Quote from: mezzaluna on August 25, 2020, 03:36:57 PM

Quote from: insomnyak on August 03, 2020, 09:46:31 PM

Do you know of any resources to help victims of crypto scams recover their losses?

I was a victim of one made by coinkast.io where they had me pay more money to release my funds and then they kept adding additional fees... so basically I lost $100k+ and I need to recover it someone especially since much of that were loans I took out.

Any help or links to agencies that can help would be appreciated...

Thank you in advance

That really feels bad. Losing Cryptocurrency due to some scam and carelessness is some of the worst experience that can be experienced by users of the forum. Its also hard to report these kinds of issues since what we are chasing are people that are over the Internet and that can be hard since people can be around the World and not just the same country we are in.

This is the drawbacks of being pseudonymous, you get in a pseudonymous network get scammed by pseudonymous people. Self-teaching is the best counter move for this one, if you know what you are doing then you are less likely to be scammed. If you know who you are dealing with like reputable escrow service provider then you are less likely to be scammed. At the end of the day your security lies in you, to yourself, not with exchanges, not with your passwords or every thing, it is no your decision making.

Quote from: mezzaluna on August 25, 2020, 03:36:57 PM

I guess another way to look for those people is by tracking their IP addresses? Since one way or another there can be tracks left by them.

IP isn't reliable most of the time, do you think these hackers or scammers will use their IP that can be easily traced by the authorities?
The only way we can get them is when they leave a footprint or a hole where we can see them.