Victim of Cybercrime - recovering funds

Aretnap

Eyeful said:

One well known ploy, is for the crooks to contact their victim as a firm who can recover the all of the lost  money.
Of course the money is never recovered. If the target falls for it they end up handing over more money to the crooks in the form of "up front fees" of one sort or another. You can expect more such contacts for some time to come. I think you are unlikely to see your money again.

Worth adding that a popular variant on this scam is to pose as another victim and collect funds for a campaigning group or a class action lawsuit or similar, which of course never materialises.

For this reason victim's should be extremely cautious about contacting, or being contacted by, other victims through Internet forums and the like. 

Zola.

Sorry to hear this OP
I don't understand how people keep getting scammed like this, especially for such high value amounts. 

Thrugelmir

Zola. said:

I don't understand how people keep getting scammed like this, especially for such high value amounts. 

The possibility of seemingly making easy money. 

CustardApple

Zola. said:

Sorry to hear this OP
I don't understand how people keep getting scammed like this, especially for such high value amounts. 

It's called greed

barnstar2077

Let us not forget that some people are vulnerable and unable to spot the warning signs that others might see easily, it isn't always greed.