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Recovery Scammers: Those “X Recovered My Money” Comments Are Part of the Scam

If you've ever posted online saying you were hacked or lost money to a scam, you may have seen replies like:

“Contact this expert on Instagram.”.

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Welcome to c/scams!

This is a community for discussing scams, suspicious websites, messages, offers, and other potentially fraudulent activity.

Share your experience, ask whether something looks suspicious, or help others recognize common scam tactics.

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/c/scams

An educational community focused on scam identification, awareness and prevention. Ask questions, share experiences and help others recognize scams.

/c/scams is an educational community for identifying and understanding scams. If you think you may be getting scammed, ask the community for help. If you've encountered a scam, share your experience to warn and educate others. Posts should focus on the facts, methods and warning signs involved so the information can help future readers. Reports posted by users represent their experiences and allegations unless independently verified.

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Community rules

Be Civil	Treat other members respectfully, especially victims asking for help. No harassment, bullying, victim blaming or personal attacks.
No Personal Information	Do not post private phone numbers, email addresses, social media accounts, addresses, full names or other identifying information. Public figures may be discussed when relevant.
Provide Context	Explain what happened and include enough information for others to understand the situation. Low-effort accusations, unexplained screenshots and contextless posts may be removed.
Keep Reports Factual	Describe what happened, show relevant evidence and distinguish suspicion from established fact. Do not make unsupported accusations against individuals or businesses.
No Clickable Scam Links	Do not post clickable links to suspected scam websites. Defang them as `example[.]com` or otherwise make them non-clickable.
No Recovery Scammers	Do not offer or recommend hackers, recovery agents or other services claiming they can recover stolen money, crypto or accounts.
No Spam or Self-Promotion	No advertisements, referral codes, promotional posts, social-media promotion or solicitation of products and services.
No Scambaiting	This is an educational and scam-identification community. Do not encourage contacting, provoking or attempting to trick known scammers.
No Personal Armies	Do not ask members to mass-report, contact, harass or attack an alleged scammer, account, website or business.
No Illegal or Harmful Activity	Do not promote fraud, hacking, account theft, buying/selling accounts or other illegal or prohibited activity.
Research & Media Require Approval	Surveys, research recruitment, journalism requests, interviews and AMAs require moderator approval before posting.
Keep the Community Safe	Do not encourage actions that could expose users to malware, financial loss, harassment or other unnecessary risks. Moderators may remove content that puts users at risk.

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