Does anyone have first-hand experience with the for-profit companies that claim to be able to help recover funds?
- One claims to attempt to track wallet (presumably at an exchange) then work with law enforcement to retrieve funds
- Another essentially says "ask the scammer to refund your money"
I'm very skeptical of these companies -- as I understand they all require payment up-front, and they all require law enforcement involvement to actually recover funds. Which means that you could potentially have just as high a probability of recovering funds without the for-profit company in the middle.
Anyone have actual experience with them?
I do not have any experience with companies promising this but there is no way they can offer a service and take money on it legitimately when there is no way they could get that money back. If you have been scammed I do not think a scammer will suddenly be willing to give you your money back just because a company representing you have asked for it back they would just ignore it. These companies are scammers too.