One reader described losing a large sum on a trading site styled as Bookingscore-swe, then being contacted by someone calling himself a lawyer for a firm named Cash Collect, offering to claw the money back.
That sequence is the textbook recovery follow-on. Contact lists from the first fraud get recycled. The new voice sounds official, already knows the platform name and the rough loss, and frames a fee as paperwork, tax, escrow or “case opening”. The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other agencies have warned for years about fictitious or cloned law firms that target crypto and investment victims with exactly this story.
A quick search does not turn up a well-documented, independently licensed Cash Collect practice that cold-calls broker victims on messaging apps. Treat the name as a costume until you can verify a solicitor or attorney on an official professional register you typed in yourself — then call the number on that register, not the one in the chat.
Legitimate counsel invoices in a verifiable way, does not guarantee outcomes, and never needs your seed phrase. If Cash Collect (or any similar brand) wants crypto “to release funds”, walk away.
If this pattern matches something you’ve been offered, start at Get help. If someone is already pitching “recovery”, read Fake recovery before you pay another fee.
This article is for general information only. It is not legal or financial advice. Details change. If you have lost money, contact your bank or card issuer and use the routes on the help pages.