2,399 LTC stolen seconds after Electrum-ltc was installed

[danbel79]

Electrum-ltc,

Today I found out Two thousand three hundred ninety nine Litecoins were stolen from my wallet on April 12, 2018.

Here is what I did that day:

1- On the morning of April 12, I decided to reset Windows 10 using the recovery option. and wipe out all files, which I had already backed-up on another drive. 2- After installing Windows office, Chrome and Adobe Reader, I then decided to download the Electrum Litecoin wallet from https://electrum-ltc.org/. 3- I downloaded the "Windows installer" version, typed in my seed during the setup and next a message indicating an error popped-up. The message said something about not being able to connect to the server. 4- I tried once again and the same thing happened. I quickly goggle for an answer but couldn't find a simple one.
5- I then downloaded the "Standalone Executable" version, typed my seed during the setup and the wallet opened. I don't remember checking the balance, but I do remember deciding to give it a few minutes to update. So, I then went to install other wallets and programs, etc. and totally forgot about the wallet.
6- Then, I restarted my computer after some windows updates or something, got carried away with work, and didn't check my Litecoin wallet. 7- Today, April 17, 2018, I decided to check my wallet and I found out my wallet had been emptied. 8- After trying to figure out how I had been hacked I found out that my wallet was emptied seconds after I installed the wallet on April 12. The hack didn't just stop there, my seed was also used to claim and take my Litecoin Cash.

Because the hack happened exactly at the moment of the Electrum Litecoin wallet was installed and seems like it was an automatic process, I suspect the hack came through the wallet downloaded from https://electrum-ltc.org/.

Here are the transaction IDs and screenshots: 69e3611d5bb503e5d32831c5dc2b03caa53f3104ee3073677b816131e812360b d2bdd3aa1c31102ddd08120e6c4bd6864aabdafb7cb8100feef5ea5ff312f892

I'm posting on this forum hoping someone can help me recover my Litecoins and to alert the community. Thank you for your attention.

[opentxen]

I also lost my LTC today, I use electrum-ltc 3.1.3.1. but today when I open it to send money ,it show a message "can't send money, you should download new 3.3.4 version, and list download links" , so I do this, and when I download it and open it, I found all my LTC send to a address immediately.

[opentxen]

Can you help me and give me some advice?

[opentxen]

I lost 217 LTC, tid: https://blockchair.com/litecoin/transaction/04678189f1ab01946f8fa5f5a7bc175be800351e0a3ab63d98bb138afff1e844

[GrimFandango92]

I lost 217 LTC, tid: https://blockchair.com/litecoin/transaction/04678189f1ab01946f8fa5f5a7bc175be800351e0a3ab63d98bb138afff1e844

Word of cold and brutal, yet realistic advice: If you have any other crypto assets, put serious consideration into using a hardware wallet instead moving forward and prepare yourself for the likely reality that you'll never see a cent of that again.

After over 6 months of fighting, chasing and nagging, my case ended up with action fraud sending an automated e-mail that they're not interested in pursuing it, the exchanges refusing to help without a court order, and the police refusing to supply any demands because and I quote almost word for word "[Sic] confirm that we are NOT investigating this issue. I cannot complete documentation to suggest otherwise. I feel that if you have funds that prima facie belong to the victim you should return; but this is not a law enforcement issue".

In other words, both sides preferring to twiddle their genitals and refusing to assist in any meaningful way.

Best you can do is report to the police in your jurisdiction and report to the exchanges that the money got laundered through so they can freeze the accounts in question. From there, all you can do is hope and wait for a miracle.

I wish you luck, but the odds are against you. We found first-hand the downsides of immutability and lack of regulation.

[GrimFandango92]

At work at the moment, but I'll do a check of the modus operandi later to see if it matches mine... If it does, you're SOL.

When I checked in January, the scam site is still live and various law enforcement agencies have done diddly to stop them.

[GrimFandango92]

Well, your symptoms don't quite match. Checking your browser history, where was the update downloaded from? www,electrumltc.org or www.electrum-ltc.org?

The symptoms don't quite match... Am I correct in assuming these are the public keys with your wallet?

