Australia
Crypto scam recovery, for people in Australia
If a platform, a chat, or a stranger took your crypto, the useful next step is a record, not another payment. This page is for readers in Australia. Harvey Kaye reads those enquiries in English. He is a solicitor in England and Wales. He does not practise Australian law.
The losses people in Australia describe are familiar. A trading app that looked finished. A celebrity clip that sent you to a signup page. A WhatsApp group that showed profits until you asked to withdraw. A romance that moved, slowly, onto a screen you could not cash out. Sometimes the coins are still at an exchange. Often they are not. We will tell you which, from the records you still have.
Report it, then keep the identifiers
Report the scam to Scamwatch, run by the National Anti-Scam Centre, and to police through ReportCyber. Tell your bank the same day if a transfer left your account. Those bodies are named so you know where to go. They are not our partners, and a report does not itself return the coins. It does put a date on the loss.
For the review, keep the platform name and URL, the dates, the amounts, the asset, wallet addresses, transaction IDs, and the report number. Leave the seed phrase out. Anyone who asks for it, or for remote access, or for a fee before you have been paid, is running a second scam.
What a solicitor can actually look at
We read the transaction records and the messages. We look at whether the coins reached an exchange that can still be written to, and whether the same platform or the same people already appear in a matter the firm knows. If they do, we say so. That is not a promise that your facts match, and it is not a promise of a quicker result.
If the only realistic route is an Australian court, an Australian lawyer is instructed. You hear who that is, and you agree in writing, before anything is shared. That is not a second bill from this firm.
The same story, written for readers who want the local picture, is on the Australia crypto recovery page.
The plain terms
Harvey Kaye is the solicitor at RVK Legal Services Limited, a firm authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. SRA ID 8009455. His own SRA number is 609496. He was admitted on 15 March 2017. The work is done in English.
You pay nothing to start, and nothing if nothing comes back. If money reaches your bank, by a settlement or through a court, the fee is 12.5% of what you receive. In a typical matter that is the only charge from this firm. We sign a written agreement before we act for you. Sending a form does not start that agreement.
We never ask for a seed phrase, a private key, a password, or remote access to your phone or computer. If someone does, and uses our name, it is not us.
We cannot take clients who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States, Germany, Italy, or France.
Questions people ask
Can scammed bitcoin be recovered in Australia?
Sometimes, where the records show an exchange or a person a court can reach. Often there is no practical path. Harvey Kaye says which, in writing, before any fee could arise.
Does reporting to Scamwatch get the money back?
No. Scamwatch and ReportCyber create a record and help warn other people. Recovery, if any, is a separate question about where the coins went.
Will you ask for my seed phrase?
No. Not on the form, not by email, not as a check. A person who asks is not this firm.