What Bantay shows, and what it does not.

What appears in public search?

Search itself does not require login or signup. Public results only show reviewed unresolved transaction signals tied to a searched identifier, such as a mobile wallet number, bank account, Facebook profile, or marketplace handle, with signal counts, evidence counts, recency, and summary context after moderation.

Can public signals be trusted?

Bantay does not auto-publish raw reports. A submission can affect public search only after Google sign-in, a bot check, at least one evidence file, and human review. Public search is still a caution signal, not proof of guilt.

Is my personal data collected?

Search does not require an account. If you submit a report, Bantay stores the reported identifier, your report details, your reporter identity from sign-in, and your private evidence files so the submission can be reviewed. Reporter identity and evidence do not appear in public search.

• Search itself does not require login or signup.
• Bantay does not ask for passwords or OTPs in the report flow.
• Evidence files, reporter identity, and internal notes stay private.

Who reviews reports?

Current public release decisions are made by human admins. The codebase includes an internal AI draft helper for summary text, but AI does not approve, reject, or publish reports on its own.

How does Bantay reduce false or malicious reports?

Bantay uses several blockers before anything becomes public: Google-based reporter identity, a bot check, an evidence-file requirement, manual review, and an appeal path for affected users.

• A report without evidence does not pass intake.
• Duplicate, unclear, or low-confidence reports can be held or rejected.
• A public signal can be challenged through the appeal flow.

Does a public match mean guilt?

No. A public match means Bantay has reviewed unresolved transaction reports tied to that identifier. It is a caution signal, not a legal or criminal determination.

What if I do not see a result?

A clean search is not a guarantee of safety. A seller can still be risky if the identifier is new, recently recycled, or has not been reported yet.

How do corrections or appeals work?

If a public signal is inaccurate, outdated, resolved, or tied to a recycled number, open the appeal flow from the result and submit the context that should be re-checked by a moderator.