diff --git a/.changeset/sour-apples-prove.md b/.changeset/sour-apples-prove.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..348182ab0b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/sour-apples-prove.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@fuel-ts/providers": minor
+"@fuel-ts/wallet": minor
+---
+
+fix Account fund and Provider fundWithFakeUtxos
diff --git a/packages/fuel-gauge/src/funding-transaction.test.ts b/packages/fuel-gauge/src/funding-transaction.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..344ab933c4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/fuel-gauge/src/funding-transaction.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+import { seedTestWallet } from '@fuel-ts/wallet/test-utils';
+import type { Account, CoinTransactionRequestInput } from 'fuels';
+import {
+  FUEL_NETWORK_URL,
+  Provider,
+  BaseAssetId,
+  ScriptTransactionRequest,
+  Wallet,
+  bn,
+} from 'fuels';
+
+describe(__filename, () => {
+  let mainWallet: Account;
+  let provider: Provider;
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    provider = await Provider.create(FUEL_NETWORK_URL);
+    mainWallet = Wallet.generate({ provider });
+    await seedTestWallet(mainWallet, [[500_000, BaseAssetId]]);
+  });
+
+  const fundingTxWithMultipleUTXOs = async ({
+    account,
+    totalAmount,
+    splitIn,
+  }: {
+    account: Account;
+    totalAmount: number;
+    splitIn: number;
+  }) => {
+    const request = new ScriptTransactionRequest({
+      gasLimit: 1_000,
+      gasPrice: bn(10),
+    });
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < splitIn; i++) {
+      request.addCoinOutput(account.address, totalAmount / splitIn, BaseAssetId);
+    }
+
+    const resources = await mainWallet.getResourcesToSpend([[totalAmount + 2_000, BaseAssetId]]);
+    request.addResources(resources);
+
+    const tx = await mainWallet.sendTransaction(request);
+    await tx.waitForResult();
+  };
+
+  it('should successfully fund a transaction request when it is not fully funded', async () => {
+    const sender = Wallet.generate({ provider });
+    const receiver = Wallet.generate({ provider });
+
+    // 1500 splitted in 5 = 5 UTXOs of 300 each
+    await fundingTxWithMultipleUTXOs({
+      account: sender,
+      totalAmount: 1500,
+      splitIn: 5,
+    });
+
+    // this will return one UTXO of 300, not enought to pay for the TX fees
+    const lowResources = await sender.getResourcesToSpend([[100, BaseAssetId]]);
+
+    // confirm we only fetched 1 UTXO from the expected amount
+    expect(lowResources.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(lowResources[0].amount.toNumber()).toBe(300);
+
+    const request = new ScriptTransactionRequest({
+      gasLimit: 1_000,
+      gasPrice: bn(10),
+    });
+
+    const amountToTransfer = 300;
+    request.addCoinOutput(receiver.address, amountToTransfer, BaseAssetId);
+
+    request.addResources(lowResources);
+
+    const { maxFee, requiredQuantities } = await provider.getTransactionCost(request);
+
+    // TX request already does NOT carries enough resources, it needs to be funded
+    expect(request.inputs.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(bn((<CoinTransactionRequestInput>request.inputs[0]).amount).toNumber()).toBe(300);
+    expect(maxFee.gt(300)).toBeTruthy();
+
+    const getResourcesToSpendSpy = jest.spyOn(sender, 'getResourcesToSpend');
+
+    await sender.fund(request, requiredQuantities, maxFee);
+
+    const tx = await sender.sendTransaction(request);
+
+    await tx.waitForResult();
+
+    // fund method should have been called to fetch the remaining UTXOs
+    expect(getResourcesToSpendSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    const receiverBalance = await receiver.getBalance(BaseAssetId);
+
+    expect(receiverBalance.toNumber()).toBe(amountToTransfer);
+  });
+
