The Time Has Come To Go To The Secret Service And Forget The FBI For Individual Victims

The United States Secret Services Is Stepping Up To Support Individual Victims In An Era Of Bank/Financial & Crypto Crimes!

SCARS has been working with the United States Government Law Enforcement Agencies for nearly a decade, and to be quite honest, we have been VERY disappointed by the FBI and their lack of victim focus. Under the current administration, the FBI is certainly arresting scammers and fraudsters, but unless a crime meets their criteria the victim is left grasping at thin air.

In fact, SCARS has filed complaints on behalf of scam victims several times due to the FBI’s failure to follow their own victim’s rights policies. But uniformly, nothing comes from it. FBI apathy for financial fraud victims is uniformly reported by victims everywhere. For these and other reasons, we now recommend that individual financial fraud victims focus on these four entities in their reporting only and in this order:

1. Local Police – this is essential, even if local police are poorly equipped or trained to help! Get your report number – this is the gateway to victims’ resources and benefits.
2. U.S. Secret Service – the Secret Service wants to talk to you – Find the nearest U.S. Secret Service Field Office to you.
   Crypto scams can also be reported by email to: CryptoFraud@SecretService.gov
   Victims who require further assistance may call 1-888-813-USSS
   Deaf and hard of hearing 202-406-5370
3. U.S. Federal Trade Commission at https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/?orgcode=SCARS – the FTC will send a copy of your report to the FBI, so you don’t have to bother.
4. SCARS on www.Anyscam.com – for worldwide distribution.

NEVER REPORT YOUR CRIME TO ANY PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT COMPANY – THEY ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN EXPLOITING YOU

About The U.S. Secret Service and Scams

Combating the illicit use of digital assets

Since its creation in 1865, the United States Secret Service has been tasked with safeguarding the integrity of the nation’s economy. Initial efforts focused on putting an end to rampant counterfeiting taking place in the years following the American Civil War, a time in which as much as 30% of circulating currency was thought to be illicit. As individuals and organized networks evolved and sought new ways to defraud the public, special agents and criminal investigators with the Secret Service have responded, applying their experience and expertise to preventing other financially motivated crimes such as illicit credit card schemes, fraudulent wire transfers, computer fraud and abuse, and, most recently, the illicit use of digital assets, including cryptocurrencies to facilitate crimes like Pig Butchering Scams and ransomware attacks.

The Secret Service is equipped and able to respond to cryptocurrency recovery too!

What Are Digital Assets?

The term digital assets refers broadly to representations of value in digital form, regardless of legal tender status. For example, digital assets include cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and nationally backed central bank digital currencies. Regardless of the label used, or the various definitions ascribed to them, digital assets can be used as a form of money or be a security, a commodity or a derivative of either. Digital assets may be exchanged across digital asset trading platforms, including centralized and decentralized finance platforms, or through peer-to-peer technologies.

Why Does The Secret Service Investigate The Use Of Digital Assets?

The Secret Service is responsible for detecting, investigating, and arresting any person who violates certain laws related to financial systems. In recent years digital assets have increasingly been used to facilitate a growing range of crimes, including various fraud schemes (such as relationship scams and Pig Butchering scams) and the use of ransomware.

While the United States has been a leader in setting standards for regulating and supervising the use of digital assets for anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism purposes, poor or nonexistent implementation of those standards in some jurisdictions abroad is presenting significant illicit financing risks that harm the American people and our foreign partners. For example, transnational organized criminals often launder and cash out their illicit proceeds using digital asset service providers in jurisdictions that have not yet effectively implemented international standards.

The ongoing growth in decentralized financial ecosystems, peer-to-peer payment activity and obscured blockchain ledgers presents additional risks to the American people and our foreign partners. When digital assets are abused and used in illicit ways it is in the national interest to take actions to mitigate these risks through law enforcement action and other government authorities. The U.S. Secret Service is committed to doing its part to safeguard the nation from illicit activity involving digital assets.

Reporting Cryptocurrency and Digital Asset Investment Scams

The U.S. Secret Service has observed a significant increase in cryptocurrency and digital asset investment scams. These scams often target victims who use social media, online dating, or professional networking platforms.

If you have been defrauded of funds through a cryptocurrency investment scam, please contact the Secret Service at CryptoFraud@SecretService.gov (also see above). The following information should be included in your email: websites you have visited, telephone numbers and email addresses used by scammers, social media profiles and accounts used by scammer, cryptocurrency addresses used in transactions, transaction hashes (transaction IDs), and dates of the transactions. You do not need to include all the chats, those were mostly lies. The Secret Service agents will ask you for anything else they need!

Based on the information provided, you may be contacted by the Secret Service or other law enforcement entity and asked to provide additional information. The Secret Service cannot act as your attorney or provide you with legal advice. However, you should seek the advice of an attorney with respect to this or other related legal matters.

If you speak to the Secret Service ask about your victim’s rights!

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