GASTY4 APPEAL

[Gaasty8]

Dear Bitcoin forum,

I'm Gaasty8 from Nigeria,I joined the Bitcoin forum October 12 2021, in my last four months here, reading and observing has been my best ever since I joined in here
My reason for writing this appeal, is as a result of my account been hacked (Gasty4) on the first day of February.

I had access last to my account after writing a post by the time 01:51:45pm.
Returning back from soccer drills, I was perplexed at how I couldn't log into my account,with response of password been incorrect.
Down for days as a result of this, I noticed and observed my account (Gasty4) green notification signal on, the account was last active on February 04:2022 03:29:51pm.

I'm not certain of getting my login details back, but then, I strongly believes something can be done to stop the fake user from using it further.
I'LL DROP MY PROOF OF OWNERSHIP SOON, THEY'RE NOTIFICATIONS OF THE BITCOIN PAYMENT I HAVE RECEIVED TWICE FROM THE WINZ. IO SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN.

Thank you Bitcoin forum in advance,as I patiently wait for your response and actions.
Cheers and have a great day.

                                      Respectfully Yours,
                                                 Gaasty8.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

That's sad because I have encountered your account on different occasions on the forum (most memorable was your reviving the; Africa Cup of Nation Discussion Thread || Current discussion: CAFAwards2019 with your post and even since the thread have active giving us the opportunity to discuss about our ongoing tournament. Looking at your account, it seems your password was reset through your email, if that's the case then you must have been sent a notification from the forum about this incident.

For the main time, I have left a negative feedback on the account to prevent it from been used for some negative activities. If you get your account back, write me and the negative feedback will be removed. Also prepare enough evidence to prove you're the owner of this account as that'll help your situation more. If you can sign message from your Bitcoin address already posted on the forum that'll be more convincing.

I would not appreciate it if that happens to me, just because an anonymous Newbie claims my account got hacked! Gasty4 signed a message before, why would you believe anyone claiming to be him without a new signed message?

I don't do this often but this case is different, user DM me off forum with same contact details he used when he introduced himself to me as an African and was already stored on my mobile. This is just a precaution to prevent whatever motive was behind the hack.

[LoyceV]

I'LL DROP MY PROOF OF OWNERSHIP SOON

Why don't you include proof with this post? Sign a message from this address:

Address: bc1qer09xsqpn0gsxf9dqyt7zrkccd8lmy4h6smnuu

Make it say: "Today is February 6, 2022, and I lost control of my account Gasty4".

Then follow instructions in Recovering hacked/lost accounts.

I have left a negative feedback on the account to prevent it from been used for some negative activities.

I would not appreciate it if that happens to me, just because an anonymous Newbie claims my account got hacked! Gasty4 signed a message before, why would you believe anyone claiming to be him without a new signed message?

[UmerIdrees]

I had access last to my account after writing a post by the time 01:51:45pm.
Returning back from soccer drills, I was perplexed at how I couldn't log into my account,with response of password been incorrect.
Down for days as a result of this, I noticed and observed my account (Gasty4) green notification signal on, the account was last active on February 04:2022 03:29:51pm.

Upon checking your account here https://bpip.org/Profile?id=3391969, the password was changed via email, so does it mean that your email address was hacked too?
Can you access your email? If so, change the email password and then try to change the password of the account via email, if the hacker has not changed the email associated with the bitcointalk account.

[virasog]

I had access last to my account after writing a post by the time 01:51:45pm.
Returning back from soccer drills, I was perplexed at how I couldn't log into my account,with response of password been incorrect.
Down for days as a result of this, I noticed and observed my account (Gasty4) green notification signal on, the account was last active on February 04:2022 03:29:51pm.

Upon checking your account here https://bpip.org/Profile?id=3391969, the password was changed via email, so does it mean that your email address was hacked too?
Can you access your email? If so, change the email password and then try to change the password of the account via email, if the hacker has not changed the email associated with the bitcointalk account.

The email is not changed yet. Only the password is changed.

I would not appreciate it if that happens to me, just because an anonymous Newbie claims my account got hacked! Gasty4 signed a message before, why would you believe anyone claiming to be him without a new signed message?

