Safe{Wallet} (app.safe.global) is a legitimate multi-signature product. The trap is not the software; it is who sits on the signer list. In reports of this pattern, a helper opens a “protected” or “AML-ready” account, shows a balance on screen, and invites you to deposit more. The setup quietly says any transaction needs confirmation from two of three signers. You control one address. The other two belong to the same crew.
With that threshold, they can move funds without you. You cannot lower the threshold, remove their addresses or withdraw alone. Buttons such as “Manage signers” may be greyed out from the view they gave you. Official Safe guidance is blunt: if you cannot gather enough signatures to meet the threshold, ordinary account recovery will not hand the assets back.
Treat any third party who insists your payout must sit in their shared wallet as hostile until proven otherwise. Before sending coins, open the Safe yourself, read the full owner list and threshold, and check Security extras such as modules, guards and spending limits — those can move value even when you are not a sole owner. Never pay a stranger for a “second signature”, activation, gas percentage of the balance, or unlock deposit. Network fees on a real transfer are paid in gas from a wallet you control, not as a surprise invoice sized to your payout.
If you already funded such a Safe and hold only one key, stop topping up and do not buy fake recovery. Use Get help; beware fee-for-release pitches on Fake recovery.
This article is for general information only. It is not legal or financial advice. Details change. If you have lost money, contact your bank or card issuer and use the routes on the help pages.