Horrible, you seem to be taking it like a champ too but damn, that's just straight horrible.
Someone really should do a screen cap of a step by step for youtube. I have a core wallet and am still scared to touch it re getting my bcc until I see someone do this (and they'll probably get great views/ad money - hint - you youtube guys that have successfully done the conversion should jump on this the search result traffic alone would do you well).
Topic: Release the hounds : 45.8 BTC stolen - electrum-wallet.com CRIMINAL sticky pls - page 6. (Read 7140 times)
August 02, 2017, 10:51:10 AM
August 02, 2017, 10:49:36 AM
You could mitigate that by using paper wallets for cold storage for bitcoins. And storing only $1000 on Electrum. So scammer would steal only that $1000. And remember the ONLY official address of Electrum: electrum.ORG. Use Electrum only from this link. You will still have access to bitcoins when software is abandoned.
August 02, 2017, 10:17:16 AM
electrum-wallet.com is clearly not the right side, just see the chrome identity it tell to em that is not secure, electrum.org is the correct one, you should avoid not secure website, and run them only on a virtual machine first
Everyone should already know that official wallet is only available in electrum dot org. It is unfortunate that this is a frivolous act, with a very large nominal should he be able to feel the benefits at this time. I am very concerned that there are still people who believe using unofficial wallets. I'm sorry and hopefully no one's going through this again. This is the cause that security is a very important part in the digital era and online transactions like today. August 02, 2017, 09:47:58 AM
I hope other people will learn from your mistake. Thank you for posting this, but unfortunately those BTC will not be recovered
soon. People hosting these scams, move quickly when they hit a jackpot like this. I would suggest that people do a test tx
first, before they move their coins. This will prevent situations like this in the future. You will only lose the test run coins and
not your whole hoard.
soon. People hosting these scams, move quickly when they hit a jackpot like this. I would suggest that people do a test tx
first, before they move their coins. This will prevent situations like this in the future. You will only lose the test run coins and
not your whole hoard.
August 02, 2017, 09:46:33 AM
You lost your bitcoins due to carelessness! You should have secured and research very well what was the real electrum wallet. Their website is clearly electrum.org and you did not even bother check if this was the legit site. Damn, so much money lost just like that. No chance you can retrieve it, to be honest. It would take so much time and effort to follow the transactions.
August 02, 2017, 09:43:42 AM
electrum-wallet.com is clearly not the right side, just see the chrome identity it tell to em that is not secure, electrum.org is the correct one, you should avoid not secure website, and run them only on a virtual machine first
August 02, 2017, 09:38:51 AM
I'm sorry for your loss but thanks for reporting for other's safety. I have mailed namecheap to suspend domain and asked them to provide real registration data. I will see if I can do some help.
August 02, 2017, 09:30:22 AM
electrum-wallet.com is scam. download wallet from electrum.org
August 02, 2017, 09:29:19 AM
If you can, please make this a sticky , people NEED to be warned and i need to find someone to recover 150kusd and get 75kusd for it (Relative to current BTC + BCH prices )
I got robbed of 45.8 BTC (and BCH so total = 150000$) after installing the executable from electrum-wallet.com.
I was running multisig but both on the same PC. First i ran the portable electrum.exe from electrum-wallet.com but when it did not load my wallets *NOTE : the ones that had BTC in them ,it loaded just fine any other wallet ) - I don't want to hear opinions on my stupidity
After it didn't work i downloaded last version of electrum from electrum.org
I'm wondering how the F is it possible that after 2 years of this thread no one has taken down and/or announced the US. authorities fbi etc about it.
I'm in Romania and have no wish to deal with this legally, which will probably get me nowhere.
I am willing to split the rights on the BTC with whoever is capable of recovering them via detective+legal means.
This is the transaction : https://www.blocktrail.com/BTC/tx/78d44db46445d3097996fc644c1221eeead31added5c35cf1b7938737e3b49db
As i said , I don't want to hear opinions on my stupidity, this is mostly a warning and hopefully a way for someone to make a healthy 75000$.
I got robbed of 45.8 BTC (and BCH so total = 150000$) after installing the executable from electrum-wallet.com.
I was running multisig but both on the same PC. First i ran the portable electrum.exe from electrum-wallet.com but when it did not load my wallets *NOTE : the ones that had BTC in them ,it loaded just fine any other wallet ) - I don't want to hear opinions on my stupidity
After it didn't work i downloaded last version of electrum from electrum.org
I'm wondering how the F is it possible that after 2 years of this thread no one has taken down and/or announced the US. authorities fbi etc about it.
I'm in Romania and have no wish to deal with this legally, which will probably get me nowhere.
I am willing to split the rights on the BTC with whoever is capable of recovering them via detective+legal means.
This is the transaction : https://www.blocktrail.com/BTC/tx/78d44db46445d3097996fc644c1221eeead31added5c35cf1b7938737e3b49db
As i said , I don't want to hear opinions on my stupidity, this is mostly a warning and hopefully a way for someone to make a healthy 75000$.
Why do you think it's based in the US? it's probably not, the owner of the site might be closer to you eg. eastern europe/Russia.
August 02, 2017, 09:23:45 AM
would it have helped if you used an air gaped computer?
