Welcome to the GCCI Blog
I’m Lisa, and I run Gus & Co. Cyber Investigations. I started this blog for a plain reason: almost everyone who finds us is already in the middle of something — scammed, impersonated, harassed, threatened, or watching it happen to someone they love — and the advice waiting for them online is a mess of contradictions. If that is where you are, the thing worth hearing first is that you have real options, and they are more concrete than the internet makes them feel.
Plenty of good sites will tell you which form to file. Far fewer help with the question most victims actually get stuck on: who is behind the anonymous account? Tracing an unknown handle back to a real person — open-source attribution work — is what we do, and it is the part the big resource pages tend to skip. So this blog covers both sides. The practical first steps anyone can take on their own, and an honest read on when the person behind an account can genuinely be identified, and when they can’t.
What you’ll find here
Posts will land every few days and cover the things people actually ask about: how scams really work, what to do in the first 24 hours after you realize something has happened, which reporting channel matters for which kind of incident, and how to preserve evidence in a way that’s actually useful later. From time to time, we’ll also share alerts on new scam patterns and updates to the official resources we link from the home page.
Posts will be plain-spoken. There’s no need to translate from technical jargon if we don’t use it in the first place.
Who this is for
Mostly, victims and the people supporting them: friends, family, advocates, and anyone in the position of helping someone who is overwhelmed and scared. The information is also useful for people who haven’t been targeted yet but want to be prepared—because the time to learn how to lock down an account is before the breach, not after.
A few honest disclaimers
Nothing here is legal advice. Nothing here is a substitute for law enforcement or a qualified investigator. We try to keep links and recommendations current, but agencies change reporting forms, hotlines move, and laws update—always double-check the official source before you act on something.
If your situation is urgent, the resource page is structured for exactly that. Start there. If your case needs deeper investigation than public reporting can offer, Rexxfield is who we work alongside.
What’s next
New posts every three to five days. If there’s a topic you wish were covered—or a resource that’s missing from our home page—text (304) 370-3004 or email Gus@gcci.io. We read everything that comes in. And whatever brought you here, take care of yourself while you work through it.
— Lisa, GCCI