The first 24 hours after a crypto scam: a calm, practical checklist
What to do (and what not to do) in the first day after you realise your crypto has been taken.
INSIGHTS
Insights
Recovery guides, case files, and fraud-pattern analysis from the Cryptofraudhelp team.
“Someone finally answered the phone” — a client on an AlfaBTC loss
After weeks of silence from the platform, a retiree describes what it felt like to get a straight answer.
Recovery scams: how victims get hit a second time — and how to avoid it
The cruelest fraud in this space targets people who have already lost money once. Here is how to spot it.
Inside a recovery: tracing funds out of Apten
A software engineer lost a six-figure sum to a slick “AI yield” platform. Fast action made the difference.
“I got most of it back” — Daniel’s account of an ADSS Market case
A small-business owner shares what the process actually felt like, week by week.
Why your withdrawal is “pending forever”: how fake brokers trap your funds
The mechanics behind the most common crypto-fraud trap — and what the delays really mean.
A frozen account at Advance Stox — and the partial win that followed
Not every recovery is total. This one was partial, and we are glad to show that honestly.
“Even the honest maybe helped me” — a client on a hard 7Option case
Sometimes the most valuable thing a recovery firm offers is the truth about long odds.
How blockchain tracing actually works, in plain English
No jargon: how stolen crypto is followed across wallets and exchanges, and where the trail can end.
When the trail went cold: an honest account of an ALGORITHM DEFI case
We share the hard cases too. This one recovered little — and there is a lesson in why.
How stolen crypto is traced and recovered
How crypto-fraud recovery actually works, drawn from twelve real Cryptofraudhelp cases.
A fake exchange in Australia: recovering AUD 96,800
FDC Trade Asia — fake exchange, 81% recovered.