Friend gives wallet seed to stranger and bitcoins disappear from his wallet

[xenomorphe1]

I would say: never trust someone. Would you give or lend your wallet with money inside? I think no. So it is also valable with electronic wallet.
I hope the police can help him recover the fund. But i am afraid that it will be very difficult... But as they have some pictures or video of this person, there is a chance they can catch him one day.

[meliodas]

     A friend who asked for instructions on how to use certain features of his wallet, was apparently tricked into divulging his seed to a stranger, and now his 2.6 btc are missing from the wallet, and so is the stranger. Does he have any recourse?

In choosing a bitcoin wallet, you need to consider a lot of factors, such as security, convenience and accessibility. I choose my wallet base on my country because it is much accessible if the wallet is usable in my own country to buy stuff.

[Rahar02]

Going forward, my friend tells me he will buy more bitcoin, but be more careful next time. Right now, he will be on the sidelines because he has no more money to invest.

He is thinking that this was a great kick in the balls from the stranger. What if btc goes to 10k, 25k, 50k? I told him he needs to hope for the best, however, expect the worst, and move on.

Really pain in his heart to lost BTC2.6
What kind of wallet did he used?
What kind of features did he asked?
How long your friend have been using/holding bitcoin? A newbie or layman could be tricked obviously.
But, the most funny part is: the stranger at a bar that is known to have a lot of bitcoiners around.
Hopefully police could manage to find this stranger which known to have a lot of bitcoins around.

[mr.mister]

Going forward, my friend tells me he will buy more bitcoin, but be more careful next time. Right now, he will be on the sidelines because he has no more money to invest.

He is thinking that this was a great kick in the balls from the stranger. What if btc goes to 10k, 25k, 50k? I told him he needs to hope for the best, however, expect the worst, and move on.

Really pain in his heart to lost BTC2.6
What kind of wallet did he used?
What kind of features did he asked?
How long your friend have been using/holding bitcoin? A newbie or layman could be tricked obviously.
But, the most funny part is: the stranger at a bar that is known to have a lot of bitcoiners around.
Hopefully police could manage to find this stranger which known to have a lot of bitcoins around.

He bought the bitcoins about 1 year ago.

He was using electrum wallet on his computer.

He wanted to know how to password protect the seed. The stranger apparently was next to him watching his computer.

He had been holding for one year, but never really paid much attention until recently. I would say he is considered a newbie.

[mysacrifice]

I feel sorry for your friend. Wallet seed is most important thing for us in crypto market. We shouldn't give our seeds to anybody, be very cautious about it.

[TheUltraElite]

     A friend who asked for instructions on how to use certain features of his wallet, was apparently tricked into divulging his seed to a stranger, and now his 2.6 btc are missing from the wallet, and so is the stranger. Does he have any recourse?

First of all one never share the private key or seed (passphrase) of their wallet with any stranger friend or foe. Because one who has control over the private keys has control over their bitcoins. Technically speaking the coins dont belong to anyone in particular but the owner of the private key. So if that is stolen then the coins are also lost. One can try contacting the owner of the addresses to where to bitcoins were sent but it is highly unlikely that they will return it even if they are found.

[cryptomato]

That is very upset story. It is very very very important that you should not share your private key / wallet seed with anybody.

[olubams]

     A friend who asked for instructions on how to use certain features of his wallet, was apparently tricked into divulging his seed to a stranger, and now his 2.6 btc are missing from the wallet, and so is the stranger. Does he have any recourse?

For someone who was able to have 2.6 btc in his wallet and not understanding the basic security that even a newbie with even few satoshis know about. I therefore have nothing to say to your friend because losing your seed or private key is more or less losing the whole wallet itself. Its then serve as a lesson for everyone to be more careful in doing our transaction and the amount of information we want to divulge but for a stranger, its definitely out of it entirely.

[MoonIsBlue]

What wallet did he use? Cause I know most wallets show an explicit message to never share the seed, this isn't like ticking off the terms & agreements on something without reading it...

[Soros Shorts]

Years ago I used to trade bitcoins face-to-face at cafes (not bars). I NEVER took my main wallet with me. I always created a new wallet on a burner phone/laptop and filled it with just enough to cover the transaction.

Likewise if I wanted to learn about wallet features from strangers at a bar I would take a wallet with 0.026 BTC and leave the real wallet with 2.6 BTC at home.

