Recovery Scam: The trap of fake lawyers
Now We Trade victims are resold on the black market to other scammers. Their goal: to make you believe that your money has been found... to extort you one last time.
What is a Recovery Scam?
Weeks or months after losing your money on Now We Trade, you are contacted by email or phone by someone claiming to be a lawyer, an Interpol agent, a financial regulator (like the FSMA), or a funds recovery company (like AML Union).
They announce the good news: "We have dismantled Now We Trade and found your funds. To unblock them, you must pay a 10% file fee."
How to spot the fake lawyer
Request for upfront payment
They ask you to pay "administrative fees", "taxes" or "legal fees" before sending you the recovered money. A real lawyer rarely asks to be paid via obscure bank transfers to unblock seized funds.
They know everything about you
They know exactly how much you lost on Now We Trade. Why? Because they are the same scammers who operate under a new identity, or they bought your file on the darknet.
Usurped official identities
They use logos of the FSMA, the AMF, Interpol, or real law firms whose identity they usurp. They send very official-looking fake documents.
Urgency
They claim that the funds will be "lost forever" or "given to the State" if you do not pay the fee within 48 hours.
The golden rule to remember:
If you are contacted in this way, hang up and do not reply to emails.