I think I was a victim of financial fraud — am I legally protected?

The situation you inquired about is highly likely to fall under a typical financial fraud damage case and needs to be distinguished from a simple investment failure.

Financial fraud damage refers to a case where money is defrauded through false information or deceptive acts, and even if the money was sent in the name of investment, if the other party had no intention or ability to pay returns from the beginning, the establishment of the crime of fraud may be at issue.

In particular, the method of approaching through online messengers, SNS, or phone to demand investment funds has appeared very frequently in recent financial fraud damage cases.

Even if you have already sent the money, there is no need to give up immediately. If financial fraud damage is suspected, it is important to secure transaction records, text/messenger conversation contents, and the other party's account information as much as possible.

After that, if you report it to investigative agencies on charges of fraud, account payment suspension measures or fund tracking can be conducted, and depending on the case, civil damages claims can also be considered.

However, financial fraud damage has the characteristic that fund recovery becomes more difficult as the response time is delayed.

The result can vary greatly depending on what evidence is secured in the initial response and how criminal procedures and civil procedures are conducted in parallel.

Therefore, if you have already made a transfer or have lost contact with the other party, it is safe to entrust financial fraud damage response to a Daeryun Law Firm specialist attorney to receive a one-time review of initial evidence collection, criminal complaint for financial fraud, and civil procedures.