About
Who builds TRACE Relacryx, and why
The person behind it
Himaja Prabhala
Himaja Prabhala is a financial crime specialist. After working in financial crime in the United Kingdom, Himaja Prabhala now builds systems against cyber-enabled fraud from Hyderabad, India, and carries out independent research into how these crimes work.
Financial crime work shows how often the person on the other end of a scam is a thoughtful, capable adult who was targeted by a planned operation. TRACE Relacryx exists so that people can recognise the pattern early, pause before money moves, and know where to get help, in plain words and without being judged.
What this site is
A protection guide that keeps nothing
TRACE Relacryx explains how romance scams and romance baiting unfold, helps you check a relationship privately, builds a plan for what to do when money is requested, and shows the published figures for Australia, India and the United Kingdom. It does not collect accounts, cookies or personal details, and nothing you do on the site is saved.
Where it sits
One of the systems under TRACE CyberFin Crime
TRACE CyberFin Crime is a set of connected systems against cyber-enabled financial crime. Each system does one job, and together they protect people from the first message to the money trail. TRACE Relacryx is the one that focuses on relationship-enabled fraud.
One protective system
Relacryx is one part of TRACE
Each TRACE system does one job and hands people, not records, to the next. Together they cover a crime before it happens, while it is happening, and after.
Before
TRACE Shield
Everyday protection for the public: checks on messages, links and calls before you act.
Relacryx hands over: a first message that looks like the approach stage.
During and after
TRACE Vireth
A calm pause at the moment of pressure, plus recovery steps, deadlines and letters if money has gone.
Relacryx hands over: a payment request, or money already sent.
Across the whole journey
TRACE Relacryx
Understands the relationship, traces the money, and connects cases into networks.
This site: the stage model, the public check, and the analyst console.
Detection and investigation
TRACE Nexus
An evidence workspace for analysts, with rules, retrieval, and mandatory human sign-off.
Relacryx hands over: linked cases and beneficiaries for investigation.
Organisations
TRACE Risk Advisory
Helps banks, platforms and small businesses show they have taken reasonable steps against scams.
Relacryx supports: the evidence base for what 'reasonable steps' look like.
Get in touch
For corrections, questions or to report a problem with this site, write to [email protected]. If you need help with a scam right now, go to the help page.