pH Miners Launches Powerful Cryptocurrency Miners for Bitcoin

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Quote from: notlist3d on March 03, 2016, 01:55:25 PM

Gee... I wonder why it looks like a normal server. And it get's better use a search to see if picture is online it is.... there are other miners who have Photoshopped this pic before they did not even us a original pic to Photoshop: https://www.tineye.com/search/270a16124c7905d1919b7c75e3301647a11a499c/ . Appears they edited a smart miner picture. So scam using another scams picture.

Nice rack i have two of those for hybrid CCTV system

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http://www.phminers.com/ domain is parked, so scam over !

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Quote from: chicle on April 23, 2016, 09:08:33 AM

well, i made sure that their website was shut down , they used a fraudulent sales tax id number contacted the domain provider who in turn shut them down, phones are no longer active.

at least they will not be scamming anyone else for a bit until they resurface as some other company.

what amazes me is that all of these so call free lance reporters that published this garbage did not take the time to due their due diligence on this company, and risk their reputation !

Looking at website I'm not sure that it is shutdown. They have a message saying "This site has exceeded the allotted bandwidth.". So someone could have been mad... and attacked and used up bandwidth. Normally if taken down they would say taken down to to TOS I think.

So you might see this pop up again once they are on next period of bandwidth. But hopefully no one buys... they should read forums before purchases.

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well, i made sure that their website was shut down , they used a fraudulent sales tax id number contacted the domain provider who in turn shut them down, phones are no longer active.

at least they will not be scamming anyone else for a bit until they resurface as some other company.

what amazes me is that all of these so call free lance reporters that published this garbage did not take the time to due their due diligence on this company, and risk their reputation !

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Phone : +1 347 535 4730 ( 9:00 - 17:00 Eastern Time UTC -5:00 )

Phone number +1 347 535 4730 details such as location and phone number type can be easily checked on reverse phone lookup service websites.

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Quote from: ummaster on March 14, 2016, 09:55:45 PM

I'm not going to lie, I fell for this scam. Whatever info you want to confirm this is in fact a scam I'll provide it. but yes I put a cone on my head and throw me in the corner.

How does anyone expect the world to adopt cryptocurrency and a secure form of transaction when people like this exist in the world. If the idea is to decentralize banking, with crooks like these it's not going to happen. I REALIZE I AM THE IDIOT, I should have paid more attention. But I also believe the press/publication that allows these people to post/submit these press release's should do some kind of research into these people before publishing they're story. I'm not gripping, I'm not complaining, I realize I Got Gotted. It's a lesson learned but, luckily it's not a Nigerian prince with my social security number.

Very sorry to hear you sent money to these people, I was disappointed to read this has shaken your faith in crypto-currencies and encourage you to push forward. NO economy, currency, or person is immune to con-artists as the weakest link in these transactions is always human beings. I have spent the last few months doing my research into BitCoin and CC's in general and my faith in the system is stronger than ever largely due to the community I see, people who will tirelessly and with great enjoyment RUN THESE SCAMMERS INTO THE GROUND. Sadly not every potential victim can be warned, and I sincerely hope your loss was a minor one.

Best of luck in your future endeavours.

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Quote from: ummaster on March 14, 2016, 09:55:45 PM

I'm not going to lie, I fell for this scam. Whatever info you want to confirm this is in fact a scam I'll provide it. but yes I put a cone on my head and throw me in the corner.

How does anyone expect the world to adopt cryptocurrency and a secure form of transaction when people like this exist in the world. If the idea is to decentralize banking, with crooks like these it's not going to happen. I REALIZE I AM THE IDIOT, I should have paid more attention. But I also believe the press/publication that allows these people to post/submit these press release's should do some kind of research into these people before publishing they're story. I'm not gripping, I'm not complaining, I realize I Got Gotted. It's a lesson learned but, luckily it's not a Nigerian prince with my social security number.

Oof I feel for you.

