Hong Kong
Crypto scam recovery in Hong Kong: a confidential review
Cantonese has an old saying: bitten by a snake once, one fears a grass rope for three years (一朝被蛇咬，三年怕草繩). If you have just lost cryptocurrency to a scam, that wariness is the correct instinct. In the days after a loss, the people most likely to contact you first are second scammers posing as recovery agents.
RVK Recovery is a legal practice for cryptocurrency recovery. It serves scam victims in Hong Kong and families dealing with virtual assets in an estate. The practice works remotely and in writing, with no office, no phone line, and no staff on the ground in Hong Kong.
Three commitments, stated up front:
- The practice never asks for seed phrases, private keys, wallet passwords, two-factor codes, or remote access to your computer or phone.
- The fee is 12.5%, due only after recovered funds are deposited into your own bank account. No retainer, no hourly rate, nothing paid up front.
- The review is confidential, in writing, and without obligation. Whether to proceed is your decision.
First steps after discovering the loss
- Report to the Hong Kong Police at any police station, or online through the Force's e-Report Centre, which accepts reports of technology crime and deception. In an emergency, call 999.
- Call the Anti-Scam Helpline 18222, the 24-hour police consultation line, and check suspicious numbers, accounts, and websites with Scameter (防騙視伏器), the police scam search engine.
- Notify your bank at once and ask it to intercept the funds.
- Preserve everything: transaction hashes (TxIDs), wallet addresses, chat records, transfer receipts, platform URLs, screenshots. Delete nothing.
- Send no more money. Anyone who contacts you first offering recovery, or who asks for an upfront fee, a deposit, a seed phrase "for verification", or remote access, is running a second scam.
- If a platform claims to be licensed, check the SFC's list of licensed virtual asset trading platforms at sfc.hk.
What the practice reviews
- Pig butchering (殺豬盤): a romance or friendship built over weeks or months, then a fake investment platform or app. The groups behind these schemes are organized and professional, and being deceived by them is not a personal failing.
- Fake trading platforms. JPEX is the case everyone knows: police figures give more than 2,700 victims and losses above HK$1.6 billion, with 16 people charged in November 2025.
- Impersonation and phishing: fake bank or courier messages, fake officials, fake wallets, SIM swap, ransomware, fake recovery services.
- Custodial disputes: a genuine platform freezing an account or restricting withdrawals without justification is a documented dispute, not a fraud file.
- Estate matters: a relative dies, and the family finds a seed phrase, a hardware wallet, or an exchange account with incomplete records.
- Lost access: a forgotten password, a lost device, failed two-factor authentication.
How these cases usually look in Hong Kong
JPEX advertised across Central and Tsim Sha Tsui, on trams and in MTR stations, and Kowloon's over-the-counter crypto shops were part of the funnel; the victims included ordinary savers and finance professionals alike. The common shape: platform, organizers, and funds offshore, evidence in the victim's phone.
Hong Kong's legal routes are real: the courts grant Mareva injunctions freezing crypto assets, and claims against persons unknown are established in crypto fraud. The practice assesses whether funds reached an entity that can be served with legal process, and whether the counterparty is already named in a lawsuit or regulatory action. Several platforms that look unrelated can belong to one group already before a court; a later victim's file can then sit inside that action. Checking is free and needs no wallet credentials.
Fees, security, and jurisdiction
Fees: no win, no fee. The client pays 12.5% only after recovered funds are deposited into the client's own bank account. No retainer, no hourly rate, no cryptocurrency payment to open a file, no processing charge for a review. No recovery through the practice's efforts means nothing is owed.
Security: the practice never asks for seed phrases, private keys, wallet passwords, two-factor codes, or remote desktop access (AnyDesk, TeamViewer, UltraViewer, Chrome Remote Desktop, or any screen sharing), and never asks you to transfer remaining coins anywhere as verification. Anyone who does so in the practice's name is an impersonator. Verify by opening rvkrecovery.com independently.
No guarantee: recovery is not guaranteed and the practice publishes no success rates. Some matters have no practical path, and the practice says so in writing.
Compliance: if a file proceeds, the practice must confirm the correspondent is the victim of that specific loss, or holds lawful authority (an executor, or a company that is party to the contract). Proof is records, never a transfer of coins.
Jurisdiction: the practice does not accept clients who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States, Germany, Italy, or France. Every other country can be considered. Each file is judged on the applicable law, where the counterparty is, the evidence, any existing court action, and whether enforcement is practical.
Frequently asked questions
Will you ask for my seed phrase, or remote access to my computer?
Never. The practice reviews documents and chain records, not your wallet. Seed phrases, keys, passwords, codes, and remote access are not part of the method.
Is recovery guaranteed?
There is no guarantee. A path depends on whether funds can be traced to an exchange or identifiable entity, the evidence, the jurisdiction, and timing. The practice publishes no success rates; every file is different.
What does it cost?
12.5% of recovered funds, payable only after those funds reach your bank account. Before that, no legal fee is due. If there is no recovery, nothing is owed.
I was affected by JPEX. Can I ask for a review?
Yes. Criminal charges are already before the courts in that matter. The practice will assess how your file relates to the existing proceedings and whether a civil recovery path is practical.
Request a confidential review
The review starts with six answers: full name, email, country and telephone number, amount lost in US dollars, type of case, and a short account of what happened (up to 5,000 characters). No identity documents are needed for this first check. A specialist replies in writing, within business days, and an unsuitable file is declined in writing, with the reason.
You do not have to tell the story out loud. Write it down, send it, and let the practice review the record.