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Recovery and re-victimisation

Second scams aimed at people who already lost money, offering to get it back for a fee.

Scam types

• Fake law firm and asset recovery scam

  An asset recovery scam targets people who already lost money to a scam. Someone posing as a lawyer, law firm, or recovery agent, often claiming links to the FBI or a regulator

• Fake refund of a previous scam

  A fake refund scam contacts people who lost money in an earlier scam and says a refund or compensation is waiting for them. The caller may claim to be from a government agency, a

• Fake crypto tracing and recovery service

  A fake crypto tracing scam is a company or so-called expert that promises to trace and recover cryptocurrency lost to a scam. They charge an upfront fee, then disappear or produce