ROMANCE SCAM INVESTIGATION

Romance Fraud

Sensitive, confidential investigations into romance scams and catfishing operations. We help you verify who you have been communicating with, preserve key evidence, trace transferred funds, and explain your realistic options with care and discretion.

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OUR APPROACH

How We Help

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Profile Analysis

Investigate online dating profiles, social media accounts, and communications to determine if suspect is using stolen images, fake identity, or operating as part of organised fraud network.

Communication Forensics

Analyse patterns in messages, identify multiple victims, and trace communication methods back to source locations and real identities.

Financial Tracing

Follow money transfers made to romance scammers through bank accounts, cryptocurrency, or money services to identify recipients and recovery opportunities.

Discreet Investigation

Conduct all investigations with utmost sensitivity and confidentiality, understanding the emotional impact on victims and need for discretion.

Asset Tracing

Identify recoverable targets and pressure points across banks, payment processors, exchanges, and criminal structures to support freezing and recovery steps.

Global Reach

We represent individuals internationally, pursuing cross-border investigations and recovery action against romance Fraud facilitators.

What is romance fraud?

It feels personal.
It’s actually a structured financial crime.

Romance fraud is a calculated deception in which criminals create false identities to build trust, emotional dependency, and ultimately request money. These scams often operate through dating platforms, social media, messaging apps, or email, and may continue for weeks or months before financial requests are made.

False identity Use of stolen photographs, fabricated professions, and carefully constructed backstories to appear credible and trustworthy.

Gradual financial requests Money requested for emergencies, travel, medical costs, investments, or fabricated business opportunities.

Funds moved quickly Payments are often routed through mule accounts, cryptocurrency exchanges, or international transfers to obscure the trail.

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Confidential. Discreet. No judgement.

Identity verification

We uncover who is really behind the profile.

Our investigations identify stolen imagery, link digital accounts, trace communications, and follow transferred funds to establish what occurred and where recovery opportunities may exist.

Our process

A clear path to answers

Romance fraud cases require sensitivity and structured investigation. We focus on establishing identity, tracing funds, and identifying viable recovery or accountability routes.

Case review & evidence assessment

We analyse communications, payment records, profile data, and timelines to understand the full scope of the deception.

Identity & network analysis

We investigate the individual or group behind the profile, including image sourcing, account linkages, IP indicators, and associated victims.

Financial tracing

We trace transfers through bank accounts, payment processors, money service businesses, and cryptocurrency pathways to identify pressure points.

Recovery & accountability strategy

Where viable, we prepare structured evidence packs to support bank complaints, exchange intervention, civil action, or law enforcement referral.

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You’ll leave the call knowing the next steps.

Recovery-first approach

A supportive approach

You control what you share — we handle the investigation

Many clients feel embarrassed or uncertain about coming forward. That reaction is normal — and it’s exactly what scammers rely on. We work quietly, evidence-led, and at your pace.

Strict confidentiality

Your information is handled discreetly. We only request what is necessary to progress the case.

Evidence-first

We preserve communications, validate identities, and organise a clear case file that supports next steps.

Clear guidance

You’ll understand what happened, what is provable, and which recovery or accountability routes are realistic.

Optional first call

Start with a private conversation

If you’re unsure what to do next, we can talk through the situation and advise what information matters most. If you choose to proceed, we’ll take it from there.

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No obligation • Discreet handling

Where the money went

In every scam, funds move — and that creates leverage

Money sent to romance scammers is rarely “lost” in a simple sense. It is transferred, layered, and converted — often through accounts and platforms that create points of accountability.

Banking & payment rails We identify recipient accounts, mule networks, and transactional patterns that can support complaints, recalls, and escalation.

Cryptocurrency pathways Where crypto is involved, we map the trail to exchanges, services, and off-ramps to identify intervention and recovery opportunities.

Regulatory & criminal levers For larger or multi-jurisdictional cases, criminal pathways can offer stronger recovery potential than civil action alone.

We work with partner agencies — including specialist international law enforcement in multiple jurisdictions — to support asset location and preservation where viable.

Recovery-led strategy

DIRECT CONSULTATION

If this has happened to you, you are not alone

Romance fraud can be deeply distressing — financially and emotionally. If you would like to understand what happened and whether recovery options exist, speak with us in complete confidence. There is no judgement and no obligation.

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NOTICE OF COMPLIANCE

IYE Global operates in accordance with applicable provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA) relating to claims management activities in Great Britain.

IYE Global is not authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to carry out regulated claims management activities. Where activities fall within the scope of regulated claims management services, IYE Global relies on a statutory exemption under FSMA, whereby such services are provided through appropriately qualified and regulated legal professionals.

IYE Global does not itself provide regulated legal or financial services. Any such services are delivered by independent legal practitioners who are authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom.

REGULATORY STATUS STATEMENT

IYE Global provides investigative and intelligence services in relation to suspected fraud and financial misconduct. This includes analysing available evidence, identifying potential recovery pathways, and supporting clients in understanding their options.

Where appropriate, clients may be introduced to an independent solicitor regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), who can, where instructed, pursue legal recovery actions on their behalf.

IYE Global does not guarantee the recovery of funds and does not provide financial, investment, or legal advice. All recovery actions are subject to legal assessment, jurisdictional considerations, and the specific circumstances of each case.