Recovery scams love a crest. Victims of fake brokers get mail or chat from addresses that sound like the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), the UK Financial Services Authority branding of old, or “ASIC global certify” portals. The domains are the tell: strings such as fsa-regulation-uk.net, cyprus-financial-certified.com, cysec-certified.org, dfsa-certification.com, dubai-finance-certify.com, fsa-registration-company.com and asic-globalcert.org have appeared in that junk. They are not the regulators’ sites.
Real supervisors publish warnings about exactly this. CySEC has listed impostor domains and said it does not cold-call victims or collect crypto fees to arrange compensation. DFSA has warned about forged “release of funds” and clearance certificates. Regulators do not run a private refund desk that emails you first and invoices USDT for an AML stamp.
Type the official site yourself — cysec.gov.cy, dfsa.ae, and the government domains you already know — and ignore links inside the pitch. Compare the email domain character by character. If the story needs a “certification” payment before money moves, stop. Related background: fake financial regulators and fake CySEC emails.
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.