What happened::
This user agreed to send me an empty Bitcoin wallet private key in exchange for $25 in BTC. Payment was sent after the user sent one wallet private key in good faith. The user never sent the paid for private key. Users beware.
Since both highlighted statements contradict each other, can you explain it in a better way?
- Correct me if I'm wrong: You received the first private key but not the second one?You've linked to an address, "
this should be the correct link" instead.
You have to blame yourself for giving him/her the idea to shift the conversation to Telegram
[main reason for having insufficient evidence].
Due to not having enough proof, I'll leave him a neutral rating
[for now] and inform him/her about this accusation and if nothing happens
[after coming back online], then I'll respond with a negative rating.
Quick question , why would someone buy an empty bitcoin wallet with private key when it's extremely easy creating one ?
Here you go:
What could someone do with the private keys of empty Bitcoin addresses?- Make sure to read all of the replies on that thread.snip
Thank you for the link , I've read through the thread , but it's mostly speculative answers , top winners being unclaimed forks ( which I doubt ) or tax evasion.
So would be curious OP as to why you wanted to buy an empty private key
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Maui707 listed three addresses with private keys for sale. When I messaged them on BCT I sent my telegram. Yes, I know. I should have used escrow. I'll never conduct another deal sending first to a user that isn't in my DT.
I asked Maui707 if they are willing to sell each key individually. They agreed they could split them up. I informed them that since I have positive feedback on BCT that I would send payment after they sent the address and priv key that I wanted. They said they would send the wallet addy and key to the only wallet I did not want, to prove they owned the wallets. Which was this wallet.
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/17MxKujaf2sFtGzX36tSkVFXwkJCDsSS8J The private key matched and so I gained a bit of faith that they had the priv keys for the other addresses. We made a deal that I would pay $25 for the next address (the one that I wanted) and if it checked out I would pay $45 for the final address. They agreed, I sent the $25 (and change, because why not? Trying to spread good karma) and welp, I got hosed. Nothing I can do about it except warn others.
Thanks for correcting the TXID link for me. You're right it's
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/d077fa161a93eb6fa456c4806a5b29a83ad075dbf4633534100239154342a79eAnd again, yep, you're 100% correct. I messed up conducting the deal on Telegram. Honestly never done a deal on there (and now I see why everyone warns against it). Didn't know messages disappear when someone blocks you or w/e. Eh, I guess I'm sponsoring lunch for a week for a poor Russian kid or something. Like I said, never doing deals outside of a public thread in BCT again. Even though it was only $25, it still isn't fun being burned.
I appreciate your support in the matter. I just wanted to warn anyone else that might be tempted doing a transaction with the user.
And yes, my intentions were to do some digging and try to find any unclaimed forks. Meh.
Interestingly enough, after all of this I did some research to see how I could have spotted the scam before it happened. I found this website
https://allprivatekeys.com/check-bitcoin-address-in-leaked-bitcoin-private-keys-database which allows you to check and see if an address and priv key are public knowledge. Low and behold, I found the addy and priv are exposed for the address that the user sent, and not exposed for the other two addys. Classic scam. One I hadn't seen yet though, unfortunately.
