If You Have Been Defrauded Online, Acting Quickly Can Make a Difference
In cybercrime, time is evidence. A private prosecution allows for digital evidence preservation, judicial requests and urgent measures to trace funds and, where appropriate, attempt to freeze them.
Specialist technical representation in Buenos Aires City (CABA) and the Province.
A Police Report Alone Is Almost Never Enough
Many reports are processed as routine and critical time is wasted. In complex fraud cases — phishing, SIM swapping, digital wallet and cryptocurrency scams — what is needed is immediate action: preserving evidence, submitting judicial requests to financial institutions and directing the investigation with technical expertise.
If action is delayed, funds typically pass through “mule accounts,” are commingled, converted into cryptocurrency or exit the financial system altogether. As private prosecutors, we therefore prioritise fund tracing and the preservation of evidence to sustain urgent measures.
What We Do from the Outset:
- Judicial requests to banks and fintechs: we apply for safeguarding measures and, where appropriate, the preventive freezing of funds, and request available records (IP address, device, date/time, transaction trails) by way of judicial order.
- Requests to platforms and telecoms: ownership data and available technical records (where they exist) are requested to assist identification, always through judicial channels.
- Digital forensics and certification: we preserve chats, emails, URLs, profiles and evidence so that they carry evidential weight and cannot easily be challenged.
Bank / Service Provider: Liability and Evidence
Criminal proceedings typically provide a critical element: establishing the fraud and reconstructing the sequence of events, in order to sustain subsequent claims (administrative or judicial) where there were security failures, authentication deficiencies or inadequate verification.
Important
There is no guarantee of recovery. However, acting quickly improves the likelihood of preserving evidence and interrupting the movement of funds. Strategy is defined according to the institution, channel, timing, amounts and path of the money.
Data Loss Prevention Protocol
Before you try to “fix” your phone or close accounts, preserve evidence:
- 1. Do Not Delete Chats or Emails Your communications with the fraudster are evidence. Export complete chat threads; save emails with headers where possible.
- 2. Transaction Records and Confirmations Save PDFs or records of transfers, destination CVU/CBU (Argentine bank identifiers), transaction IDs and screenshots of account movements.
- 3. URLs, Profiles and Advertisements Screenshot fraudulent websites, profiles, posts and links before they disappear. Copy and paste the exact URL.
- 4. Do Not Reset Your Device Yet Before reinstalling or wiping your device, preserve evidence and review access (change passwords, sign out of all sessions, enable two-factor authentication).
For more detail on how we work, see our Victim Representation File (spanish only).
Fund Recovery: the Real Probability
We do not offer false promises. Recovering funds is usually
difficult.
However, criminal proceedings allow the fraud to be
formally established, judicial requests to be
directed and, depending on the case, measures to be sought to
stop collections on fraudulent loans and challenge negative
credit reports.
Frequently Asked Questions
Act Before the Digital Traces Disappear
Every hour counts when applying for judicial requests and urgent measures. Funds move quickly and digital evidence disappears just as fast. Contact us to initiate evidence preservation and define your strategy.
