Paste any investment pitch, ad, email, or pitch deck. Our forensic engine scans it against the Barry Minkow 3-Class Fraud Framework — built on real SEC enforcement cases — and returns a plain-English 1–10 risk score with the exact evidence from your pitch that triggered each flag.
Score: 2 — guarantees returns (disqualifying) and mass Facebook ads + no PPM.
You don't need to know anything about fraud investigation. Just bring the pitch — we do the rest.
Drop in the email, ad copy, WhatsApp message, or upload the pitch deck / PPM as PDF, Word, or image.
Our forensic engine reads it like a fraud investigator — checking all 21 Minkow flag patterns (Class A Disqualifying, Class B Serious, Class C Contextual) against real SEC cases.
A 1–10 risk score, the specific flags found with evidence quotes, the one-sentence explanation, and plain-English advice on what to do next.
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Paste a pitch on the left and hit Analyze. You'll get a 0–100 risk score, the exact red flags found, and what to do next.
Checking 21 Minkow fraud patterns.
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21 fraud flags organized into three severity classes. Class A is disqualifying — any single hit caps the score at 3. Class B is serious — two hits cap at 6. Class C is contextual — each deducts 1 point. Built from real SEC enforcement cases.
Barry Minkow is a former convicted fraudster who orchestrated the ZZZZ Best carpet-cleaning Ponzi scheme in the 1980s, defrauding investors of over $100 million. After serving nearly 8 years in federal prison, he became one of America's most recognized fraud investigators, working as an FBI consultant and expert witness in SEC enforcement actions.
His 21-Flag Red Flag Methodology is a systematic framework for evaluating private placement offerings for signs of fraud, excessive risk, and structural weakness. Each flag is drawn from patterns observed across dozens of real investment fraud cases — including NRIA, Harbor City Capital, Yield Capital, ZZZZ Best, and more.
InvestSafe Pro™ has fully encoded the Minkow 21-Flag framework into a deterministic 1–10 scoring engine, with each flag assigned a severity class (A/B/C), evidence tier, and specific document citations drawn from real SEC enforcement cases — making it the most complete computerized implementation of the methodology available to individual investors.
Every report applies the full Barry Minkow 21-flag framework — public records, SEC EDGAR, county title searches, and regulatory history — delivered as a clear Minkow 1–10 score with a documented evidence chain.
Thousands of investors lose money to preventable fraud every year. The Barry Minkow 1–10 framework catches the warning signs before you wire your money — with a score you can explain in one sentence.
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