Sometimes doing your research here can help before falling for a scam. Other times it's not so simple. As @Searing mentions I hope it was only for a single unit.

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Quote from: ummaster on March 14, 2016, 09:55:45 PM

I'm not going to lie, I fell for this scam. Whatever info you want to confirm this is in fact a scam I'll provide it. but yes I put a cone on my head and throw me in the corner.

How does anyone expect the world to adopt cryptocurrency and a secure form of transaction when people like this exist in the world. If the idea is to decentralize banking, with crooks like these it's not going to happen. I REALIZE I AM THE IDIOT, I should have paid more attention. But I also believe the press/publication that allows these people to post/submit these press release's should do some kind of research into these people before publishing they're story. I'm not gripping, I'm not complaining, I realize I Got Gotted. It's a lesson learned but, luckily it's not a Nigerian prince with my social security number.

hopefully only the 3k right? you lost on one unit? (btc or scrypt) anyway ...hopefully you did not get more then one.

don't sweat it I'm the reason that litecointalk.org is not 'poof' for hopefully a 'bit' Sad

www.litecointalk.org

that is now down....bought a supposed titan cube (110 ltc) from one of the 4 administrators on the site (the 4 top levels only of account super powers) and was told by another admin that Carnth Admin account was hacked...bye bye LTC ...so it is getting damn hard to buy stuff it seems (have many deals go great) but still really you have 4 top administrator accounts and you can't tell one is hacked for at least 2 weeks if not more?

so..now the

www.litecointalk.org is still 'kaput' and it has been down for 3 or more days so that means one of 2 possibles imho Sad

1) They are trying to fix the site due to this 'god level' administrator account (one of four) was hacked and digging deep on such.

or

2) the hacker ..when found out .....with the super powers of that account 'flushed the site' (see point 1 above) yeah ..they are rebuilding the works from backups

one or the other

well hell live and learn bound to happen to me someday. But I mean 'really' that is like buying something from the equiv account on bitcointalk here of Theymos and finding out the account was hacked...(welcome to my world)

anyway I feel your pain.....so it goes....gonna really really have to watch this better from now on it seems if such 'shenanigans' are now the norm

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I'm not going to lie, I fell for this scam. Whatever info you want to confirm this is in fact a scam I'll provide it. but yes I put a cone on my head and throw me in the corner.

How does anyone expect the world to adopt cryptocurrency and a secure form of transaction when people like this exist in the world. If the idea is to decentralize banking, with crooks like these it's not going to happen. I REALIZE I AM THE IDIOT, I should have paid more attention. But I also believe the press/publication that allows these people to post/submit these press release's should do some kind of research into these people before publishing they're story. I'm not gripping, I'm not complaining, I realize I Got Gotted. It's a lesson learned but, luckily it's not a Nigerian prince with my social security number.

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Quote from: Searing on March 13, 2016, 12:11:18 AM

heh look who bought into this scam...I mean is there NO research in news organizations anyomre

these guys must be getting an "asic woody' from press like below

https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2016/03/10/818724/0/en/pH-Miners-Inc-Launches-High-Quality-Cryptocurrency-Miners-for-Bitcoin-Litecoin.html

Ph-Miners who are probably the YesMiner folk lol

I mean really a litecoin miner for 3000 usd 1000mh and a bitcoin miner at 25 TH (sheesh) for 3000 usd

and a 15 year warranty

man these guys crack me up

its a PR site, you can add your own story/news/PR to that site to give more media out in the world. hence "Source: Ph Miners Inc."

but yes, it does smell like the same *Miner scammers..

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Quote from: NotFuzzyWarm on March 07, 2016, 10:54:52 PM

Quote from: HerbPean on March 07, 2016, 09:55:48 PM

Found it

http://www.gettyimages.se/detail/video/company-team-portrait-in-conference-room-bildbank-med-videomaterial/485539852

This is the vid .. but they also sell the image.

