She had already lost $80,000 to a pig butchering scam. Then a lawyer called. He said he represented a firm that specialized in crypto fraud recovery. He had her case file. He knew exactly how much she had lost. He said he could get it all back â” for an upfront fee of $5,000. She paid. Then $8,000 more. Then $12,000 more. The law firm didn’t exist. The lawyer didn’t exist. And the people who called her were the same network that had stolen her money the first time. In 2025, the FBI received over 10,500 complaints about crypto recovery scams â” with losses exceeding $1.4 billion. These operations specifically target people who have already been scammed, hunting them through dark web victim lists, social media, and even fake support groups. They stole from you once. Then they came bac
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