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Quote from: zielar on January 21, 2020, 03:03:03 PM

Hello,
I have a crisis! I have withdrawn (for the seventh time) to my BTC wallet.
After posting the funds (and obtaining two confirmations) - there was an outgoing transaction that was not authorized by me !! The transaction was released twenty minutes after the first confirmation - to some fresh address with no transaction history and is an RBF transaction. It's exactly a transaction at 0.4BTC.
My BTC address from which the funds were stolen: 1CCEQxuUkb6RKQM4TDYbQemBVs2ihe45ps
Address to which funds were sent:
3DTjnTxjPnePfvg3haTyUQQeFK2riuZ1Fr
Unauthorized transaction ID: 2f79dda8aea3f06400be07f04f65b6045ba2e0235efa0bba0f6d9d6375da421c

The transaction is marked as RBF!
I use client Electrum 3.3.8
There is no option for someone to steal a private key from your computer because I watch security all the time!

Is it going to somehow stop the flow of funds or recover them?
I am desperate because these funds were supposed to be for my mother's health.

I rarely use electrum wallet as their are plenty of breaches to their security and with your current situation it is almost 0% that you can still recover your funds even if you are desperate to take it back.

Next time it will be best if you use a much more secured wallet like blockchain or your local exchange if you have some so you can easily reach the customer service in case there is a problem in your wallet like this one.

CryptoBry

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Sadly, there is nothing you can do to take back the amount of Bitcoin that you lost because that can already be a confirmed transaction. I am sure that many people can be wondering what really happened. Would it be possible that there is some sort of a malware or a virus in your gadget that was able to copy your private key and used it against you? I heard of the same incidents before. Horrifying as it is, this is one of the many reasons why many people are not actually adopting the cryptocurrency movement...people who are technically-challenged (just like me) can have a hard time and will be at risks of losing their funds and are powerless to get back the assets once already transferred into another hand.

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Sorry for this unfortunate incident, someone may have access to your private keys, or your computer may have been invested with some kind of malware. You need to abandon that wallet and stop any sign in transactions in the future. You can run an anti-virus scan on your system for safety and get a new secured wallet even a hardware wallet.

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Really feeling bad to hear, One should be more cautious about private keys. Hackers find so many ways to steal the private key. Make sure the wallet which your using is safest. After so many transaction confirmation 100% it's hacked. Beware of scammers. Have you written down yours private keys anywhere, make sure next you don't make this mistake again.

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Quote from: sunsilk on January 21, 2020, 05:04:50 PM

Sorry but your funds was already stolen and you can't retrieve it anymore. Can you remember the software and apps that you have downloaded to your PC?

Let's say that you have been aware of protecting your security all of the time but you probably missed some random apps that you have downloaded and didn't noticed it as you use them.

That's true and that's one of the risks of keeping all your funds in a single wallet. I think you have downloaded or have clicked phishing sites that might hacked your wallet. It's a lesson for you to learn. You should secure your wallets and be mindful of every click and download that you will be doing. It's just sad that you have lost the funds that you have worked for.

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Quote from: Boov on January 21, 2020, 10:05:47 PM

Quote from: DevilSlayer on January 21, 2020, 08:08:07 PM

It is sad to say but your funds have completely stolen, there is nothing that you can do to retrieve your funds. The confirmations and the transactions have been completed. I think it is the main reason why we should invest in our knowledge, even if we have a high capital but we do not have knowledge then we can protect our funds from hackers and scammers. Our focus should protect it first than to grow it.

Everywhere the crime can occur even in the real world and here in the virtual world so we have to be cautious to avoid involving with this crimes such as scams, hacking of accounts and stolen money. I think if you have a big amount of coin here you should balance your savings here and in the real bank. And then observe in which place do you it much safer.

besides that we do not store assets in one wallet, maybe storing them in several wallet will be safer, so if the worst happens, then not all of our assets will be lost. indeed, diversification to several investment sites with different levels of risk will secure the assets we have

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Quote from: darkangel11 on January 21, 2020, 07:31:16 PM

Quote from: kingcolex on January 21, 2020, 06:36:18 PM

This isn't making sense,a secure machine, with a secure private key doesn't randomly due double spend attacks. Think here, if the attacker had previous access he wouldn't have waited and risked losing access to the funds with a double spend attack. If this is true, I'm suspecting you were phished and where you were sending the funds was a phishing attack or you just installed something that gave remote access and didn't realize it.