Then the question becomes: Did PH miners actually buy rights to use the image or just copy it off the Getty site?
Betcha Getty would like to be aware of it's possible/probable unauthorized usage by them...

they would of had to of bought it, since its watermarked, if not, they scabbed it off another company that used it..

or as notlist3d said:

Quote from: notlist3d on March 08, 2016, 12:27:37 AM

It is a scam company no doubt they copied it. There were some selling getty accounts in digital, but luckily they got rid of hacked/cracked in digital (for most part). But no way they paid proper.

And nice job searching it out.

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heh look who bought into this scam...I mean is there NO research in news organizations anyomre

these guys must be getting an "asic woody' from press like below

https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2016/03/10/818724/0/en/pH-Miners-Inc-Launches-High-Quality-Cryptocurrency-Miners-for-Bitcoin-Litecoin.html

Ph-Miners who are probably the YesMiner folk lol

I mean really a litecoin miner for 3000 usd 1000mh and a bitcoin miner at 25 TH (sheesh) for 3000 usd

and a 15 year warranty

man these guys crack me up

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Quote from: NotFuzzyWarm on March 07, 2016, 10:54:52 PM

Quote from: HerbPean on March 07, 2016, 09:55:48 PM

Found it

http://www.gettyimages.se/detail/video/company-team-portrait-in-conference-room-bildbank-med-videomaterial/485539852

This is the vid .. but they also sell the image.

Then the question becomes: Did PH miners actually buy rights to use the image or just copy it off the Getty site?
Betcha Getty would like to be aware of it's possible/probable unauthorized usage by them...

It is a scam company no doubt they copied it. There were some selling getty accounts in digital, but luckily they got rid of hacked/cracked in digital (for most part). But no way they paid proper.

And nice job searching it out.

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My scam website's "meet the upper management" stock photo would probably be a half-dozen snappily-dressed mooners slappin' their cheeks with wads of cash.

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Quote from: HerbPean on March 07, 2016, 09:55:48 PM

Found it

http://www.gettyimages.se/detail/video/company-team-portrait-in-conference-room-bildbank-med-videomaterial/485539852

This is the vid .. but they also sell the image.

Then the question becomes: Did PH miners actually buy rights to use the image or just copy it off the Getty site?
Betcha Getty would like to be aware of it's possible/probable unauthorized usage by them...

HerbPean

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Found it

http://www.gettyimages.se/detail/video/company-team-portrait-in-conference-room-bildbank-med-videomaterial/485539852

This is the vid .. but they also sell the image.

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Its obviously fake, point me to any btc related company whos staff is majority female... ESPECIALLY in the mining sector... come on..

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Quote from: HerbPean on March 07, 2016, 09:14:46 PM

Quote from: af_newbie on March 07, 2016, 08:25:21 PM

Quote from: mmm6813175 on March 03, 2016, 07:51:04 AM

New York-based PH Miners Inc., manufacturers of cryptocurrency mining machines, has announced the launch of two new miners for the bitcoin and litecoin cryptocurrencies, which will allow users to process transactions and track the release of new digital coins.

PHminers is comprised of specialists with many years’ experience in bitcoin hardware as well as litecoin hardware and has developed the Bitcoin Miner 25TH/s, which retails at $3,000 and comes with all the necessary equipment, from casing to control unit and cabling, to set up.

The company’s Litecoin Miner 1000MH/s also costs $3,000 and can also mine other cryptocurrencies. These digital-currency miners are guaranteed to deliver long-life service, with the company, which only accepts payment in bitcoin, providing an extended warranty of 15 years to cover any kind of failure.

Both miners have been fully tested at multiple stages following manufacture to make sure they perform to the expected standards, and free shipping is offered to anywhere in the world, via FedEx or UPS courier services.

Eric Franklin said, the CEO of pH Miners, stated: “We believe that our products will have a high impact on the market, and we’re pleased to now make our first two miners available to customers around the world who want to get into the exciting area of cybercurrencies,”

Let's name the people on the picture, shall we:

http://www.phminers.com/aboutus.php

Might be useful later on in courts.

