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How YAUPICKS Contacts You, and How to Spot a Recovery Scam

If someone contacted you as YAUPICKS, the first section shows how to check it is really us. If someone offered to recover money from YAUPICKS, read the rest before you reply: nobody can recover money you never deposited.

We are publishing this rather than ignoring it, because the people these operators reach are our members, and the second loss hurts a great deal more than the first one.

How YAUPICKS contacts you

  • Texts and calls from Australian mobile numbers. The first message always says "<Name> from YAUPICKS".
  • iMessage, introduced the same way.
  • A WhatsApp group named "YAUPICKS X <your name>", only after you book a call with us.
  • Email from an @yaupicks.com address only.
  • Discord, inside the official YAUPICKS server.
  • Our public Telegram channel, t.me/yaupicksau, for announcements only.

What we never do

  • We only reach out if you signed up, booked a call or registered for a masterclass with us.
  • We never offer to recover lost money, and we never charge a fee to release, unlock or recover funds.
  • We never ask for remote access to your device, your bookmaker passwords or your one time codes.
  • We never ask you to deposit money with us. Every bet sits in your own bookmaker accounts.

Not sure? Email support@yaupicks.com and ask whether the person is one of ours.

The short version: there is no balance to recover

YAUPICKS never takes deposits and never holds member funds. There is no account balance, no wallet, and no withdrawal process, because there is nothing to withdraw from. Members bet from their own accounts, with their own money, at licensed Australian bookmakers, and that money never passes through us. That is a consequence of the method we teach: matched betting in Australia is worked from a member's own bookmaker and exchange accounts, and there is no version of it where a platform holds the stake.

So when somebody offers to recover your YAUPICKS funds, they are offering to retrieve something that has never existed. It is not a service that works badly. It is a description of a thing that is not real, and that single fact is enough to close the conversation.

The only money involved is what you pay YAUPICKS PTY LTD for a membership or coaching, and if you think a payment was taken wrongly there are two free ways to deal with it. Both are further down this page. Neither one costs you anything up front.

How the recovery scam actually works

Advance fee recovery fraud is a second scam aimed at people who are already unhappy. The operator does not need to find victims, because public review sites list them for free. They take a real complaint, attach themselves to it, and sell the promise of getting the money back.

The version running in our name is built from a screen recording of a genuine one star review of YAUPICKS, posted as a short video with a phone number over the top. Nothing in the footage was fabricated. That is what makes it convincing, and it is also why it is worth understanding the pattern rather than looking for a fake.

The sequence is always the same. You make contact. They confirm your case is recoverable, usually within minutes and always with confidence. Then comes a fee: a filing charge, a legal retainer, a blockchain tracing cost, a tax that has to be cleared before the release. You pay it. Then there is another one, because there is always another one, until you stop.

How to spot one in under a minute

  • They ask for money before they do anything. No legitimate recovery process in Australia works this way. This one tell is enough on its own.
  • You cannot check who they are. No company name, no ABN, no registered address. Our team always says who they are and that they are from YAUPICKS, and you can confirm it by email.
  • The post names the wrong company. These videos are produced in bulk from a template, and the description often still carries the name of a completely different business from the previous run. It is the clearest tell there is, and it is visible before you make contact.
  • They want remote access to your device, or your banking logins, or your crypto wallet seed phrase, to "verify" or "trace" the funds. Handing any of these over is the real loss, and it is usually much larger than the first one.
  • They arrived under a public complaint. A reply under your review or a comment on a complaint, offering to get money back. Someone who read your grievance in public and arrived with a recovery offer is not a coincidence.
  • They claim to work with us, or for us. We have no recovery agents and no partners of this kind, and our own team never offers to recover money.

If you have a billing problem, here is the real route

Both of these are free and neither involves a third party taking a fee.

Email support@yaupicks.com with the date and the amount of the charge. It gets checked against the billing record and you get an answer either way. If what you want is to stop future charges, our cancellation page sets out the process step by step.

Or raise it with your bank or card issuer. Every Australian bank has a disputed transaction process, you do not need our permission to use it, and you do not need to pay anyone to do it for you. If you have already sent money to a recovery operator, contact your bank immediately rather than waiting, because some payments can still be stopped in the first hours.

Where to report it

Reporting is worth the ten minutes even when the money is gone, because these operators run at scale and the reports are what gets the accounts taken down.

  • Scamwatch, run by the National Anti-Scam Centre, for the scam itself.
  • ReportCyber, if money was actually lost, which routes it to police.
  • Your bank, first and fastest, if any payment has been made.
  • The platform it appeared on. Every major platform has a fraud and scam report path, and it is worth using even if a single report rarely does it alone.

