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Board Electrum
Re: Electrum Wallet Scam Claiming They Were Hacked
by
LoyceV
on 19/01/2018, 10:49:26 UTC
Is there any way you can help me get my money back?
The only one who can give it back is the thief, and that's very unlikely.

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or anyone you can recommend that can help me track down the owner of this wallet where my funds were sent to
The only way to track this, is by following the funds. http://walletexplorer.com/ may help, if there's a connection to an exchange it may be possible. But it's unlikely to be able to trace it, and also very unlikely for them to cooperate.

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or recommend someone who knows how I can file a lawsuit against Electrum?
Electrum uses a fairly standard licence:
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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Keeping $100k in a hot wallet isn't a good practice.