BTW, where are the pictures of the board. The case renderings are fine, where is the chip and the board?

This image is a fake.

Try google image find. If my memory is good, a very well know media is selling it.

Tinyeye is normally pretty good on this. It did not find it out there - https://www.tineye.com/search/e06a5c492551b7f95ff9a3db1e920b52b995dfcd/

Not saying it is real, they could have done something to mask it. But not easy to find this pic out there. But still fake product.

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Quote from: af_newbie on March 07, 2016, 08:25:21 PM

Quote from: mmm6813175 on March 03, 2016, 07:51:04 AM

New York-based PH Miners Inc., manufacturers of cryptocurrency mining machines, has announced the launch of two new miners for the bitcoin and litecoin cryptocurrencies, which will allow users to process transactions and track the release of new digital coins.

PHminers is comprised of specialists with many years’ experience in bitcoin hardware as well as litecoin hardware and has developed the Bitcoin Miner 25TH/s, which retails at $3,000 and comes with all the necessary equipment, from casing to control unit and cabling, to set up.

The company’s Litecoin Miner 1000MH/s also costs $3,000 and can also mine other cryptocurrencies. These digital-currency miners are guaranteed to deliver long-life service, with the company, which only accepts payment in bitcoin, providing an extended warranty of 15 years to cover any kind of failure.

Both miners have been fully tested at multiple stages following manufacture to make sure they perform to the expected standards, and free shipping is offered to anywhere in the world, via FedEx or UPS courier services.

Eric Franklin said, the CEO of pH Miners, stated: “We believe that our products will have a high impact on the market, and we’re pleased to now make our first two miners available to customers around the world who want to get into the exciting area of cybercurrencies,”

Let's name the people on the picture, shall we:

http://www.phminers.com/aboutus.php

Might be useful later on in courts.

BTW, where are the pictures of the board. The case renderings are fine, where is the chip and the board?

This image is a fake.

Try google image find. If my memory is good, a very well know media is selling it.

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I'm guessing Eric Franklin is the one in the middle.

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Quote from: mmm6813175 on March 03, 2016, 07:51:04 AM

New York-based PH Miners Inc., manufacturers of cryptocurrency mining machines, has announced the launch of two new miners for the bitcoin and litecoin cryptocurrencies, which will allow users to process transactions and track the release of new digital coins.

PHminers is comprised of specialists with many years’ experience in bitcoin hardware as well as litecoin hardware and has developed the Bitcoin Miner 25TH/s, which retails at $3,000 and comes with all the necessary equipment, from casing to control unit and cabling, to set up.

The company’s Litecoin Miner 1000MH/s also costs $3,000 and can also mine other cryptocurrencies. These digital-currency miners are guaranteed to deliver long-life service, with the company, which only accepts payment in bitcoin, providing an extended warranty of 15 years to cover any kind of failure.

Both miners have been fully tested at multiple stages following manufacture to make sure they perform to the expected standards, and free shipping is offered to anywhere in the world, via FedEx or UPS courier services.

Eric Franklin said, the CEO of pH Miners, stated: “We believe that our products will have a high impact on the market, and we’re pleased to now make our first two miners available to customers around the world who want to get into the exciting area of cybercurrencies,”

Let's name the people on the picture, shall we:

http://www.phminers.com/aboutus.php

Might be useful later on in courts.

BTW, where are the pictures of the board. The case renderings are fine, where is the chip and the board?

sidehack

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I'm just really glad scammers are lazy. About a thousand bucks and a week's actual effort could have put together a million-dollar scam, but who wants to do that when you can play on the computer for an hour instead?

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We really should let this thread die. Someone took smartminer and photoshopped it.... not a suprise.

The sad thing is chances are someone or ones will fall for it. I cannot explain it but these keep poping up due to they make profit again is sad. This product does not deserve to keep the name high up in hardware section. And all the bumps do this.

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Quote from: Neptunium on March 04, 2016, 03:41:36 PM

This is hilarious. Even if it's not a scam no sane person should trust these people with any amount of money.

