Crypto investment fraud, false platforms and digital evidence

False investment platforms may combine a simulated dashboard, remote assistance, social engineering, crypto transfers, bank payments and repeated requests for fees or taxes. The first task is to preserve URLs, messages, emails, payment records, wallet addresses, transaction hashes, KYC documents and access screenshots.

Chronology

First contact, onboarding, payments, displayed profits, withdrawal request, blocking and subsequent demands.

Payment mapping

Bank accounts, cards, exchanges, wallet addresses, transaction hashes and declared recipients.

Authorisation checks

Institutional registers and warnings are reviewed as part of the wider factual analysis.

Complaint or supplement

The output can support a complaint, a supplement to an existing complaint or requests to intermediaries where appropriate.

• complete URLs and platform names;
• exported chats and emails;
• bank and card records;
• exchange statements and wallet history;
• transaction hashes;
• identity documents sent to the platform;
• any previous complaint or correspondence.