AB - my coins - .99btc- no refund and "you were phished line"

Normally lurk here and actually don't hate AB in fact I am a loyalist so to speak ..BUT...

So for a while (a long while) everytime I would see these posts about AB taking my coins or this and that..I would chalk it up to user ignorance or someone looking for a handout. For being such a judgemental POS I guess I got my just desserts.

Long story short I transfered .99btc over and never got the funds. I actually had such faith in their customer service I xfered another .99 over because I thought the original would show up or as stated their customer service would help me out because they have before (actually gave me my pin despite not having the phrase..about half a year ago)

So essentially my 2nd xfer went through thank God, been in dispute over the first. Was told more than 5 times that I was phished and basically time elapsed to the point where I doubt they have the address anymore if what the absupport said was true about only having the keys for a certain many of time. So while $600+ isn't alot to some; to me it is and also more so alerted me to the fact something weird is up imo with AB and just throwing in my cautious card and also throwing away my past judgements and thinking everyone is either looking for a handout or wears tinfoil 24-7 as a head decorator

If they rectify the issue I will gladly eat a normal sized piece of paper with a giant dick drawn on it that says AB has permission to enter my fat ugly mouth and remind me they aren't scammers and their massive organs feel nice in my judgemental face

Update

So basically made another ticket and wasn't even told phished. It was just closed with no response at all.

I thought this was quite rude considering I was asked to show more of my evidence, so either I really don't know what the fuck I am doing or like everyone else we are getting phished( I also don't know if AB is aware this is happening? I worked with a mod by disc0 who seemed genuine in trying to help?? So can't be fully annoyed either (confidence interval btw would be graphed at around 95 that I am not being fished**)

Some interesting notes; I talked to an individual directly involved with mycelium and he told me straight up the address I ultimately sent too was not on their end I also did this with circle and and block chain and smartbit as I had been deeply perturbed at losing $$600+. I went back and asked again earloer and SAME answer(s) as before. Also note something peculiar: I made a transaction the 15th of Aug to AB (everything went smoothly) a little over a month later is when this incident occurred and it involved..the address that supposedly is supposed to be terminated after initial use I thought? . I also had alerted mods of Ab at this point but as stated earlier I kept getting stonewalled with the phish thing.

Long story short. I have pics of trans act I also notice the funds are sitting there still and this almost feels like what would happen if you had deposited to an address that was older than 7-10 days therefore, wouldn't logic dictate that this was their address they are denying ? (Even though I have proof of the Aug 15 going smoothly) I would love to solve this ; if it's my fault even better because then I can trust my go to site all that much more. Also would be excellent if I could somehow garner the funds back?

What would be rhe optimal way of doing this without of course revealing to much opsec? Any help advice would be excellent . Thanks all

Update might be a circle issue on my end..not sure yet just wanted to update everyone. Just an FYI I have had subsequent deposits and withdrawals from AB and all have gone perfectly. So will keep everyone updated


Comments


[37 Points] maxturbator:

Why does the AB support team only come blazing in like heroes for posts where the guy gets fucked out of like $30 and are ghosts when it's $600+ ?


[13 Points] jackoass:

I have no advice. Awesome username. It's amazing that you don't have 125438755 added to it.


[9 Points] alphabaysupport:

What is your ticket number? I'll have a look.


[7 Points] NiggersOnNitrous:

If they rectify the issue I will gladly eat a normal sized piece of paper with a giant dick drawn on it that says AB has permission to enter my fat ugly mouth and remind me they aren't scammers and their massive organs feel nice in my judgemental face

That is some beautiful fucking prose, sir. You are a gifted writer


[6 Points] TheShockDoctor:

Same thing happened to me except that I actually got scammed last night by the user TheCocaHero. Last night after my deposit went through I was locked out of my account, and when I finally got through, I saw that my entire deposit had just been FE'd to this vendor TheCocaHero. Also, feedback had already been left from my account saying that it was fast shipping and that the pack had already arrived, even though it had only been a couple hours. Alphabay support basically told me hard luck and I don't know how to report this vendor


[4 Points] normallylurk:

I did follow it in fact I am staring at it. It's pretty interesting actually . I had the same address issued in August . I thought that wasn't supposed to be possible ? Kind of strange. The funds are there everything is just literally sitting there for the last 4 weeks now. I first alerted the support team when it happened but it's been so long now. I just kind of try to see if I can somehow manually recover the funds during lunch at work or off time at home. Idk maybe I messed up somewhere


[3 Points] disposable43436879:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AlphaBayMarket/comments/4nbyzb/need_help_with_deposit/

You weren't phished. If you were phished, how did the second deposit go through? Are they nice thieves and only wanted the first one? I believe AB has an algorithm set up to catch and steal deposits from accounts that don't have 2fa enabled. Then they tell you it's your fault because you didn't have 2fa enabled. In the end, that mod almost admitted that even if AB did steal my deposit like I said, it's my fault for being lazy and I should chaulk it up as a lesson learned. My other account that pointed this out here was banned. Obviously the mods and admins of these subs are in on it too. https://www.reddit.com/user/disposable43436878 No, it's not MY fault YOU'RE scumbags and YOU stole from me.


[2 Points] mjmedstarved:

did you follow the transfer on the blockchain?


[2 Points] Lucid_Enemy:

I actually last week got a free 200 bucks deposited to my account I had made my buy and then when I came back to finalize found that free coin I quickly withdrew it and deposited back into my bank happy days :)


[2 Points] throwHAYawayNEIGH:

Same shit happened to me


[2 Points] SpayceGhost:

Alphabay bay support was absolutely perfect when I had to use it for the first time the other day. I've never had to use support before and I've been on DNMs since SR2 days


[1 Points] None:

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[1 Points] YoMommaRollsMyWeed:

did it get 4 confirmations?


[1 Points] IST_Vendor:

I make daily balance withdrawals. Over the course of the past 4 months I think 30-40% of my withdrawals fail and get credited back to my balance. Same thing happened to me today with a 3 BTC withdrawal. This has happened with 2 accounts (one vendor which makes regular withdrawals, one buyer which rarely makes withdrawals but has still had the issue).

There is definitely some issue with AB bitcoin withdrawals.

I'm a little concerned that one day it won't get credited back :\ although that hasn't happened to me yet.


[1 Points] spyderonthewall:

I have been using alphabaybfor a bit over a year with no issues. Other then shifty dispute resolution.


[1 Points] balzebubas:

AB is shit then. I had coins get lost recently aswell :/


[1 Points] RIP_Meth_9000:

OP...you need to read this article located here

It tells how easy it is for the right person to STEAL coins from anyone :-(


[1 Points] Seeingamanaboutadog:

Why don't people just keep a bookmark of their DNM market of choice? No chance of you fucking up then.

Also, doesnt wallet explorer show if an address is linked to AB? What does it say about it


[1 Points] YoMommaRollsMyWeed:

i should always get the pgp signed proof of ownership in case any shit like this happens. gonna start doing that now (hopefully lol)


[0 Points] normallylurk:

At one point I did, but in the last month or so I haven't . Been lazy with it I admit, but I am 10000% confident in my transfer skills and am pretty sure it's not a mitm type of thing