advise on what to do with USDT being received from an unknown address

[Mpamaegbu]

If it's shows unknown source, then it's likely a scam. Do not try to move  the coin to another wallet or swap it. If you do, you could lose all the funds on your wallet. I've seen this before with shittycoin. I don't know scammers can now use fake USDT to carry out the scam.

Hah! Fake USDT don plenty now well well. E get where I read for wan of d telegram groups wey I belong where someone even reported how someone wey him dey do P2P wit exchanged fake USDT wit am. Dat wan shock me nor be small bc na for Cex wey him talk sey e happen.

Again, wit all des things happening, we suppose sabi sey some of des scammers na developers dem too be. Dat's why we dey get high profile scams looking like original.

[TokenTikas]

Is there a way to trace a transaction that was being done from an unknown person address to someone wallet, why i asked is that i have a friend that received some worth of USDT in his wallet from an unknown address so i want to ask and hear multiple opinion on what he should do with the said USDT.

This usually happens with people you have had transactions with before. Otherwise, we normally do not have someone’s address stored in that way, so usdt rarely gets sent by mistake to a completely unfamiliar person. Still, some exceptions can happen and that is quite normal.

First of all:
I think you should wait for a while because if it belongs to someone you know, they will definitely contact you. From my personal point of view, I would not spend this small amount of usdt right away. I would wait patiently and try to find out whether this had happened to someone I know. Personally, that is what I would do. If the real owner could be identified and the funds could be returned then I would definitely return them.

[Odogwu-Blockchain]

There is nothing your friend could do to trace the owner of the coin, it's a mistake from the sender who can't reverse back the transaction, that pretty hurts.

I have also received Bitcoin mistakingly too in my wallet, before. At first I thought signature campaign manager sent me multiple times but not, when I asked the manager, he said the transaction doesn't belong to him, I trace the Bitcoin address on Bitcointalk on the search button but told me "search not found".

Till today, I don't know who sent me, nobody have ever asked me if I received Bitcoin, I waited if I could see but none.

Ask your friend if he has received USDT from a client before, let him contact the client if he mistakingly double send, if he didn't, that's a miraculous blessing from God to your friend for a dinner. Lol

[Salahmu]

There is nothing your friend could do to trace the owner of the coin, it's a mistake from the sender who can't reverse back the transaction, that pretty hurts.

I have also received Bitcoin mistakingly too in my wallet, before. At first I thought signature campaign manager sent me multiple times but not, when I asked the manager, he said the transaction doesn't belong to him, I trace the Bitcoin address on Bitcointalk on the search button but told me "search not found".

Till today, I don't know who sent me, nobody have ever asked me if I received Bitcoin, I waited if I could see but none.

Ask your friend if he has received USDT from a client before, let him contact the client if he mistakingly double send, if he didn't, that's a miraculous blessing from God to your friend for a dinner. Lol

Yeah is possible that the one op is also saying could be the same way you got your own because somebody could be sending out some USDT but didn't no there was a mistake on the destination wallet addresse and they just sent but realize that they have sent to an unknown person so actually if there was a means to contact an known person after mistake in transfer it would have been easy but unfortunately even if the sender is in pain on how they could get back there USDT but there is nothing they can do because the both parties doesn't no each other's. Perhaps there is way they could return the money back to the person through the wallet that sent it because there was someone who also got that kind transfer and it came through Trx so what he did was to return back through the address because whomever that sent it will definitely get it back.

[Rubuchi]

Just as many other user has already said, it may be from someone you have already done transactions with in the past or maybe someone very close to you. But regardless, it's still wise not to temper with it because you haven't known the real source yet which makes it to be more dangerous and can likely get you implicated. However, things like this are mostly connected with criminals, maybe someone is trying to carry out some dirt shit that can get you into trouble, however stuff like this need utmost care hence you land yourself into a big problem.

you are right as that could be very possible. Let me take myself as an example. On my Bybit, I have few of my close friends and associates that I do transactions with frequently, because of how frequent my transactions are with these individuals, I tried to add them to my list of beneficiaries, forgotten exactly what it is called in the platform, with these close associates, I don't bother to go look for their addresses any longer, I just go to the saved addresses and pick the person I want to send money to and that's it. One thing I've noticed in few occasions is mistakenly sending money to one of them with the intention of sending to the other thereby causing this kind of scenario where the recipient just receives money they were not expecting. What I've learned to do from my own end is to ensure I crosscheck on my transactions before initiating them, what I've also advised the recipients is to ensure you call those whom you've had transactions with recently, possibly the last 5 to ten people depending on how frequent and ask if they were the ones who initiated the x amount of transaction. You don't have to mention the exact amount.