+  it('should not fund a transaction request when it is already funded', async () => {
+    const sender = Wallet.generate({ provider });
+    const receiver = Wallet.generate({ provider });
+
+    // 2000 splitted in 2 = 2 UTXOs of 1000 each
+    await fundingTxWithMultipleUTXOs({
+      account: sender,
+      totalAmount: 2000,
+      splitIn: 2,
+    });
+
+    // sender has 2 UTXOs for 1000 each, so it has enough resources to spend 1000 of BaseAssetId
+    const enoughtResources = await sender.getResourcesToSpend([[100, BaseAssetId]]);
+
+    // confirm we only fetched 1 UTXO from the expected amount
+    expect(enoughtResources.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(enoughtResources[0].amount.toNumber()).toBe(1000);
+
+    const request = new ScriptTransactionRequest({
+      gasLimit: 1_000,
+      gasPrice: bn(10),
+    });
+
+    const amountToTransfer = 100;
+
+    request.addCoinOutput(receiver.address, amountToTransfer, BaseAssetId);
+    request.addResources(enoughtResources);
+
+    const { maxFee, requiredQuantities } = await provider.getTransactionCost(request);
+
+    // TX request already carries enough resources, it does not need to be funded
+    expect(request.inputs.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(bn((<CoinTransactionRequestInput>request.inputs[0]).amount).toNumber()).toBe(1000);
+    expect(maxFee.lt(1000)).toBeTruthy();
+
+    const getResourcesToSpendSpy = jest.spyOn(sender, 'getResourcesToSpend');
+
+    await sender.fund(request, requiredQuantities, maxFee);
+
+    const tx = await sender.sendTransaction(request);
+
+    await tx.waitForResult();
+
+    // fund should not have been called since the TX request was already funded
+    expect(getResourcesToSpendSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+
+    const receiverBalance = await receiver.getBalance(BaseAssetId);
+
+    expect(receiverBalance.toNumber()).toBe(amountToTransfer);
+  });
+
+  it('should fully fund a transaction when it is has no funds yet', async () => {
+    const sender = Wallet.generate({ provider });
+    const receiver = Wallet.generate({ provider });
+
+    // 5000 splitted in 10 = 10 UTXOs of 500 each
+    await fundingTxWithMultipleUTXOs({
+      account: sender,
+      totalAmount: 5000,
+      splitIn: 10,
+    });
+
+    const request = new ScriptTransactionRequest({
+      gasLimit: 1_000,
+      gasPrice: bn(10),
+    });
+
+    const amountToTransfer = 1000;
+    request.addCoinOutput(receiver.address, amountToTransfer, BaseAssetId);
+
+    const { maxFee, requiredQuantities } = await provider.getTransactionCost(request);
+
+    // TX request does NOT carry any resources, it needs to be funded
+    expect(request.inputs.length).toBe(0);
+
+    const getResourcesToSpendSpy = jest.spyOn(sender, 'getResourcesToSpend');
+
+    await sender.fund(request, requiredQuantities, maxFee);
+
+    const tx = await sender.sendTransaction(request);
+
+    await tx.waitForResult();
+
+    // fund method should have been called to fetch UTXOs
+    expect(getResourcesToSpendSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    const receiverBalance = await receiver.getBalance(BaseAssetId);
+
+    expect(receiverBalance.toNumber()).toBe(amountToTransfer);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/providers/src/provider.ts b/packages/providers/src/provider.ts
index eb0ac793da7..f85cfe3756a 100644
--- a/packages/providers/src/provider.ts
+++ b/packages/providers/src/provider.ts
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ export default class Provider {
     excludedIds?: ExcludeResourcesOption
   ): Promise<Resource[]> {
     const excludeInput = {
-      messages: excludedIds?.messages?.map((id) => hexlify(id)) || [],
+      messages: excludedIds?.messages?.map((nonce) => hexlify(nonce)) || [],
       utxos: excludedIds?.utxos?.map((id) => hexlify(id)) || [],
     };
 
