Thanks for the reply. I tried importing both Exodus private and zcashd wallet into Ycashd wallet, and still nothing. However, one thing to note, When I imported my exodus private key I see that I transfer the amount of YEC, the same day I transfer my Zec into the Zcashd wallet. But then it say the amount of YEC was then transfer to another wallet. When I saw that the importing on private keys into Ycashd was not working, I went to Ycash.Network and tried there, but when I imported my exodus and my Zcashd private keys, it gave me an error saying there is no funds available. I am so confuse at this point. I know the coins are there, but I do not know how to get them
The site you mentioned, ycash dot network, is not a site run by the Ycash Foundation. The ONLY Ycash Foundation website is https://www.ycash.xyz. You may have been the victim of a phishing scam.
The Ycash Foundation would NEVER ask you for your private keys or seed phrase.
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For those of you having problems syncing YecWallet with the pre-fork portion of the blockchain, a new release that fixes the problem is now available. Download YecWallet v.2.0.5.4 here:
For users of standalone ycashd, a new ycashd release is also available too.
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hi, i have some problems importing my private key in yecwallet, it says âneed to rescan , may take several hoursâ but after some seconds that message is gone an nothing happens
Upgrade to the lastest version, v2.0.5.4 (just released today). Make sure that you are fully synced to the blockchain before starting the rescan.
Oh wow. I see, Ycash dot network, and Ycash dot xyz look similar. Ycash should let users know in advance of all the phishing scams out there. There is even youtube videos telling users to go to that website. So what happens now, does anybody know?
I trace the address, and who ever is doing this has aver 60,100 Yecs so far, and keeps receiving . the
address and can be verify on Yec.zcha.in and the address is : s1TnXULmGhTmgWzfsRsnZ814tdq7dgd5Pzm
The @YcashFoundation Twitter account has been warning people that scams are out there.
They are also stealing Zecs, since they are asking for Zcash private keys. The site looks like the Ycash dot xyz, they said that its a online wallet, and to import the keys there. Luckily for me I had transfer all my Zec out of my wallet incase something like this would happen.
As @sonya mentioned, weâve been warning users repeatedly on Twitter. Weâve also been warning users via other channels (Discord, Telegram, etc.). That phishing site that you visited isnât the only site that has copied the authentic Ycash Foundation website. There are others out there, all of them malicious.
There are fake Telegram, Youtube, and Twitter accounts, all malicious and all masquerading as the Ycash Foundation. Every time we report one account and succeed in getting it shut down, another one springs up.
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I understand, things happen, just letting people know in case they donât know like me, I donât use any social media, so maybe this information should be deliver through other means, maybe directly through the website or youtube videos, since thatâs where most people would go when finding information online is difficult. Either way, does anybody know how I can change my private keys, I want to see if I can get donation YEC or ZEC, but I donât want that to get stolen either. if that is even possible of course
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One more thing: I am absolutely certain that the address you posted is the address of an exchange, not the address of the scammer. Thus, I disagree with your conclusion that over 60,000 YEC have been stolen.
If you traced your coins to that exchange address, the scammer likely transferred your coins to an exchange. I suggest you start contacting exchanges (there arenât that many thus far), and see if they can identify the scammerâs account on the exchange.
Ok will do. I am new to cryptocurrency. Lesson learned
But going back my question. How can I change my private key to YEC and Zec wallets, that weâre exposed?
Since you visited that malicious site, I myself would not trust the computer that was used to visit the site. I would buy a fresh computer and download the latest versions of ZecWallet and YecWallet.
If you donât want to buy a new computer and you did not use your phone to visit the malicious site, you could instead just install on your phone one of the mobile wallets that support both ZEC and YEC. A list is here:
https://www.ycash.xyz/the_fork/#wallets
With those wallets, youâll be able to create both ZEC and YEC addresses.
Whatâs the logic behind having a single (or maybe some) users having to deal with an exchange.
One or some single users donât have any weight at all when dealing with an exchange as they in generally and mostly represent only a fraction of the âstollen/scammedâ coins.
Wouldnât it be better to have the Ycash Foundation officially to work with the exchanges, ask to freeze the amounts and this way to discourage the scammers instead of putting such issue to a single private man which chances of success are about zero in dealing with an exchange?
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I agree with you, Thank you. I think the Ycash foundation Can do more than an individual. And even if I was to trace it back, it would not guarantee me getting anything back, but if the Ycash Foundation does it, then even If the victims do not recover anything, it will prevent the scammers from stealing more coins.
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Buy a new computer ? Really ?
Ycash must have brought in a lot of $$$.
You canât be serious about that, I think the assumption that everybody can buy a new computer when compromised is bogus.
And if there are indeed a lot of false phisingsites , itâs the foundations task to take them down, and if indeed funds that were stolen , went through Exchanges ( and since their are not that much ) In my opinion itâs the foundation that also has to reach out to stop this scam as quick as possible.
Maybe your power is a little greater in this regard then that of a single user. And in case the foundation doesnât archive anything more then the average Joe, you can at least show you put effort in and it concerns you too.
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I think @sonya that Twitter in the States is different from where I live. FB , Twitter and that kind of social media are used here for people I call keyboard hooligans. I myself wouldnât take shizzle on Twitter that serieus. So a lot of people I think will not go on Twitter for information. I myself wouldnât , canât take it serieus, and when I see the tweets of a mister Trump from the states, I myself know that I canât take that news Outlet serieus.
So it may be on Twitter, but I think that the main website should be the nr 1 for news around Ycash and the rest is in my opinion just complimentary . Just my 0.636363 Zec
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@JC-YEC, I am going to send you a private message with the contact information of the exchange that you may want to contact. If you share with them the relevant transactions, they may be able to identify the malicious actorâs exchange account.
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