DIGITAL FORENSICS DIVISION · CONFIDENTIAL INTAKE EN / FR / ES
Digital forensics · individual fraud victims

Find out exactly where your money went.

Built for the moment after, not the moment before.

Northbeam traces stolen funds across crypto wallets, bank rails, and trading platforms, then documents what we find in a report you can hand to a lawyer, a bank, or the police — whether or not you ever hire us again.

FREE INITIAL REVIEW · NO PAYMENT TO START · NO GUARANTEE OF RECOVERY

About Northbeam

We have one job: find out what actually happened to the money.

Northbeam is an independent digital forensics practice — not a law firm, not a recovery guarantee, and not the police. Our value comes from the rigor of the trace itself: every wallet hop, wire transfer, and login mapped and documented before anyone talks about next steps.

  • Cross-chain and cross-bank transaction tracing
  • Plain-language written findings you can actually use
  • Honest, no-guarantee assessments of what's realistic
Our pillars

What Northbeam stands on.

Free to start

Initial case review costs nothing, always.

No cut before recovery

We don't take a percentage of funds that haven't been recovered.

Built for referral

Findings are documented for law enforcement and regulators.

Honest about outcomes

We'll tell you plainly when recovery isn't realistic.

What we investigate

Five ways money disappears — and how we trace each one.

Every case starts the same way: we map the actual movement of funds before anyone talks about next steps.

Crypto fund tracing

Following stolen crypto across wallets, mixers, and exchanges to identify where it landed and who can be asked to freeze it.

Start a crypto case →

Investment fraud analysis

Reconstructing fake trading platforms and Ponzi-style schemes to show exactly how funds moved between accounts.

Start an investment case →

Forex & trading loss tracing

Reviewing broker statements and platform logs to separate genuine market loss from manipulated trades.

Start a trading case →

Romance scam investigation

Tracing payments sent to an online relationship, and documenting the identity trail left behind for law enforcement.

Start a romance scam case →

Online fraud investigation

Covering phishing, fake marketplaces, job scams and other online fraud that doesn't fit a single category.

Start an online fraud case →

Not sure which fits?

Tell us what happened in your own words. We'll route it to the right analyst — no need to self-diagnose.

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How a case moves

Four steps. You decide after every one.

1

Tell us what happened

A short intake form — what happened, roughly when, and what evidence you already have.

2

Free forensic review

An analyst examines what's traceable and tells you honestly whether there's a realistic path forward.

3

You get a written report

A documented trail of what we found — yours to keep, whether or not you continue with us.

4

You choose what's next

File it yourself, hand it to a lawyer, or ask us to continue — under fees agreed before any work begins.

Why now

The gap between losing money and getting help.

Banks can freeze an account. Police can open a file. Neither is built to trace a transaction across six wallets and three exchanges before the trail goes cold.

That gap is exactly where most recovery scams live — and where real forensic tracing actually matters.

What happens after you submit

Where your case actually goes.

Immediate

Intake & triage

An analyst reads what you submitted and confirms whether it's traceable.

Days 1–5

Active tracing

We follow the funds across wallets, exchanges, or bank rails and log every hop.

On completion

Findings report

You receive a written report — regardless of whether you continue with us.

Your choice

Referral & next steps

File it yourself, hand it to a lawyer, or continue with Northbeam under fees agreed in advance.

Documented for referral to

Built to fit the format these bodies already expect.

IC3 — FBI Action Fraud — UK FINTRAC — Canada Europol reporting portal Your local police / financial regulator

Northbeam is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or representing any of the organizations listed above — these are the public bodies our written findings are formatted to be useful for.

Safeguards

How we keep this honest.

01
No payment up front

We never request payment, gift cards, or crypto before a case review is complete.

02
No cut of unrecovered funds

Fees are only discussed if and when there's a realistic path forward.

03
Findings either way

You get a written report whether or not you continue working with us.

04
Fees disclosed first

Nothing is billed without an agreement you've seen and approved.

05
We don't ask you to pay to "unlock" a recovery

If someone claiming to be Northbeam does, it isn't us — please report it.

Who we help

Sound familiar?

These are patterns we see often — not testimonials, just the shapes these cases tend to take.

Crypto

A "trading platform" showed growing balances, then froze withdrawals the moment you tried to take money out.

Romance

Someone you'd never met in person needed help with an emergency, a customs fee, or a "guaranteed" investment.

Investment

A broker you found online kept asking for "just one more deposit" before you could access your funds.

Identity

You noticed accounts, loans, or charges you never opened — and don't know how far it goes.

Job scam

A remote job asked you to move money or buy equipment before your first real paycheck ever arrived.

Other

None of these quite match, but something about a payment, an account, or a contact didn't add up.

Why choose Northbeam?

Because most of what's sold to fraud victims online is designed to extract one more payment, not to actually find anything. Northbeam is built around the opposite incentive: tell you the truth fast, document it properly, and let you decide what happens next.

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Built for victims, not investors

Every part of this process is designed around someone who just lost money — not around growth metrics or upsells.

Evidence-grade documentation

Findings are structured so they hold up with a bank, a lawyer, or a fraud-reporting body.

Honest by design

We say so when recovery isn't realistic, before you spend anything finding out.

Resources & guides

Useful before you ever need us.

Guide

What to gather before your case review

The documents and screenshots that make a forensic review faster and more accurate.

Read guide →
Guide

How to report a crypto scam to IC3

A walkthrough of what the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center actually asks for.

Read guide →
Guide

Recognizing recovery-scam impersonators

The patterns scammers use when they target people who've already been scammed once.

Read guide →

Ready to find out what happened?

No account, no payment, no pressure — just a straight answer from someone who's looked at the evidence.

Request a free case review
Get started

Request a free case review

No account creation, no payment, no pressure. An analyst reviews every submission personally.

  • An analyst replies within 1–2 business days, by email or phone — your choice.
  • If your case isn't a fit, we'll tell you that too, and point you toward who can help.
  • Your information is reviewed by our team only and is never sold.

By submitting, you agree to our privacy policy. We will never ask for payment to begin this review.

Thanks — that's been logged. An analyst will follow up within 1–2 business days. We will never ask you to pay before that review happens.