IC3 complaint worksheet: wetin to gather before you file (crypto and online fraud)

Prepare every field wey FBI IC3 dey ask — losses, transaction hashes, details of di oda party, headers — then file 1 complete complaint and keep your copy.

Dis article na machine translation.

Dis worksheet na for United States FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). E dey for victims wey get US connection, or wey choose to file for there. E no be general requirement for every victim for every country. Dis page no be legal advice and e no be recovery service. E no replace IC3, local law enforcement, your bank, or your exchange, and e no promise say money go freeze, go return, or go trace to person. No paste government ID image, seed phrase, private key, or API key inside any AI tool. Mithril no go help you enter anoda person account or system. Dis page no dey affiliated with FBI or IC3 and e no use dia seals ([privacy policy](https://www.ic3.gov/Home/Privacy), checked 2026-10-02).

## Wetin you fit finish here

Copy di worksheet, fill di fields wey you actually get, file once for [www.ic3.gov](https://www.ic3.gov/) ([complaint.ic3.gov](https://complaint.ic3.gov/) also open on 2026-10-02), and save or print di confirmation page. Di fields follow wetin IC3 pages talk say dem dey ask. Dem no be scrape of di live form, and dem no promise say agency go open case.

## Wetin IC3 be

IC3 FAQ talk say anybody wey cyber-enabled crime affect fit file, including from anoda country, and say you fit file for anoda person. Analysts dey review complaints and forward dem to law enforcement and partner agencies as e fit. IC3 no dey investigate and e no dey give status. For matter wey time dey tight, contact local law enforcement. For immediate danger, call 911 or local police ([IC3 FAQ](https://www.ic3.gov/Home/FAQ), checked 2026-10-02).

Di FAQ talk say di value of complaint depend on accuracy and completeness. Terms wey dey print on di pages checked 2026-10-02 talk say di information suppose dey true to di best of your knowledge, and say false information fit bring fine, imprisonment, or both under Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001. No invent name, address, or hash.

## Di worksheet

Select each block and copy am inside document wey you control. Di first data row for di transaction block na fictional. E no be real transfer. Replace am with your own rows, or delete am before you file.

### You (di complainant)

IC3 FAQ list di complainant name, address, telephone, and email. E talk say dis na di person wey di crime affect. If you dey file for anoda person, e talk say you provide your own contact information separate.

```text Name of di complainant: Address of di complainant: Telephone of di complainant: Email of di complainant: You dey file for anoda person? (yes/no): Your own name, telephone, and email if you no be di complainant: ```

### Di money

Di FAQ dey ask for di total amount of loss to di complainant, and for each transaction: account information, transaction date and amount, and who receive di money.

```text Total loss (write di currency): Namba of di transaction: Date and time (include di time zone wey show on di receipt): Di amount: Account or method wey you use (bank, card, exchange, app): Who receive am (name wey dey on di account, or di identifier wey dem show you): Your note (wetin dem tell you say dis payment be for): ```

Copy di transaction block once for each payment. Bank wire, card payment, and cryptocurrency send na separate rows even if dem be part of 1 conversation.

### Di cryptocurrency transactions

Di FAQ point cryptocurrency transactions to di [IC3 Cryptocurrency page](https://www.ic3.gov/CrimeInfo/Cryptocurrency). Checked 2026-10-02, dat page list addresses, amounts and types, hashes, and dates and times. Di 2023 PSA call dose 4 items di most important information and talk say im sample table no be real address or transaction. Dis worksheet no copy dat sample ([PSA](https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2023/psa230824), checked 2026-10-02).