August 02, 2017, 08:33:22 AM
Fake website : electrum-wallet.com (Doesn't even use HTTPS)
Real website : electrum.org
How did you find the electrum-wallet.com URL? Did you use google?
Real website : electrum.org
How did you find the electrum-wallet.com URL? Did you use google?
August 02, 2017, 08:31:06 AM
damn man , thats a fuckton of a money , feels bad for you , ive had problem like this once but on liqui and not much ..they keep their mouth shut then i decide to spam their telegram and boom i got my money , ive never trust any exchanger except polo and bittrex even most of them are risky there no other choices
August 02, 2017, 08:28:46 AM
Sorry man for your loss. That's a huge amount to lose.
After seeing and reading this post here I quickly dashed to check my coins and behold I couldn't log into my Electrum wallet which I downloaded from Google playstore. Several attempts have proved abortive. I have also read comments from frustrated users on review about that. I am not panicking yet but I hope it is just a coincidence and not that my coins have been tampered with. Does anyone have that experience too?
After seeing and reading this post here I quickly dashed to check my coins and behold I couldn't log into my Electrum wallet which I downloaded from Google playstore. Several attempts have proved abortive. I have also read comments from frustrated users on review about that. I am not panicking yet but I hope it is just a coincidence and not that my coins have been tampered with. Does anyone have that experience too?
August 02, 2017, 08:20:40 AM
Everyone is just feeling sorry for OP with nobody except one that have offered an advice to get to the root of the matter. He knows already he has made a mistake and there is no need to rub it on its face by feeling sorry for him. But unfortunately, there is no one to report to rather is there any way to apprehend the individual. One further disadvantage of the crypto world.
This is a route to go at this time and I wish it will serve as an eye opener to other people as well.
Wow, that is crazy to hear. The site is an absolute scam and everyone should report it.
45 BTC is quite alot. I think your best bet would be to email [email protected] and ask for the owner of the registered domain electrum-wallet.com
Maybe put a small hint that you have been robbed off of 45 BTC equal to XXX amount of USD and that you are pressing legal charges and will inform your authorities of this, also whoever registered the domain is using Namecheaps service WhoisGuard for anonymity which you could question and threaten that you report this to ICANN for their view on this matter. According to ICANN, "The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) broadly requires the mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address of those owning or administrating a domain name to be made publicly available through the "WHOIS" directories."
Which means that anonymous domain registrations aren't allowed and that mailing adress, phone number and email to the person administrating the site should be public information.
It is a long shot, but my best bet would be to email the domain provider and explain the matter and question how they are currently supporting criminal activities and also witholding important information on the person who is scamming users.
45 BTC is quite alot. I think your best bet would be to email [email protected] and ask for the owner of the registered domain electrum-wallet.com
Maybe put a small hint that you have been robbed off of 45 BTC equal to XXX amount of USD and that you are pressing legal charges and will inform your authorities of this, also whoever registered the domain is using Namecheaps service WhoisGuard for anonymity which you could question and threaten that you report this to ICANN for their view on this matter. According to ICANN, "The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) broadly requires the mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address of those owning or administrating a domain name to be made publicly available through the "WHOIS" directories."
Which means that anonymous domain registrations aren't allowed and that mailing adress, phone number and email to the person administrating the site should be public information.
It is a long shot, but my best bet would be to email the domain provider and explain the matter and question how they are currently supporting criminal activities and also witholding important information on the person who is scamming users.
This is a route to go at this time and I wish it will serve as an eye opener to other people as well.
August 02, 2017, 08:04:46 AM
Ohh.. I'm very sorry to hear about your loss. You should pay much more attention when dealing with such amount of money(even with small amounts). Try and download the official wallet software from electrum.org . As another member said here maybe you can get the free BCH at least. Try to snap out of this loss and work very hard to make them back even if it'll take a while..
August 02, 2017, 07:56:17 AM
executable from electrum-wallet.com.
I don't want to hear opinions on my stupidity.
I don't want to hear opinions on my stupidity.
Fucking idiots can't be fixed. You are going to hear about your stupidity whether you like it or not. Idiot.
August 02, 2017, 06:13:44 AM
Sad to hear, indeed maybe you can look at seed to get at least your 45 BCC back, on btc im afraid and dont its possible to get it back, sorry to hear!
August 02, 2017, 06:12:05 AM
That's fkd up man, appreciate you warning others with your story.
August 02, 2017, 06:08:05 AM
If its any help, I drafted a legal message and notified the domain hosting company about this issue. I expect them to shutdown the site and I'm waiting for their reply.
Once they reply we'll see if they are willing to cooperate or not, but its hard to say how much information they have on the owner of the domain. Obviously the whole possibility of anonymous domain registration and bitcoin payment will probably make this one hard to crack
Once they reply we'll see if they are willing to cooperate or not, but its hard to say how much information they have on the owner of the domain. Obviously the whole possibility of anonymous domain registration and bitcoin payment will probably make this one hard to crack
August 02, 2017, 06:02:44 AM
sorry for your loss man
45 BTC is not a joke. how much bitcoins you have left ?
45 BTC is not a joke. how much bitcoins you have left ?
You want to take the rest?
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