Lets suppose Gasty4 comes online and write that his account is not hacked. Now who is telling the truth ?  
The one who can sign a message.

[Upgrade00]

Lets suppose Gasty4 comes online and write that his account is not hacked. Now who is telling the truth ?  
The one who can sign a message.

A signed message is one of the most trusted means of proving ownership of an account.
The email could have been compromised without the user changing it, in that case, the original user could simply reset the password through the email and then change it logging off all other related sessions.

Alternatively, if that does not work, try resetting password using secret question as that would automatically lock the account and prevent the hacker from causing any more damage.

[Gaasty8]

I'LL DROP MY PROOF OF OWNERSHIP SOON

Why don't you include proof with this post? Sign a message from this address:

Address: bc1qer09xsqpn0gsxf9dqyt7zrkccd8lmy4h6smnuu

Make it say: "Today is February 6, 2022, and I lost control of my account Gasty4".


Today is February 6, 2022....And I Lost control of my Gasty4 account.

Have got no access any longer to the wallet address, due to not having the private keys any more.
I only used the address in learning how to sign a message then as a newbie, which I got merits from Ognasty, but then, have got a registered bitcoin address with Remitano wallet with Kyc, which I did use for all my transactions.
There was no need of using   bc1qer09xsqpn0gsxf9dqyt7zrkccd8lmy4h6smnuu  since I needed to trade my Bitcoin to cash in order to avoid transaction fee and all.

This are my transactions proof from 3Px9yxkNqTZYmqJnxn7nuAnoajhWa4MwBK below Viz;


https://ibb.co/4gCZs8m
https://ibb.co/Ch3BP2v
https://ibb.co/pZvjDNr

[LoyceV]

This are my transactions proof from 3Px9yxkNqTZYmqJnxn7nuAnoajhWa4MwBK below Viz;

I don't think this proves anything. All you can do now is take it up with the account recovery team if you haven't already done that.

[Pmalek]

A signed message is one of the most trusted means of proving ownership of an account.

Yes, it's one of the preferred ways to prove ownership. But it shouldn't always be taken for granted. If a user gets hacked, like in Gaasty's case, the same person who took control of his Bitcointalk account could have also gained access to his email and the private key of an address that signed a message on the forum. Now you have two people who can claim they are the rightful owners of the account. You cant even trust IP logs because everyone is allowed to access the forum from VPNs, TOR, proxies, etc. 

[Gaasty8]

This are my transactions proof from 3Px9yxkNqTZYmqJnxn7nuAnoajhWa4MwBK below Viz;

I don't think this proves anything. All you can do now is take it up with the account recovery team if you haven't already done that.

How do I meet the account recovery team please ?!

[LoyceV]

If a user gets hacked, like in Gaasty's case, the same person who took control of his Bitcointalk account could have also gained access to his email and the private key of an address that signed a message on the forum.

Anyone who stores their private keys in their email is on their own

[Gaasty8]

If a user gets hacked, like in Gaasty's case, the same person who took control of his Bitcointalk account could have also gained access to his email and the private key of an address that signed a message on the forum.

Anyone who stores their private keys in their email is on their own

It's fine, it's obvious I'vee been doomed, but then, give me advice on what to do please.
Like I asked you already, how I can meet with the account recovery team.
If it doesn't work out with the recovery team, what should be done please ?!

[Upgrade00]

Like I asked you already, how I can meet with the account recovery team.
If it doesn't work out with the recovery team, what should be done please ?!

Did you visit the link LoyceV posted in their first message on this thread? It contains all the necessary information you would need to recover your account;

If your account was hacked

Email recoveries...@bitcointalk.org, ideally from the account's email address. Include your username and a brief description of the details of how/when the account was hacked. A signature will likely be required (see below).

Send an email to that address, and as noted, a signed message would likely be required.
If it does not work there is not much you can do, as it likely means the recovery team were not convinced you are the actual owner of the account.

[Gaasty8]

Like I asked you already, how I can meet with the account recovery team.
If it doesn't work out with the recovery team, what should be done please ?!

