After a scam, how do I report the scammer's wallet address so the next person can find it?
Report in three directions at once. ① A public community reporting platform — the most widely used is Chainabuse, a free multi-chain report database run by TRM Labs: submit the address, transaction hash and what happened, and anyone searching that address will see it. ② The exchange the funds moved to: contact its support or compliance address with the transaction hash; exchanges can freeze funds still on their platform. ③ Your local police: keep the address, hash, chat logs and payment screenshots. Community lists are picked up by screening tools over time, so your report becomes a record the next person can find before paying.
What to have ready
The scammer's receiving address (the full string, never truncated), the transaction hash of your payment, the time, and how you were contacted (site domain, social account, group name). If a fake website was involved, report the domain too: scammers rotate addresses quickly but domains more slowly, so phishing-domain lists often do more to stop the next victim.
What to expect afterwards
Honestly: on-chain transfers are irreversible and a report by itself does not recover funds. Recovery only happens when the money reaches an exchange and is frozen in time, which is why contacting the exchange quickly matters. The main value of a report is getting the address flagged. You can also put the scammer's address on a watchlist (for example /watch in the Telegram bot @OceanAltTrust_Bot); if it moves funds into an exchange, your case gains an actionable lead.
Where to start: free address check · API docs · watch an address
Boundary of everything above: a screening "clear" only means no match in the data held, never a safety guarantee; this page is not legal or compliance advice.