tactics in how a request for money gets framed, technical tactics in the artifacts (a photo, a number, an account) rather than the conversation. Scripts are full playbooks: a specific, repeatable sequence of tactics run in order, from opening to the ask. Platforms are where these patterns actually show up, and the risk differs by platform — the same tactic plays out differently depending on what a given platform's own features expose or hide.

Start from whichever thread you already have. A platform page shows the tactics and scripts most associated with it. A tactic page shows which platforms and scripts it appears in, plus the specific investigation tool built to check for it. Every tactic and script links to at least one Defense & Privacy scenario — the tactic identifies the pattern, the scenario is what to actually do about it.

If a pattern has already cost you money or contact, the reporting guide below routes to the real agency that handles it in your jurisdiction — 16 verified so far, each checked directly against the agency's own site rather than pulled from memory.