Cyber Security Investigator is a licensed cryptocurrency fraud investigation firm helping Australians trace stolen digital assets and pursue recovery through the proper channels.
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Cyber Security Investigator is a licensed cryptocurrency fraud investigation firm helping Australians trace stolen digital assets and pursue recovery through the proper channels.
Practical, plain-English guides for anyone worried about — or already hit by — a crypto scam. Start here before you send anyone money or details.
Exactly what to do right after a crypto scam, step by step.
How the main crypto scams work, so you can recognise them.
The second scam that targets people who were already scammed.
What blockchain tracing can and can't do, without the jargon.
Whether or not you engage us, report your scam through these official channels. It's free, it helps authorities disrupt the networks, and it's often a step banks and exchanges will ask you to complete.
Report the scam and get recovery guidance from the National Anti-Scam Centre.
scamwatch.gov.au →Report cybercrime and online fraud to Australian authorities via cyber.gov.au.
cyber.gov.au →Contact them immediately — fast action can sometimes stop or trace a transfer.
Not sure how? Ask us →The sooner you act, the better your options. Work through these steps:
A slick platform shows fake profits to lure larger deposits; withdrawals are blocked or require endless "fees". Often built over weeks of contact.
A long-game scam combining fake friendship or romance with a fake investment, drip-fed over months across several accounts and countries.
A relationship built online steadily steers you toward "investing" in crypto or sending funds for an emergency.
Clone sites of real exchanges, or people posing as support staff, exchange reps or even authorities, to capture logins or push a transfer.
"Send 1 and get 2 back" promotions impersonating brands or celebrities. The receiving wallet simply keeps everything.
After a scam, a second wave often targets you: "recovery agents" who promise to get your money back — for a fee — and steal again. Treat these signs as red flags:
A legitimate firm gives a realistic (often cautious) assessment, puts fees in writing before work starts, never charges to "release" funds, and points you to the free official channels — as we do above.
Public blockchains record every transaction. Tracing follows the flow of funds from the wallet you paid, through intermediate wallets, mixers and bridges, to the point where it lands — often a deposit address at an exchange. That "off-ramp" matters, because exchanges have identity records and can respond to lawful requests.
What tracing can do: map where funds went, cluster related wallets, identify the destination service, and document it all to an evidentiary standard. What it can't do: reverse a transaction, force a return, or magically decrypt a wallet. Recovery, when it happens, comes through banks, exchanges, lawyers and law-enforcement acting on that evidence — not through a fee paid to an "agent".
