Terms of use

These terms govern your use of the Kenya Crypto Fraud Registry. Filing a report or signing in as a moderator means you accept them.

Last updated: 09 May 2026

1. About the registry

KCFR is an independently operated public-interest project. It is not a law-enforcement agency. Reports are user-submitted and represent the experience of the person who filed them, not a legal finding. See our disclaimer for the full framing.

2. Filing reports

• You may file a report only if you have a good-faith belief that the events you describe took place.
• You may not use the registry to harass an individual, settle a private dispute, or amplify allegations you cannot substantiate.
• Identifiers you cite must be ones you encountered directly (a wallet you sent funds to, a Pochi a scammer published, a handle that solicited you).
• We may decline to publish, or remove, any report we judge to be implausible, malicious, harassing, or otherwise inconsistent with these terms.

3. Right to reply

Anyone whose identifier appears in a published report can file an appeal via Right to reply. A moderator reviews every appeal. Upheld appeals can demote a verified report to redacted, or withdraw the report from public surfaces entirely.

4. Acceptable use

• Do not scrape the public surfaces. Reasonable manual queries are fine.
• Do not attempt to circumvent rate limits or bot-mitigation challenges.
• Do not impersonate a moderator, an authority, or another user.
• Do not redistribute redacted data after de-redacting it through other means.

5. Intellectual property

Original report content remains the user’s. By submitting a report you grant KCFR a non-exclusive licence to publish, modify (e.g. redact), and retain it for the operation of the registry. Our codebase, design, and aggregated cluster data are owned by KCFR.

6. Liability

The registry is provided as-is. KCFR is not liable for losses arising from reliance on, or absence of, a record in the registry. Always exercise your own judgement before sending money or crypto.

7. Changes

We may update these terms. Substantive changes will be announced in the registry’s operational notes (and reflected in the “Last updated” date above). Continued use of the registry constitutes acceptance.

8. Contact

Legal questions: legal@kcfr.ke. General queries: our contact page.