Account created using Web3js wont recieve tokens from Metamask

Question

I am using web3js to create a local account using the following function

    function makeaccount() {
        var account = web3.eth.accounts.create();
        console.log(account);
        var walletprivate = account["privateKey"];
        var phppasswallet = "THE_PASSWORD";
    }

This functions generates an account locally but I can even access the balance of this address from Already Deployed Contract Token using

contract.methods.balanceOf(address).call().then(function (balance) {
            $("#balance").html(balance);
        });

However when I try to send tokens from Metamask to this address. It keeps spinning and balance of the address created using makeaccount is always zero. I am using a private network and have setup metamask and web3js to use the localhost network.

Answer 1

For some reason the account created byweb3.eth.accounts.create() creates the address without 0x prefix. My script wasn't addressing this and metamask would get the address without 0x prefix and I was unable to send the transaction.