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September 08, 2017, 06:01:26 PM Last edit: September 08, 2017, 06:22:37 PM by wmm_O |
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I was doing my first ethereum transaction right now as I got paid this way for the very, very first time. Received my coins here on my mobile wallet: 0xeE183DC2242b25ef8AE86caf4FEF6d18794893c8 https://etherscan.io/address/0xee183dc2242b25ef8ae86caf4fef6d18794893c8And sent them right away to an exchange as I was familiar way more with bitcoin than ethereum. As the mobile wallet's QR code reader function (Coinomi) did not work at all, I had to manually type the destination address and of course did a typo. It was supposed to be sent to: 0x3f13171bedaf7a2b6e69fc12e08ff0429d8b058b And I sent them there: 0x3f13171bedaf7a2b6e69fc12e08ff0429d8b059b https://etherscan.io/address/0x3f13171bedaf7a2b6e69fc12e08ff0429d8b059bI think I am going to die now, what the heck. with bitcoin you cant send to wrong and invalid addresses how is that going with ethers??? ![Embarrassed](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/embarrassed.gif) Anybody knows what to do? How on earth could this crypto currency be send to invalid / non existing addresses??? I for sure will never use ethereum again, this is crazy wtf..
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September 08, 2017, 06:14:05 PM |
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Well it appears your screwed. It's a valid address, that's why it worked. Same thing can happen with bitcoin. I'm sorry for your loss.
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September 08, 2017, 06:14:35 PM |
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Wow..if you really hit a valid address then you're really unlucky!
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September 08, 2017, 06:15:54 PM |
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Wow..if you really hit a valid address then you're really unlucky!
Yeah but otherwise it could've not been sent or am I wrong? and it was just one wrong letter, a number to be precisely. holy shit... ![Embarrassed](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/embarrassed.gif)
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September 08, 2017, 06:19:44 PM |
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I'm afraid to tell you that the ETH you used is lost because the transaction is showing confirmed already and also unfortunetly the address was a valid one. Sorry for your losses Don't do these type of mistakes again
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September 08, 2017, 06:23:45 PM |
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it's a huge value. why such a thing can happen without being deliberately. the only way if you find the owner of the wallet. I think you're really out of luck bro. I'm sorry to hear that.
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September 08, 2017, 06:26:42 PM |
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Oh no! Sorry to hear that. Non-reversible and no recourse. Unless you know the owner of the wallet and they do you a solid.
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September 08, 2017, 06:28:39 PM |
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Wow, so sorry for your loss! Was there no way to copy/paste the address? I don't know if I'd trust myself to manually type in an address without an error. If I just had to do it I'd double, triple, and quadruple check the address.
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September 08, 2017, 06:31:25 PM |
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Wow, so sorry for your loss! Was there no way to copy/paste the address? I don't know if I'd trust myself to manually type in an address without an error. If I just had to do it I'd double, triple, and quadruple check the address.
unfortunately not, no. i could have sent me the wallet by messenger or mail.. but did not as i was in a rush and just wanted to get them onto the exchange. was a big and truly expensive mistake as i know now. and i know it was a pretty dumb idea to accept an altcoin i was not familiar with, but it was ONE small typo, a 9 instead of 8 in the address. this is unbelievably bad luck.. ![Embarrassed](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/embarrassed.gif)
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September 08, 2017, 07:46:33 PM |
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Sorry to hear that. This might be a bit naive, but if the owner of that address is honest and a bitcointalk member, maybe you can start a thread trying to find the owner of that address? Maybe offer a reward or something like that? It is a huge chunk of money so they might be willing to come forward.
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September 08, 2017, 07:50:27 PM |
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Out of curiosity has anyone ever had a successful recovery of a mislaid transaction where the owner just transferred it back or a partial amount back?
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September 08, 2017, 08:35:57 PM |
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Did you not copy the address?
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September 08, 2017, 08:45:14 PM |
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I was doing my first ethereum transaction right now as I got paid this way for the very, very first time.
Wow, so sorry to hear about this happening to you. I might be doing this wrong as I'm not as familiar with Eth as BTC, but I'm showing that the wallet had no transactions prior to this one. https://etherscan.io/balancecheck-tool?a=0x3f13171bedaf7a2b6e69fc12e08ff0429d8b059bSo... I am thinking that while it must be a valid address (either that or Eth does not check/care), that the wallet has never actually been used. I don't know if that helps or makes it worse in terms of recovery. Again, very sorry and I hope you are able to recover your funds.
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September 08, 2017, 08:59:44 PM |
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I am so sorry for your losses :-(
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September 08, 2017, 09:11:11 PM |
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This will not help you but... When I'm need to send some big amount i'm just send some small amount. After everything is correct I will send full sum.
Wish you have a power to live through this event. Life is going!
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September 08, 2017, 09:13:15 PM |
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Nothing can be done. You made more than 1 typo here:
0x3F13171BEdAf7a2b6e69fC12e08ff0429D8b058b 0x3F13171BedAf7a2B6E69Fc12e08fF0429d8b059b * * * ** * * ? I understand typos after number, but you had two ff and you typed f F?
To many typo if you ask me. Are you trolling us here?
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September 08, 2017, 09:27:18 PM |
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I don't know what to say. I'm very sorry for your loss. I hope you make much more money to compensate with another coin or trade.
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September 08, 2017, 10:20:24 PM |
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I'm sorry but I have to laugh! ![Grin](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/grin.gif) . In my opinion, you should ALWAYS copy and paste the address and certainly, you screwed up. Your mistake turned out to be a very expensive one!
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September 08, 2017, 11:01:16 PM |
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Won't get your money back, but know that many - even extremely experienced - users have had this bad luck. It's called an expensive lesson... Good luck man.
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