Lost .2164 btc learn from my mistake

[unibean]

So if I understand this correctly...

Some complete stranger on the internet asked you to send them some bitcoin for no reason.

Then they gave you a bitcoin address to send the bitcoins to.

Then you sent 10X more bitcoins than they asked for to the address they gave you.

Then they told you that they accidentally gave you a gambling address and that the bitcoins are gone and you can't have them back.

Is that what you are saying?

If so, you've been scammed.

Someone decided they wanted to gamble, but they figured they'd see if they could trick you into paying for the gambling for them.

It sounds like they succeeded.

for a while i thought that i didn't understan the OP reading responses.. But clearly your post reassure me.

[cookiemonsterwhat]

So if I understand this correctly...

Some complete stranger on the internet asked you to send them some bitcoin for no reason.

Then they gave you a bitcoin address to send the bitcoins to.

Then you sent 10X more bitcoins than they asked for to the address they gave you.

Then they told you that they accidentally gave you a gambling address and that the bitcoins are gone and you can't have them back.

Is that what you are saying?

If so, you've been scammed.

Someone decided they wanted to gamble, but they figured they'd see if they could trick you into paying for the gambling for them.

It sounds like they succeeded.

It was a legit transaction, sold a spare account.  i returned the amount since it was wrong, then ended up sending more then it was provided w. a incorrect btc address.

[BunsenBurner]

Edit - since I got a lot of response based on this - just to clarify it wasnt for nothing - I sold a spare btctalk account to "Candystripes". He sent me the wrong amount and I said I would send it back. Then provided me with a btc gambling address, which I sent.

Is that "gambling address" Candystripes' account deposit address on an off-chain gambling site?
 Or is it an on-chain gambling address?

[5 Guys Burgers]

always make sure you get scammed i guess?

scam urself?

[homm88]

This definitely the other parties fault. Do your best to attempt to get a refund.

It's very likely he conviently made up the lie "oh 0.2btc? lol it's not my wallet anymore, sorry your money's gone" to be able to keep the amount.

[BitCoinNutJob]

So basically I want newbies to learn from my poor mistake.

I made a mistake doing business with someone here, had given a wrong btc address. Why wrong? Naturally we all assume the btc address that someone provides is their wallet address and care to say wont do the search. Which this part is my mistake as well.

The actual transaction amount was 0.02164 - so this is another mistake for not double checking your "0"s.

Outside from the point the btc can sent back, if it was in their balance. So then I naturally assumed it was their btc address. The double screwed up part is when they provided a gambling btc address instead. Regardless if I sent the right amount, they would of never received it.


Overall summary:
1. Always check the zeros in sending btc amounts (triple check)
2. Check the btc address prior sending any btc is not a gambling address


Edit - since I got a lot of response based on this - just to clarify it wasnt for nothing - I sold a spare btctalk account to "Candystripes". He sent me the wrong amount and I said I would send it back. Then provided me with a btc gambling address, which I sent.

Always copy and paste. 0.2 might seem a lot to you right now but you can work that back in no time.  Be thankful it wasnt more ive lost way more and so have others.

[BitCoinDream]

So basically I want newbies to learn from my poor mistake.

I made a mistake doing business with someone here, had given a wrong btc address. Why wrong? Naturally we all assume the btc address that someone provides is their wallet address and care to say wont do the search. Which this part is my mistake as well.

The actual transaction amount was 0.02164 - so this is another mistake for not double checking your "0"s.

Outside from the point the btc can sent back, if it was in their balance. So then I naturally assumed it was their btc address. The double screwed up part is when they provided a gambling btc address instead. Regardless if I sent the right amount, they would of never received it.


Overall summary:
1. Always check the zeros in sending btc amounts (triple check)
2. Check the btc address prior sending any btc is not a gambling address


Edit - since I got a lot of response based on this - just to clarify it wasnt for nothing - I sold a spare btctalk account to "Candystripes". He sent me the wrong amount and I said I would send it back. Then provided me with a btc gambling address, which I sent.

Your point 2 of the Overall summary is baseless. There is nothing called gambling address in Bitcoin protocol. How the sender will know the address provided by the receiver is being used in what purpose ?

Overall summary: U sent 10x to some Candystripes and rather than returning U the extra, he told U that this is a gambling address and the amount is lost. Pure bullshit. U have been SCAMMED.

[Kakmakr]

I still cannot do these calculations in my head, so I have to copy and paste the bitcoins into a converter, like preev.com to see how much it is.

  So I guess that is how I double check.

[Gumbork]

So basically I want newbies to learn from my poor mistake.

I made a mistake doing business with someone here, had given a wrong btc address. Why wrong? Naturally we all assume the btc address that someone provides is their wallet address and care to say wont do the search. Which this part is my mistake as well.

The actual transaction amount was 0.02164 - so this is another mistake for not double checking your "0"s.

Outside from the point the btc can sent back, if it was in their balance. So then I naturally assumed it was their btc address. The double screwed up part is when they provided a gambling btc address instead. Regardless if I sent the right amount, they would of never received it.


Overall summary:
1. Always check the zeros in sending btc amounts (triple check)
2. Check the btc address prior sending any btc is not a gambling address


Edit - since I got a lot of response based on this - just to clarify it wasnt for nothing - I sold a spare btctalk account to "Candystripes". He sent me the wrong amount and I said I would send it back. Then provided me with a btc gambling address, which I sent.

huh, how can you make such mistake. Missing one zero is big diffrent..