diff --git a/packages/providers/src/transaction-request/transaction-request.test.ts b/packages/providers/src/transaction-request/transaction-request.test.ts
index 7b41e2e444c..31e3404cf40 100644
--- a/packages/providers/src/transaction-request/transaction-request.test.ts
+++ b/packages/providers/src/transaction-request/transaction-request.test.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
 import { Address } from '@fuel-ts/address';
 import { BaseAssetId } from '@fuel-ts/address/configs';
 import { bn, toNumber } from '@fuel-ts/math';
-import { InputType, OutputType, TransactionType } from '@fuel-ts/transactions';
-
-import {
-  MOCK_REQUEST_CHANGE_OUTPUT,
-  MOCK_REQUEST_COIN_INPUT,
-  MOCK_REQUEST_COIN_OUTPUT,
-  MOCK_REQUEST_CONTRACT_INPUT,
-  MOCK_REQUEST_CONTRACT_OUTPUT,
-  MOCK_REQUEST_MESSAGE_INPUT,
-} from '../../test/fixtures/inputs-and-outputs';
+import { TransactionType } from '@fuel-ts/transactions';
+
 import type { CoinQuantity } from '../coin-quantity';
 
 import type { CoinTransactionRequestInput } from './input';
@@ -128,65 +120,5 @@ describe('TransactionRequest', () => {
       expect(inputB?.amount).toEqual(bn(300));
       expect(inputBase?.amount).toEqual(bn(500));
     });
-
-    it('should add BaseAssetId with amount bn(1) if not present in quantities', () => {
-      const transactionRequest = new ScriptTransactionRequest();
-
-      const quantities: CoinQuantity[] = [{ assetId: assetIdB, amount: bn(10) }];
-
-      transactionRequest.fundWithFakeUtxos(quantities);
-
-      const baseAssetEntry = quantities.find((q) => q.assetId === BaseAssetId);
-      expect(baseAssetEntry).not.toBeNull();
-      expect(baseAssetEntry?.amount).toEqual(bn(1));
-    });
-
-    it('should not add BaseAssetId if it is already present in quantities', () => {
-      const transactionRequest = new ScriptTransactionRequest();
-
-      const quantities = [{ assetId: BaseAssetId, amount: bn(10) }];
-      transactionRequest.fundWithFakeUtxos(quantities);
-      const baseAssetEntries = quantities.filter((q) => q.assetId === BaseAssetId);
-      expect(baseAssetEntries.length).toBe(1);
-    });
-
-    it('should filter inputs and outputs accordingly', () => {
-      const transactionRequest = new ScriptTransactionRequest();
-
-      transactionRequest.inputs = [
-        MOCK_REQUEST_COIN_INPUT,
-        MOCK_REQUEST_MESSAGE_INPUT,
-        MOCK_REQUEST_CONTRACT_INPUT,
-      ];
-      transactionRequest.outputs = [
-        MOCK_REQUEST_COIN_OUTPUT,
-        MOCK_REQUEST_CONTRACT_OUTPUT,
-        MOCK_REQUEST_CHANGE_OUTPUT,
-      ];
-
-      transactionRequest.fundWithFakeUtxos([]);
-
-      const contractInput = transactionRequest.inputs.find((i) => i.type === InputType.Contract);
-      const coinInput = transactionRequest.inputs.find((i) => i.type === InputType.Coin);
-      const messageInput = transactionRequest.inputs.find((i) => i.type === InputType.Message);
-
-      // Contract inputs should not be filtered out
-      expect(contractInput).toBe(MOCK_REQUEST_CONTRACT_INPUT);
-
-      // Coin and Message inputs should be filtered out
-      expect(coinInput).not.toBe(MOCK_REQUEST_COIN_INPUT);
-      expect(messageInput).not.toBe(MOCK_REQUEST_MESSAGE_INPUT);
-
-      const coinOutput = transactionRequest.outputs.find((o) => o.type === OutputType.Coin);
-      const contractOutput = transactionRequest.outputs.find((o) => o.type === OutputType.Contract);
-      const changeOutput = transactionRequest.outputs.find((o) => o.type === OutputType.Change);
-
-      // Coin and Contract outputs should not be filtered out
-      expect(coinOutput).toBe(MOCK_REQUEST_COIN_OUTPUT);
-      expect(contractOutput).toBe(MOCK_REQUEST_CONTRACT_OUTPUT);
-
-      // Change output should be filtered out
-      expect(changeOutput).not.toBe(MOCK_REQUEST_CHANGE_OUTPUT);
-    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/providers/src/transaction-request/transaction-request.ts b/packages/providers/src/transaction-request/transaction-request.ts
index 83092b4de8a..411814b434c 100644
--- a/packages/providers/src/transaction-request/transaction-request.ts
+++ b/packages/providers/src/transaction-request/transaction-request.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Address, addressify, getRandomB256 } from '@fuel-ts/address';
+import { Address, addressify } from '@fuel-ts/address';
 import { BaseAssetId, ZeroBytes32 } from '@fuel-ts/address/configs';
 import type { AddressLike, AbstractAddress, AbstractPredicate } from '@fuel-ts/interfaces';
 import type { BN, BigNumberish } from '@fuel-ts/math';
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import { isCoin } from '../resource';
 import { normalizeJSON } from '../utils';
 import { getMaxGas, getMinGas } from '../utils/gas';
 
