Dutch Recovery-Room Alert: legal-andlaw.com Targets Crypto Victims on TikTok — Phone Number Traces Back to FCA-Warned Ventum Consult

Scam-Or Project issues an urgent warning about a self-styled Dutch fund-recovery operation running through legal-andlaw.com, actively promoted via TikTok ads aimed at victims of crypto, broker, CFD, and binary-options fraud. The site presents “Head Legal Expert” S.D. Ramautar as having recovered “over €100 million” for clients, and deploys classic recovery-room emotional hooks: “without prepayment,” “speak to an expert for free,” and “won cases” across 22 countries. Scam-Or Project’s review uncovered a very young domain, hidden ownership, a recycled expert profile mirrored on another site (StepForwardTeam), unverifiable statistics, and — most critically — a shared phone number with Ventum Consult, which the UK Financial Conduct Authority flagged as an unauthorised firm in August 2025.

Key Red Flags

• TikTok victim targeting: Ads under the “&Law” name reach people who “fell victim” to a cryptocurrency scam, using emotionally charged video and driving users to legal-andlaw.com.
• Explosive, unverifiable recovery claims: The website claims S.D. Ramautar “successfully restored over 100 million to victims,” with 56 legal experts, 3,300 won cases, and operations in 22 countries — none of it independently verifiable.
• Same Ramautar profile on StepForwardTeam: The StepForwardTeam site reproduces the identical Ramautar text and the “over 100 million” claim, but lists zeros for experts, cases, and countries in its own statistics block.
• Domain registered April 20, 2026: ScamAdviser records the domain as roughly one week old at review time, assigns it a Trust Score of 0, and notes hidden WHOIS ownership — yet the site claims “over 5 years” of operational experience.
• Address piggyback concern: legal-andlaw.com lists Handweg 159 Unit 5, Amstelveen as its office. Public Dutch business data shows a legitimate entity named & Law (KvK 55585256, website andlaw.nl) at the same address. The scheme does not disclose a KvK number or verifiable link to that entity.
• Ventum Consult phone link: The contact number 31616310397 appears on legal-andlaw.com and on Ventum Consult’s own terms page, alongside the Dutch address Merellaan 1, 5691 Son En Breugel, KvK 58179593, and UK company number OC385426.
• FCA warning against Ventum Consult (August 2025): The UK FCA warned that Ventum Consult is not authorised or registered by the FCA and may be targeting people in the UK.

Analysis

The TikTok Hook: Targeting the Already-Defrauded

The advertising strategy reviewed by Scam-Or Project shows a TikTok ad displayed under the “&Law” brand, targeting people who have already been defrauded. The creative uses emotionally charged messaging — “Without prepayment,” “Contracted work,” “Speak to an expert for free now” — directing victims to legal-andlaw.com. This is the defining feature of a recovery-room operation: the first scam stole the money, and the second scam sells the hope of getting it back. The promise is not investment profit — it is the prospect of justice and restitution at a moment of maximum vulnerability.

The €100 Million Question

The website presents S.D. Ramautar as “Head Legal Expert” who helped shut down 59 dishonest companies and “successfully restored over 100 million to the victims.” The identical claim appears word-for-word on StepForwardTeam — where, strikingly, the same “about us in numbers” section displays zeros for all statistics: zero legal experts, zero won cases, zero countries. Scam-Or Project found no court records, no regulatory confirmations, no settlement announcements, and no professional-register evidence to support the €100 million figure on either site. Both websites share the same design language and are clearly produced by the same operation.

The Ventum Consult Connection

The phone number 31616310397 links two entities with troubling regulatory histories. legal-andlaw.com uses it as a contact number. Ventum Consult’s own terms page lists the same Dutch number alongside email [email protected], address Merellaan 1, 5691 Son En Breugel, and KvK 58179593. The UK FCA issued a warning in August 2025 stating that Ventum Consult / ventum-consult.com is not authorised or registered by the FCA and may be providing or promoting financial services without permission, potentially targeting UK consumers.

The Recovery-Room Pattern

Regulators globally document this pattern: after an initial fraud, victims are approached again through social media, search ads, or fake legal branding. The offer is always low-risk on the surface — free consultation, no upfront fee, success-based payment. The FTC describes refund and recovery scams as targeting “people who have already lost money.” The FCA specifically warns about recovery room scams where fraudsters approach already-scammed investors with promises to recover funds. The real danger extends beyond upfront fees: victims may hand over identity documents, wallet credentials, bank records, broker correspondence, or remote-access permissions — enabling further theft or identity abuse.

Scam-Or Project Warning

Scam-Or Project warns victims of crypto, broker, CFD, and binary-options fraud to exercise extreme caution with legal-andlaw.com, StepForwardTeam, and any outreach using the Ramautar profile, the “&Law” branding, phone number 31616310397, or Ventum Consult contact infrastructure. Do not send money, identity documents, wallet credentials, seed phrases, remote-access permissions, exchange logins, or bank screenshots to any recovery operator without independent verification through official lawyer registers, regulator databases, and written engagement contracts from a clearly identified legal entity.

Conclusion

This is not a legitimate law firm advertisement. The pattern is a recovery-room funnel built for the TikTok age: emotional video ads, institutional-looking branding, a recycled “expert” profile shared with another zero-statistic site, a domain less than two weeks old, and a direct phone link to a firm already flagged by the UK FCA. The first scam stole the money. This operation targets the hope — and then whatever remains.

Share Information via Scam-Or Project Complaints

Scam-Or Project invites victims, former employees, call-centre insiders, payment processors, hosting providers, and advertising-platform staff to submit information about legal-andlaw.com, StepForwardTeam, Ventum Consult, S.D. Ramautar, related phone numbers, recovery contracts, payment demands, wallet addresses, bank accounts, and TikTok ad campaigns via Scam-Or Project Complaints. All submissions can be treated confidentially.