Police search cryptocurrency trading firm after Turks say they were scammed

Re:Police search cryptocurrency trading firm after Turks say... by nisegami on Friday April 23, 2021 @07:10AM (#26913449)

Wasn't GP talking more about valid but non-existent addressed? I'm guessing this is essentially the same as sending it to an address for which the key has been lost.

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Re:Police search cryptocurrency trading firm after Turks say... by NavinF on Friday April 23, 2021 @09:36PM (#26921427)

Yes, but that's pretty uncommon in practice. Why would anyone ask you to send money to a valid address that they don't own? It can't be a transcription error because the checksum would catch that

It's like sending gold over snailmail to a random address

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Re:Police search cryptocurrency trading firm after Turks say... by andirk on Sunday April 25, 2021 @02:10AM (#26930664)

And what happens if one sends gold over snailmail to a random address? You need to finish your analogy.

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