Day 1 — the panic "Did I just lose everything?"
You realise the withdrawal never arrives. The chat goes quiet. This is the moment most people do the wrong thing — they send more money, or they pay a "recovery agent" who found them first.
Recovery-fee scams target victims twice
You were scammed.
Now build the evidence
that actually gets read.
Scan any public ETH or SOL wallet, then generate the complaint, email and legal documents your bank, the exchange and IC3 will ask you for. No promises, no private keys, no fees to get your own money back.
Used by victims filing with banks, exchanges and IC3
No signup · No wallet connection · Nothing stored
Chain read Ethereum · Solana
Evidence pack 12 documents
Public API status All systems normal
Reports formatted for IC3.gov Dispute packets for bank fraud teams Freeze requests for exchanges Complaints for ReportFraud.ftc.gov Drafts reviewed by attorney-style templates Built on Etherscan + Solana RPC public data Reports formatted for IC3.gov Dispute packets for bank fraud teams Freeze requests for exchanges Complaints for ReportFraud.ftc.gov Drafts reviewed by attorney-style templates Built on Etherscan + Solana RPC public data
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Lost to crypto fraud yearly
Global reported losses, public agency data
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To scan a public address
No signup, no wallet connection
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Evidence documents ready
Complaint, email and legal drafts
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Runs in your browser
Your address is never uploaded
Loss figures reflect publicly reported fraud statistics; they are shown for context, not as a claim about any individual case.
The four weeks nobody talks about
What this actually feels like — and where the path turns
Every victim moves through the same four stages. The difference between a dead end and a real case is what you build in the second one.
Day 1 — the panic Day 1 — the shock "How was this even possible?"
Denial, anger, embarrassment. You re-read every message looking for the clue you missed. Nothing about this is your fault — these operations are built by teams who do it full time.
Day 2 — the plan "Okay. I know what to do next."
Stop contact. Preserve every transaction hash and chat log. Scan the wallet. Build the evidence file. Send it to your bank, IC3 and the exchange — in that order.
Day 30 — the calm "I did everything I could, properly."
No result is guaranteed. But a documented, professionally formatted complaint is what gives your case any chance — and it is what every bank, agent and attorney will ask you for.
From panic to paperwork
Four steps, in the order that actually matters
01
Preserve everything
Screenshots, chat logs, receipts, transaction hashes. Once a scam site goes offline, this is all that is left.
02
Scan the wallet
Run the public address through the tracer. Balance, transaction sample, activity window and risk signal.
03
Generate the pack
Complaint template, complaint email and legal drafts — auto-filled with your details and the scan facts.
04
Send it everywhere
Bank, receiving exchange, IC3, FTC. Same day. Speed is the only lever you control.
Prevention library
All 20 tutorials Stop the next one before it starts
Recovery is a long shot. Prevention is a decision. 20 tutorials, each built around a test you can run yourself — before you deposit, before you sign, before you send.
Fake Platforms
How to Spot a Fake Crypto Exchange Before You Deposit a Single Dollar
The exact 11 checks that expose a fake exchange in under 6 minutes.
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Seed Phrase Safety: The 7 Rules That Make Wallet Draining Impossible
Your seed phrase is the whole wallet. These seven rules make it unstealable.
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How to Verify a Wallet Address Before You Send — The 60-Second Protocol
The 60-second check that catches clipboard hijackers and poisoned addresses.
Read tutorial Live on-chain trace
Watch a wallet give up its story
The tracer walks the public ledger in stages — validating the address, reading the balance, sampling transactions, measuring activity gaps and scoring the pattern.
Balance & holdings
Current native balance and whether the wallet is drained or active.
Activity window
First and last seen transaction — the timeline that anchors a complaint.
Risk signal
An algorithmic pattern score with its factors shown openly — never a verdict on a person.
trace.console
demo preview Balance
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Risk signal
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The part that gets your case read
Three documents that turn a story into a file
Banks, exchanges and law enforcement do not act on paragraphs of distress. They act on structured documents. Build all three in about four minutes.
Prebuilt complaint templates
Pick your scam type — the complaint writes itself with your details, timeline and transaction facts already in the right places.
Auto-generated complaint email
A firm, factual email sized for your bank, the exchange or a payment provider. Copy it or download it in one click.
Legal document drafts
Police report, FTC/IC3 complaint attachments and a demand letter — auto-filled and print-ready on letterhead-style layout.
