Real recovery work, told straight. These are cases AssetsCollector has worked — fake platforms, romance scams, clone firms, signal-group pumps, boiler rooms, frozen-withdrawal “exchanges,” and the “recovery” scams that target victims a second time. Each is built around a broker we have documented in our own Scam Brokers directory, with the real method and the real — sometimes partial — outcome. We show the strong results and the hard ones, because honesty is the whole point.

New here · Start hereAnatomy of a Crypto Scam Recovery: Eight Real Cases, and What Actually Gets Money Back
Withdrawal-Fee Fraud

The CybertrustFX “Withdrawal Fee” Scam

A retired teacher’s “profits” were fake, and every withdrawal triggered a new fee. We recovered most of her deposit.

Lost $48,200Recovered 58%
Romance / Pig-Butchering

A $96k Stable Club Romance Scam

Months of trust led to a fake USDT staking app. An honest account of a hard case and a partial recovery.

Lost AUD 96,000Recovered 31%
Clone-Firm Fraud

Ocean Trade: Clone of a Regulated Firm

Fraudsters stole a real authorised firm’s details. An APP reimbursement claim returned most of the loss.

Lost £76,000Recovered 84%
Recovery Scam (Double Fraud)

Scammed Twice: The Wizifx Recovery Trap

After the Wizifx loss, a fake “recovery agency” struck again. How we stopped a third loss and clawed part back.

2nd loss $23,000Recovered 39%
Telegram Pump & Dump

The CripMarkets Signal-Group Trap

A free signals group was really exit liquidity. Fast card chargebacks recovered most of the loss.

Lost £28,400Recovered 63%
Boiler-Room / Binary Options

A Retired Couple vs. Bronte FX

A daily-calling “account manager” and a fake “insured trade.” Coordinated multi-card chargebacks recovered 64%.

Lost CA$90,000Recovered 64%
Fake Exchange / Frozen

Skytoptrade’s Frozen-Withdrawal Wall

A fake “capital gains tax” blocked a $67k withdrawal. On-chain tracing and a freeze recovered part of it.

Lost $67,000Recovered 47%
Fake Managed Account

Billionaire Trade’s “VIP” Account

A “guaranteed” managed account took a retiree’s savings — but fast family action recovered almost all of it.

Lost $145,000Recovered 92%

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