Is there a chance for Bitcoin Recovery?

[SatoPrincess]

but I googled searched the btc address and seen your images and it sent me here.

OP didn't even write those address, how can you googled the BTC address and directed to this forum? Smell fishy here. It's impossible google could read images and transform it to text. If you want to discuss or update new information, better to share it here otherwise you're very likely a scammer.

Already registered in my head as a scammer. I wasn't even going to give the satisfaction of responding. Thank goodness newbies are restricted from sending pms I would have been a target by scammers

[Patro666]

"It's impossible google could read images and transform it to text."

It is possible. This is a new feature. Even your photos in "Google images" are converted to text and you can search for text in images.

[DavidSki82]

but I googled searched the btc address and seen your images and it sent me here.

OP didn't even write those address, how can you googled the BTC address and directed to this forum? Smell fishy here. It's impossible google could read images and transform it to text. If you want to discuss or update new information, better to share it here otherwise you're very likely a scammer.

Already registered in my head as a scammer. I wasn't even going to give the satisfaction of responding. Thank goodness newbies are restricted from sending pms I would have been a target by scammers

I googled 1Agp6hLhVhEwZ9px4LZrqN2j8PoW9vPUGR then I clicked images. You're the second image from the left and I noticed the BTC address. I saw the web address bitcointalk.org.

Of course, the first thing in your head is that I'm a scammer. I would be skeptical too. I really don't want to send the BTC address because it shows how much I gave to the scammer but whatever. I'll show it, there is some good people on the internet just not much.

I sent my bitcoin to this address https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/1NyTNnktvKztA6LvsJX8dVyC6NxBxXbRQy. I sent it on 9/17/21. On Monday 9/20/21 they sent the funds to two BTC address (binace exchange) 1Agp6hLhVhEwZ9px4LZrqN2j8PoW9vPUGR & bc1qp2k85kyn357ysu0hlskeqpvrdnkgurxmke07c4 (Coinbase exchange).

This was my "withdrawal fee" and now they tell me I have to pay my recruiter. My recruiter fee is 5% of my active balance. Yes, I get it, why would you do that? Why did you believe them? They actually sent me $100 (I wish I asked for more). You can withdrawal out of your account without a withdrawal fee. So, I was sold, I took it as it was legit. Why would a scammer send me money? There's is a lot more to my story. I just don't want to post the entire thing so the pubic can view it.

I posted this on Reddit a while back also https://www.reddit.com/r/Scams/comments/przjvh/adfx_trading_scam/

but I googled searched the btc address and seen your images and it sent me here.

OP didn't even write those address, how can you googled the BTC address and directed to this forum? Smell fishy here. It's impossible google could read images and transform it to text. If you want to discuss or update new information, better to share it here otherwise you're very likely a scammer.

Read my last post & test it for yourself.

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[savetheFORUM]

A close relative got scammed by a fake Bitcoin investment company. The scammers bought bitcoins from her account and sent her bank account to hell. She was forced to change bank accounts. After the ordeal, she discovered the investment was not genuine and there was no way the scammers were going to let her have her money back let alone her too good to be true promised profits.

She didn’t do her research before investing in that company? This is the kind of issues that leads people to generally believe bitcoin (cryptocurrencies) are scams, which is really bad. They fail to do their research and later when they are scammed, they think that crypto investment is a scam, while they were the ones that gave their money to scammers, due to ignorance or lack of knowledge.

Once you lose your cryptocurrency there is no way that you’re going to be able to recover it. Although you can still give it a try, and further see if there can be a way for you to track it to an exchange? Because I can see that the address there is showing that it is on Binance? So, how about you dig further and check if you can be able to get their identity.

[DavidSki82]

A close relative got scammed by a fake Bitcoin investment company. The scammers bought bitcoins from her account and sent her bank account to hell. She was forced to change bank accounts. After the ordeal, she discovered the investment was not genuine and there was no way the scammers were going to let her have her money back let alone her too good to be true promised profits.

She didn’t do her research before investing in that company? This is the kind of issues that leads people to generally believe bitcoin (cryptocurrencies) are scams, which is really bad. They fail to do their research and later when they are scammed, they think that crypto investment is a scam, while they were the ones that gave their money to scammers, due to ignorance or lack of knowledge.

Once you lose your cryptocurrency there is no way that you’re going to be able to recover it. Although you can still give it a try, and further see if there can be a way for you to track it to an exchange? Because I can see that the address there is showing that it is on Binance? So, how about you dig further and check if you can be able to get their identity.

I found this article to give some light/hope on this. It seems these Blockchain forensics companies who are legit help out law enforcement or big corporations whom probably lost millions in crypto. There is a chance just maybe not a big chance.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/irs-seized-35-b-in-crypto-related-fraud-cases-this-year-as-illicit-activity-multiplies-150407019.html

[Mpamaegbu]

to topic creator

your relative got scammed twice
once by the scammer that promised guaranteed profits (obvious scam)
once by a company pretending to be a bitcoin 'chargeback' company

You're correct on this. It's a surprise how OP's relative allowed herself to be beaten twice. However, even OP left out what should be the most integral part of the whole ordeal – How much was scammed from her relative. I guess the amount involved would be what should decide whether to pursue the case further or just leave it there and move on with lesson learnt. There are several ways we learn. It could be from stuff happening directly to us or stuff happening to others and we pick our lessons from that.