Did you visit the link LoyceV posted in their first message on this thread? It contains all the necessary information you would need to recover your account;

If your account was hacked

Email recoveries...@bitcointalk.org, ideally from the account's email address. Include your username and a brief description of the details of how/when the account was hacked. A signature will likely be required (see below).

Send an email to that address, and as noted, a signed message would likely be required.
If it does not work there is not much you can do, as it likely means the recovery team were not convinced you are the actual owner of the account.

Thank you Sir... I'll go do as you've said now.

[lovesmayfamilis]

Have there been cases of recovering a stolen account without a signed message before? What can the team ask in such a case? According to the OP, he doesn't have a bitcoin address or an Ethereum address. Because I know of cases where an Ethereum wallet served as proof.
OP, it's your fault for storing your keys incorrectly. Having once created a topic with a question, did you carefully read all the answers?

Without exposure of your private keys, can your bitcoin be stolen ?

Have you drawn any conclusions for yourself? I see no.
 What do you want from the recovery team? You must sign the message from your address to prove ownership.
Otherwise, just forget that you had this account. Learn from your mistakes if you can't understand through other people's experiences.

[hosseinimr93]

Assuming you are telling the truth, as mentioned by UmerIdrees, your email has been likely hacked too.

Is there any chance you can recover your email? If you can do so, then you should be able to reset your password and recover your bitcointalk account too.
Maybe, there's a phone number attached to your email address that can help you to recover your email.

Without the email address and a signed message from an address posted by you, it won't be possible to recover your account.

[Gaasty8]

Assuming you are telling the truth, as mentioned by UmerIdrees, your email has been likely hacked too.

Is there any chance you can recover your email? If you can do so, then you should be able to reset your password and recover your bitcointalk account too.
Maybe, there's a phone number attached to your email address that can help you to recover your email.

Without the email address and a signed message from an address posted by you, it won't be possible to recover your account.

I'm telling the truth here you see, the problem is that I have no access to my email for sometime now, it's been invalid.
I'd have done forgotten password already.

[hosseinimr93]

What wallet did you use for signing message from bc1qer09xsqpn0gsxf9dqyt7zrkccd8lmy4h6smnuu?

As there is no standard for signing a message from a segwit address and I was able to verify your message using electrum, there's a high probability that you used electrum.
Am I right? Did you use electrum? If so, you may be able to find the wallet file on your computer and sign a message.

[virasog]

Assuming you are telling the truth, as mentioned by UmerIdrees, your email has been likely hacked too.

Is there any chance you can recover your email? If you can do so, then you should be able to reset your password and recover your bitcointalk account too.
Maybe, there's a phone number attached to your email address that can help you to recover your email.

Without the email address and a signed message from an address posted by you, it won't be possible to recover your account.

I'm telling the truth here you see, the problem is that I have no access to my email for sometime now, it's been invalid.
I'd have done forgotten password already.

That's too unfortunate that hacker knows your email password and you can't recover your email too via backup email or phone number. You can't even sign a message as you have lost access to the wallet private key also. What else have you forgotten ?

To be very true , at this point the only one reason i believe that you are speaking true is because CryptopreneurBrainboss has some evidences in favor of you.

I don't do this often but this case is different, user DM me off forum with same contact details he used when he introduced himself to me as an African and was already stored on my mobile. This is just a precaution to prevent whatever motive was behind the hack.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

To be very true , at this point the only one reason i believe that you are speaking true is because CryptopreneurBrainboss has some evidences in favor of you.

Had a call with him and from my understanding, he took advantage of the OG thread, learnt how to sign a message and did it with a mobile wallet that has that privilege (can't remember the name, coin***something) and hasn't used the address since then. He then got an opportunity to join a campaign and did with Remitano address because they have a peer2peer service and can easily trade his Bitcoin to Naira.

Cutting the story short, he doesn't have access to his email and can't sign message from the address stated but has proof of receiving funds with the Bitcoin address on a campaign he was promoting before the account was hacked. I have told him that wouldn't work unless he does find a way to sign a message as other have suggested.

From some other personal discussion. I think someone who knows him is trying to take control of his account or could still be an external hack.