Like the OP I'm a crypto-noob living in Melbourne. A little less nooby as I did open a Binance account last year to help my son retrieve profits from some staking he'd done late 2021 when we were in what retired futures traders like moi call a dead cat bounce.
Anyway, after I'd retrieved his $140 I decided to tip in c.$1000 in BNB, ETH, IOTA and one other (can't remember - ADA? Cardano? Matic?)
So yesterday I was walking along Bell St Coburg and after seeing the third of these 'bright shiny objects', thought I'd investigate.
Brought it home, logged into https://paymetic.online/ with the requisite credentials, transferred the required USD92.55 in ETH and waited for my 0.62BTCBTC to land in my Binance account.
A couple of asides for those still following:
- I obviously don't have the high moral standards of the OP who sought the wallet's owner. I figured if you store your moolah on a paper wallet with no traceable contact channel, you have taken a risk that lets opportunists like me in. I've done sums of money with similar levels of laxity. Comme si, comme ça
- Getting to this point in the process had taken me nearly two hours [I said I was a noob, okay?]. I considered USD12k reasonable reward for my effort and risk.
Anyhoo, the upshot is I end up with this message on the Paymetic transaction page:
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Transaction Status:
PENDING (Awaiting Payment)
Your withdrawal will be ready for completion as soon as payment is received. And upon completion, your funds will arrive into your destination wallet within 15-30 minutes.
Please ensure you send enough funds to cover any additional network fees, as incomplete payment may result in a failed or expired transaction.
Please note: At least 10 blockchain confirmations are required for your transaction status to be updated from "Pending" to "Ready
".PENDING (Awaiting Payment)
Your withdrawal will be ready for completion as soon as payment is received. And upon completion, your funds will arrive into your destination wallet within 15-30 minutes.
Please ensure you send enough funds to cover any additional network fees, as incomplete payment may result in a failed or expired transaction.
Please note: At least 10 blockchain confirmations are required for your transaction status to be updated from "Pending" to "Ready
and the 0.08044ETH/92.55USD gone from my Binance account, but surprise!!, no 0.62BTC deposited.
Oh, well, I've escaped many other scams in my 40 years on the internet... pretty good considering.