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Topic: [HELP ON REFUND] WRONGLY SENT $1000 worth of BTC to copper member payment addres - page 3. (Read 1325 times)

hero member
Activity: 2226
Merit: 834
Sorry to hear you made miss transaction. When you registered your account and saw the evil ban message, there was a note that any larger amount sent to the address will not be refunded. I think that's the forum refund policy, a larger amount than the required amount will not return in scop of buy copper membership as well. But once again, the admin has the right to refund if he thinks it should refund. Only the admin could comment on that. That's the reason why we need to double-check the address during sending cryptocurrency.

Yes, that's a catch here as it is clearly written that you can pay more to cover the fee or the amount can be greater than the minimum required and the excess amount will not be returned.
Let's see how the admins respond to this but keep in mind, even if they want to refund you, it may take a few days as admins are usually busy and may not respond instantly.
legendary
Activity: 2282
Merit: 2196
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Sorry to hear you made miss transaction. When you registered your account and saw the evil ban message, there was a note that any larger amount sent to the address will not be refunded. I think that's the forum refund policy, a larger amount than the required amount will not return in scop of buy copper membership as well. But once again, the admin has the right to refund if he thinks it should refund. Only the admin could comment on that. That's the reason why we need to double-check the address during sending cryptocurrency.
sr. member
Activity: 476
Merit: 523
Well, As everyone already said. I guess you are in the right place.
I guess you have to wait for theymos. It's better if you send a PM to him.
Because it's possible for him to not check the meta board and if he checks, it's possible to miss your thread.
You should thanks to your luck that you sent BTC by mistake to Bitcointalk address and not others. There is a 0.001% chance to get it back if you send that amount to others. I guess theymos will return you that amount since you already bought Copper membership and that $1000 was another transaction by mistake. Anyways, Wait for theymos. And don't forget to let the community know when you get back your BTC.

That's really unfortunate and reminding me of How to lose your Bitcoins with CTRL-C CTRL-V, never forget to double check your address before broadcasting your crypto transactions.




When I look at the instructions on the page where we can buy copper membership, there is a warning

You can pay a one-time fee in order to increase the capabilities of your account. Be warned that:

You can still be banned if you break the rules. You will not get any special treatment.
These memberships are not guaranteed to last forever, or to offer the same benefits forever.
No refunds will be given.
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Take a look at the bolded words so you only can request the admins and I hope theymos will help you in this.

 I would hope "No refunds will be given" pertains to the account itself and not some accidental over-payment. 


Right. Since he already bought the Copper Membership. It was possible to return him $975 In BTC ($25 For Copper Member) If he didn't buy the Copper Membership. But this was another transaction after buying The Copper membership. So, I guess he will get the full refund.
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legendary
Activity: 3808
Merit: 7912
That's really unfortunate and reminding me of How to lose your Bitcoins with CTRL-C CTRL-V, never forget to double check your address before broadcasting your crypto transactions.




When I look at the instructions on the page where we can buy copper membership, there is a warning

You can pay a one-time fee in order to increase the capabilities of your account. Be warned that:

You can still be banned if you break the rules. You will not get any special treatment.
These memberships are not guaranteed to last forever, or to offer the same benefits forever.
No refunds will be given.
.
.
.

Take a look at the bolded words so you only can request the admins and I hope theymos will help you in this.

 I would hope "No refunds will be given" pertains to the account itself and not some accidental over-payment. 
hero member
Activity: 2366
Merit: 793
Bitcoin = Financial freedom
That's really unfortunate and reminding me of How to lose your Bitcoins with CTRL-C CTRL-V, never forget to double check your address before broadcasting your crypto transactions.




When I look at the instructions on the page where we can buy copper membership, there is a warning

You can pay a one-time fee in order to increase the capabilities of your account. Be warned that:

You can still be banned if you break the rules. You will not get any special treatment.
These memberships are not guaranteed to last forever, or to offer the same benefits forever.
No refunds will be given.
.
.
.

Take a look at the bolded words so you only can request the admins and I hope theymos will help you in this.
copper member
Activity: 2926
Merit: 2347
As others have said, you will need to PM theymos.

I would also suggest that you sign a message from bc1qxqlelgec66g5sp9qleqrfkqp3gmumyu7rw92cu with today's date to confirm you are actually the person who sent the above transaction.


I don't think this is a case of someone using faulty software, or being infected with malware. This is likely a case of someone intentionally having an address in their clipboard, then falsely thinking they copied another address into their clipboard.
legendary
Activity: 3304
Merit: 3037
BTC price road to $80k
Next time check carefully if what address you pasted before you send a BTC it sometimes happens to me before that I sent BTC to someone here because I copy-pasted someone's address from the signature campaign and then sent a BTC. I'm lucky that he sent my BTC back.
And I believe it's always happened it won't be a trojan horse just like the above said.

