Why this list exists
Escrowlyst is a neutral middleman, not a permissive one. The non-refundable fee buys you a serious operator who would rather decline a transaction than help launder one. The list below is non-exhaustive — when in doubt, ask before depositing.
Hard prohibitions
These are refused outright, without exception, and where required by law are reported.
- Anything illegal in either party’s jurisdiction.
- Stolen accounts, leaked databases, or credentials obtained without consent.
- Malware, exploit kits, ransomware, botnets, or services that facilitate them.
- Child sexual abuse material (CSAM) or any content sexualising minors.
- Controlled substances, weapons, ammunition, explosives.
- Forged documents, fake IDs, counterfeit goods or licenses.
- Services intended to defraud, extort, dox, harass, or stalk others.
- Human-trafficking-adjacent services (visa fraud, fake employment, smuggling assistance).
- Anything that violates the terms of the platform on which it operates (e.g. selling Discord servers that breach Discord ToS).
- Wash-trading services, fake-engagement farms, or platform-manipulation tools.
Soft prohibitions (case-by-case)
Sometimes lawful, but we will refuse without an extra layer of evidence.
- Affiliate accounts where the source network forbids resale.
- High-risk arbitrage involving sanctioned exchanges or mixers.
- Custom services where the deliverable cannot be objectively verified.
- Cross-border asset transfers that would breach export controls.
- Adult content where the seller cannot confirm age & consent of all featured persons.
- Gambling-related services targeting jurisdictions where they are unlicensed.
How we detect them
- Pre-deal questionnaires for high-risk categories.
- Sanctions and PEP screening on every counterparty.
- On-chain heuristics on the deposit address (mixer exposure, sanctioned-cluster proximity).
- Pattern-matching against known scam typologies.
- Manual review by our compliance officer on flagged threads.
If you try anyway
Reporting abuse
If you spot an impersonator
The only official handle is @escrowlyst. Anyone else is not us. DM us with screenshots and we’ll handle it.
If you spot a prohibited offering on the platform
Forward the thread or screenshots to @escrowlyst with the subject "ABUSE". We respond within 24 hours.
Not sure?
Message us before you start. We’ll give you a clear yes or no within an hour. Asking up-front is always cheaper than discovering mid-deal that we can’t close it.