-import type { CoinTransactionRequestOutput } from '.';
 import { NoWitnessAtIndexError } from './errors';
 import type {
   TransactionRequestInput,
@@ -33,7 +32,11 @@ import type {
   MessageTransactionRequestInput,
 } from './input';
 import { inputify } from './input';
-import type { TransactionRequestOutput, ChangeTransactionRequestOutput } from './output';
+import type {
+  TransactionRequestOutput,
+  ChangeTransactionRequestOutput,
+  CoinTransactionRequestOutput,
+} from './output';
 import { outputify } from './output';
 import type { TransactionRequestWitness } from './witness';
 import { witnessify } from './witness';
@@ -559,42 +562,44 @@ export abstract class BaseTransactionRequest implements BaseTransactionRequestLi
    * @param quantities - CoinQuantity Array.
    */
   fundWithFakeUtxos(quantities: CoinQuantity[]) {
-    const hasBaseAssetId = quantities.some(({ assetId }) => assetId === BaseAssetId);
-
-    if (!hasBaseAssetId) {
-      quantities.push({ assetId: BaseAssetId, amount: bn(1) });
-    }
-
-    const owner = getRandomB256();
+    let idCounter = 0;
+    const generateId = (): string => {
+      const counterString = String(idCounter++);
+      const id = ZeroBytes32.slice(0, -counterString.length).concat(counterString);
+      return id;
+    };
 
-    const witnessToRemove = this.inputs.reduce(
-      (acc, input) => {
-        if (input.type === InputType.Coin || input.type === InputType.Message) {
-          if (!acc[input.witnessIndex]) {
-            acc[input.witnessIndex] = true;
-          }
+    const findAssetInput = (assetId: string) =>
+      this.inputs.find((input) => {
+        if ('assetId' in input) {
+          return input.assetId === assetId;
         }
+        return false;
+      });
 
-        return acc;
-      },
-      {} as Record<number, boolean>
-    );
-
-    this.witnesses = this.witnesses.filter((_, idx) => !witnessToRemove[idx]);
-    this.inputs = this.inputs.filter((input) => input.type === InputType.Contract);
-    this.outputs = this.outputs.filter((output) => output.type !== OutputType.Change);
-
-    const fakeResources = quantities.map(({ assetId, amount }, idx) => ({
-      id: `${ZeroBytes32}0${idx}`,
-      amount,
-      assetId,
-      owner: Address.fromB256(owner),
-      maturity: 0,
-      blockCreated: bn(1),
-      txCreatedIdx: bn(1),
-    }));
+    const updateAssetInput = (assetId: string, quantity: BN) => {
+      const assetInput = findAssetInput(assetId);
+
+      if (assetInput && 'assetId' in assetInput) {
+        assetInput.id = generateId();
+        assetInput.amount = quantity;
+      } else {
+        this.addResources([
+          {
+            id: generateId(),
+            amount: quantity,
+            assetId,
+            owner: Address.fromRandom(),
+            maturity: 0,
+            blockCreated: bn(1),
+            txCreatedIdx: bn(1),
+          },
+        ]);
+      }
+    };
 
