Personal Finance & Budgeting Basics
Before sending money to an unfamiliar "bank" website, what tool does the FDIC suggest using to confirm the institution is actually FDIC-insured?
Answer: The FDIC's BankFind tool
BankFind is the FDIC's own lookup built for exactly this problem, letting anyone confirm whether a site claiming to be a bank is a genuinely insured institution before money changes hands.
Source: Deposit Insurance (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) — Scammers and Fake Banks