[SatoPrincess]

December is going to be bearish month for the market. All who have been expecting $100k will be in disappointment. As per  the market scenario it is a big drop of the year. This seems to continue as there will be panic selling in large volume against the buying from the whales.

Always December is the moment where bitcoin and altcoin dump drastically and waiting new years on January seeing bitcoin and altcoin back to higher price. Maybe keep hold and save your assets to be USDT until next year, still have chance for bitcoin back to lower price and keep waiting and watching only right now is good decision if you not get loss more in cryptocurrency.

You both are off topic. Bitcoin price is nor the discussion here. Seems to me you didn't read OP to know what sort of discussion we are having in the first place. The thread isn't even long enough to be invaded with spam. Please read the thread before responding

You're correct on this. It's a surprise how OP's relative allowed herself to be beaten twice. However, even OP left out what should be the most integral part of the whole ordeal – How much was scammed from her relative. I guess the amount involved would be what should decide whether to pursue the case further or just leave it there and move on with lesson learnt. There are several ways we learn. It could be from stuff happening directly to us or stuff happening to others and we pick our lessons from that.

The amount scammed was $30k. I don't know how much was paid to the charge back company.
Mpamaegbu, you're correct I learnt from her mistake. No one can fool me to give away my hard earned money. It won't work.

[Mpamaegbu]

The amount scammed was $30k. I don't know how much was paid to the charge back company.
Mpamaegbu, you're correct I learnt from her mistake. No one can fool me to give away my hard earned money. It won't work.

Ouch! That's really huge an amount of money to lose. I'm already doing a mental calculation what that amount can buy in my local fiat. It's a hard lesson to learn, both for your relative and every other person here. However, I won't be flummoxed to later read here that someone else falls for the same trick. We've to be careful this day. The case deserves to be pursued but that will be if the victim knows how to really go about it. I wish her luck.

[DavidSki82]

The amount scammed was $30k. I don't know how much was paid to the charge back company.
Mpamaegbu, you're correct I learnt from her mistake. No one can fool me to give away my hard earned money. It won't work.

Ouch! That's really huge an amount of money to lose. I'm already doing a mental calculation what that amount can buy in my local fiat. It's a hard lesson to learn, both for your relative and every other person here. However, I won't be flummoxed to later read here that someone else falls for the same trick. We've to be careful this day. The case deserves to be pursued but that will be if the victim knows how to really go about it. I wish her luck.

Why don't you believe this happens to other people? Happens everyday.

[RavenTimmy]

I do not think it is possible to retrieve bitcoin once it is stolen by hackers. I do not think complaints will be very fruitful.

[muratsink]

in the midst of the downturn in bitcoin that we are experiencing right now, of course, all miners will also feel worried about what is happening at this time we as miners really hope that bitcoin can return to stability like a few years before where the price of bitcoin could reach such a high price but in contrast to now we really hope that this is only temporary and the price returns to its highest peak as it ever happened

[acroman08]

in the midst of the downturn in bitcoin that we are experiencing right now, of course, all miners will also feel worried about what is happening at this time we as miners really hope that bitcoin can return to stability like a few years before where the price of bitcoin could reach such a high price but in contrast to now we really hope that this is only temporary and the price returns to its highest peak as it ever happened

what the hell are you talking about? did you even read the original post? the thread has nothing to do with the bitcoin's price and its current dip. if you read the thread you'll understand that the OP was asking whether there is a chance to recover the money/bitcoin that was scammed from her relative. I know the title might have misled you especially when the price of bitcoin dropped. but it is always important to read the thread to at least understand what the OP is talking or asking about.

[AicecreaME]

A close relative got scammed by a fake Bitcoin investment company. The scammers bought bitcoins from her account and sent her bank account to hell. She was forced to change bank accounts. After the ordeal, she discovered the investment was not genuine and there was no way the scammers were going to let her have her money back let alone her too good to be true promised profits.
She hired a chargeback firm out of New Jersey and they gave us  a report but never recovered any money. I'll send screenshots of the crypto report we got from the chargeback company.









From the above images, the colored highlight indicates
the name of the suspected exchange involved, and where we believe the bitcoins were cashed out.
As you can see, it was discovered 2exchange(s)employed in the transfers of the stolen bitcoins. Please find the attached evidence regarding this case. It shows the trail of transfers
using sophisticated crypto-tracing tools following initial purchase of bitcoins that ended up in a crypto address hosted by the following exchange.
Do you think there’s a chance that we could get something now?

How did your close relative got scammed? In any way, did he give his personal information such as his pin on her bank account? If I understood it correctly, the hackers purchased investment coins on his behalf and he was forced to change bank accounts after the incident. Then, he found out that the investments purchased were not genuine and his money were all gone. Am i right? Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Foremost, what your close relative should do is to take legal actions if he really want to take his money back. He should file legal action so that the platform would do security measures to background check the transactions made and to possibly trace the hackers' information and transactions. Otherwise, consider his money gone. The moment he got scammed and robbed, he should've taken an action. I hope it's still not too late. Once he have raised his concern, all he got to do is to secure his accounts and wait for the verdict. Because as we know, as a part of data and privacy act, they cannot disclose any information despite of how grave your complaint was. It is still needed to undergo due process and investigation. Next time, i hope this won't happen again. May he take this as a charge to experience so that he won't be a victim of such unfortunate event once more in the future. Keep us posted on the findings.

[SatoPrincess]

Thank you for visiting this thread and contributing to help my case. I am locking the thread to prevent spammers from taking over.