So since you sent it to the forums address accidentally I think you have a chance to get it back minus the transaction fee. Just wait a bit until Cyrus or theymos become online.
legendary
Activity: 1064
Merit: 3052
Since I always prefer to see any kind of transaction on the Blockchair[1] website, I went ahead and used your transaction hash (txid) on the website:


On your next payment you may not be so lucky as you were in this situation - as in sending the payment to an address that probably is controlled by the admins - so I advice you to follow simple rules to ensure that your payment won't end up in another person address in the future:

  • A first rule of thumb is to always make sure you're using official software and not some modified client that you got in a "lookalike" website of the official software. Since you've already made the transaction and nothing bad happened then probably you're using an official version but, assuming you've used Electrum, you can always verify it[1].
  • Always quadruple check the receiving address. In this case if you just saw the first and last 5 letters (for example) and compared them with your friends address, you'll probably notice your mistake. For big amounts of money then I highly advice you to check the whole address.
  • Be aware that copy and pasting the address doesn't ensure that you're pasting the same address that you copied before (assuming your PC is infected and you are unaware of it). This is known as a clipboard hijack attack[2] where the content of your clipboard is changed whenever is pasted somewhere. You can read more about how it works here[3], but the concept is simple:
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    How does it work?

    The Trojan horse is triggered when certain digits similar to the Bitcoin address are copied. The virus uses a custom database of numerous third-party Bitcoin addresses to replace them with the recently copied address immediately after detection. If you are not sure this is a virus, you can check yourself by copying and pasting some text or a number not similar to BTC address. If, in this case, the copy/paste goes correctly, but the pasted BTC address is different from the copied one, then your device is affected by the Trojan.
  • Be sure to check if you're sending the right amount of BTC and the right unit. 0.1 millibit (mBTC - +- $4.89) is not the same as 0.1 BTC (+-$4885). I always recommend this neat tool[4] made by bitmover to help people out in this field.

Albeit few, these tips would be a good start to avoid future mistakes similar to the one you've just did. I'm sure more tips will be given by more experienced users, but the core message will always point to triple/quadruple check the receiving address.

As for your query, you're in the right place to have it answered. I would say that if you don't have an answer/feedback in a few days - since it's Christmas time and either theymos/Cyrus could be traveling - I would send them a message perhaps next week to bring the issue to their attention.

[1]https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/guide-how-to-safely-download-and-verify-electrum-guide-5240594
[2]https://www.techopedia.com/definition/26419/clipboard-hijacking-attack
[3]https://help.cryptopay.me/en/articles/3415089-virus-threat-bitcoin-address-switcher
[4]https://bitcoindata.science/bitcoin-units-converter.html
legendary
Activity: 2212
Merit: 7064
Then one hour ago when i was trying to sent $1000 worth of btc to my friend, i wrongly sent it to the copper member payment address.
One more generous ''donation'' made by mistake, but I see that your coins are still seating in the same address, so I wouldn't worry to much if you already contacted moderators or theymos with private message.

PS
It's always a good thing to label your transactions/addresses and double check before clicking send to avoid errors like this happening in future Wink
legendary
Activity: 2618
Merit: 1181
You are still lucky if the btc you sent falls into the right hands because you can still get it back just by asking for support. I don't know who owns the private key of that address, if it belongs to the forum then the admin is the most likely person to have it.

So I think you're in the right place, so be patient or you can also send a PM to one of the admin of this forum who has been mentioned by Lafu. So be patient and wait for their response.
legendary
Activity: 2996
Merit: 3114
I guess you should be good with that post here !
You can also write a pm to theymos or Cyrus and explain that all to them .
But yeah as i am said and have written you should be good with that thread and post here .
Just wait for a reply from the Admins and they will manage this case .
copper member
Activity: 94
Merit: 36
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hey, today i paid for a copper member for my account, the payment address is

https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/35ZsijNuhmrAGZ6pPpQ5KNGqTPccBQBJqf

Then one hour ago when i was trying to sent $1000 worth of btc to my friend, i wrongly sent it to the copper member payment address.

first tx: 0.00053225 btc ($25)

https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/69cdb56d1021108515c793ccf4da1af0ec75eae8b1d869f135c4dfb5b5dad0ba



second tx: 0.02059863 ($1000)

https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/786983a49d4b6e7ae9c55ea7179fd2fd092e2c100a690a611b484967a2bcaf66

Please advise on how can i get a refund of the 2nd tx .. Can you help just send it back?

Thanks a lot!

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