After you’ve already been scammed, a new caller promises to recover your losses — for another upfront fee. It’s often the same scammers, or a partner working from a list of prior victims.
If you’ve already been scammed and someone offers to ‘recover’ your money for an upfront fee, it’s a second scam. Legitimate recovery never requires an upfront payment — report the original fraud to the FTC instead.
Be very wary of anyone charging an upfront fee to 'recover' losses — that's a reload scam. Report the original scam to the FTC and your state Attorney General.
Scammers share victim lists. An unsolicited recovery offer with upfront fees is almost always a second scam.
Someone claims they can get back the money you lost — posing as a law firm, agency, or even a government office.
They demand a ‘recovery,’ ‘court,’ or ‘tax’ fee before any funds can be released.
There are no funds to recover. You’ve simply been reloaded — scammed a second time.
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