Last updated: July 14, 2025
Information only
VictimCheck provides information. It does not provide legal, financial, tax, investment or psychological advice, and nothing here should be relied on as such. If you need advice about your situation, speak to a lawyer, your bank, or a recognised consumer advice organisation.
A "no match" result does not mean you were not scammed
Our records are incomplete by nature. The overwhelming majority of fraud is never reported anywhere, and reports that are made often take months to appear in any dataset. If your search returns nothing, it means only that we found nothing in the records available to us — not that you are safe, and not that what happened to you was legitimate. If something felt wrong, trust that instinct and take it to the police or your bank regardless of what this site shows.
A match is not proof
A match means an identifier you searched for appears somewhere in our records. It is not a finding of fact, a conviction, or a judgment. Reports may be mistaken, outdated, incomplete, or malicious. Do not treat a match as evidence that a specific named person committed an offence, and do not publish accusations based on it.
We are not law enforcement
VictimCheck is not a police force, prosecutor, regulator, court or government agency, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them. Submitting a report to us is not the same as reporting a crime. To report a crime, contact the police in your country.
We will never ask you to pay to get money back
People who have been defrauded are frequently targeted a second time. "Recovery" fraud works by contacting known victims, promising to retrieve their money, and charging fees, taxes or deposits that vanish. So, clearly:
- We do not offer fund recovery of any kind.
- We will never phone, message or email you offering to recover your money.
- We will never ask for an upfront fee, a "release fee", a tax payment, a wallet seed phrase, remote access to your computer, or your banking credentials.
If anyone contacts you claiming to be VictimCheck and asks for any of these, it is not us. Do not pay, do not share anything, and report it.
Where to get real help
If you think you have been defrauded, act quickly — speed matters most in the first hours.
- Contact your bank or payment provider immediately and ask about a recall, chargeback or freeze.
- Report it to the police. In Germany, contact your local police station or file online through your state's Online-Wache; guidance is available at bka.de.
- Consumer advice: verbraucherzentrale.de in Germany, Action Fraud in the UK, and reportfraud.ftc.gov or ic3.gov in the US.
- Financial regulator, if an investment or financial firm is involved — in Germany, bafin.de.
- Change passwords and enable two-factor authentication on any account that may have been exposed.
Being scammed is not a sign of carelessness or stupidity. Modern fraud is professionally run and designed to work on ordinary, careful people. Reporting it helps you and helps the next person.
Accuracy and availability
We take care with our records but make no warranty that they are accurate, complete, current, or fit for any particular purpose. We may change or remove content at any time, and the Service may be unavailable without notice.
External links
Links to other websites are provided for convenience. We do not control them and accept no responsibility for their content, accuracy or privacy practices.
Limitation
So far as the law permits, we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on information provided through the Service. Liability that cannot lawfully be excluded is unaffected. See section 13 of our Terms of Service.
Contact
VictimCheck GmbH, Mainzer Landstraße 150, 60327 Frankfurt am Main, Germany — support@victimcheck.com