[Stable090]

Is there a way to trace a transaction that was being done from an unknown person address to someone wallet, why i asked is that i have a friend that received some worth of USDT in his wallet from an unknown address so i want to ask and hear multiple opinion on what he should do with the said USDT.

Make that ur friend first ask people wey Dey close to am if anybody send am USDT, or make ur friend first seat think if him don work before come submit USDT wallet. I know say some people Dey receive bitcoin by mistake from a random person, but make I no lie, no be something wey Dey happen anyhow. Actually one of my guy don receive USDT from a random person before, him no sabi who send am, but him don submit d wallet from different places, so I no sure say him own na mistake, maybe person just dash am. Maybe d person don submit wallet for place before, and dem decide to credit am, or make him ask people wey Dey close to am about d money.

[ejikeme24]

you are right as that could be very possible. Let me take myself as an example. On my Bybit, I have few of my close friends and associates that I do transactions with frequently, because of how frequent my transactions are with these individuals, I tried to add them to my list of beneficiaries, forgotten exactly what it is called in the platform, with these close associates, I don't bother to go look for their addresses any longer, I just go to the saved addresses and pick the person I want to send money to and that's it. One thing I've noticed in few occasions is mistakenly sending money to one of them with the intention of sending to the other thereby causing this kind of scenario where the recipient just receives money they were not expecting. What I've learned to do from my own end is to ensure I crosscheck on my transactions before initiating them, what I've also advised the recipients is to ensure you call those whom you've had transactions with recently, possibly the last 5 to ten people depending on how frequent and ask if they were the ones who initiated the x amount of transaction. You don't have to mention the exact amount.

Adding someone to your list of beneficiary on bybit how did you do that, Don't you think you're making a big mistake? and I'm still wondering how you get to know that this address belongs to A and B, or does it mean you save them in a different place not in your bybit wallet? I don't try that I would rather ask for your wallet address if I want to transact with you is not a big deal. Most of the problems /challenges we face most times is due to our ignorant, imagine if the person you mistakenly Sent the money to claims that he didn't receive any money in his account what would have become of you? We just need to be careful sometimes especially when it has to do with bitcoin because there are a lot of people out there who are looking for it.

[Nheer]

Two things is involved. It could be a mistake from someone or it could be a direct spamming on wallet so that they scam you when you try to send the USDT out of the wallet. I wont lie, I've fall for this scam attempt at my early days in crypto and it's a common thing scammers do to addresses that are exposed to them. First verify if the USDT is not fake before taking any action in the wallet that will cost you a fee.

Oh this scam techniques very common and almost every beginner seem to have been a target. I sometimes wonder how they get to target a large audience or even how they know which address to target. You're right it could be a mistake from someone or a direct spamming as you said so it's a tricky one now that's why he has to be careful with moving it out to convert it. When I experienced similar thing I got scammed when I tried to withdraw it. I think it's better to tell your friend to wait and wait to see if anyone close to him mistakenly sent it but if not he should be careful with withdrawing it. It could be sent by scammers or his lucky day.

[Odogwu-Blockchain]

Ask your friend if he has received USDT from a client before, let him contact the client if he mistakingly double send, if he didn't, that's a miraculous blessing from God to your friend for a dinner. Lol

Perhaps there is way they could return the money back to the person through the wallet that sent it because there was someone who also got that kind transfer and it came through Trx so what he did was to return back through the address because whomever that sent it will definitely get it back.

Yeah, that's right, if the friend of op is willing to send it back to the address, it's up to him, if he doesn't want to send back too, it's also up to him. But we never know from op if the transaction is an ERC20 or TRC20. Will be more easier to send back on either chain.

OP, please, ask your friend if he is willing to send back to the sender address or not.

[Chibit01]

Is there a way to trace a transaction that was being done from an unknown person address to someone wallet, why i asked is that i have a friend that received some worth of USDT in his wallet from an unknown address so i want to ask and hear multiple opinion on what he should do with the said USDT.

The USDT received by your friend was it sent to his self custody wallet or it was sent to an exchange address connected to him, we need to be sure so that he knows what to do, and if the deposit was sent to his personal address he should be mindful especially when he have other funds in that same address it could be dust attack as already mentioned here, but if not he can try to trace people who he have to done transaction with using that address to ask if any of the sent it by mistake trying to fund another, not directly asking but indirectly to avoid who don't own it trying to claim it.