Even if it were legit, it's safe to say that the miner would underperform greatly and they could be using some other company's miners.
I really don't trust these guys even though the product looks good (but it's a copied image thats photoshopped to look custom).

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This is hilarious. Even if it's not a scam no sane person should trust these people with any amount of money.

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I want to buy three of these with the lottery that I was just notified by email that I won. Can I have them delivered by an African Prince?

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The icing on the cake is a google search of the phone number on the PR: 3475354730

The search reveals that this number has been a source for the infamous IRS "You are under arrest" scam phone call.

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I just wanna know why a 15 year warranty??

No one out there gives anything bigger than a 5 year on anything these days....

The miner would be losing money in 2 years, So can i deduct 13 years worth of warranty off the price??

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Seriously obvious and STUPID scam, as the ONLY companies with previous experience with BOTH Bitcoin AND Litecoin miners are (1) Innosilicon, and (2) Gridseed / SFARDS.

End of list.

Anyone stupid enough to fall for THIS scam deserves the Darwin Award.

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"Common rogue from Russia with a bare ass."

Quote from: tss on March 04, 2016, 03:01:34 AM

when a scam is so obvious.. why dont people leave neg trust to the newbie perpetrator?
or is it not even worth the time?

I think the newbie OP was just being naive, not shilling, from what his brief posting history indicates.
V cheap electricity in Egypt......

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Quote from: tss on March 04, 2016, 03:01:34 AM

when a scam is so obvious.. why dont people leave neg trust to the newbie perpetrator?
or is it not even worth the time?

not worth the time it's actlly more fun to make fun of the jerk and help others stay a way from it iimo. by pointing out all the mistake the scammer is making.

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when a scam is so obvious.. why dont people leave neg trust to the newbie perpetrator?
or is it not even worth the time?

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Looks like they've paid for another press release: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ph-miners-launches-powerful-cryptocurrency-miners-for-bitcoin-and-litecoin-300229590.html

This whole thing is an absolute joke, using that old image is a pretty stupid mistake as its been used in other scams. Unless of course its the same people trying to scam again?

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It’s been two years since pH Miners founders decided to create their own cryptocurrency miners.

But the domain phminers.com was only registered at the start of 2016. Surely the first rule in any new business is to secure your domain name.

I just hope nobody falls for this scam, I don't think they will as it been very poorly executed and people are much wiser now.

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mod should lock these scam thread. Useless to talk about it.

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he send me this mail hahahah

Have you bought the Miners sir ? I can assist you with what ever you need through the phone or email .

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Quote from: alh on March 03, 2016, 12:17:55 PM

Is this the first scam effort that is supposedly based in the USA? I am omitting obvious poor performer like BFL that actually tried to produce something, and did so at one time. The others I've seen in the last year were always in some country other that the USA.

As a pure Scam, ja it could be.
Even the AMT/Bitmine.ch kerfuffle https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=304605.6400 did start as lets, call it at a minimum over-enthusiastic marketing by Bitmine.ch. Josh Zipkin of AMT was 'just' their 'Made in USA' end of their A1 based miners and was/is quite a piece of work.

The BCN scam would be right up Zipkin's alley.

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Quote from: adaseb on March 03, 2016, 03:59:51 PM

Funny

Nuff said! Grin

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Funny how it has DVI connections for a monitor and USB to plug in a mouse and keyboard, lol

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Gee... I wonder why it looks like a normal server. And it get's better use a search to see if picture is online it is.... there are other miners who have Photoshopped this pic before they did not even us a original pic to Photoshop: https://www.tineye.com/search/270a16124c7905d1919b7c75e3301647a11a499c/ . Appears they edited a smart miner picture. So scam using another scams picture.

toptek

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http://www.pr.com/press-release/660854 i found there web site the pictures they show look like the yes miners lol.

