Questions people actually ask

Usually not, and anyone who tells you otherwise before seeing your transaction history is selling something. Crypto sent to a scammer is typically converted and moved through several wallets within hours, then out through offshore services.

The cases where recovery does happen share features: the funds are still sitting at a regulated exchange, the transfer happened very recently, a bank wire has not yet settled, or law enforcement reaches a pool of funds in a large seizure and distributes to victims who filed reports. That last one is the practical reason to report even when it feels pointless.

It is free and there is no payment page on this site. We intend to earn money in future from attorneys who pay for introductions to matters that fit their practice — never from you. We do not have those partners yet, which we explain in more detail on the how we work page.

No. CryptoLawyer.com is operated by Apogee Intelligence LLC and is an information service. We do not practise law, we do not give legal advice, and using this site does not create an attorney–client relationship.

Not yet. We are building a vetted network and we are not going to claim it exists before it does. If you leave your email at the end of the assessment, we will contact you if and when we can make an introduction that actually fits your case.

Almost certainly not, particularly if they contacted you first or asked for any payment upfront. The FBI has issued specific warnings about fake law firms targeting crypto scam victims. Read the seven signals before you reply to anyone.

It depends on the structure. Contingency arrangements — typically around a third of any recovery — are common where there is a solvent defendant worth pursuing. Hourly rates are common for disputes, insolvency claims and regulatory work, and can run to several hundred dollars an hour. Many firms offer a free initial consultation. A legitimate attorney will explain fees in writing before starting work.

Yes. Reports are how patterns get identified and how seizure distributions get built, and the amount you lost has no bearing on whether your wallet addresses are useful to investigators. These operations are engineered by professionals to work on careful people — the shame is misplaced.

Yes, so we can follow up if you ask us to and so we can improve the tool. We do not sell it or pass it to lead brokers. You can ask us to delete it — see privacy. Never include seed phrases, private keys or passwords.

No, it is generated by a language model working from a detailed instruction set, and the site says so rather than implying a human reviewed your case. It is a strong starting point, but it can be wrong and it only knows what you typed.

The token classification guide covers where US law stands as of September 2026 and what securities counsel will ask you for. You can also run the assessment and pick the token classification option.