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.

[gracreavix]

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.

Your friend should be very careful. It's my first time hearing about something like this. I do always wonder were those that sends their money to a wrong address, where does it go? Since this is a first and cryptocurrency is not new, it is probably a scam. I am not sure but, it may likely point to that. You never can tell. I think he should just ditch the account. Or try whether you can withdraw it. Best advice is to leave the account. Let's see what happens next.

[coinlary]

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.

Well, if its really fake and you own the keys , you won't  be able to swap it for a real value and you can always verify the contract to be an official one anyways.  USDT that appars on wallet  with a real value could can  possibly mean spam or just dirty coins.
When it comes to exchange, and there's no third party included,  it's always better to receive first so far you have reputation.  Nothing should be trust without verification anyway.

[Judith87403]

Edit:
According to what some people have posted below, it can be a scam. Either address poisoning if the amount is very small or probably a fake coin.

Well it depends on how much worth of USDT is being received. From what I know about address poisoning and scams attempts that involve sending some coins to an address, the amount sent is usually a dust amount, not enough to do any reasonable thing. But if it’s a huge amount of USDT (or some other tokens) then the chances of wallet or address poisoning are low. I’ve received some amount of USDT in the past, not too much but almost about a hundred, and it was actually a mistake from the other person’s end, he later contacted me and I returned the same equivalent back to him, so stuffs like that do happen all the time.

[Charles-Tim]

Well it depends on how much worth of USDT is being received. From what I know about address poisoning and scams attempts that involve sending some coins to an address, the amount sent is usually a dust amount, not enough to do any reasonable thing. But if it’s a huge amount of USDT (or some other tokens) then the chances of wallet or address poisoning are low. I’ve received some amount of USDT in the past, not too much but almost about a hundred, and it was actually a mistake from the other person’s end, he later contacted me and I returned the same equivalent back to him, so stuffs like that do happen all the time.

Yes, the amount of coins that the scammer will send in address poisoning is low, but there is another one that the amount can be high, which are not real coins but fake coins just to lure someone to mistakenly send money to them. There have been few threads about it on this forum. To know if the coin is fake, you can first check the blockchain explorer to know if the coin is there or just check the smart contract of the coin.

[Agbe]

Since this one no bi local bank matter, e dey somehow difficult trace di person but you go fit trance the source yet you know go know di person because no name and address. So my advice be say make u send di coins back to the address and drop a written note in the remark space if there is any. That one nai I go fit tok ooh. And dat one nai be di only thing you can do if you no want use am.

[ZeroVinsonN]

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.

If this is indeed a scam case then it only goes to show how much these scammers are improving just to be able to scam others, the lengths they are willing to go, put this level of skill into something productive and they'd probably be making some really cool legit cash but nope they'd prefer to scam others instead and chances are that they've already scam alot of people through this tactic they are employing now, people should take better care to protect their assets.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

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.

Are you sure that friend is not you? 😂😂

Anyways and on a more serious note, just be careful, or tell that friend of your to be very careful, verify and make sure the usdt recieved is the original usdt by cross checking the contract address on the blockchain network the usdt from recieved on, if contract address is different from the original one, then you already should know that that usdt is fake and you trying to send it out could give the scammer access to wipe your wallet empty.

But again, if the usdt you are claiming to recieve is in the form of tokens that displayed it's worth in usdt, simply ignore it and don't also try to interact with the token, don't try to sell it, don't try to move it to another wallet, simply allow it sit there... It's a scam, you trying to sell and convert that token to usdt will give the scammer who sent it automatic access to drain your wallet empty, every penny you have on that wallet will be moved to the scammer's wallet if you try to interact with the scam fake token.

Be careful or tell your friend to be careful.

[MisFoxie]

All types of crypto transactions can be tracked and seen by who sent them. First you need to know which chain you received the USDT from. For example, bep 20, erc-20, TRC-20 and many other types of USDT. Then you go to the scan of that chain and paste your address. After pasting, you can see the transaction history and see the address of who sent them there.

After finding the unknown address check the address owner transection you may find some clue related who or which organisation it is. Even after doing all that you find nothing and the owner didn't tell your friend to return it your friend should keep it.

[Webutxo]

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.

It's rare for another person to make a mistake and send USDT to another account or wallet. If you ever receive a random usdt on your wallet, check very well it will be from a person that you know and knows your wallet and will contact you later that the sent you some Bitcoin or the USDT might not be original, it will be a fake contract that is not from tether and if you use it or interact with them, the might be able to steal your coins from your wallet.

Make it a habit that there is no free money on the internet, if you accept this fact, scams will be hard from you. People will try to scam you but because you know everything about it and how they move, they will rarely get to you. There are many people that are victim of this scams that some people has lost their coins because they tried to claimed coins that was never there own. It's rare to receive any kind of USDT on exchange wallet that on non custodial wallet.

[SatoPrincess]

So my advice be say make u send di coins back to the address and drop a written note in the remark space if there is any. That one nai I go fit tok ooh. And dat one nai be di only thing you can do if you no want use am.

Like others have said on the thread, it’s best to confirm if it is a dust attack before sending the coins back to the sender address. Quick question - are there wallets that really have “remark space” for users to leave notes? I haven’t noticed this feature before, maybe it’s because it’s not something that would interest me.