Usually when I see stories like that it makes me think they're fake because I saw many similar ones where people were saying they have cancer or someone in the family and they are poor and lost their last coins. Usually at some point the thread turned into a donation request.

There were vulnerabilities in Electrum but those were patched. Are you sure your PC is free of malware and you don't have someone connected to your wifi?

The address was used before and the pattern of deposits and withdrawals is very similar every time.
You deposit and 1 or 2 hours later withdraw everything. This last transaction was almost the same. You deposited and close to an hour later there was a withdrawal in the same manner.

Unfortunately that's the most likely scenario, these post always have medical connections for loved ones almost always and it does turn into a donation request. IF he got hacked there is more going on than we know.

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Quote from: DevilSlayer on January 21, 2020, 08:08:07 PM

It is sad to say but your funds have completely stolen, there is nothing that you can do to retrieve your funds. The confirmations and the transactions have been completed. I think it is the main reason why we should invest in our knowledge, even if we have a high capital but we do not have knowledge then we can protect our funds from hackers and scammers. Our focus should protect it first than to grow it.

Everywhere the crime can occur even in the real world and here in the virtual world so we have to be cautious to avoid involving with this crimes such as scams, hacking of accounts and stolen money. I think if you have a big amount of coin here you should balance your savings here and in the real bank. And then observe in which place do you it much safer.

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I am curious what OS you are running, anti virus software you are using. Not that it matters since it is gone, but perhaps it will help someone else.

Electrum is quite secure if your computer is secure. Anyone saying otherwise is spreading FUD.

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Quote from: sureshnsnet on January 21, 2020, 06:47:00 PM

Really it was sad to hear about your loss, what you has been lose the around $3000 worth of btc. It think the hackers find your private key and stolen your bitcoin because this things will regularly happens in crypto. so we have to take more security precaution otherwise it can happen anyone here because the hackers be come more active in crypto world compared to other field.

These things don't regularly happen in crypto, I'm sure the amount of people hacked and their wallets stolen is less than 1%. Anyone with any considerable amount of crypto needs to have a hardware wallet and use it well. I am in no doubts that the op made a security mistake if this isn't just an attempt at making a sob story and stealing coins.

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It is sad to say but your funds have completely stolen, there is nothing that you can do to retrieve your funds. The confirmations and the transactions have been completed. I think it is the main reason why we should invest in our knowledge, even if we have a high capital but we do not have knowledge then we can protect our funds from hackers and scammers. Our focus should protect it first than to grow it.

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Quote from: kingcolex on January 21, 2020, 06:36:18 PM

This isn't making sense,a secure machine, with a secure private key doesn't randomly due double spend attacks. Think here, if the attacker had previous access he wouldn't have waited and risked losing access to the funds with a double spend attack. If this is true, I'm suspecting you were phished and where you were sending the funds was a phishing attack or you just installed something that gave remote access and didn't realize it.

Usually when I see stories like that it makes me think they're fake because I saw many similar ones where people were saying they have cancer or someone in the family and they are poor and lost their last coins. Usually at some point the thread turned into a donation request.

There were vulnerabilities in Electrum but those were patched. Are you sure your PC is free of malware and you don't have someone connected to your wifi?

The address was used before and the pattern of deposits and withdrawals is very similar every time.
You deposit and 1 or 2 hours later withdraw everything. This last transaction was almost the same. You deposited and close to an hour later there was a withdrawal in the same manner.

kingcolex

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This isn't making sense,a secure machine, with a secure private key doesn't randomly due double spend attacks. Think here, if the attacker had previous access he wouldn't have waited and risked losing access to the funds with a double spend attack. If this is true, I'm suspecting you were phished and where you were sending the funds was a phishing attack or you just installed something that gave remote access and didn't realize it.

