Quote from: kryptqnick on April 11, 2020, 02:06:16 PM

Quote from: LittleBigIvan on April 10, 2020, 03:13:19 AM

Quote from: Chris Barth on April 10, 2020, 02:57:52 AM

From my diagnosis, the 0.1 bitcoin actually exists in 13PcbKjLBjVUYcSevYELQDc1pLDm6Bb9Di. I'm sorry for your loss. However, I am not sorry. When copying and pasting a wallet address, you're meant to look closely at what you're doing. When I copy a wallet address (for my little $20 transaction), one of my modes to check if it's OK is checking the first and the last characters of they correspond to that of the source. It could have been better if just a character was tempered with but here, you copied a whole different wallet address and send a whooping 0.1bitcoin without caring if it's destination was right.

Mhmmm, i agree with you, but, since i'm not expert, n have created my wallet in April/2020 "around 10 days or less", im a newbie and don't know those things.
Don't you think this issue is a really bad one?

What about the new investments? Newcomers?

I agree there's a lot of malwares / scamwares / viruses, but, if the virus exist, and it only affect a button, its a simple button, what about protect that button? or maybe making a different kind button?

In that case, the button should'nt exist then, right?

Well, my ctrl + c / ctrl + v is working good. if there's was no "Copy Address" this problem wouldn't happen, agree?

The scammers will always find a way, so rather than making their ways more sophisticated by blocking some stuff, it's important to raise awareness of how different existing scam techniques work. I've heard about the 'Copy' scam, one which seems to be even more elaborate than the one to which you were a victim because the copied scammer's address even had, like, the first 3 symbols the same with the original address. That's why I always double-check the addresses when making transactions. And from what I've read, the malware attacks the clipboard, so I don't see how using the keyboard would make a difference. Maybe it did in your case, but it's not universally so. Keep in mind that another dangerous scam is with QR-code generators which substitute the original address thus also getting people to send money to a wrong place.

Damnit, those scammers are everywhere Sad