<p>You are likely being scammed again.</p>

<p>The vast majority of bitcoin recovery companies are scams. The ONLY scenarios in which coins are recoverable are if you mistakenly sent them to another address in your wallet (such as an address after the gap limit, sent BTC to an LTC address, ETH to an ETC address, and so on), or if your wallet had a catastrophic derivation issue that resulted in it giving you non-standard addresses which normal wallet software cannot find.</p>

<p>Pretty much anyone else claiming to be able to recover coins that were stolen in scams, hacked from exchange accounts, sent to scammy brokers/investment/mining operations, etc. is also a scammer, trying to capitalize on your loss to extract more funds from you.</p>

<p>Cut your losses now, and do not give these people any more funds.</p>

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Raghav Sood
<p>Good on you for asking before sending money. <em>All</em> so-called "recovery companies" are scams and they will all ask you for money, even the ones that promised they wouldn't.</p>

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David Schwartz
<p>I have a recovery company retrieving my scammed bitcoins. They have moved them directly to my brand new wallet but the decryption process is very very slow. They say I should purchase more bitcoins and deposit them in my wallet to create history. Will that speed up the process?</p>

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2020-06-01T00:12:56.100Z
What does it mean "scammed bitcoins"? What do you mean by "decryption process"? If it's your wallet, and you know the keys/passwords how can it take time to decrypt? The part about "purchase more bitcoins and deposit them in my wallet to create history" doesn't make any sense. Are you sure, that someone isn't scamming you again? Are you keeping your bitcoin on non-custodial wallet?
Tony Sanak
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2020-06-01T08:02:54.733Z
**This really sounds like a scam**, there is no reason to need to 'create wallet history' by receiving a transaction, that doesn't make any sense.
chytrik
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How Can I speed up decrypting?
Nelson
# How Can I speed up decrypting?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-05-31)

I have a recovery company retrieving my scammed bitcoins. They have moved them directly to my brand new wallet but the decryption process is very very slow. They say I should purchase more bitcoins and deposit them in my wallet to create history. Will that speed up the process?

**Tags:** transactions, fraud

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: What does it mean "scammed bitcoins"? What do you mean by "decryption process"? If it's your wallet, and you know the keys/passwords how can it take time to decrypt? The part about "purchase more bitcoins and deposit them in my wallet to create history" doesn't make any sense. Are you sure, that someone isn't scamming you again? Are you keeping your bitcoin on non-custodial wallet?  
> **username_2**: **This really sounds like a scam**, there is no reason to need to 'create wallet history' by receiving a transaction, that doesn't make any sense.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2020-06-01. Score: 3

You are likely being scammed again.

The vast majority of bitcoin recovery companies are scams. The ONLY scenarios in which coins are recoverable are if you mistakenly sent them to another address in your wallet (such as an address after the gap limit, sent BTC to an LTC address, ETH to an ETC address, and so on), or if your wallet had a catastrophic derivation issue that resulted in it giving you non-standard addresses which normal wallet software cannot find.

Pretty much anyone else claiming to be able to recover coins that were stolen in scams, hacked from exchange accounts, sent to scammy brokers/investment/mining operations, etc. is also a scammer, trying to capitalize on your loss to extract more funds from you.

Cut your losses now, and do not give these people any more funds.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2020-06-01. Score: 0

Good on you for asking before sending money. *All* so-called "recovery companies" are scams and they will all ask you for money, even the ones that promised they wouldn't.


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