When a Transaction Goes Wrong
The course almost nobody writes, because it is written for the person who has already lost money. What to secure, who to tell, what is realistic, and how to avoid losing a second time.
Full course in preparation. Enrolment, fees and dates are not yet open.
- Proposed total
- 9 hours
- Module learning
- 6 hours
- Guided practice
- 1.5 hours
- Assignment
- 1.5 hours
Planning estimates, including 8 modules. Your pace and the final delivery format may change the timetable.
What you will practise.
- Secure and organise evidence in the first days, while it still exists
- Identify which authority, bank or regulator actually has a route in your case
- Judge realistically what recovery is and is not likely to achieve
- Recognise a recovery scam, which targets people precisely because they have already been defrauded
- Decide when local counsel in the jurisdiction is worth instructing
A practical piece of work.
An incident chronology, evidence inventory and questions for qualified advisers.
Fictional training scenarios. Feedback and assessment arrangements will be confirmed with the final programme.
8 modules. A clear progression.
01The first seventy-two hours
45 min
- Stop paying, and stop explaining yourself to the counterparty
- Preserve everything: contracts, invoices, transfer records, identity documents, every message in its original form
- Why screenshots of a chat are weaker than an export of it
Proposed learning: Checklist
02Establishing what actually happened
45 min
- Separating a commercial dispute from a fraud, because they take different routes
- Reconstructing the transaction as a dated sequence
- Identifying which entity and which named person received the funds
Proposed learning: Worked example
03The payment route
45 min
- Contacting the bank or payment provider immediately, and what a recall can and cannot do
- Why the first hours matter more than the first weeks
- What information your bank needs from you to act
Proposed learning: Written lesson · Worked example
04Reporting, and to whom
45 min
- Police and prosecutors in the jurisdiction where the loss occurred
- The regulator that licensed the activity, where one exists
- National fraud reporting in your own country
- Confirming the correct reporting channel and any published process directly
Proposed learning: Checklist
05What recovery realistically looks like
45 min
- Civil claim, criminal complaint and commercial pressure, and what each actually costs in time
- Why speed, jurisdiction and whether the funds moved on decide most outcomes
- Making an honest decision about whether to pursue it at all
Proposed learning: Written lesson · Worked example
06The second scam
45 min
- Recovery fraud: approaches offering to get your money back for an upfront fee
- Why victims are targeted again specifically because they lost money once
- Warning signs: unsolicited recovery promises, pressure, requests for account access and impersonated agencies
- Checking fees and procedures directly; a legitimate lawyer may charge an agreed retainer
Proposed learning: Case study
07Instructing counsel where it counts
45 min
- When a lawyer in the counterparty jurisdiction changes the odds
- What to ask before you engage one, and how to verify they are admitted to practise
Proposed learning: Written lesson · Worked example
08Rebuilding the process
45 min
- The verification step that would have caught it, applied to every future transaction
- Writing your own red line list and holding to it under pressure
Proposed learning: Downloadable guide · Assignment
This is the programme outline. The full lessons and any recordings are still being prepared.
Build a Verification Evidence Log
Organise claims, sources, checks and unresolved questions into a record someone else can follow.
Read the explanation, try a fictional scenario and use the worksheet. Allow about 25 minutes for reading and practice.
Take the next step with clarity.
The Academy teaches a process. If you need work carried out on your own business, asset or transaction, discuss an advisory engagement with a separate scope.
Before enrolment opens
The final course will state its learning materials, named tutors where relevant, study time, fee, access period and any completion requirements. No external accreditation or professional qualification is claimed.
Educational material does not replace legal, financial, tax or engineering advice, laboratory testing or current guidance from the relevant authorities.
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