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I got tricked by one of the recent bitcoin scams operating on youtube in which somebody steals somebody's identity, in my case it was Tesla/SpaceX/NASA/Elon Musk, and wound up losing 0.3 bitcoin.
I thought it might be possible to recover bitcoin from a fraudulent transaction but it appears that is just another scam. In fact one might say that the entire bitcoin scheme itself is a gigantic fraud mechanism. Luckily I never paid any actual money to anyone other than for the miner equipment, which can be resold.
However I did pay $150 USD to Atlas Global Recovery based on this very quote:
Eric: "I believe your chance of successful recovery is very strong and would like to get to work right away on your case. Attached is a Service Agreement that I will need you to read, fill, sign, and return to us. There is a flat fee of $150.00 to cover the expenses for your case."
So I paid them $150 via Mastercard and it appears they are actually based out of Huntsville Arizona with zip code 72740 and telephone number 914-465-0114. I'm going to attempt to dispute that Mastercard transaction.
Holy cow the scams pile up one upon the next!
Cryptocurrency is a complete and utter scam, no wonder Maduro/Venezuela and Putin/Russia are so firmly behind these schemes.
 

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I see what looks like the same company at actionrefund.com and actionrefund.net. Let me know if you are talking about a different domain name.

Both were registered in 2019 (October for .com and December for .net).

The sites are very vague, other than mentioning a free consultation and up-front fees or chargebacks and "other recovery programs."

I can't swear they are scammers, but the sites certainly don't fill me with confidence. I suggest you try a DIY chargeback if possible or else select an established chargeback company.
 
i see a lot of these things going around saying they can get back your lost funds. i am sorry to say it is just another scam that people are running to get your money. the whole invest with me and i will make you rich is slowing down so now they promis to get back your lost money. time to cut your losses and understand you made a mistake. sorry
 
Sad to hear my friend, instead of running for help on this recovery firm they are just adding your injury? Nowadays, its really hard to trust anyone.
 
Ok I see they are on scammers list, what is the reason behind that though? Anyway is there any way of recovering btc, or should I simply go on.
try to aware community how u got scammed , help community to protect by posting ur comments and as much info as u can on u tube comments section, thi way u can help others to save their hard earned money, i got scammed too i lost 15k in 2 weeks mate , i am now helping other to put comments and adding more and more info about scammers ways and tricks how they tricking peoples and stealing money , follow it mate dont search for answers either u will get it back or not , post it as much as possible and ask for a little donation may be u will accumulate some btc by helping others,
 
horizon-security.org - Created on 2019-11-01. That's not a lot of time to have completed the 7413 cases they claim. Funny, a client reports they got his money back using the in 2017.

I wrote quote above back in June. It looks like they went on holiday after that, since today they still claim to have solved exactly 7413 cases.

A suspicious person might assume they lied and have had the 7413 cases solved claim posted since the first day their website came online.
 
Sad to hear my friend, instead of running for help on this recovery firm they are just adding your injury? Nowadays, its really hard to trust anyone.
Luckily Mastercard saw things my way and I got the chargeback. The secret: Atlas Global does not pickup the phone number that they had provided.
 
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