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A scammer gained access to my Cosmostation wallet seed phrase after I visited untrustworthy websites that infected my computer. At least that is what I believe.
This scammer took all of my ATOMs.

Given their highly recommended status and positive reviews, I decided to reach out to Omega Crypto Recovery services in the hope of recovering my lost funds.
They informed me they are able to recover my lost funds and this is the email they sent me:

"The scammer's security is very right. IP is highly protected but during the recovery process we can hack their data and disclose to you who they are. Recovery with us takes 4-6 hours. All you have to pay is the registration fee on Blockchain to enable us to cooperate with Blockchain for a successful recovery. Because without the help of Blockchain recovery cannot be possible."

Has anyone used Omega Crypto Recovery?
Do you believe what they have to say?

https://postimg.cc/LhJt2BTn

The scammers had busy spamming this forum with scam recovery service posts but moderators are deleting his scam posts. Do not fall for such a scam recovery service.

After a scam/theft is before another scam. What those idiots wrote to you, is so much bullshit in so few sentences that my brain already hurts. Seriously, this is just another attempt to scam you because you're desperate to get back what has been stolen from you. You try to clinge to every little hope that someone throws at you.

What do you think why they want a payment upfront? I know the answer and it's not to cover their hard hacking work. Don't fall into another scam trap!



Absolutely not, it's total bullshit.

No I have not.  It is most definitely a scam! There is no such thing as a "blockchain registration fee" and what will they "hack" even if it is true that they cooperate with Blockchain?


No. From what you wrote, not a single word.

Send them an email and tell them that you have no issues paying any fee but that will be after your crypto has been recovered. If they disagree and insist that you the fee in full then you know that they cannot be trusted. I am not an expert in crypto recovery but this is the one of the options I may turn to first. Another is to send emails to other crypto recovery organizations. Please note that you should not give money first until the service has been delivered which is the recovery of your crypto.

Highly recommended status and positive reviews? Really?  Where did you see them?

Recovery services like these are a SCAM. There Is no magic "hack" to get your coins back. Think about it - if they could hack anyone, why dont they just steal everyone's crypto instead of offering "recovery" service?

Also, Blockchain Registration Fee? Nonsense. There is no such thing. Blockchain transactions are public, anyone can see them. They are just trying to squeeze money out of you.

Yes you're right I thought they were talking about an unknown Blockchain.com service. Because hackers would use this platform to hold "their" funds. But it's just some garbage talk in order to get more money IMO. They are certainly using this word with a capital letter in order to confuse people when they try to make researches about it or when they try to ask some questions about it I guess.

I do not use crypto recovery service because most of them are scammers. I have also noticed that most of the people who post about crypto recovery service in the form of questions are scammers seeking for data to perfect their schemes as well as monitor public opinion/perception. I will advice everyone to ignore anyone posing as expert in recovering lost crypto to avoid falling victim of hack.

Nothing like a crypto recovery service have existed before and you shouldn’t even give them a room to be welcomed. You have just lost some ATOMs, this time around you could lose the whole wallet and some of your important things if you’ve disclosed to them during the recovery service process. Nothing of such exists, so be careful of scammers and not allow them prey on you the more.

Recovery services like these are a SCAM. There Is no magic "hack" to get your coins back. Think about it - if they could hack anyone, why dont they just steal everyone's crypto instead of offering "recovery" service?
That's a really good point!

This is bullshit; never allow yourself to fall for this kind of cheap scam. Like Charles-Tim has said, many times, those scammers have created some posts on the forum that got deleted by the admin. 

If those guys were legit, then you would have seen their long thread on the forum, and maybe someone would even point you to it here, but they are not legit and therefore don't have a reputation on this forum. 

If you lose your crypto asset through a hack or scam incident, the only possible way to get it back is if you follow legal proceedings. Get a lawyer and report to the police or crime investigation team in your country. If you follow such a process, there is still a chance that you may not get the lost funds back.

Anybody that tries to sell such a service to you is actually trying to scam you even more. As someone who has been in this situation before, the scammers are most likely the ones disguising as a recovery service provider to take even more money from you. There is no recovery services in crypto except for centralized stablecoin projects with administrative controls that are built directly into their token contracts to freeze transfer from a particular account and even at that, they can only freeze the token, they can't move it from one wallet to another because an action like that needs to be signed with a private key.

My advice: Make peace with your lost assets because there's a tiny chance that you'd ever get them back without fallimg for more scams.

You have to accept the fact that your coins are irretrievably lost. If you continue to look for similar services that promise you to get your money back, then you should be prepared for the fact that your losses will only increase.

Forget about it, except if you can hire a lawyer to chase that scammers for you.

Because transactions are irreversible and when your wallet was hacked, fund was moved, you lose it forever.

Smart contract blockchain can seize funds in an address but you need to convince that project team to do it. Chance is small and I doubt that by contacting Omega Crypto Recovery service, you will be able to get your money back. I don't know about the service so I am skeptical about its legitimacy.

Get a lawyer and report to the police or crime investigation team in your country. If you follow such a process, there is still a chance that you may not get the lost funds back.
So an attorney would have the knowledge and skill to trace that transaction and be able to get the name and address of the scammer?

Tracing the coin is the work of chain analytic companies. You can try and trace it yourself to a centralized exchange with a tool. But if the person do not send it to a centralized exchange, consider the money gone, especially if it is a low amount of money that you will spend more much than if investigating the scammer.

