YouTube is increasingly showing advertisements in the style:
"We are a team of blockchain forensics experts. We will get your money back from the dishonest broker."
Sounds loud.
The problem is that this is an absolute lie — and it catches those who are already in trouble.
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## 🔍 What is blockchain forensics really
This is a field of data analysis.
Specialists work with open blockchain chains and do:
— transaction analysis,
— building chains of asset movement,
— linking addresses with exchanges, wallets, and risky clusters,
— preparation of data for the police and regulators.
❗But they DO NOT return the funds.
❗They do not freeze wallets.
❗They cannot «just take and cancel the transaction».
This is analytics. Not magic.
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## 🎭 Why the advertisement «we'll return your money» is a scam
Any company that promises a refund through “blockchain forensics”,
manipulates two things:
1) Ignorance of people about how blockchain works
2) Fear and pain after losses
To actually get the money back, you need:
— criminal case,
— court decision,
— established identities of fraudsters,
— their real bank accounts,
— international requests.
No «private blockchain company» can do this.
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## ⚠️ Important: fraud does not occur on the blockchain
To be deceived, you must voluntarily transfer money:
— to the broker,
— pseudo-fund,
— «to the trader»,
— «to the analytical bot»,
— or directly to the fraudster.
Blockchain in this process is just a transport.
It is neutral, like a wire in a socket.
Your actions are your responsibility.
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## 🧠 Why do people fall for such services?
Because they are offered a «second chance».
Psychologically, this is the most vulnerable state.
And these services, promising «refund through forensics»,
just takes an additional fee:
— «for the analysis»,
— «for the request»,
— «for the preparation of reports»,
— «for legal support».
And disappears.
This is a secondary deception of those who have already been deceived.
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## ✔️ When blockchain analytics really helps
It is useful when the investigation is conducted by real structures:
— exchanges,
— law enforcement,
— international agencies.
But even in this case, it is not «returning money»,
and the identification of schemes, addresses, clusters, flows of funds.
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## 🧩 Conclusion
Blockchain forensics is a powerful analytical tool.
But it is not created to «return money».
If the service promises this —
it is not forensics,
it is a continuation of the fraud.