Di 2023 PSA talk say include transaction details even when you no sure say dem matter, and file with wetin you get if you lack dem. Di Cryptocurrency page talk say file even when financial loss no dey.

```text Namba of di crypto transaction: Date and time, with di time zone: Amount and coin type (example shape, fictional: 0.01 EXAMPLE-COIN): Address of who receive am (copy from your own receipt; no guess): Di sending address, if your receipt show one: Transaction ID / hash (fictional placeholder only: EXAMPLE-NOT-A-REAL-TXID): Exchange or app wey you use to send or receive: Wetin di oda person talk say dis transfer be for: ```

Di editors suggestion: copy di transaction ID and destination from your own exchange or wallet history. You fit look at public record of your own transfer. Dis page no name any block explorer and e no describe how to operate anoda person wallet.

### Di oda side

Di FAQ dey ask for di name, address, telephone, email, website, and IP address of di oda party. Di 2023 PSA also dey ask for names, emails, and phone numbers from your communications, and for domains, websites, or apps wey dem tell you to use. Write only wetin dem show you. Leave IP blank if you no get am already. Dis page no explain how to look one up.

```text Names or handles wey dem use: Di phone nambas: Di email addresses: Websites or apps wey dem tell you to use: IP address, only if you already get am: Usernames for di platform where you meet: Any company or agency wey dem claim say dem represent: ```

### Wetin happen

Di FAQ dey ask wetin happen. Di 2023 PSA dey ask how you meet, your communications, any two-factor or one-time passcode information, di exchanges you use, and timeline.

```text Where and how you take first meet (platform and date): Wetin dem ask you to do: Communications you still get (email, text, app) and di evidence label you give each file: Any two-factor or one-time passcode wey dem ask (write say dem ask; no write di code itself if e still dey live): Exchanges or banks wey dey involved: Timeline (first contact, each payment, di day you no fit withdraw, any later demand): ```

Fictional shape only, e no be case: "2026-10-02, EXAMPLE APP, handle ExampleUser talk say fee dey required. Extra payment no dey sent. Evidence E-01." Delete dat sentence before you file.

### Di email headers

IC3 FAQ talk say spam-forwarding address no dey. Copy di whole email, including di header, inside di complaint. Dis page no copy vendor click-paths. [Gmail](https://support.google.com/mail/answer/29436) and [Outlook](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/view-internet-message-headers-in-outlook-cd039382-dc6e-4264-ac74-c048563d212c) help pages for full headers open on 2026-10-02. Apple Mail URL no show dose steps for di page wey dem retrieve dat day, so e no dey linked.

```text Paste di whole email below, including di header, when you file. No paste password, seed phrase, or image of identity document. (empty) ```

