If you have lost money or suspect fraud, the most useful thing you can do is report Aurum Foundation to the right authorities and stop feeding the scheme. This is a calm, practical guide to where to file, what evidence to gather, and one warning that could save you a second loss. Whether you are weighing Aurum Foundation scam recovery options or just trying to protect family members, start here.
Stop the bleeding first
Before reporting, cut off the harm. The on-chain record shows this is a recycling scheme: roughly $83.5M was deposited by about 9,900 people, payouts track new deposits, and net participant losses run to about $51.8M. Remember the app holds your funds — it generates your wallet server-side and can return the private key, so ‚not your keys' applies here.
- Make no further deposits, no matter what bonus or rank is promised.
- Do not recruit friends or family. New money is what keeps the scheme alive.
- Withdraw what you can, but treat any ‚unlock fee' to release a balance as a fresh scam.
How to report Aurum Foundation (FBI IC3 and your regulator)
You do not need to live in the US to use the FBI's portal. For crypto fraud, the Aurum Foundation FBI IC3 complaint form (ic3.gov) accepts reports from anyone worldwide. File there, and also file with your own national authority.
- Report to the FBI IC3 at ic3.gov — the global channel for internet and crypto fraud.
- Report to your national regulator: France's AMF, Poland's KNF, Australia's ASIC, Hong Kong's SFC, Nigeria's SEC, New Zealand's FMA, Greece's HCMC, or Russia's CBR have all already acted.
- File a police report locally so you have a case number for your bank or exchange.
- Notify the exchange you sent funds through; they may flag receiving wallets.
What evidence to gather
Good reports are specific. Collect this before you file so investigators can act on it:
- Dates and amounts of every deposit and withdrawal.
- Wallet addresses (yours and the platform's) and transaction hashes from BscScan.
- Screenshots of the dashboard, your account, chats, and any promises of returns.
- The referral or partner code used, and how you were first contacted.
Beware ‚fund recovery' — the second scam
This is the most important warning for anyone who has lost money Aurum took. ‚Recovery agents' who message victims and promise to claw funds back are, in our analysis, almost always a second scam. They ask for an upfront fee, a tax, or a ‚gas' payment, then vanish. Never pay anyone upfront to get your money back. Legitimate authorities and your bank do not charge a fee to take a complaint.
You can verify the regulator actions and the blockchain trail yourself, then use the official channels listed on our reporting guide to file safely.