Ireland
Crypto recovery in Ireland: steady help after a scam
There is an old saying you will still hear in Ireland: the longest way round is the shortest way home. After a crypto loss, the quick fix offered by a stranger is the shortcut that costs you twice. The documented route, slow as it looks, is the way home.
RVK Recovery is a cryptocurrency recovery practice serving clients in Ireland. It reviews fraud and theft, lost access to wallets, exchange lockouts, and estates that include digital assets, beginning with a written account of what happened.
Three things you can rely on:
- The practice never asks for seed phrases, private keys, or remote access to your computer.
- The fee is 12.5%, and only after recovered funds reach your own bank account.
- The first review is confidential, in writing, and free of obligation.
First steps after a loss in Ireland
Keep every record: emails, chats, transaction identifiers, the platform's web addresses, and bank statements. Do not send more money, whatever the reason given. Contact your bank at once.
Report the matter to An Garda Síochána at your local Garda station, or through the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111; investment fraud is examined by the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission takes scam reports through its helpline, and the Central Bank of Ireland publishes a list of unauthorised firms. These bodies are named here as information, nothing more.
Then be ready for the second approach. Within days, fake recovery agents often make contact, offering rescue for an upfront fee, a seed phrase "for verification", or remote access. That is a second scam, and it feeds on the first.
What the practice reviews for Irish clients
The Gardaí report a sharp rise in crypto and investment fraud since 2023, much of it built on cloned websites and fake "bond" or "deposit" products sold through polished adverts. The practice reviews those files, along with romance fraud and pig butchering, phishing, SIM swap, ransomware, and fake recovery services. Several brands can belong to one organiser already before a court; checking whether an open case already exists costs nothing and needs no wallet credentials.
The practice also reviews lost access, such as forgotten exchange passwords and hardware wallets with incomplete backups, lockouts at genuine exchanges as documented disputes, and estates where a deceased person held cryptocurrency and left thin records behind.
The picture in Ireland
Dublin, Cork, Limerick, and Galway see the most reports, but the losses are national. The Garda National Economic Crime Bureau put reported investment fraud at about 31 million euro in 2024, and says the victims are most often middle-aged or older. A retired person persuaded by a professional-looking dashboard is the typical file, not the exception.
One honest point from the Gardaí themselves: by the time many victims report, the money has moved, and recovery is difficult. That is why the evidence you keep and the speed of your report carry so much weight.
Fees, security, and who the practice can act for
The fee is no win, no fee: 12.5%, and only after recovered funds are deposited into your own bank account. No retainer, no hourly rate, no cryptocurrency payment to open a file, no charge for the review. If there is no recovery through the practice's efforts, nothing is owed.
The practice never asks for seed phrases, private keys, wallet passwords, two-factor codes, or remote desktop access of any kind, and never asks you to move remaining coins as a verification step. Anyone who asks in the practice's name is an impersonator. Open rvkrecovery.com yourself; do not follow links in unexpected email.
Clients who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States, Germany, Italy, or France cannot be accepted; every other country can be considered. Each file is judged on the applicable law, the counterparty's location, the evidence, any existing court action, and whether enforcement is practical. Recovery is not guaranteed; where there is no practical path, the practice says so in writing.
FAQ
How do I report a crypto scam in Ireland?
At your local Garda station, or on the Garda Confidential Line, 1800 666 111. You can also contact the CCPC helpline about consumer scams, and check the Central Bank's list of unauthorised firms. Tell your bank as well.
Can scammed crypto be recovered?
Sometimes. It depends on whether the funds can be traced to an exchange or an identifiable entity, the evidence, and timing. The practice tells you in writing whether a practical path exists. No outcome is guaranteed.
What does it cost to have my case reviewed?
The review costs nothing. If the practice acts and recovers funds, the fee is 12.5%, due only after the money reaches your bank account. No retainer, no hourly rate, no crypto payment to open a file.
Will you ask for my seed phrase or access to my computer?
Never. Anyone who asks for a seed phrase, private key, password, two-factor code, or remote desktop access in the practice's name is an impersonator.
I already paid a recovery company. What now?
Treat that payment as a further loss and send nothing more. Keep the records of both frauds; both can be described on the review form.
Which countries are not accepted?
Citizens and permanent residents of the United States, Germany, Italy, and France cannot be accepted. Ireland and every other country can be considered.
Ask for a confidential review
A review starts with six answers: full name, email, country and telephone, amount lost in US dollars, type of case, and a short account of what happened, up to 5,000 characters. No identity documents and no wallet credentials are needed. A specialist replies in writing within business days; if the practice cannot help, you will be told plainly, and you will owe nothing.