LMAO

it kind off sux to being added as a 16 nm

Brand    pH Miners
Hashing    25TH/s
Hashing Algorithm    SHA256
Embedded PSU    2100 Watts
Estimate power cosumption    0.100per 1GH/s
Chip    16nm HPP ( High Performance Process )
Control Unit    Embedded, with preinstalled OS and mining software
Data Interface    USB 3.0, Ethernet 100 Mbps
Wireless connection    WiFi (802.11a, 802.11b/g/n, 802.11ac)
Warranty    5year

The 5 year Warranty is the kicker the most anyone i no of that anyone has offered is tops one year and that was a Scam to.

sidehack

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You know, I actually have a rack case similar to that one. Kinda want to build a miner into it just to see what people say.

alh

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Is this the first scam effort that is supposedly based in the USA? I am omitting obvious poor performer like BFL that actually tried to produce something, and did so at one time. The others I've seen in the last year were always in some country other that the USA.

Prelude

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LOL worthy.

Fuck off.

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1384 broadway street level is a citibank...darn no miners in sight Grin

https://[Suspicious link removed]/maps/tLM19xYJ4nz

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First of all where are the pictures of miners? Better if there is a video of miners hashing for better proof.

Secondly Bitmain, a recognizable company have not yet come up with a 25TH/s miner. They are now struggling to make a 10TH/s one.

Thirdly, your website is privacy protected.
If somebody is selling miners why will he hide himself?
Selling a miner is not illegal I guess. And if it is, then stop selling right away because nobody will even contact you if you try to remain anonymous this way.

Lastly,

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Q. What will happen if I want to cancel my order and get a moneyback?

A. It is possible to cancel an order if it hasn’t been shipped yet, you can also cancel your order within 14 days from the moment of delivery of the order to your address if the device is in working condition and there are no signs of usage.

Moneyback will be performed within 14 days from the moment of return of goods or cancellation of your order.

I will pay through PayPal then Wink

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"Common rogue from Russia with a bare ass."

Quote from: NotFuzzyWarm on March 03, 2016, 09:06:40 AM

and gotta love this from their FAQ:
Q. Can you mark my order as “gift” at shipping or lower the price in documents, enclosed with the miner?

A. No, we cannot send the shipment as “gift”. But we can mark it as “spare parts” and lower the price or the order.

In other words they are openly saying that they are willing to commit Customs & Duty/VAT fraud regarding their shipments. Nice way to get on a govs imports watch list. Depending what country is involved if caught they are facing major fines up to possible loss of their biz lic.

Seeing as nothing resembling the photo has ever been seen in the wild, despite the various badges that have been rendered onto it, maybe "spare parts" are Blu-Tack or pins to attach the picture to your calendar as you cross off the days, waiting for the Delivery that Never Comes...

Wink

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and gotta love this from their FAQ:
Q. Can you mark my order as “gift” at shipping or lower the price in documents, enclosed with the miner?

A. No, we cannot send the shipment as “gift”. But we can mark it as “spare parts” and lower the price or the order.

In other words they are openly saying that they are willing to commit Customs & Duty/VAT fraud regarding their shipments. Nice way to get on a govs imports watch list. Depending what country is involved if caught they are facing major fines up to possible loss of their biz lic.

tmfp

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"Common rogue from Russia with a bare ass."

Quote from: mmm6813175 on March 03, 2016, 07:51:04 AM

snip the exciting area of cybercurrencies

"Cybercurrencies" WTF.

Hey OP, your short posting history suggests you are really keen to start mining, fair enough, but make sure you pay for miners that actually exist.

The picture they are using has been used so many times by scams that it's probably registered as a stock photo ref: "vaporware" by now.
Search SMART miner, minerslab, hashingminer, ad nauseum...

