Characteristics of scam and fraud brokers

There might be lot of things which identify a scam broker like manipulated price feeds, spikes in prices and sl hunting etc however it is possible to avoid these brokers by just searching their reviews and doing proper research before going with trading live on any broker.

Its really hard to identify those scammers because if someone has intentions of doing scam, they will use better tactics to stay undetected like the predators eating flesh of others. Better to do some research before going with any broker and check their reviews, testing the demo account etc. Regulated brokers might be the option, however there are some examples in the past where even regulated brokers also turned in scam and never paid their traders so we can then add checking brokers reputation and operation years in order to make our search more precise.

basically scam brokers will be difficult or even impossible to pay from the money we have input.

Indeed, one of the most obvious signs of a fraudulent broker is difficulty or even failure to process withdrawals. Unscrupulous brokers typically use client funds for internal operations or other non-transparent schemes, rendering them unable to repay deposits.