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Topic: Help with recovering wallet using MNEMONIC SEED (Read 1232 times)

legendary
Activity: 4256
Merit: 1313
January 30, 2017, 11:40:23 AM
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It could be an electrum wallet seed.  Something to check. 

http://docs.electrum.org/en/latest/faq.html

Thanks!  It was Electrum.  Now I can retire on the $8 he sent me.  Cheesy

Thought it might be.

Hopefully by "retire" you mean spend or move to a new address 😀
sr. member
Activity: 437
Merit: 250
It could be an electrum wallet seed.  Something to check. 

http://docs.electrum.org/en/latest/faq.html

Thanks!  It was Electrum.  Now I can retire on the $8 he sent me.  Cheesy
sr. member
Activity: 437
Merit: 250
How many words are in the mnemonic? Different mnemonic schemes will have different mnemonic lengths.

There are really only two possibilities here. You could either have an Electrum mnemonic, or a BIP 39 mnemonic. You should try restoring the wallet with Electrum and MultiBit HD.

12 words.  I will try the 2 you suggested.  Wouldn't be the first time I was scammed (or the last).  Cheesy
staff
Activity: 3458
Merit: 6793
Just writing some code
How many words are in the mnemonic? Different mnemonic schemes will have different mnemonic lengths.

There are really only two possibilities here. You could either have an Electrum mnemonic, or a BIP 39 mnemonic. You should try restoring the wallet with Electrum and MultiBit HD.
legendary
Activity: 1078
Merit: 1024
If you really want your funds you'll have to try a bunch of wallets that uses seed recovery.
Seller might have just faked it too, keep that in mind. Although I feel like he just forgot to mention what wallet he was using himself.
legendary
Activity: 4256
Merit: 1313
It could be an electrum wallet seed.  Something to check. 

http://docs.electrum.org/en/latest/faq.html
sr. member
Activity: 437
Merit: 250
You could try this https://blockchain.info/wallet/#/recover

I just know that COINBASE never gives out private keys from wallets  Undecided
Didn't work.  Sad
sr. member
Activity: 489
Merit: 253
You could try this https://blockchain.info/wallet/#/recover

I just know that COINBASE never gives out private keys from wallets  Undecided
sr. member
Activity: 437
Merit: 250
A seller (who has since disappeared) claims he sent me a refund and in his PM to me he wrote:

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xxxxx xxxxx room inherit cousin confirm xxxx xxxx xxxx  xxxxxxx xxxxxxx   etc etc etc (words obviously replaced)
That is the mnemonic seed for a bitcoin wallet where I have forwarded your refund, it will still be in confirmation when you read this.

I have no clue on how or where to access these funds.  It's a small amount but I'd like to get it if possible.  I have only used COINBASE and I see no place to use this there for any kind of wallet recovery.  Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks
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