[admissions]

Going forward, my friend tells me he will buy more bitcoin, but be more careful next time. Right now, he will be on the sidelines because he has no more money to invest.

He is thinking that this was a great kick in the balls from the stranger. What if btc goes to 10k, 25k, 50k? I told him he needs to hope for the best, however, expect the worst, and move on.

Really pain in his heart to lost BTC2.6
What kind of wallet did he used?
What kind of features did he asked?
How long your friend have been using/holding bitcoin? A newbie or layman could be tricked obviously.
But, the most funny part is: the stranger at a bar that is known to have a lot of bitcoiners around.
Hopefully police could manage to find this stranger which known to have a lot of bitcoins around.

He bought the bitcoins about 1 year ago.

He was using electrum wallet on his computer.

He wanted to know how to password protect the seed. The stranger apparently was next to him watching his computer.

He had been holding for one year, but never really paid much attention until recently. I would say he is considered a newbie.

I believe electrum tells you to never show the seed to anyone. It comes up in a text box. It's unlucky and a very easy thing to do in public.

[googlebtc]

The hard thing when bitcoin we move to another wallet address, why should give seed to people he does not know, need to understand money will make everyone blind and forget even I also do not trust anyone even though he is my friend, learn from mistakes hope to be better keep money

[jc89]

     A friend who asked for instructions on how to use certain features of his wallet, was apparently tricked into divulging his seed to a stranger, and now his 2.6 btc are missing from the wallet, and so is the stranger. Does he have any recourse?

No way is he getting those BTCs back. I think this matters should be addressed as it is very alarming that btc holders are losing their coins through hacking and stupidity (sorry for my word). This just shows that there are numerous btc holders out there who blindly jumped in on the train. They didn't realized how important btc security is until they've lost it. People should learn not to trust anybody and stupidly consult strangers who claimed to know how to solve their queries with their wallets. Asking for privkeys and seeds are automatically an alert sign and should raise very high suspicion.

[Hexah]

I think the possibility is zero because if he only intends to help then that wouldn't do. Maybe the stranger gets intrigue when he saw that the wallet has an amount on it. The only possible recourse is to identify the thief and file a case against him/her.

[jayco25]

Do not talk to strangers, especially today many exploitative people and most victims are new in crypto. The wallet seed never gives anyone the key to your treasure that you just need to open. Avoid accessing sites as well as asking for your private key.

#Datarius

[fuer44]

why would he give a wallet seed to a stranger? whatever the reason, wallet should not be given to stranger because wallet is the most important component to store bitcoin and altcoin.

[sotoshihero]

why would he give a wallet seed to a stranger? whatever the reason, wallet should not be given to stranger because wallet is the most important component to store bitcoin and altcoin.

Sometimes we forgot and being careless without realizing we are giving the important key for our wallet. My advise is that, separate the wallet address from private keys / wallet hash / seed etc from the same file with our wallet. This way, we minimize the risk. Better yet, we have to encrypt the said file.

[szpalata]

why would he give a wallet seed to a stranger? whatever the reason, wallet should not be given to stranger because wallet is the most important component to store bitcoin and altcoin.

Sometimes we forgot and being careless without realizing we are giving the important key for our wallet. My advise is that, separate the wallet address from private keys / wallet hash / seed etc from the same file with our wallet. This way, we minimize the risk. Better yet, we have to encrypt the said file.

Carelessness is a human trait and no matter how hard we try to be perfect there may be some among us who will still fall short of this virtue and may still not be able to perfect thi and so i will recommend hardware wallets for such folks.

[raymart0720]

     A friend who asked for instructions on how to use certain features of his wallet, was apparently tricked into divulging his seed to a stranger, and now his 2.6 btc are missing from the wallet, and so is the stranger. Does he have any recourse?

With that big amount of coins!!!! .I WOULD NOT  let it to be like what you said asking for help to someone you doesen't know. Or giving information about your coins.. Lol
Bitcoin transaction is irreversible and the only way to track it is to find that man who stole all of his coins. LOL
The coins will not gone forever bu it will circulate and will store on another wallet where the man placed it

[BarlowHayden]

 Would you ever give your keys to your house to a stranger. Then how can you give bitcoin seed to a stranger. He must be enjoying the free money  Sad