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Quote from: Chipard on March 16, 2022, 08:59:40 PM

Is it possible that my wallet can be hack even I sent only the wallet address to scammer? I never realized he was a scammer at first because I thought he was a legit support from a token airdrop until he asked and demanding via link address my seed phrase, of course I stopped to proceed coz I realized he was scammer trying to hack my wallet and scam me.

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just your wallet address??
You're safe, except in a case where you aren't sure if you included your private keys, then I'd advice you transfer your funds to a new wallet.
You have nothing to loose if it's just the wallet tha was given out.

Let's be guided, this scammers are improving in their tactics and to overcome them, we need to outsmart them.

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As long as you don't hand over your wallet's private key it will be safe and nothing will happen if you just hand over the wallet address. scammers will only see how many assets you have, whether there are valuable and have value for sale.
do not carelessly follow the airdrop, because many airdrops are managed by scammers who will trap you.
If you realize he is a scammer it is a good move then start blocking him. Never connect your wallet to a website that turns out to be phishing, check and revoke from several connected websites.

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As a rule of thumb, never share your wallets private keys/seeds with anyone else no matter who they are.
On the other hand, public addresses, as their name suggests, are public and meant to be shared with others. Otherwise, how could they send coins to your wallet!

Quote from: Chipard on March 16, 2022, 10:27:34 PM

Do i really need to transfer my funds to another address and dispose the wallet address that i sent? coz i dont want to expose my funds and be monitored by others.

All your transactions are stored on the blockchain which is a public ledger. So, anyone who knows your address can easoly look it up on any block explorer to know how much you own and not moving your coins will not hide it.

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Quote from: Chipard on March 16, 2022, 08:59:40 PM

Is it possible that my wallet can be hack even I sent only the wallet address to scammer? I never realized he was a scammer at first because I thought he was a legit support from a token airdrop until he asked and demanding via link address my seed phrase, of course I stopped to proceed coz I realized he was scammer trying to hack my wallet and scam me.

I want to insert image here our conversation but i dont know how.

Well you did well mate, I don't have a problem with people that's didn't sense the scam intent on the first approach, but where my issue Is those who ignore all signs that this could be a scammer or they won't to gamble on their luck and most of the time get scammed.
For now there is nothing the scammer can do with just your wallet address, he can probably see you transactions but can't do more than that

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hearing your story it's a common scenario we come across and be careful not to give any access to people you don't know or look suspicious to. as long as you don't give privatekey access to anyone else I think your assets are still safe.

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Quote from: Chipard on March 16, 2022, 08:59:40 PM

Is it possible that my wallet can be hack even I sent only the wallet address to scammer?

I gave an example of an image simplification of the transaction process on the ethereum network. The ethereum network process will always process every transaction with the same method even when you transact with scammer, but you only waste gas fees in vain and the eth/token that has been sent. Important note that it is impossible for someone to access another's wallet without your private key and mnemonic.

You can read references for details about transactions on the ethereum network in this article https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/transactions/

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As mentioned earlier, private keys are generated together with public keys (and addresses) as part of private-public key pairs.

Bitcoin private keys are a very important part of keeping BTC secure on the Bitcoin network. Each Bitcoin private key is essentially a very secure passcode that is used to unlock and spend BTC belonging to a specific public key and wallet address. This means that Bitcoin private keys should always be kept secret. If someone has access to your private key, they could easily steal your BTC.

Don't get stressed mate, you're not giving yet the private keys as the key to access your wallet. Your wallet is totally safe and you still have the full control.

Addresses can be checked by anyone but for as long as they don't have the key to access it, that still makes no sense. So, stop worrying that, they can just see what's inside but can never touch it.

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Quote from: Chipard on March 16, 2022, 08:59:40 PM

Is it possible that my wallet can be hack even I sent only the wallet address to scammer?

If you don't send the seed phrase or private key of that wallet to the scammer, then I'm sure your wallet is still safe from scammers. I don't think your wallet will be dangerous if scammers find out because they can't hack wallet directly when they don't do more effort like phishing or something. If you are in doubt then you can use a new wallet instead of keeping the old one and it is much easier than creating a thread.

Quote from: Chipard on March 16, 2022, 08:59:40 PM

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Quote from: romeitaly on March 17, 2022, 05:36:21 PM

If you have only shared your wallet address to the scammer, then your wallet is still safe. But remember, they can track your transaction through your wallet address, that is very bothersome to others.

I do not know if Chipard is reusing an address for transactions, but if so, that is not perfect as it can deprive someone of its privacy, the best is to never reuse any address, if a new address that has not been used before was the one given out, the he has nothing to be worried about. It is not good to reuse address for privacy reasons.

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Quote from: Chipard on March 16, 2022, 08:59:40 PM

Is it possible that my wallet can be hack even I sent only the wallet address to scammer? I never realized he was a scammer at first because I thought he was a legit support from a token airdrop until he asked and demanding via link address my seed phrase, of course I stopped to proceed coz I realized he was scammer trying to hack my wallet and scam me.

I want to insert image here our conversation but i dont know how.

If you have only shared your wallet address to the scammer, then your wallet is still safe. But remember, they can track your transaction through your wallet address, that is very bothersome to others. Be always mindful of your transaction, if something is very suspicious in your conversation, trust your gut feel and cancel it to prevent being scammed.

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Quote from: Chipard on March 16, 2022, 08:59:40 PM

Is it possible that my wallet can be hack even I sent only the wallet address to scammer? I never realized he was a scammer at first because I thought he was a legit support from a token airdrop until he asked and demanding via link address my seed phrase, of course I stopped to proceed coz I realized he was scammer trying to hack my wallet and scam me.

I want to insert image here our conversation but i dont know how.