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Really it was sad to hear about your loss, what you has been lose the around $3000 worth of btc. It think the hackers find your private key and stolen your bitcoin because this things will regularly happens in crypto. so we have to take more security precaution otherwise it can happen anyone here because the hackers be come more active in crypto world compared to other field.

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very sad news for you, but no matter how it has happened, there is nothing you can do, I say this because I have experienced it, all my tokens are lost, if it is calculated to be more than 1 BTC, what I did at that time was just pensive . cannot be imagined and cannot be expressed .. !!

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Quote from: zielar on January 21, 2020, 03:03:03 PM

Hello,
I have a crisis! I have withdrawn (for the seventh time) to my BTC wallet.
After posting the funds (and obtaining two confirmations) - there was an outgoing transaction that was not authorized by me !! The transaction was released twenty minutes after the first confirmation - to some fresh address with no transaction history and is an RBF transaction. It's exactly a transaction at 0.4BTC.
My BTC address from which the funds were stolen: 1CCEQxuUkb6RKQM4TDYbQemBVs2ihe45ps
Address to which funds were sent:
3DTjnTxjPnePfvg3haTyUQQeFK2riuZ1Fr
Unauthorized transaction ID: 2f79dda8aea3f06400be07f04f65b6045ba2e0235efa0bba0f6d9d6375da421c

The transaction is marked as RBF!
I use client Electrum 3.3.8
There is no option for someone to steal a private key from your computer because I watch security all the time!

Is it going to somehow stop the flow of funds or recover them?
I am desperate because these funds were supposed to be for my mother's health.

Try to recall on how you make your latest transaction cause as explain here https://themoneymongers.com/replace-by-fee-rbf-bitcoin/
It looks like there is something wrong about how made it or mistakenly put a wrong addy. And as stated in the article, you will have to wait for 6 confirmation before it marks as successful transactions. Try to check back your wallet now.

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Quote from: BitMaxz on January 21, 2020, 03:33:24 PM

Let me ask if where did you download the Electrum wallet? You might be using the fake one.
The correct electrum URL is electrum.org if you download it to a different URL it's 100% fake electrum that can steal all of your funds.

I guess OP is using the legit Electrum as it is now on the 7th time withdrawing funds from it.

OP should think again if some mistakes might happen before that's why someone able to breach his security.

I'm just wondering why the transaction is marked as RBF.

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try to remember remember again, no one should be able to enter your wallet without knowing your private key, maybe you have accessed a phishing site or maybe your device has a security problem, there may be relatives or friends who have accessed your device, The transaction cannot be canceled because it has passed several confirmations.

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Quote from: zielar on January 21, 2020, 03:56:07 PM

Quote from: Coyster on January 21, 2020, 03:41:06 PM

From your explanations I do not know how your funds was taken(you can try and explain better), were you trying to send to an address and sent to the wrong address. Maybe your private keys aren't as secured as you claim it is, did you write or store it somewhere that's accessible to someone other than yourself.

Quote from: zielar on January 21, 2020, 03:03:03 PM

I am desperate because these funds were supposed to be for my mother's health.

I just hope it's not just you sending to another address of yours, sorry I just get a bit sceptical when a line like this is added in this kind of post. If your mum is truly ill, you will have to find a different means of footing the bills.

The funds disappeared from my wallet without any action on my part. It was enough for me to transfer funds from the account to the stock exchange faster and there would be no problem. Please forgive me the nature of the post .... nobody will understand this situation because it is not about bills, but about a chance for health. These funds were 3/4 of the funds necessary to pay for a life-saving operation. Thank you for the answers ... now everything is clear to me.

Well, there is nothing much you can do now. The transactions has been confirmed and there is no way of reversing it. You computer probably got hijacked and your private keys are compromised. You better clean your computer and make sure you make no further transactions from the computer. If you have any coins left, make sure you send to another clean wallet.
Make sure next time to keep your wallets secured and your computer clean.

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Sorry but your funds was already stolen and you can't retrieve it anymore. Can you remember the software and apps that you have downloaded to your PC?

Let's say that you have been aware of protecting your security all of the time but you probably missed some random apps that you have downloaded and didn't noticed it as you use them.

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