Where the trail usually ends
The platforms and chains a trace most often reaches
A complaint gets read when it names a party that can actually act. These are the venues whose compliance teams can sometimes freeze funds while they are still on-chain — and the assets most stolen in the cases we write about.
Binance 
OKX 
Coinbase 
MetaMask 
Trust Wallet 
Kraken 
Bybit 
KuCoin 
Ledger 
Tether USDT 
Bitcoin 
Ethereum Binance OKX Coinbase MetaMask Trust Wallet Kraken Bybit KuCoin Ledger Tether USDT Bitcoin Ethereum Binance OKX Coinbase MetaMask Trust Wallet Kraken Bybit KuCoin Ledger Tether USDT Bitcoin Ethereum Exchange arrival
When funds reach a custodial exchange, a compliance freeze request is sometimes possible — but only while the balance sits there. Speed decides it.
Self-custody hop
A wallet-to-wallet hop removes the ability to freeze. That is exactly why the hop pattern is one of the four factors the risk signal measures.
Documented route
Naming the venue, the address and the timestamps is what turns a story into a file an investigator or a bank dispute team can act on.
Never requested Seed phrase · Keys · OTP
Trust is built by what we refuse to do
Four limits we put in writing
Most recovery sites fail this list on the first line. Here is exactly what TrueMoneyTalk will and will not ever do.
We never ask for keys
No seed phrase, no private key, no remote access, no OTP. Anyone who asks is scamming you a second time.
We publish the limits
Blockchain data cannot identify a person. We say so on every page instead of hiding it behind a sales pitch.
Public data only
Scans read open, public blockchain endpoints. Nothing private is accessed and nothing is stored.
No recovery promises
Recovery depends on the bank, the exchange, the jurisdiction and the speed. We sell preparation, not miracles.
Second-scam red flags: anyone who guarantees a refund, asks to be paid upfront in crypto,
claims to have an "FBI contact", or requests a seed phrase or remote access is targeting you again.
Stop, screenshot, and report them too.
Recovery library
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Read guide What preparing properly looks like
Victims who stopped panicking and started documenting
"The bank asked me for a formal complaint with transaction details. I had screenshots and nothing else. The template gave me a document the fraud team could actually process the same day."
Marcus D.
Lost $18,400 — wire + USDT
"What helped was the honesty. Every other site promised to "get it back". This one told me what evidence I needed and what the real limits were. I finally stopped panicking and started working."
Priya S.
Romance scam survivor
"I traced the wallet, saw the funds had moved through two hops, and put the transaction sample straight into my IC3 report. My attorney said it was the cleanest victim file she had seen."
Anthony R.
Pig-butchering victim
Names abbreviated at the request of contributors. Individual outcomes vary and are never guaranteed.
Straight answers
Questions every victim asks first
No — and any site that says it can is lying to you. Tracing a public wallet produces evidence: balances, transaction samples, timing and a risk signal. That evidence is what your bank, the receiving exchange, IC3 or an attorney will ask for. Whether funds are frozen or returned depends entirely on them, not on this website.
Yes. Every scan on this site reads only public blockchain data through open, publicly documented APIs — the same information is available to anyone with a browser. We do not access private systems, guess passwords, or attempt to identify a person. Attaching that public data to your own police report is exactly what it is for.
Ethereum (any 0x… address) and Solana (base58 addresses). Both chains are read through public endpoints. Note that the Ethereum scan needs a free Etherscan API key configured by the site owner — if that key is missing, the Ethereum scan will return a limited result while the Solana scan continues to work.
No. This is a static site with no database. The scan runs entirely inside your browser and the address is never sent to us. The documents you generate in the Report Builder are built in your browser too — close the tab and they are gone unless you downloaded them.
Stop all contact with the other party. Do not send another payment, "unlock fee" or tax. Screenshot every chat, email and payment receipt. Write down every transaction hash. Then scan the wallet address here, generate your evidence pack, and contact your bank or the receiving exchange the same day — speed matters more than anything else.
Almost never. Legitimate firms do not cold-call victims, do not promise a percentage-back guarantee, and do not ask to be paid in crypto. Recovery-fee fraud is the single most common second scam. Ask for a written engagement letter, a physical business address and a bar or licence number before paying anybody.
Start now — it takes four minutes
Scan the wallet. Build the file. Send it today.
Everything runs in your browser, costs nothing to start, and produces documents you can hand to a real fraud investigator.