Printable checklist
What to save before you report
Gather these before you file. Check off each one as you go. You won't have all of them, and that's fine: report anyway.
Free to print, copy and share.
- Every transfer: the date, amount and coin
- Each transaction ID (also called hash or TxID)
- The wallet addresses you sent money to
- The network each transfer used, like Ethereum, TRON or Bitcoin
- Screenshots of your messages with the scammer. Don't delete the chat.
- Every name, phone number, email and username they used
- Website and app addresses, including any fake investment site
- Bank and exchange statements showing the money leaving your accounts
- Crypto ATM receipts, if you used one
- Any ticket numbers from your bank or exchange
- Your IC3 submission ID and police report number once you have them
Keep your originals. Make copies to share, and never send anyone your recovery phrase or private key.
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More free guides
- How to file with the FBI's IC3
- How to file a police report
- How to report a scam to your exchange
- How to find your transaction ID
- Pig butchering: what to do now
- Bitcoin ATM scam: what to do now
- Spotting fake police, FBI and government officials
- What happens after you report
- Check a recovery offer for red flags
- Crypto scam terms, in plain words
- Transaction ID checker (free tool)
- Printable checklist: questions to ask the police
Sources
- FBI public service announcement: guidance for cryptocurrency scam victims (2023)
- FBI: Cryptocurrency investment fraud
- IC3: Cryptocurrency
Last checked against official guidance: November 2026.