If you see one operating in our name, send it to support@yaupicks.com as well. We would rather know.

Who we actually are

YAUPICKS is operated by YAUPICKS PTY LTD, ABN 40 673 940 228, ACN 673 940 228, registered in New South Wales and active since January 2024. You can check that in about ten seconds on the Australian Business Register, and we would rather you did than take our word for it. Our about page carries the registered office and the full entity detail, and our reviews page deals with the criticism of us directly, including the parts we would rather it did not say.

If you landed here without knowing what we do, the fastest way to check is to look at the thing itself rather than at us. Whether matched betting is legal in Australia is answered on its own page, the matched betting calculator is free and public with no account required, and the five-episode bootcamp shows the method on video. All three are public pages on this site.

Frequently asked questions

Is a call, text or message from YAUPICKS real?

It can be. Here is every way our team contacts people. Texts and calls from Australian mobile numbers. The first message always says "<Name> from YAUPICKS". iMessage, introduced the same way. A WhatsApp group named "YAUPICKS X <your name>", only after you book a call with us. Email from an @yaupicks.com address only. Discord, inside the official YAUPICKS server. Our public Telegram channel, t.me/yaupicksau, for announcements only. We only reach out if you signed up, booked a call or registered for a masterclass with us. We never offer to recover lost money, and we never charge a fee to release, unlock or recover funds. We never ask for remote access to your device, your bookmaker passwords or your one time codes. We never ask you to deposit money with us. Every bet sits in your own bookmaker accounts. If you are not sure, email support@yaupicks.com and ask whether the person is one of ours.

Can I recover my money from YAUPICKS?

There is nothing held to recover. YAUPICKS never takes deposits and never holds member funds. There is no account balance, no wallet and no withdrawal process, because members bet from their own accounts with their own money at licensed Australian bookmakers. Anyone offering to recover a YAUPICKS balance is describing something that does not exist. If you believe a subscription charge was wrong, that is a billing question and it is handled at support@yaupicks.com or through your own bank.

Someone messaged me on WhatsApp saying they can get my money back from YAUPICKS. Is that real?

No. YAUPICKS has no recovery agents and never offers to recover money. Our only WhatsApp use is this: A WhatsApp group named "YAUPICKS X <your name>", only after you book a call with us. Nobody in it will offer to recover money or ask for remote access. A recovery offer is an advance fee scam: they ask for an upfront payment, or for remote access to your device, or for your banking or crypto logins, and the money and the access are the point. Do not pay and do not install anything.

Does YAUPICKS hold my money?

No. Subscription billing runs through Whop, and every bet a member places sits in their own bookmaker or exchange account in their own name. YAUPICKS PTY LTD is an education and community platform, not a bookmaker, wagering operator or financial services provider. No wagers, deposits or withdrawals happen on yaupicks.com.

How do I actually get a refund or cancel?

Cancel from your account, and if you think you have been charged in error, email support@yaupicks.com with the date and the amount so it can be checked against the billing record. If you would rather not deal with us directly, you can raise a dispute with your bank or card issuer. Both of those are free, and neither one involves paying anybody a fee up front.

How do I report a recovery scam in Australia?

Report it to Scamwatch, run by the National Anti-Scam Centre, and to ReportCyber if money was lost. If you have already paid, contact your bank immediately, because some payments can be recalled if you move quickly. Report the account to the platform it appeared on as well.

Why do these scams target YAUPICKS specifically?

They target anywhere with public negative reviews, because that is a free list of people who are already unhappy. The video circulating in our name is built from a screen recording of a real one star review of us. The operator did not invent a grievance, they filmed one and attached a phone number to it. That is the whole method, and it is used against hundreds of brands.

Written by the YAUPICKS team. Last reviewed September 2026.

Gambling involves risk. Matched betting is a strategy that aims to reduce outcome risk, not eliminate it. Losses are possible, particularly through human error, and bookmakers may restrict or close accounts at their discretion. YAUPICKS is an education and community platform operated by YAUPICKS PTY LTD (ABN 40 673 940 228). We are not a bookmaker, a casino or a financial services provider, and no wagers, deposits or withdrawals occur on this site. Nothing here is legal, tax or financial advice. You must be 18 or over. If gambling is causing you harm, contact Gambling Help Online on 1800 858 858 or self exclude from all Australian licensed online wagering services through BetStop, the National Self-Exclusion Register. See our responsible gambling page.