Topic: Bitcoin Miners - page 42. (Read 64188 times)

i'm sorry for your loss. 

I am eating crow right now.  My brother uncovered some information that says this is most certainly a SCAM.  I verified his findings and have sent a note to hosting company that is hosting ctsminer.com

I went here: https://support.namecheap.com/index.php?/default/Tickets/Submit
I chose "Domains -- Legal and Abuse" and submitted this data to them:
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SCAM WEBSITE you are hosting.

Domain: ctsminer.com
IP: 199.188.201.252

http://domains-by-day.com/2014-01-24/ctsminer.com-domain-name-data.html
shows that ctsminer.com was originally associated with IP 185.8.106.66 (on another network)

THIS IS A KNOWN SCAMMER IP:
https://www.virustotal.com/en/ip-address/185.8.106.66/information/

Many previous attempts at fraud from domains on that same IP have been perpetrated most notably "butterflyiab.com".  It is famous. it was a copy of the legit site, butterflylabs.com.  They tricked a lot of people out of their bitcoin. This company is currently taking bitcoin payments and swindling people out of their hard earned currency. Others on our forum also tracked the bitcoin payments on the block chain and this company is using their fraudulently obtained bitcoin to purchase mining hardware.  This is a CLEAR SCAM. You are LEGALLY OBLIGATED to take it down IMMEDIATELY. BE ADVISED THAT YOU CAN BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES INCURRED FROM THAT WEBSITE FROM THIS MOMENT ON.  You have been informed.

YOU CAN REVIEW OUR RESEARCH ON THE FORUM HERE:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.4744813
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Everybody else on this forum needs to send something similar informing them of the scam.  Unfortunately, they don'y provide a telephone number. I am totally distraught right now, because of the lost BTC. Going to go cry myself to sleep now.  Good night all....

BTW, someone should probably contact FBI or something and let them know too. I'm to tired to deal with this right now.  I need sleep.

still rolling around laughing about their in house 20nm foundry.

LOL, watt he fuck you say little bitch, What does my religion have to do do with this insecure prick!

The fact that the scammer's are buying hardware in this forum's group pool indicates pretty clearly that an experienced member of the forum is involved in this scam.  Obviously into bitcoin mining themselves.

Any experienced forum members writing in defense of this scam?

Oh, I guess there are a few, eh?  The prime suspects are the guy who said he bought a bunch of them, and had the block chain entry to "prove it," and the Hawaii dude.  

Posts an order on his scam website, then pays with a different wallet, then posts to "prove" he really believes in this scam.  I'm not an expert in the block chain, so if this would not work for some reason, I'd be glad to hear an explanation as to why.

Of course, it could be someone who doesn't post much too.  But I'd love to see if someone could track down the pool member who is buying hardware with these bitcoins.  Seems like we could identify the criminal that way.  Wouldn't that be possible for the guy who runs the pool?

If we got the forum member's i.d., then we'd have an email address, and the feds might even be able to get his I.P. address.  And we're off to drag this/these scumbags to prison.

aaaah, the keywords...ok

Contact The Observer as he did the final leg work and followed the trail.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/the-observer-215956

maybe we can contact 'sushi' to help out here... if someone can prove the BTC trail came from buyers here to CTS and then mixed then to sushi and he believes us maybe sushi could stop (or at least delay it) the delivery even for a while to see what happens or maybe get their real contact details... name and address.   Maybe if these scammers notice that we're on them and they may shit bricks and do nothing about not receiving the Antminers.

this would be a great victory for the bitcoin community and make these scammers think twice before ripping off the innocent.  Let's see if we can at least get a country to begin with.

if no one what's to contact sushi, give me the bitcoin trace or instructions how it's done and I'll try contact sushi.  I can at least get him to come into this thread to have a look.

I know it a long shot but we have to try something.  It wouldn't be easy for seller to reveal customer details without some proof.  

Those are just keywords added to the web site to attract hits from internet search engines.

They are just getting more creative due to the scrutiny that they must now go under. The first post alone is screaming scam. Seriously.

It was mentioned in the 9th post in this thread and then many, many times thereafter.

Anyone who paid into this and was present in the forum and aware of this thread kinda deserves what they got to be brutally honest.

There will be no more communication from Rebecca because there is no Rebecca.

The sky is falling....
http://www.domaintuno.com/d/ctsminer.com



If I find out Josh is behind this, I'll personally fly over there to butterfly labs.

this is one of the better scams i've ever seen any average joe can easily fall for it... they can probably prove me wrong once they post a working demo of their prototype and chip specs...

http://www.ctsminer.com/prototype-1-testing-complete/

even they are scam artists they are damn good

To save these guys btc,does anyone have contact with antminer seller to tell them not to deliver these bastards?


Beside that, i ve called the real company number and the other one:the voice on both are not the same and the quality of the second is very poor making me suspect they have used any kind of voip services to do so(quality is often bad in it)

Lastly i ll call the real company first time in the morning monday (from 9 am uk time) and ask clarification and tell them to go police as someone is using their names to do this.

i hope the guys who have paid them will recover their btc from the antminer seller

it would be great if we can make this done

also forgot to add they don t have any reg num on their website ,wich is mandatory in uk

to the moderators:

Can you change their announcement to SCAM alert please to avoid people fall in this

thanks

Holy shit. Dude talk about it over here:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/scam-alert-cts-miners-432716

To anyone else:


THIS IS A SCAM. DO NOT SEND MONEY !

If this is indeed a scam.  I will be the 1st to cry like a baby and like my wounds and move on.  But, I not not see where they are using those bitcoins to buy mining hardware.  I followed dozens of the links to the end and found nothing.  Help us out here.

You are a fucking moron too. Send them some money. Maybe Jesus can help you out of that one.