Possible fund-recovery scam
Legitimate Houston law firm site that warns about fake recovery-scam clones impersonating Berg PC. This looks like a fund-recovery service. Be very cautious: legitimate recovery doesn't require up-front fees, and services that approach scam victims are usually a follow-up scam. Never pay in advance to "unlock" recovered funds.
Is bergpc.com legit or a scam?
Be careful — we couldn't verify this site.
Legitimate Houston law firm site that warns about fake recovery-scam clones impersonating Berg PC.
Score breakdown
See the live page ↓These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.
If this is a scam — what it means for you
You were probably about to pay someone to get back money you already lost.
If it is, no one can recover funds already sent to a scammer — the up-front fee is simply a second scam targeting people who were hurt once.
If this is a scam, how it works
The typical trap, step by step
This site is unverified — it may be legitimate. If it is a scam, this is the playbook pages like it follow:
They target people who have already lost money to a scam.
They pose as a recovery agent, investigator, or lawyer who can get it back.
They ask for an up-front “fee” or “tax” — and often your ID and banking details.
Nothing is recovered; you're simply scammed a second time.
If a site follows these steps, treat it as unsafe — close it and don't enter anything.
Analysis Summary
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. Marker positions are approximate. See full visual analysis →
Visual analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
The website presents a professional and legitimate appearance for a law firm, with no visible indicators of scam patterns or malicious design.
What our vision model saw
5 signalsProfessional law firm branding for 'Berg Lawyers PC'
Standard navigation menu including Team, Business Litigation, and Crypto Litigation
High-quality hero image with professional overlay and typography
No visible urgency tactics, fake trust badges, or intrusive pop-ups
Functional search icon and clear site structure
Intelligence
The domain bergpc.com is 12.6 years old with clean antivirus results and a valid SSL certificate. The page content matches the real firm's branding and includes an explicit warning that scammers are creating fraudulent sites to run crypto recovery scams. Despite these legitimacy signals, the scan flagged a recovery-scam template pattern and the primary category is listed as recovery-scam. The firm itself states it does not communicate through Signal, WhatsApp, or social media, which is a common red flag for recovery scams. Our web research found one scam report noting impersonation attempts plus positive recognition from Chambers and Partners and active Texas business registration.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for bergpc.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Berg PC is a legitimate Houston-based trial law firm specializing in business and cryptocurrency litigation.
- The firm is recognized by Chambers and Partners in the 'USA: Spotlight Guide 2026' for Litigation: General Commercial in Houston.
- The website contains explicit warnings that scammers are impersonating the firm via fake websites and social media (WhatsApp/Signal) to run recovery scams.
- The firm represents crypto scam victims on a contingency basis and states they do not ask for upfront fees for these matters.
- Lead attorney Geoffrey Berg has no public disciplinary history according to the State Bar of Texas.
- bergpc.comopen
"Scammers are impersonating Berg PC online. We've identified a fraudulent website built to look like ours, using a domain that [...] Berg PC does not communicate through Signal, WhatsApp, or Social Media."
- Chambers and Partnersopen
"Berg PC possesses notable strength in commercial litigation... The Houston firm has nationwide capability... The team also has a burgeoning cryptocurrency fraud recovery practice."
- Client Testimonialopen
"Geoff is the top of the top. I recommend him to people all of the time... our business is successful, in large part, due to Geoff's actions."
Registered as Berg PC in Texas; main office in Houston. Attorney Geoffrey Berg is licensed in TX, CO, and PA.
Our research located one scam report stating that scammers are impersonating Berg PC through fraudulent websites and social media. The firm warns visitors they do not communicate via Signal, WhatsApp, or social platforms. Two positive references were found: a Chambers and Partners spotlight for commercial litigation and a client testimonial on the site itself. No consumer complaints appeared in the results. The firm is registered and active in Texas with no disciplinary history for the lead attorney.
Domain Timeline
- Dec 19, 2013Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 13 years old today.
- Jul 13, 2026Latest security review — Flagged as suspicious
This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.
bergpc.com is an established domain now carrying threat signals. An older domain that starts tripping security checks is a classic pattern for an asset that was sold, repurposed, or compromised — the age alone is not reassurance.