## If something dey missing

File with wetin you get. Di 2023 PSA talk say report even without transaction information, and include details when you no sure say dem matter. Write "unknown" instead of guess. Di line below na di editors label, no be IC3 field name.

```text Still missing (di editors label, no be IC3 field): ```

## File once, and keep di copy

IC3 FAQ talk say complaint wey you don file no fit cancel. New facts mean new complaint wey talk say e dey add to di earlier one. Di confirmation page na di only chance to save or print your copy; IC3 no go email one. Di message on screen talk say di complaint go dey reviewed and say dem go contact you if dem need more information. Dat no be investigative status. Di FAQ talk say IC3 no dey provide status.

Di editors suggestion: finish dis worksheet before you open di form, and keep copy outside di account wey you dey worry about.

## Also report, when e apply

IC3 talk say contact local law enforcement for matter wey time dey tight, and call 911 or local police for immediate danger. Your exchange, bank, or card issuer na separate call about di account you use. For identity theft, [IdentityTheft.gov](https://www.identitytheft.gov/) open on 2026-10-02. Dis article no summarize dat site.

People wey reach age 60 or pass fit contact di National Elder Fraud Hotline for 833-372-8311 for help to file IC3 complaint. Dat number dey print on IC3 Cryptocurrency page (checked 2026-10-02). E na help line for filing, no be recovery desk.

## Wetin you no go pay for, and wetin you no go do

Di 2023 PSA talk say anybody wey claim say dem fit recover your funds fit dey run anoda scam. Di Cryptocurrency page warn about recovery services wey charge fee up front. [June 24, 2024 PSA](https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2024/PSA240624) talk say law enforcement no dey charge fee to investigate, and say claimed FBI affiliation fit check with your local FBI field office. [August 13, 2025 PSA](https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2025/PSA250813) describe later approaches, including people wey pose as lawyers. [April 18, 2025 PSA](https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2025/PSA250418) talk say IC3 no go contact you by phone, email, or app to recover funds or to ask for payment. [August 1, 2024 PSA](https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2024/PSA240801) talk say make you verify supposed exchange employee on di exchange own number. All 4 dey checked 2026-10-02. No send new fee or identity documents to person wey offer to bring di money back.

To enter anoda person account, wallet, or system without permission fit be illegal. Dis page no explain how, and Mithril no go help. If you no sure, ask law enforcement or lawyer. To read your own receipts na different act from to enter anoda person account.

## If you no dey for di United States

IC3 FAQ talk say person for another country fit file. Dat filing no replace your country police or cybercrime reporting service, or di exchange for where you dey live. E no be requirement for every victim for di world. Di timeline and remittance table for dis series na templates to copy: [timeline and evidence list](https://blog.mithril.fund/account-takeover-timeline-evidence-list), [remittance table](https://blog.mithril.fund/crypto-fraud-remittance-table). Other countries official desks no research for dis page.

## Di questions

**Q: Wetin information I go gather before I file IC3 complaint?**

IC3 dey ask for your contact details; di loss amount and each transaction date, amount, account and who receive am; details about di oda party such as names, phone, email, website and IP address; description of wetin happen; and email headers if you get dem. For cryptocurrency, FBI talk say di most important details na di addresses, di amount and type of coin, di date and time, and di transaction ID (hash), plus how you first meet di scammer, your communications, any domains or apps wey dem tell you to use, any two-factor or one-time-passcode information, di exchanges wey dey involved, and timeline (sources: [IC3 FAQ](https://www.ic3.gov/Home/FAQ) and di [FBI IC3 cryptocurrency PSA](https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2023/psa230824), checked 2026-10-02). Di [Cryptocurrency page](https://www.ic3.gov/CrimeInfo/Cryptocurrency), checked di same day, repeat dose transaction fields and talk say file even with no loss. If you no get every detail, IC3 talk say file anyway with wetin you get.

**Q: I fit add information to IC3 complaint after I file?**

No be by to edit am. IC3 FAQ talk say complaint wey you don file no fit cancel, and say you go file new complaint wey state say e dey add information to di earlier one. E also talk say di confirmation page na di only time you fit keep copy of your report, so save or print am before you close (IC3 FAQ, checked 2026-10-02).

**Q: IC3 dey investigate my case or recover my money?**

IC3 FAQ talk say e no dey conduct investigation and e no dey provide investigative status. Analysts dey review reports and forward dem to law enforcement and partner agencies as e fit, and anybody with matter wey time dey tight go contact local law enforcement direct. FBI 2023 crypto PSA warn say anybody wey claim say dem fit recover your funds fit be anoda scam. Nothing for dis page change dat.

## For today

Copy di blocks, delete di fictional row, fill wetin you get, then file once and save di confirmation page. Di only Mithril step for dis page na dat copying.

[Trust Center](https://mithril.fund/trust/) and [di terms of service](https://mithril.fund/legal/terms/) open on 2026-10-02. Dem no be legal advice. Sources checked di same day: [IC3 FAQ](https://www.ic3.gov/Home/FAQ), [2023 cryptocurrency PSA](https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2023/psa230824), [IC3 Cryptocurrency page](https://www.ic3.gov/CrimeInfo/Cryptocurrency), [IC3 privacy policy](https://www.ic3.gov/Home/Privacy), [June 24, 2024 PSA](https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2024/PSA240624), [August 1, 2024 PSA](https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2024/PSA240801), [April 18, 2025 PSA](https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2025/PSA250418), [August 13, 2025 PSA](https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2025/PSA250813).