One day, someone, somewhere, will hold the people who run this forum responsible for their part in this mass thievery.
I think that days today, all these hardware scams are being carried out by the same group of hackers. while i have not looked into this scam case, i know shenzen is the place a few big asic factories are and believe the fraudsters used this to lure people in, i believe the people who are behind this scam are also linked to sushi review scams and one i have faced here
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bit-wasporg-developers-are-really-an-organised-gang-of-hackers-and-fraudsters-590836