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Inability to withdraw funds from fraudulent crypto platform

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An investor reports that they are unable to withdraw approximately £36,000 from a cryptocurrency platform they now believe to be fraudulent, as the assets are not recognized by legitimate exchanges.

Who's affected: An individual investor who used the Altian Finance platform and was subsequently targeted by recovery scammers.

⚠️ Single report. This is one person's account. We mark it so until more voices confirm it.

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  1. A specialized legal tech platform that connects victims of crypto fraud with verified forensic accountants and recovery lawyers.
  2. An educational browser extension that flags known fraudulent crypto domains and 'recovery scam' patterns in real-time.
  3. A community-led database of 'recovery scam' tactics to help victims identify secondary fraud attempts before they lose more money.
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Real voices

“There is currently about £36,000 in my wallet that I cannot change into a crypto that is recognised by Coinbase”

Source: Stack Exchange (money) · CC BY-SA 4.0, user-contributed content from Stack Exchange; summarized and modified

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