[tsm]

So basically I want newbies to learn from my poor mistake.

I made a mistake doing business with someone here, had given a wrong btc address. Why wrong? Naturally we all assume the btc address that someone provides is their wallet address and care to say wont do the search. Which this part is my mistake as well.

The actual transaction amount was 0.02164 - so this is another mistake for not double checking your "0"s.

Outside from the point the btc can sent back, if it was in their balance. So then I naturally assumed it was their btc address. The double screwed up part is when they provided a gambling btc address instead. Regardless if I sent the right amount, they would of never received it.


Overall summary:
1. Always check the zeros in sending btc amounts (triple check)
2. Check the btc address prior sending any btc is not a gambling address


Edit - since I got a lot of response based on this - just to clarify it wasnt for nothing - I sold a spare btctalk account to "Candystripes". He sent me the wrong amount and I said I would send it back. Then provided me with a btc gambling address, which I sent.

huh, how can you make such mistake. Missing one zero is big diffrent..

If you read the guy probably was busy doing something, just like everyone pointed out.

Its a common mistake.

[notlist3d]

So basically I want newbies to learn from my poor mistake.

I made a mistake doing business with someone here, had given a wrong btc address. Why wrong? Naturally we all assume the btc address that someone provides is their wallet address and care to say wont do the search. Which this part is my mistake as well.

The actual transaction amount was 0.02164 - so this is another mistake for not double checking your "0"s.

Outside from the point the btc can sent back, if it was in their balance. So then I naturally assumed it was their btc address. The double screwed up part is when they provided a gambling btc address instead. Regardless if I sent the right amount, they would of never received it.


Overall summary:
1. Always check the zeros in sending btc amounts (triple check)
2. Check the btc address prior sending any btc is not a gambling address


Edit - since I got a lot of response based on this - just to clarify it wasnt for nothing - I sold a spare btctalk account to "Candystripes". He sent me the wrong amount and I said I would send it back. Then provided me with a btc gambling address, which I sent.

huh, how can you make such mistake. Missing one zero is big diffrent..

If you read about people who do lot's of transactions it happens.  One was dogecoin i think car or bobsled one big player did a extra and since was for community went with it.

[bigasic]

This whole things sounds weird. Either it was a terrible mistake or a scam. I can't determine which at this point with the information given. if I had to guess, I would say it was a scam...

[Relnarien]

So basically I want newbies to learn from my poor mistake.

I made a mistake doing business with someone here, had given a wrong btc address. Why wrong? Naturally we all assume the btc address that someone provides is their wallet address and care to say wont do the search. Which this part is my mistake as well.

The actual transaction amount was 0.02164 - so this is another mistake for not double checking your "0"s.

Outside from the point the btc can sent back, if it was in their balance. So then I naturally assumed it was their btc address. The double screwed up part is when they provided a gambling btc address instead. Regardless if I sent the right amount, they would of never received it.


Overall summary:
1. Always check the zeros in sending btc amounts (triple check)
2. Check the btc address prior sending any btc is not a gambling address


Edit - since I got a lot of response based on this - just to clarify it wasnt for nothing - I sold a spare btctalk account to "Candystripes ". He sent me the wrong amount and I said I would send it back. Then provided me with a btc gambling address, which I sent.

The only mistake from what you mentioned was your incorrect typing of the amount. The fact that you sent it to a gambling address is irrelevant. Sending it to a gambling address means that the amount is now in a gambling account that the recipient has access to, which means that he/she still has access to your money. The address is just an address. And even if the recipient gave you a wrong address, then that has nothing to do you with you. You did your part. If the recipient is expected to return the excess amount to you and he/she is claiming that he/she does not have access to the money, then he/she is lying. Unless he/she asked a random person for a deposit address to a gambling site, which is too idiotic to be true, then he/she has access to that money and just wants to keep all of it.

[marky89]

I don't understand how you sent it to the "wrong" address? Addresses have a built in check, so if you change anything is almost certainly won't be valid.

I sent it to the address they provided, but it ended up being a gambling btc address.

are you saying it's a deposit address for a gambling site? in that case, it would be available in his gambling account. otherwise, did he "supposedly, accidentally," provide you with an address that was an input to his wallet from a gambling site? if the latter, you probably got scammed.

[jmintuck]

I am not quite positive on how to check for gambling addresses. I dont know what I would do in this scenario. Those decimals could be tricky. What I do is copy and paste to and from where I have the figures, depending what I am doing. I hate to try to type the numbers out because I am scared of over or under sending.

[ihuntbtc]

Send him a tiny amount of BTC just to test if he recieves it, because it was his fault the address was wrong. 

[claimore]

I lost 0.2 thanks to MazaCoin, never again 

[marcoman22]

it is better to check two  to three times before sending it to anyone else.

[cookiemonsterwhat]

Edit - since I got a lot of response based on this - just to clarify it wasnt for nothing - I sold a spare btctalk account to "Candystripes". He sent me the wrong amount and I said I would send it back. Then provided me with a btc gambling address, which I sent.

Is that "gambling address" Candystripes' account deposit address on an off-chain gambling site?
 Or is it an on-chain gambling address?

on chain gambling address.

[BeginToMine]

Sorry about your loss, it is a good lesson to everyone to always double check address and sent amount.