What actually is recovery scamming?

Cyber criminals often try to scam their victims a second time after a successful rip-off. They keep lists of all the victims who they have successfully scammed in order to lure them into a second attempted fraud. This particularly nasty scam is called recovery scamming.

08.07.2025 –

In recovery scamming, criminals contact their fraud victims by phone, email or social media and promise to recover the lost money.
They often pretend to be the police, a bank or a security company in order to gain the trust of their intended victim.
However, they can only help, or so they pretend, in return for an advance payment, sensitive data such as card details or personal information.
Now the trap snaps shut a second time: As soon as the scammers have what they want, they disappear again.

So, think of LINDA: A = Address of the sender should always be checked carefully.

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