Lb3cKgPyrc9G1RE7zVUb3JnyF2WuqZ3As7 LTenWh5QR1kJ56vTUyczqiiM9mLy7xNnJ1 LeQVmDzpgvC6bM7fcJQeuhEVRw4zqn31Qv Le4pmUz5RZ5VykdtFjzfqoMhyeQH7vjfTR LdADykccnLB9KAssMKbcR5jxczW4BGc5PF LbMGsCSUGrrM8UFBAQvtGAtRyH9MwCPnd2

If so, looks like that tx transferred all of those to the singular LL2fvk9wJbukEC6CsSEsFJjQwr3pWQ5ByQ and there it still sits, with no determinable output from there forward.

If your funds have been siphoned to that wallet, the arguably good news is that they don't look to have been transferred to any exchanges (yet), not that it helps your case.

How did you find this thread or draw the conclusion you're affected by this?

[danbel79]

the coins I've never seen them before, how can you help me?

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[danbel79]

Thanks I will contact ..

Danny

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I never believed in bitcoin retrieval cos I felt and was made to understand it’s not possible. But sometimes last year I fell for a binary option scam which promised a higher return and I lost close to $15,000. I read an article on here as regards a recovery expert and genius so I reached out and to my surprise I got all bitcoins recovered within 12 hours. you can PM him on cheng66@protonmail.ch, he'd walk you through it, if it's something possible.

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[Xadja]

Guys my LTC were on Lightcoin electrum. Today I downloaded a new version from https://electrum-ltc.org/ run it and it stole all of my LTC... How is this possible? I have BitDefender installed and it said nothing... Here is on block explorer. https://blockchair.com/litecoin/transaction/965fa875dd10c41e7cddbde55da83c7131996be283794864cd23b8f45436b14f

[Xadja]

I think the problem is not in the wallet. They stole LTC on 08/16 and not today. But then how did they do this. I didn't run LTC wallet for a long time.

[Xadja]

I think you should add two-factor authentification for wallets.

[klazzact]

Wish I would've read this thread 2 days ago. I was transferring my wallet to a new computer so I downloaded what I thought was a legitimate wallet electrum-ltc, and the same night of my download, my litecoins got stolen. Any advice on how to track or possibly get them back? So depressing.

[GrimFandango92]

Wish I would've read this thread 2 days ago. I was transferring my wallet to a new computer so I downloaded what I thought was a legitimate wallet electrum-ltc, and the same night of my download, my litecoins got stolen. Any advice on how to track or possibly get them back? So depressing.

Hi mate,

Really sorry to hear that... Hate seeing others hit by this too. Utterly ridiculous this is still going on.

I'm going to give you a dose of brutal honesty. Law enforcement were less than useless and opted to fondle themselves rather than give me the time of day or be remotely helpful - I never came right with mine.

Crypto is the wild west, sadly.

What address were your coins sent to? Was it the same address(es) listed in this thread? If you follow your coins on a blockchain explorer, did you see them siphoned off bit by bit among different exchanges for selling off like we did described above?

I personally was able to track my coins to being sold off at two exchanges in particular, and one of them confirmed they flagged it as a fraudulent transaction before they could get sold and froze the funds, but refused to deal with me direct or release to me and wanted a letter from law enforcement, so that's where my luck ended, as they weren't willing to provide a letter to the exchange to confirm I was who I said I was and I was the original owner of the funds as, and I quote, "they weren't investigating it" - like I said, less than useless. Sack of spuds would have been more helpful.

What country do you live in if you don't mind me asking? I'd recommend getting it reported to your local law enforcement authority ASAP first and foremost and getting a case number; just in case you decide to take it further now or down the line.

In my case wasn't worth the time or the effort, but there may be some private routes you can take.

Sorry again, and hope you come right... Please do keep us updated.

[GrimFandango92]

Unsure if the OP came right with his in the end; our funds were shifted together. He was lucky enough to have enough funds to justify the FBI getting involved, but after initial chats with him I never touched base with him. Hope he came right.

[datla21]

I know 100% certain who is behind the scam and I can prove it. I have the real life identity, pictures, address, ... Is there a bounty?

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