Investment scams
The screen showed a profit. The withdrawal did not.
Investment scam recovery, here, means a crypto "investment" that was never a real market. The screen showed gains. A person encouraged you to add more. When you asked for the money, a tax, a commission, or a verification deposit appeared. That demand is the scam continuing, not a last step before payment.
The same shape shows up in celebrity adverts, in Telegram signal groups, and in long chats that felt like a relationship. Australia reports this as its largest scam category by money lost. The UK and Canada see the same platforms with a local area code on the phone. The firm that reads the file is in England, and the reply is in English.
What is worth keeping
The advert or the first message, the platform URL, the deposits, and every transaction ID. If several brands used the same wallet or the same chat style, say so. Groups reuse names. If we already know them from another matter, we will tell you. We will not tell you that makes a recovery likely.
We do not publish a success rate. Some of these files have a path, because the coins touched an exchange that still answers lawyers. Many do not, because the coins were mixed or moved through a privacy coin. You should hear that before you sign anything.
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
I already paid a release fee. Is the original money still recoverable?
Treat the release fee as a second loss. Describe both transfers. Do not pay a third.
Is a signal group an investment?
If it took deposits onto a platform you could not withdraw from, we read it as an investment scam, whatever it called itself.
Do you guarantee the profit on the screen comes back?
No. The number on the screen was often never real. The question is what, if anything, actually left your wallet or your bank.