Threat Detection
Scam Network
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Scam-Type Likelihood
2 scam-type patterns detected
2 of 21 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 21 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Tagged as a recovery / refund scam.
- Recovery / 'get your money back' language.
- Primary scraped category: recovery scam.
- Crypto-recovery / funds-reclaim scam pattern — a common follow-up grift.
- AI analyst tagged this as a recovery scam.
2 of 21 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 21 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Tagged as a recovery / refund scam.
- Recovery / 'get your money back' language.
- Primary scraped category: recovery scam.
- Crypto-recovery / funds-reclaim scam pattern — a common follow-up grift.
- AI analyst tagged this as a recovery scam.
Technical Details
domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referencedThe plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Contact Verification
We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No phone number listed on the page.
- Scam family match: Recovery Scam.
- Postal address visible on the page.
- Links to 4 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://bergpc.com/
- 2200https://bergpc.com/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
What to do
Possible fund-recovery scam
This targets people who already lost money to a scam. No legitimate service can reverse funds already sent to a scammer.
- Treat bergpc.com as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- Never pay an up-front fee to "recover" money
Real recovery (a bank chargeback, law enforcement) never charges you in advance. Any site or "agent" that asks for a fee, gift cards, or crypto to release your "recovered" funds is a second scam.
- Be suspicious of anyone who contacts you first
Scammers resell victim lists. If a "recovery expert" messaged you out of the blue, it's almost certainly the same crew (or a partner) coming back for a second hit.
- OpenReport it and use official channels only
Report to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov), the FBI's IC3 (ic3.gov), or Action Fraud (UK). For card payments, your bank's dispute process is the only legitimate path.
Final Verdict
This is the legitimate website for Berg PC, a Houston law firm. The page itself triggers a recovery-scam template match and warns visitors that scammers are impersonating the firm online.
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- bergpc.com shows strong warning signs of being a recovery / refund scam — avoid interacting with it. Our review tagged it for recovery scam. The domain is 12.6 years old through GoDaddy.com, LLC. It may not be an outright scam, but the risk is high enough that you should verify it independently before trusting it with money or data.
- Proceed with caution — bergpc.com scores 46/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend verifying it through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- If you've already paid or handed over details on bergpc.com, act quickly. 1) Contact your bank or card issuer immediately and ask to dispute the charge or open a chargeback — the sooner you act, the better your odds. 2) Report the site to the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov or the FBI's IC3 at ic3.gov, and in the UK to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. 3) If you entered a password, change it on bergpc.com and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. 4) Watch your bank and email for follow-up fraud, and keep screenshots as evidence.
- Often yes, if you act fast. Payments made by credit or debit card can frequently be reversed through a chargeback or dispute — contact your bank right away and explain it was a fraudulent site. Bank transfers and gift-card or voucher payments are much harder to recover, but you should still report them to your bank and to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) or Action Fraud (actionfraud.police.uk). Avoid any "refund" or "recovery" service that contacts you first — it's usually a follow-up scam.
- No. Once money — especially crypto — has been sent to a scammer, no private "recovery" service can claw it back; that's simply not how payments or blockchains work. Sites and "agents" that promise to recover funds for an up-front fee are a second scam that preys on people already hurt once. The only legitimate routes are your bank's chargeback / dispute process for card payments and reporting to law enforcement (IC3, FTC, Action Fraud) — none of which charge you a fee in advance.
- You can report bergpc.com through several official channels: the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at ic3.gov, and — in the UK — Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. You can also flag it to Google Safe Browsing (safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish) so other browsers warn about it, and report it to the company being impersonated if there is one. Reporting helps get scam sites taken down faster.
- Modern scams are built to look convincing. A valid SSL padlock, a polished template, stock photos, fake reviews, and a trust badge can all be added in minutes and prove nothing about who runs the site. Scammers buy cheap domains, clone real designs, and copy legal pages wholesale. That's exactly why an automated review that checks the domain's age, hosting, blacklists, and behaviour — rather than just how the page looks — is more reliable than a first impression.
- No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report bergpc.com as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
- No — bergpc.com is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
- bergpc.com is 12.6 years old, registered on December 19, 2013 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
- Yes — bergpc.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, valid for another 63 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
- bergpc.com resolves to an IP operated by GoDaddy.com, LLC in US (Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
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