MyChargeback (aka “MyChargeback.com”), is part of a series of recovery scam websites tied to Cactil LLC.

On or around June 25th the FBI, working with the DOJ, seized MyChargeBack’s website:


Specifics on the FBI’s and DOJ’s joint investigation into MyChargeback have yet to be made public.

In the meantime, Cactil LLC filed a petition in California seeking return of their domain on July 22nd.

MyChargeBack.com (“Cactil”) hereby respectfully petitions the Court pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41(g) for the return of its property, namely the MyChargeBack.com website domain that was seized by or at the direction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on or about June 25, 2024.

Cactil LLC did file a memorandum in support of its petition but, at their request, it was filed under seal.

Cactil LLC is a Delaware shell company run by person(s) unknown.

 

Update 27th July 2024 – MyChargeback has an official YouTube channel with videos featuring this guy:

MyChargeback marketing reveals the individual to be Elijah Jackson, credited as MyChargeback’s Digital Marketing Manager.

Jackson led me to MyChargeBack CEO Aaron Lazor:

On LinkedIn Lazor cites his location as Tel Aviv, Israel. This tracks with MyChargeback’s official FaceBook page being primarily managed from Israel.

/end update

 

In addition to MyChargeback, Cactil LLC also runs the following recovery scam websites:

  • ChargeReturns, operating from “chargereturns.com”
  • ChargebackMyMoney, operating from “chargebackmymoney.org”
  • RapidCoinRecovery, operating from “rapidcoinrecovery.com”
  • MyRecoveryExpert, operating from “myrecoveryexpert.com”
  • GetMyPayBack, operating from “getmypayback.com”

Note this list isn’t complete and there could be more websites associated with Cactil LLC.

As per the seizure notice published on MyChargeback’s domain however, US authorities classify the business as a “cryptocurrency return fraud scheme”. Here at BehindMLM we know this business model as a “recovery scam”.

The gist of the recovery scam model sees a company target victims of fraud. Said victims are sold on the prospect of recovery, which sees them pay a fee or fees to the recovery scam company.

The recovery scam company might send out a few easily ignorable demand letters (or just do nothing), but inevitably their efforts at “recovery” end with a “Sorry, we tried but…” script.

It’s at this point the victim realizes they’re out whatever they initially lost plus fees paid to recovery scammers.

You’ve probably seen recovery scammers at work on social media. The scammers hire people, typically from poor countries, to plaster the internet with ads promoting shady websites, Telegram groups, WhatsApp numbers and/or email addresses.

Here at BehindMLM we also get these annoying spam comments. Thankfully our spam filters are pretty good at preemptively weeding them out.

It would be unusual for the FBI/DOJ to seize a website without intent to go after the owner(s). That said if Cactil LLC has hired US attorneys to challenge the seizure, I’m guessing its owner(s) are probably somewhere the DOJ/FBI can’t get to them.

The DOJ made an appearance on Cactil LLC’s petition docket on July 25th. Pending further filings or direction from the court, we’ll keep you posted.

 

Update 17th August 2024 – The DOJ has filed an opposition response to Cactil LLC’s petition.