You're safe unless you didn't send any of the private keys or passphrase of your wallet also make sure that you didn't click any phishing links if you received any such things from that scammer.

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Quote from: Chipard on March 16, 2022, 08:59:40 PM

I never realized he was a scammer at first because I thought he was a legit support from a token airdrop until he asked and demanding via link address my seed phrase, of course I stopped to proceed coz I realized he was scammer trying to hack my wallet and scam me.

I hope you have learned something from what has happened to you, and that is that you need to be extremely careful with whom you communicate with when it comes to any things related to cryptocurrencies. All these airdrops are a potential danger, not only in the sense that someone will ask you to send them your seed or private key, but also because of the possibility that someone will try to infect your computer with a virus (fake wallet/s) or clipboard malware. Before you know what's going on, you can have RAT (remote access trojan) on your computer, and then the hacker will have access to everything.

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i hope so if we invested amount in wallet it has address it is connected with several bits of operation of chain analysis .protected with security forum so if we credited amount from wallet and it doesn't goes to receivers wallet it is stuck between the modules of transaction .but it is also protected with address forum it will be credited to receivers wallet or else within 5 working days the amount will be back to our wallet so my confession is wallet still safe

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Quote from: Chipard on March 17, 2022, 12:17:58 AM

Thanks for your replies, no need to worry now to my wallet address. If not for what I've learned here in forum about scammer awareness and wallet security maybe I send my seedphrase to scammer without thinking i'll get scam.. Thank God I already knew scammer's trick before it happen.

Giving the public key (address) is totally fine. But giving the private key is what makes everyone being hacked and lose their funds. So if you haven't sent him your passphrase/private key/seeds, you're good and there's no need to worry about it.
What wallet address did you gave to him? if it's an ETH address then the scammer might do a dust attack to you.
But what's important is that you're aware that person was trying to scam you and you didn't fell for his trap of giving what's important.

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Seems like you're using Trust wallet or other closed source wallet integrated with Dapps isn't? For me I'm not comfortable when accessed my wallet to other unknown sites that appeared on Dapps, even I've bookmarked the sites. Better to use centralized exchange that offer no KYC on the moment e.g. Kucoin, Huobi, Bybit etc (when you wanted to trade, not for holding your coins).

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Thanks for your replies, no need to worry now to my wallet address. If not for what I've learned here in forum about scammer awareness and wallet security maybe I send my seedphrase to scammer without thinking i'll get scam.. Thank God I already knew scammer's trick before it happen.

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Well, the right time you ask the question before getting a scam. No, the scammer wouldn't scam you just with the address. He could trace your balance and movement which is available to the public. So nothing to be worried about here. Yea, scammer trap this way. They will start sweet talk first and slowly will try to wash your brain. Suddenly will ask for seed or private keys for some unrealistic reasons and it will look true to you. How we God save you and the thread would lesson for others. Just don't be greedy for free money. Otherwise, you would lose your hard work money.

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Quote from: Chipard on March 16, 2022, 10:27:34 PM

Do i really need to transfer my funds to another address and dispose the wallet address that i sent? coz i dont want to expose my funds and be monitored by others.

You don't need to — assuming that you're 100% certain that what you've sent is ONLY your wallet's public address, and not your private keys.

Also, I don't see how merely transferring your bitcoin into a new wallet will make it easier to monitor.

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Quote from: Welsh on March 16, 2022, 09:28:46 PM

No. Although, if you aren't sure exactly the information you've given them, you could potentially transfer your funds to a new wallet, just to be safe. Although, if you've only given your sending address to the malicious user, then you have nothing to worry about.

However, do make sure that it was your public address, and not your private key. Although, I suspect you're right, since they would have likely already cleared your funds if you were compromised. The fact that they asked for your seed, suggests they haven't gotten access yet, and needed that to clear it out. So, I suspect by the information you've provided your safe. Although, other than being unnecessary, if it brings piece of mind, then just move your funds to a new securely generated wallet.

Do i really need to transfer my funds to another address and dispose the wallet address that i sent? coz i dont want to expose my funds and be monitored by others.

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Quote from: Chipard on March 16, 2022, 08:59:40 PM

Is it possible that my wallet can be hack even I sent only the wallet address to scammer? I never realized he was a scammer at first because I thought he was a legit support from a token airdrop until he asked and demanding via link address my seed phrase, of course I stopped to proceed coz I realized he was scammer trying to hack my wallet and scam me.

Wallet address then theres no problem. But if you send the seed phrase and what he is asking then your really good as done I mean your wallet. Take note that your wallet, is your precious asset. You must not exposed it as much as possible and used alternative wallet airdrops aside from your main wallet cause scammers might monitoring already and you might make a bad move that you can give him access.

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No. Although, if you aren't sure exactly the information you've given them, you could potentially transfer your funds to a new wallet, just to be safe. Although, if you've only given your sending address to the malicious user, then you have nothing to worry about.

However, do make sure that it was your public address, and not your private key. Although, I suspect you're right, since they would have likely already cleared your funds if you were compromised. The fact that they asked for your seed, suggests they haven't gotten access yet, and needed that to clear it out. So, I suspect by the information you've provided your safe. Although, other than being unnecessary, if it brings piece of mind, then just move your funds to a new securely generated wallet.

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If you only sent a wallet address then no your funds will still be safe (don't do anything too quickly while stressed as you could make things worse too).

The scammer asked for your mnemonic because they can see with an address that you have funds in your wallet (as this is public information, so is your address - it's just the link to you that's more private and obviously your private keys/mnemonic).

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Is it possible that my wallet can be hack even I sent only the wallet address to scammer? I never realized he was a scammer at first because I thought he was a legit support from a token airdrop until he asked and demanding via link address my seed phrase, of course I stopped to proceed coz I realized he was scammer trying to hack my wallet and scam me.

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