Online scams
When the scam was a website
A lot of crypto fraud is just a website that looked finished. The charts moved. A person in a chat answered quickly. The withdrawal button asked for one more payment. Then the domain went quiet, or it came back under a new name the next week.
Save the URL, the chat, and the transaction IDs before you argue with anyone still online. Do not install a remote-desktop tool because a "support agent" says the account can be unlocked that way. Do not send a seed phrase to prove the wallet is yours.
What the review is for
Harvey Kaye reads whether the site was a fake venue or a real exchange that froze an account. Those are different files. A fake venue is a fraud. A real exchange is a dispute with a custodian, fought on the records. He will say which he thinks you have, and he will say if neither path is practical.
If you have not reported it yet, start with how to report a scam. Australia and the UK are written out there. Other countries are on their own pages.
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
The site is still online and says I must pay a tax. Should I?
No. A release fee, a tax, or a deposit demanded after you ask to withdraw is part of the same scam.
Can you take the website down?
No. We are not the host and not the police. A report to the local reporting body is the right place for that. We look at whether the coins can be pursued.
What should I send first?
The URL, the dates, the amount, and any transaction IDs. Not a seed phrase.