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My brother bought Bitcoin in 2012 - found the wallet address but not the key. Does he have any chance of recovery?

For context, my brother is a bit of an airhead. I think he may have bought this from the context of purchasing illegal things and totally forgot about it.

After years of debt, mistakes and substance abuse, he’s back living with my mum and actually made the attempt to check his email for this bitcoin he always talked about “jokingly” at family events and found that - “hey, that did actually happen? It did!”

Basically, he purchased about $120 or so worth of BTC in a peer to peer deal. This person he purchased from appeared to be a trusted source and from his email chains, he was sent the wallet number but no secret pin (maybe). This was in Australia between 2011-2012.

Now, I’ve tried to help him search the secret pin in his emails and he is adamant of “let’s just email the guy!” - he checked the wallet and all of the money is still there. He kind of won’t listen to the prompts I keep telling him to search…

I just need to know - is this legitimate? If my brother did get a secret pin, how do they usually send it (in 2011-2012) and do you think he was scammed back then? I’ve seen the transaction history and he absolutely did transfer money to this guy. And from what I’ve seen, this guy did honest business regarding Bitcoin.

If this is real… his life is changed forever. But IS is actually real or this a long line of scams that have happened to multiple people?

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My brother bought Bitcoin in 2012 - found the wallet address but not the key. Does he have any chance of recovery?

For context, my brother is a bit of an airhead. I think he may have bought this from the context of purchasing illegal things and totally forgot about it.

After years of debt, mistakes and substance abuse, he’s back living with my mum and actually made the attempt to check his email for this bitcoin he always talked about “jokingly” at family events and found that - “hey, that did actually happen? It did!”

Basically, he purchased about $120 or so worth of BTC in a peer to peer deal. This person he purchased from appeared to be a trusted source and from his email chains, he was sent the wallet number but no secret pin (maybe). This was in Australia between 2011-2012.

Now, I’ve tried to help him search the secret pin in his emails and he is adamant of “let’s just email the guy!” - he checked the wallet and all of the money is still there. He kind of won’t listen to the prompts I keep telling him to search…

I just need to know - is this legitimate? If my brother did get a secret pin, how do they usually send it (in 2011-2012) and do you think he was scammed back then? I’ve seen the transaction history and he absolutely did transfer money to this guy. And from what I’ve seen, this guy did honest business regarding Bitcoin.

If this is real… his life is changed forever. But IS is actually real or this a long line of scams that have happened to multiple people?

https://redd.it/1l0jwfw
@r_bitcoin

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