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Main => General Discussion => Topic started by: Bitshark on September 11, 2014, 11:41:28 pm
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Just sent 974 BTSX to the name bter instead of my own.. My registered name is also 4 characters so seeing bter everywhere I accidentally input it instead of my own.
Stupid mistake, good thing i didn't lose alot. Is there any safeguard against sending to the wrong alias? typos will happen.
The owner of that address is going to be rich one day. :-\
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Yeah the name squatters do their job, i think the auto-complete feature should be disabled and maybe an extra verification message should appear.
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Yea I could see this becoming a problem. Perhaps an option to retype the recipients address.
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One thing you can do is add the bter public-key listed in your bter account to your contacts and come up with a unique name that won't be chosen by the fraudsters. I did this after a similar experience. Test it by sending only a small amount.
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I think it's better to have a white list.
you can only sent to the account in the white list.
if you want to sent to a new account, you need to add the account to the white list first. this can avoid the stupid mistake.
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I think it's better to have a white list.
you can only sent to the account in the white list.
if you want to sent to a new account, you need to add the account to the white list first. this can avoid the stupid mistake.
Good idea.
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I think it's better to have a white list.
you can only sent to the account in the white list.
if you want to sent to a new account, you need to add the account to the white list first. this can avoid the stupid mistake.
+5% YES!!
Also, bter may have been registered by a community member. I recall on a mumble session someone said they registered a lot of the variations to beat scamers to the punch. You'll get your funds back if it was one of his.
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I think it's better to have a white list.
you can only sent to the account in the white list.
if you want to sent to a new account, you need to add the account to the white list first. this can avoid the stupid mistake.
+5%
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Yeah that whitelist would probably best.
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Just sent 974 BTSX to the name bter instead of my own.. My registered name is also 4 characters so seeing bter everywhere I accidentally input it instead of my own.
Stupid mistake, good thing i didn't lose alot. Is there any safeguard against sending to the wrong alias? typos will happen.
The owner of that address is going to be rich one day. :-\
Dig the initial thread who counter-registered all bter aliases, so no spammer can get them. (was it Clains?, I do not know but it was some pretty well known person on this forum, that returned 100K wrongly sent already). I have 'bter-deposit' registered to me due to a complicated mistake explained in more detail in the same thread.
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I think it's better to have a white list.
you can only sent to the account in the white list.
if you want to sent to a new account, you need to add the account to the white list first. this can avoid the stupid mistake.
Also agree. In my online banking before i send any money to anyone i have to fill out a "white list" form, then those contacts are saved in my preferences and i can choose them out quickly. It takes extra time, but its worth the 5 minute hussle so i dint send it to someone by a mistake.
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actually the accountname "bter" is owned by reputable member of this forum .. I remember a post where he told us about some incoming transaction of 100k btsx and he sent them back .. maybe search the forum .. not sure if it was CLains ..
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I accidentally did the same thing sending money out of the bter exchange to my wallet.. except it didnt go to my wallet, it went to the last person I sent it too from within the exchange. Luckily I knew the guy and he sent it back..
bter should also somehow make you double check where you're sending it too.. or maybe I should just not be so careless
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Ya, someone recently sent me another 100k (https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=7051.msg111481#msg111481) x)
But I don't have "bter" unfortunately.. I recommend sending a message to the person you sent to, asking for for the money back.