Pages:
Author

Topic: Bitcoin Ponzi Shut Down - page 3. (Read 3703 times)

hero member
Activity: 728
Merit: 500
Never ending parties are what Im into.
January 16, 2016, 07:51:51 PM
#15
The shut-down is clearly a fake one, and it could just be one last reason for the owner to disappear, or an excuse.

Unfortunately, this long ponzi ended. However, I assume that most people who were smart about it have profited from this scheme.

The biggest sign was when the New Year's mines went up, but there was also the huge amount of positive comments without anything negative about Ore-Mine on the front page. I was skeptical, but I guess it paid off.
legendary
Activity: 2324
Merit: 1267
In Memory of Zepher
January 16, 2016, 07:19:47 PM
#14
The site wasn't taken down by the US government. This landing page is simply because the ponzi collapsed and the owner needed a way out.

As you can see here, the domain still has the whois information of someone from the Russian Federation. In addition to this, the nameservers are still pointed to ns1.nameself.com and ns2.nameself.com, two servers also hosted in Russia. If it were legit, why would the US government be holding the server in a Russian registrar's servers?
full member
Activity: 406
Merit: 101
January 16, 2016, 07:09:39 PM
#13
another happy ending Smiley
sr. member
Activity: 364
Merit: 250
January 16, 2016, 07:03:51 PM
#12
Yep obvious scam but a fun one. I loved it and it will be missed but certianly not angry by it. it was just a matter of time.
The change to buy a mine and get double payout in 1 month is what killed it

Skatter, I think now is a good time to remove that site from your signature!
It was really fun while it lasted, quite a good game (still don't really understand some of it). It was also a good faucet, low paying one though!)
member
Activity: 89
Merit: 10
January 16, 2016, 06:58:02 PM
#11
Yep obvious scam but a fun one. I loved it and it will be missed but certianly not angry by it. it was just a matter of time.
The change to buy a mine and get double payout in 1 month is what killed it
sr. member
Activity: 364
Merit: 250
January 16, 2016, 06:55:22 PM
#10
This is actually being discussed on another thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=759702.0;topicseen

They replaced their landing page with an image and seemed to have planned this flawless change in order to not arise any suspician.

When the governments usually seize a server, they tend to take it offline pretty quickly. If they seized the server, they would have shut it down and have reimbursed as many people as possible.

Thanks for the link to that thread. I agree, the "shut down" looks totally fake. Can't say I have sympathy for anyone who lost money. It was an obvious scam.

If this was a legitimate take down, gov. wouldn't return money this quickly though. The notice would be the notice of the website take down, but no reimbursements could be done until a conviction or plea deal. There still needs to be due process.

Yes, this is correct. If the government did order the shutdown, it woudl just be the shutown. Then, they would try to recover lost funds, onced they seized the website and its owner.
I luckily only invested 0.0055 BTC. I invested 0.005 BTC in doublebot and want to see how that goes (still hopefull).
They would also email all the email addresses stored in their database before starting trial proceedings against the leaders so that, if the victims wanted to, they coud see the "leaders" being brought to justice.
legendary
Activity: 2044
Merit: 1115
★777Coin.com★ Fun BTC Casino!
January 16, 2016, 06:50:02 PM
#9
This is actually being discussed on another thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=759702.0;topicseen

They replaced their landing page with an image and seemed to have planned this flawless change in order to not arise any suspician.

When the governments usually seize a server, they tend to take it offline pretty quickly. If they seized the server, they would have shut it down and have reimbursed as many people as possible.

Thanks for the link to that thread. I agree, the "shut down" looks totally fake. Can't say I have sympathy for anyone who lost money. It was an obvious scam.

If this was a legitimate take down, gov. wouldn't return money this quickly though. The notice would be the notice of the website take down, but no reimbursements could be done until a conviction or plea deal. There still needs to be due process.
hero member
Activity: 1862
Merit: 830
January 16, 2016, 06:29:04 PM
#8
it was really to suspicious as site  Roll Eyes
to simple get money without do anything!!!!

