Why it exists
Most people who lose money to a crypto scam walk into a police station with a phone full of screenshots and no clear way to explain what happened. The details that matter — transaction IDs, wallet addresses, exact amounts and dates — are often missing or wrong, and cases stall before they start. Meanwhile, fake "recovery" services move in.
This service gives every victim, whatever they lost, a clear and accurate starting point — for free.
Who runs it
CRYME Blockchain Forensics is a South African blockchain forensics firm. We trace crypto fraud on Bitcoin and EVM chains and produce forensic reports for legal proceedings, liquidators and law enforcement.
Chris du Toit, founder and lead investigator, is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and Chainalysis Investigations Specialist (CISC) with more than ten years of experience investigating crypto fraud and building compliance functions. He was the first compliance hire at Luno and built the anti-financial-crime programme at Xapo Bank.
Every report on this service is reviewed by a CRYME investigator.
The rules we follow
- Free, with no strings. Reporting never costs anything and doesn't commit you to our paid services.
- No outcome promises. We don't recover funds and won't suggest we can.
- Your words. Your draft statement is built only from what you told us. You check every paragraph, and the statement is yours to correct and sign.
- Checked facts. Amounts, dates, addresses and transaction IDs come from the blockchain or from you — never invented by software.
- No leading questions. Follow-up questions are open, so your account stays your own.
- Your privacy. Personal details are encrypted, removed before any automated drafting, and never shared with WatchTower or partners without your permission.
- Your keys stay yours. We block seed phrases and private keys if anyone tries to enter them, and never store them.
How it's funded
CRYME funds this service from its separate forensic, training and compliance work for businesses, lawyers and liquidators. Exchanges and banks can refer their customers here for free. With victims' consent, the scam addresses from reports — never personal details — also strengthen CRYME WatchTower, a service that helps exchanges screen payments to scammers.
Languages
The service is in English for now. Afrikaans, isiZulu, isiXhosa and other South African languages are planned.