New to crypto, or about to be? This 44-page guide is not about which coin to buy. It is about the fifteen common ways beginners actually lose money, and how to spot each one before it happens.

Inside you get:

- 15 chapters, one per loss: "guaranteed" returns, the friendly stranger who teaches you to invest, fake apps, phishing and seed-phrase theft, fake support agents, recovery scams, lost seed phrases, wrong-network transfers, exchange failures, leverage, meme coins, pump groups and signals, hidden fees, FOMO, and tax surprises

- For each: how it works, a short example, red flags, a protection checklist and one 10-minute action

- The Four-Door Check: a five-minute routine to run before any transfer or "opportunity"

- A one-page safety checklist, four printable worksheets and a plan for the first hour if something goes wrong

- A 31-term glossary and 15 primary sources (FBI, FTC, SEC, CFTC, U.S. Department of Justice, IRS)

Every statistic is taken from official sources, which are listed in the book. No coin tips, no price predictions, no referral links.

Format: A5 PDF (printable) + EPUB. Digital download, nothing is shipped. Personal use license.

Educational only; not financial, investment, tax or legal advice. Crypto-assets are volatile and you can lose all the money you put in. Text drafted with AI assistance, then written, edited and fact-checked by the author; cover made with code.