Netherlands
Crypto recovery in the Netherlands
The Dutch have a saying: trust comes on foot and leaves on horseback. If you lost money to a fake platform, you know how fast it leaves. Your next decision can rest on verification rather than trust.
RVK Recovery is a legal practice for cryptocurrency recovery, serving people in the Netherlands. Stolen bitcoin, a fake investment platform, romance fraud, a locked exchange account: a specialist reviews your account and replies in writing, within business days. English is fine throughout; much of our Dutch correspondence is with internationals.
Three points, up front:
- We never ask for a seed phrase, a password, or remote access to your computer.
- The fee is 12.5%, due only after recovered funds reach your own bank account. No retainer, no hourly rate, no cryptocurrency payment to open a file.
- The first review is confidential and carries no obligation.
The exclusions, equally up front: we do not accept clients who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States, Germany, Italy, or France. Recovery is never guaranteed. Some matters have no practical path, and we say so in writing.
First steps after discovering the loss
Stop all payments and break off contact. Keep everything: emails, chat screenshots, transaction IDs, bank statements, the platform's web address. Delete nothing.
Report the fraud to the police: online via politie.nl (a DigiD is needed), via 0900-8844, or at a police station. Report it as well to the Fraudehelpdesk (fraudehelpdesk.nl, 088-7867372) and, for an investment platform, to the AFM via afm.nl. These bodies are named as information; they do not work with RVK Recovery, and a report does not produce a refund.
Expect a second approach: people who already lost money are often contacted again within days by someone offering recovery. Trust no one who contacts you first.
What the practice reviews
The AFM recently warned about investment fraud through WhatsApp and Telegram chat groups. That pattern is common in files from the Netherlands. We also review:
- boiler-room fraud and fake investment platforms, often pushed through fake ads with Dutch celebrities
- romance fraud and pig butchering, where a months-long friendship ends on a fake trading platform
- phishing, SIM swap, and account takeover
- fake recovery services that target earlier victims
- lost access: a forgotten password, a lost 2FA device, a hardware wallet without a backup
- disputes with genuine exchanges over frozen accounts
- estates that include cryptocurrency, and business disputes over crypto loans
Several fake platforms can belong to one organiser who is already before a court. Whether such an open case exists is something we check for free; no wallet credentials are needed.
The Dutch picture
Amsterdam and Rotterdam produce many investment-fraud files, often starting with a fake ad or a chat group; The Hague and Utrecht add romance fraud and phishing. Eindhoven, with its technology employers and international workforce, adds locked exchange accounts and stolen wallets. The method barely varies: build trust, take deposits, block the withdrawal.
Fees, security, and jurisdiction
The fee is 12.5% of the recovered amount, owed only after those funds are credited to your bank account. The remaining 87.5% goes directly to you. If there is no recovery through our efforts, nothing is owed.
We never ask for seed phrases, private keys, wallet passwords, or two-factor codes, and never for remote access through AnyDesk, TeamViewer, UltraViewer, Chrome Remote Desktop, or screen sharing. We never ask you to move remaining coins as a verification step. Anyone who asks for these things in our name is an impersonator. A firm that demands an upfront fee, a seed phrase "for verification", a guaranteed result, or immediate remote access is running a second scam.
The practice is fully remote and has no office, phone line, or live chat in the Netherlands. Everything material is in writing, so there is a record. We do 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, the counterparty, the evidence, any existing court action, and whether enforcement is practical.
FAQ
How do I know a recovery service is legitimate?
Look at what it asks for. A demand for money up front, a seed phrase, a guaranteed result, or remote access is a second scam. Genuine legal help works with documents, not with your wallet.
Can stolen crypto be recovered?
Sometimes. It depends on the trail to an exchange or identifiable party, the evidence, the jurisdiction, and the time passed. We publish no success rates and guarantee no outcome.
Do I need to file a police report first?
No. A report through politie.nl or the Fraudehelpdesk strengthens a file, but it is not a condition for a review.
I am not Dutch but I live in the Netherlands. Can I apply?
Yes, unless you are a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, Germany, Italy, or France. Those four exclusions apply whatever your current address is.
Request a confidential review
Six answers start the review: your name, email, country and telephone number, the amount lost in US dollars, the 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: confidential, free, and without obligation.