I assume you already tried this, but here is google's data download page:
https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout
If it aint in there then I assume it's gone and only the NSA and/or GCHQ will have a copy.
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Re: Ask HN: Lost $400k USD in a deleted email, how contact a Gmail engineer?
#22You are in awfully good spirits for someone who may have lost $400k. In 1999 I passed on an opportunity to buy a working Apple I for $10k.
Although this fail is a bit expensive, I'm optimistic that more opportunities will come.
Re: Ask HN: Lost $400k USD in a deleted email, how contact a Gmail engineer?
#23I doubt you are going to have much luck, probably best to forget the whole thing and move on. I mined 100BTC back in 2009/10 and then never backed up the wallet or bothered with the private keys because it wasn't even worth a dollar, today it's worth $221,711. I always comfort myself that I would have sold out when it hit $8/BTC or even less. No use crying over spilled milk.
Re: Ask HN: Lost $400k USD in a deleted email, how contact a Gmail engineer?
#24Did you ever use any other mail client to connect to Gmail?
If so, there might be a way, i.e. from an uncompressed mbox file or similar.
Re: Ask HN: Lost $400k USD in a deleted email, how contact a Gmail engineer?
#25You are young. I promise you that life will present you with challenges and rewards in the future that will make this seem like nothing. Put it behind you, close the door, lock the door, and move on.
Hilarious par for the course HN response. Zero empathy for OP. "Oh you only lost 400K. Since it didn't happen to me, it's not a problem."
Re: Ask HN: Lost $400k USD in a deleted email, how contact a Gmail engineer?
#26Have you tried gmail support already? If you haven't then I would say you should try that first. Going on Social media usually is best after you have exhausted this option. Also, offering compensation to Google employees is probably frowned upon by Google.
Does Gmail have "support"? I tried Googling it and every road just seems to lead to a generic knowledge base page.
gmail support = AI
security related support = same AI, just slower response
escalate to manager = talk to a different AI
write a salty article, get it published on NY Times = talk to a human
Re: Ask HN: Lost $400k USD in a deleted email, how contact a Gmail engineer?
#27That's hilarious! I did something similar. No idea where that massive chunk of ETH went to. C'est la vie!
Should not ETH have a record of your purchase email and amount? It likely is recoverable in some fashion.
The way I understand it is that the purchase email contained the keys to the wallet. It'd be extremely irresponsible if they kept that.
Re: Ask HN: Lost $400k USD in a deleted email, how contact a Gmail engineer?
#28What about contacting Ethereum Foundation? They must have that mail.
I'm looking in that email. Quote:
"it is not possible for the Ethereum team to reconstruct a lost wallet."
Re: Ask HN: Lost $400k USD in a deleted email, how contact a Gmail engineer?
#29My wife always says that growing up, all her dad and brother used to talk about at the dinner table was "I should've invested in that stock when it was cheaper!" or "I should've sold when it was higher!" I feel that way about Bitcoin/others. It's always regret all the way. It's like buying a stock. I had a chance to mine lots of bitcoins in 2011... never got around to doing it. It's now the same as "I should've bough…
You always remember the successful investments you didn't make, but not the unsuccessful ones. Think of all the money you didn't lose making bad investments.
Re: Ask HN: Lost $400k USD in a deleted email, how contact a Gmail engineer?
#30This was so painful to read. I mean.. just.. ouch! I really hope you find a way to get it back. Some lessons in life are really valuable even when they sting. This one is just kind of cruel, ha.