In order for the OP not to lose more money in the pursuit of his lost money, it's better that he should accept the fact that he's been scammed and move on, although it's painful especially if the stolen coins is of high value. The way that crypto is structured, I believe that the moment another person is in possession of your seed phrase and moved your coins, it'll be next to impossible to recover it, so I don't really believe in these so called crypto recovery services, because I've never heard about anybody that they've helped recover their stolen cryptos.

Tracing the coin is the work of chain analytic companies.
Even if I did pay a chain analytic company to trace the coin and then hire a lawyer to sue, I still might not win the case. The scammer could claim that I gave him/her the seed phrase.
And even if I did win the case, I still would have to collect the money. Just because a person wins a lawsuit doesn't mean the other person will readily hand over the money.
In the above scene, there are a lot of "IF's."
And I'm sure doing this would cost a small fortune.

This is the final email they sent me:

Bitcoin Wallet address below.
bc1q7vxle6ekvqntla323v0w09t4yaakegpsn53plk
Make payment and send proof

I did google that BTC address:
https://mempool.space/block/00000000000000000002349473de1b8f66f12b65cdeb870c211927865c856e41?page=1

It has 230 pages, of what appears to me, people are depositing funds into that blockchain.

The crypto recovery scammer is really brave since he send his coins to Binance.

I haven't heard someone win over compromised coins, but yeah your conspiracy might be true since Bitcoin is still new for Average Joe and the government is moving to tightening the laws. Bitcoin might be treated as property/commodity, you might able to claim your coins, but the drawback is you must report all of your crypto holdings.

The crypto recovery scammer is really brave since he send his coins to Binance.
So this is a Binance BTC wallet?
Can you tell if a lot of people have deposited money into his/her account?

I will not advise you to fall for this the second time under scam, there is no such service for recovering any lost financial asset in cryptocurrency, don't let them decieve you, once you're hacked and they stole from you, all you should do is to leave the wallet and make use of another and then learn your lessons, those that promised recovery service will always want to earn from you by telling you they can offer you what is not possible.

I don't even know the worth amount of atoms coins that was stolen from you. That you went ahead and looking for recovery services. In fact, who even told you that there are recovering services? If someone advised you to go for recovering services claiming that your stolen coins will get back to you, I will simply say the person is misleading you. And if you follow its advice, you will definitely be scammed because I never heard that stolen coins have been recovered before.

I want you to get it clear that all these service sites or people claiming that they can recover stolen coins are scammers. Nothing like services that are doing recovering services, don't be deceived.

I completely understand this now. If there were services that were able to hack into the scammer's account and get the money - then they would hack into everyone's account.

It is not possible to just hack into anyone's account and recover/steal their coins; the victims have to make a mistake and be loose on their security, before they can possibly be hacked. Anyone who is promising you that they can recover your lost coins is a scammer, Bitcoin transactions cannot be reversed and your best chance is to report the case to the authorities, though in most cases they cannot also be of help to you and can only try if it is a large amount you lost.

Or you input your seed phrase on such website? Unless you downloaded and run that file on your computer, i don't think it's some kind of malware, but yeah better to take it as such and reformat your computer will be the best solution for that.

About the recovery service online, 90% of them are scam, unless they posted on this forum, build up their reputation by experience, and people recommends them, which that mentioned service doesn't have so i will avoid them doing any business.

These services have nothing to do with reality. I mean if you want to risk your phone or even your wallet you can surely go and have a try but I haven't seen even a single success story with these type of scam recovery services.

They just either will get your money and you'll get nor fruitfulness in regard with your results. Or they'll just back your system or the block chain security will catch you and they'll block your account. All these is the negative impacts of using these services I haven't seen the positive ones so far.

Can't you check it yourself? Blockchain data is public...

There is one tough hard lesson that I learnt in crypto space, once you fall victim to any scam, just believe that what is gone is gone, if you try to run after what you've already lost you will end up losing even more.

I hope this get into your skull my dear, or you will have more sad stories like this to share on this forum, once its gone there is no coming back, and you are also vulnerable if you keep screaming to everyone's face that you lost some money, it's a weak point.

I believe this is what attracts even more scammers to you, claiming that they can help you get your money back, it's a big lie, once you lost a crypto asset it's gone for good,

That address mostly send the coins to 35gQshZJnTGVGM97pj2arQ9P5rPNAsMEto  (https://platform.arkhamintelligence.com/explorer/address/35gQshZJnTGVGM97pj2arQ9P5rPNAsMEto) and then 35gQshZJnTGVGM97pj2arQ9P5rPNAsMEto send to Binance deposit address.

No one can verify if different address is controlled by different person, but the fact there are many different addresses send the coins to this scammer.

Since you're not one of the victim and there's no proof if he really a scammer, I don't think there's need to take further action...

If you have made the effort to recover your wallet and failed by yourself then chances of getting full access is zero unless password recovery of brute force is used with these common passwords such as qwerty, password etcetera

Otherwise 95% of these recovery services are for certain just a scam and waste of time and money!!!

Don't fall for it. You have been scammed once, don't get scammed again while trying to recover the assets that you lost in the first scam because it's not possible for any service provider to hack into the scammer's account and recover your funds, if they were able to do such things, they wouldn't need to provide such services for a few bucks as they could get into any account and steal funds from people or even from lost wallets that aren't accessible anymore.

All they are trying to do is to get some money out of you, that's it. As soon as you pay them, you won't see them back, they won't respond to your emails, their support team won't know you anymore or even respond to your messages, and you will be lost as to what you should do now because you were trying to recover your lost funds and lost more funds in the process.