Cyber Investigation Services
Updated 6 September 2026 by K3K Investigations
When the wrong done to you happened online, the evidence is online too. We find it, preserve it, and turn it into something you can act on.
Cyber cases are now the fastest-growing part of our casework: romance fraud, investment and crypto scams, hacked accounts, online harassment, catfishing, blackmail and data theft. K3K Investigations combines traditional investigative discipline with in-house digital capability — OSINT research, digital evidence preservation and analysis run through our own K3K Intelligence platform — to establish who is behind a screen name, what actually happened, and what your realistic options are.
Call 020 3343 7007 for a free, confidential conversation with a senior investigator, 24 hours a day.
Cases we investigate
Romance and dating scams. You met someone online; money has started to move; something feels wrong. We verify identities, trace the imagery and profiles to their real origins, and document the fraud — sometimes confirming the worst, sometimes clearing an innocent person. Read an anonymised example: inside a romance scam investigation.
Online and investment fraud. Fake trading platforms, cloned company websites, invoice fraud and payment-diversion attacks. We map the infrastructure behind the scam and produce evidence packages suitable for banks, Action Fraud reports and civil recovery attempts.
Cryptocurrency tracing. Blockchain analysis to follow stolen or scammed funds toward exchanges where real-world identification may be possible. We are straight with you about this: tracing is often achievable, recovery is never guaranteed, and anyone promising guaranteed crypto recovery is running a second scam. We will tell you honestly what is and is not realistic before you spend a pound.
Harassment, stalking and blackmail. Identifying the people behind anonymous accounts, sextortion attempts and defamation campaigns, and building evidence to police-report or injunction standard.
Hacked accounts and devices. Establishing how a compromise happened, what was taken, and securing what remains — for individuals, families and small businesses.
How we work
- Free confidential consultation. You tell us what happened; we tell you honestly whether investigation can help and what it would cost. Some situations are better served by your bank's fraud team or the police first — if that is true, we say so.
- Preservation first. Digital evidence disappears. Before anything else we capture and preserve messages, profiles, transactions and metadata to evidential standards.
- Investigation. OSINT, technical analysis, and where the case crosses into the physical world — it often does — the full reach of our surveillance and fraud investigation capability.
- Reporting. A clear, court-ready report: what we found, how we found it, what it proves, and recommended next steps.
Why K3K for cyber
Because we are investigators first and technicians second. A screenshot is not evidence until it is preserved properly; a username is not an answer until it is connected to a person. Our cyber work is run by the same senior investigators who run our field operations, backed by K3K Intelligence — our own platform, our own servers, nothing about your case handled by third parties.
Frequently asked questions
Can you find out who is behind a fake profile or anonymous account?
Often, yes — through lawful attribution rather than hacking. People reuse usernames, photographs, phone numbers, payment details and writing habits across platforms, and those threads connect. Where an account was created carelessly, attribution can be quick; where it was created by someone competent and determined, it may not be possible at all, and we will say so rather than bill you to find out slowly.
Can you recover money lost to an online or romance scam?
Sometimes, and honesty matters here more than optimism. Recovery depends on speed, the payment method and where the money went — bank transfers moved quickly through mule accounts are the hardest. What an investigation reliably produces is evidence: who they really are, how the fraud worked, and a documented package for your bank, Action Fraud, the police or a civil claim. Beware anyone who guarantees recovery for an upfront fee; that is frequently a second scam aimed at the same victim.
Will you hack an account, phone or email for me?
No. Accessing any device or account without the owner's authority is a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990, and evidence obtained that way is inadmissible and exposes the client. Any agency offering it is offering to commit a crime and to make you a party to it. Everything we do is lawful, documented and usable in court.
I am being harassed or blackmailed online. What should I do first?
Preserve, do not engage. Screenshot everything including URLs, profile names, dates and payment demands; do not delete the conversation; do not pay; do not threaten back. Then call us, and report to the police — online harassment, malicious communications and sextortion are criminal matters and we work alongside a police report rather than instead of one.
Is the evidence you produce usable in court?
Yes, when it is captured properly — which is much of the point of instructing an investigator instead of gathering it yourself. We preserve material with timestamps, hashes and a chain-of-custody record, and report in a form family courts, civil proceedings and police investigations accept.
Worried about something happening online? Get clarity today. Free confidential advice from a senior UK investigator — 020 3343 7007, 24 hours.
Related reading: Who is behind an anonymous account? · OSINT investigations · Romance scams: what to do and what can be traced · Invoice fraud: the first 48 hours · Inside a romance scam investigation · How to hire a private investigator