-    this.addResources(fakeResources);
+    updateAssetInput(BaseAssetId, bn(100_000_000_000));
+    quantities.forEach((q) => updateAssetInput(q.assetId, q.amount));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/wallet/src/account.test.ts b/packages/wallet/src/account.test.ts
index e8f4f985c55..7f126c6257e 100644
--- a/packages/wallet/src/account.test.ts
+++ b/packages/wallet/src/account.test.ts
@@ -238,9 +238,15 @@ describe('Account', () => {
       coinQuantities: quantities,
     });
 
-    const expectedTotalResources = [quantities[0], { amount: bn(fee), assetId: BaseAssetId }];
+    const expectedTotalResources = [
+      { amount: bn(quantities[0].amount), assetId: quantities[0].assetId },
+      { amount: bn(fee), assetId: BaseAssetId },
+    ];
     expect(getResourcesToSpendSpy).toBeCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(getResourcesToSpendSpy).toBeCalledWith(expectedTotalResources);
+    expect(getResourcesToSpendSpy).toBeCalledWith(expectedTotalResources, {
+      messages: [],
+      utxos: [],
+    });
 
     expect(addResourcesSpy).toBeCalledTimes(1);
     expect(addResourcesSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(resourcesToSpend);
diff --git a/packages/wallet/src/account.ts b/packages/wallet/src/account.ts
index 5f008351ab9..5a5f0eebd30 100644
--- a/packages/wallet/src/account.ts
+++ b/packages/wallet/src/account.ts
@@ -222,8 +222,63 @@ export class Account extends AbstractAccount {
       coinQuantities,
     });
 
-    const resources = await this.getResourcesToSpend(updatedQuantities);
-    request.addResources(resources);
+    const quantitiesDict: Record<string, { required: BN; owned: BN }> = {};
+
+    updatedQuantities.forEach(({ amount, assetId }) => {
+      quantitiesDict[assetId] = {
+        required: amount,
+        owned: bn(0),
+      };
+    });
+
+    const cachedUtxos: BytesLike[] = [];
+    const cachedMessages: BytesLike[] = [];
+
+    const owner = this.address.toB256();
+
+    request.inputs.forEach((input) => {
+      const isResource = 'amount' in input;
+
+      if (isResource) {
+        const isCoin = 'owner' in input;
+
+        if (isCoin) {
+          const assetId = String(input.assetId);
+          if (input.owner === owner && quantitiesDict[assetId]) {
+            const amount = bn(input.amount);
+            quantitiesDict[assetId].owned = quantitiesDict[assetId].owned.add(amount);
+
+            // caching this utxo to avoid fetching it again if requests needs to be funded
+            cachedUtxos.push(input.id);
+          }
+        } else if (input.recipient === owner && input.amount && quantitiesDict[BaseAssetId]) {
+          quantitiesDict[BaseAssetId].owned = quantitiesDict[BaseAssetId].owned.add(input.amount);
+
+          // caching this message to avoid fetching it again if requests needs to be funded
+          cachedMessages.push(input.nonce);
+        }
+      }
+    });
+
+    const missingQuantities: CoinQuantity[] = [];
+    Object.entries(quantitiesDict).forEach(([assetId, { owned, required }]) => {
+      if (owned.lt(required)) {
+        missingQuantities.push({
+          assetId,
+          amount: required.sub(owned),
+        });
+      }
+    });
+
+    const needsToBeFunded = missingQuantities.length;
+
+    if (needsToBeFunded) {
+      const resources = await this.getResourcesToSpend(missingQuantities, {
+        messages: cachedMessages,
+        utxos: cachedUtxos,
+      });
+      request.addResources(resources);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -355,8 +410,12 @@ export class Account extends AbstractAccount {
 
     const params = { script, ...txParams };
     const request = new ScriptTransactionRequest(params);
+    const forwardingQuantities = [{ amount: bn(amount), assetId: BaseAssetId }];
 
-    const { requiredQuantities, maxFee } = await this.provider.getTransactionCost(request);
+    const { requiredQuantities, maxFee } = await this.provider.getTransactionCost(
+      request,
+      forwardingQuantities
+    );
 
     await this.fund(request, requiredQuantities, maxFee);