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.
VAULT NOTES
Vault Notes
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.