Ore-mine.org's domain has been seized by the government.

www.ore-mine.org

It was an obvious Ponzi, but they seemed so small scale that they might evade detection. Nope!

There are a couple other sites out there running similar Ponzi-style shenanigans. Take heed, you're not fooling anyone.
sr. member
Activity: 350
Merit: 250
January 16, 2016, 06:21:48 PM
#7
This is actually being discussed on another thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=759702.0;topicseen

They replaced their landing page with an image and seemed to have planned this flawless change in order to not arise any suspician.

When the governments usually seize a server, they tend to take it offline pretty quickly. If they seized the server, they would have shut it down and have reimbursed as many people as possible.

rembourse? No I don't think so... how has access to this private key?
what is the principal wallet?
I think that "rembourse" need time, a lot of time, also justice need some time... and eventually how to set up this payment?
I mean... they have to count also interests?
People that get 90% from their first deposit need to been compensate "after" who get only 40% and so on...
I think is not simple...
sr. member
Activity: 364
Merit: 250
January 16, 2016, 06:15:39 PM
#6
This is actually being discussed on another thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=759702.0;topicseen

They replaced their landing page with an image and seemed to have planned this flawless change in order to not arise any suspician.

When the governments usually seize a server, they tend to take it offline pretty quickly. If they seized the server, they would have shut it down and have reimbursed as many people as possible.
legendary
Activity: 2044
Merit: 1115
★777Coin.com★ Fun BTC Casino!
January 16, 2016, 06:14:17 PM
#5
http://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr

There's no mention on the press page in the southern district of NY for this seizure. I would think there should be uv they really seized it. The attorney's office likes to make splashy announcements to deter other bad actors.
legendary
Activity: 2044
Merit: 1115
★777Coin.com★ Fun BTC Casino!
January 16, 2016, 06:07:53 PM
#4
Ore-mine.org's domain has been seized by the government.

www.ore-mine.org

It was an obvious Ponzi, but they seemed so small scale that they might evade detection. Nope!

There are a couple other sites out there running similar Ponzi-style shenanigans. Take heed, you're not fooling anyone.

They did evade detection!

That is not a real seizure.

It is a simple way for the site owners to not have to pay back the people who invested.

It is also just an image that they used that they got from a seizure of another site.

Good point actually. I wonder if they were really seized or the owner just ran and put up a fake page.
sr. member
Activity: 350
Merit: 250
January 16, 2016, 06:04:48 PM
#3
Ore-mine.org's domain has been seized by the government.

www.ore-mine.org

It was an obvious Ponzi, but they seemed so small scale that they might evade detection. Nope!

There are a couple other sites out there running similar Ponzi-style shenanigans. Take heed, you're not fooling anyone.

 Shocked
OMG IT's true!
A lot of people spend money and time around here.. but why they close now and for what type of accuse?
also the coins deposited were seized?
sr. member
Activity: 364
Merit: 250
January 16, 2016, 06:03:14 PM
#2
Ore-mine.org's domain has been seized by the government.

www.ore-mine.org

It was an obvious Ponzi, but they seemed so small scale that they might evade detection. Nope!

There are a couple other sites out there running similar Ponzi-style shenanigans. Take heed, you're not fooling anyone.

They did evade detection!

That is not a real seizure.

It is a simple way for the site owners to not have to pay back the people who invested.

It is also just an image that they used that they got from a seizure of another site.
legendary
Activity: 2044
Merit: 1115
★777Coin.com★ Fun BTC Casino!
January 16, 2016, 05:59:26 PM
#1
Ore-mine.org's domain has been seized by the government.

www.ore-mine.org

It was an obvious Ponzi, but they seemed so small scale that they might evade detection. Nope!

There are a couple other sites out there running similar Ponzi-style shenanigans. Take heed, you're not fooling anyone.
Pages:
Jump to: