Romance Scam &
Pig Butchering Case Review
Lost money after building trust with someone online who later encouraged you to send crypto, wire funds, or invest through a trading platform? Tell us how the relationship began, how the payments were made, and approximately how much you lost. We’ll review the available evidence and explain what recovery, tracing, or reporting options may still be available.
Chats, screenshots, wallet addresses, payment records, and platform details can help with the initial review.
ROMANCE & SOCIAL ENGINEERING FRAUD
HOW ROMANCE & PIG BUTCHERING SCAMS WORK
Romance and pig-butchering scams usually begin with trust. A scammer may spend weeks or months building a relationship before introducing crypto, forex, investment opportunities, urgent payment requests, or promises of future returns.
If money has already been sent, chats, screenshots, wallet addresses, bank transfers, transaction IDs, dating-app profiles, and platform records can help establish a timeline and show how the payments were made. These details are important when reviewing tracing, reporting, dispute, or recovery options.
COMMON TYPES OF ROMANCE & SOCIAL ENGINEERING FRAUD
01
Pig Butchering Investment Scams
A relationship is built over time before the victim is directed to a fake crypto, forex, or investment platform.
02
Dating App & Crypto Scams
Scammers move conversations away from dating apps, build trust privately, and later encourage crypto transfers or investments.
03
Emergency & Financial Requests
Victims are pressured to send money for supposed medical bills, travel, customs fees, legal issues, or family emergencies.
04
Impersonation & Fake Identities
Stolen photos, fabricated profiles, fake documents, and false professional backgrounds are used to gain trust.
RECOVERY WORKFLOW
ROMANCE SCAM CASE REVIEW PROCESS
PHASE ONE: PRESERVE
CHAT & IDENTITY EVIDENCE REVIEW
We organize dating-app profiles, WhatsApp or Telegram messages, screenshots, payment requests, claimed identities, fake documents, and platform links into a clear timeline showing how the scam developed.
PHASE TWO: TRACE
PAYMENT & TRANSACTION REVIEW
We review bank transfers, crypto transactions, wallet addresses, exchange activity, payment records, and recipient details to understand how the money was sent and where it may have moved.
PHASE THREE: ASSESS
RECOVERY & REPORTING OPTIONS
Based on the available evidence, transaction history, timing, and platforms involved, we identify which reporting, dispute, tracing, or recovery options may still be available.
CASE EXAMPLES
SELECTED ROMANCE SCAM CASE OUTCOMES
REF: #RS-9201
LOSS REPORTED
$680,000
AMOUNT RECOVERED
$598,000
“Romance scam involving a dating-app contact, multiple crypto transfers, wallet addresses, and a fraudulent investment platform.”
ROMANCE / CRYPTO INVESTMENT SCAM
REF: #PB-4408
LOSS REPORTED
$310,000
AMOUNT RECOVERED
$244,000
“Pig-butchering case involving staged account profits, repeated payment requests, and withdrawal restrictions on a fraudulent platform.”
PIG BUTCHERING / FAKE INVESTMENT PLATFORM
REF: #SE-1184
LOSS REPORTED
$145,000
AMOUNT RECOVERED
$109,000
“Impersonation and relationship-based fraud involving urgent payment requests and multiple wire transfers.”
IMPERSONATION / WIRE TRANSFER FRAUD
Past case outcomes do not guarantee future results. Recovery depends on the facts, timing, available evidence, payment methods, platforms involved, and jurisdiction.
COMMON CASE TYPES
ROMANCE & PIG BUTCHERING SCAM CASES WE REVIEW
RELATIONSHIP-BASED SCAMS
– Dating app romance fraud
– WhatsApp and Telegram manipulation
– Fake military, engineer, doctor, or executive identities
– Emergency payment requests
– Long-term emotional exploitation
PIG BUTCHERING SCHEMES
– Fake crypto investment portals
– Staged trading profit dashboards
– Withdrawal tax and unlock fee demands
– USDT and exchange transfer routing
– Cross-border wallet tracing
FOLLOW-UP FRAUD RISKS
– Fake recovery agents
– Impersonated law enforcement contacts
– Additional unlock or verification fees
– Identity document misuse
– Secondary extortion attempts
PRESERVE YOUR EVIDENCE. REVIEW YOUR OPTIONS.
Keep your messages, screenshots, wallet addresses, payment receipts, platform records, and dating-app profiles. These details can help establish what happened and may be important when reviewing tracing, reporting, dispute, or recovery options.
Never send passwords, private keys, or seed phrases through chat.