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/anyone-used-of-hear-of-minerslabcom-883534

SFR10

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Crypto Swap Exchange

Too many mistakes just from their website alone as some have mentioned it. There's also lack of SSL certificate plus there are few spelling mistakes. Not to forget, the site looks like 5 minute work of someone who thought I could fool people with this. A little correction to the OP (their litecoin miner has 15 years of warranty while their BTCitcoin miner has 5 years of warranty), how interesting this is, hmmm?
Another interesting thing is the following two faqs:

Q. Can I pay cash in your office?

A. Due to security policies and our confidentiality policy we cannot accept this method of payment.

Q. Can I visit your office, data center or manufacturing facilities?

A. Earlier visits were possible by preliminary coordination for some of our wholesale customers. However after several cases of industrial espionage we decided to prohibit personal visits.

First thing I look in any legit company, is that you have the ability to go and evaluate everything by yourself and here, it's clear that their hiding something (reality perhaps).

dogie

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dogiecoin.com

About us picture is stock (obviously).

Domain information hidden but registered in January 2016 *sigh*:

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phminers.com registry whois
	Updated 1 second ago - Refresh
Domain Name: PHMINERS.COM
Registrar: REGISTER.COM, INC.
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 9
Whois Server: whois.register.com
Referral URL: http://www.register.com
Name Server: A.NS.INTERLAND.NET
Name Server: B.NS.INTERLAND.NET
Name Server: C.NS.INTERLAND.NET
Status: clientTransferProhibited https://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 20-jan-2016
Creation Date: 20-jan-2016
Expiration Date: 20-jan-2017
phminers.com registrar whois
	Updated 1 second ago
Domain Name: phminers.com
Registry Domain ID: 1995861609_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.register.com
Registrar URL: http://www.register.com
Updated Date: 2016-01-20T11:00:29Z
Creation Date: 2016-01-20T11:00:25Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2017-01-20T11:00:25Z
Registrar: Register.com, Inc.
Registrar IANA ID: 9
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.8773812449
Reseller:
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited http://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: PERFECT PRIVACY, LLC
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street: 12808 Gran Bay Pkwy West
Registrant City: Jacksonville
Registrant State/Province: FL
Registrant Postal Code: 32258
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.9027492701
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant Fax:
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Registrant Email: [email protected]
Registry Admin ID:
Admin Name: PERFECT PRIVACY, LLC
Admin Organization:
Admin Street: 12808 Gran Bay Pkwy West
Admin City: Jacksonville
Admin State/Province: FL
Admin Postal Code: 32258
Admin Country: US
Admin Phone: +1.9027492701
Admin Phone Ext.:
Admin Fax:
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Admin Email: [email protected]
Registry Tech ID:
Tech Name: PERFECT PRIVACY, LLC
Tech Organization:
Tech Street: 12808 Gran Bay Pkwy West
Tech City: Jacksonville
Tech State/Province: FL
Tech Postal Code: 32258
Tech Country: US
Tech Phone: +1.9027492701
Tech Phone Ext.:
Tech Fax:
Tech Fax Ext.:
Tech Email: [email protected]
Name Server: b.ns.interland.net
Name Server: c.ns.interland.net
Name Server: a.ns.interland.net
DNSSEC: Unsigned
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>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2016-01-20T11:00:29Z <<<

Their US address is obviously trash, NO ONE would rent a in a tower in the middle of prime Manhattan for miner production or even offices.

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1384 Broadway, New York, NY 10018 ( Ground Floor )

Their Japanese address is similarly prime and false

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1, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Even their listed US phone number a) resolves to Brooklyn (not Manhattan) and b) is already known for scamming.

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Phone : +1 347 535 4730 ( 9:00 - 17:00 Eastern Time UTC -5:00 )

This shit is so lazy its annoying.

sloopy

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https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=905210.msg

Quote from: dunand on March 03, 2016, 08:17:01 AM

I'm not so sure it's a scam. You seems to discard that the one and only Eric Franklin is the CEO of pH Miners. And it's backed by a 15 years warranty.

...sorry, I had NO idea... ...wait, who is that? Excuse my lack of knowledge, but what are his qualifications?

The breakdance guy?

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He earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of Zurich[1] and his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. After many experiences as a dancer and a choreographer, and Breakdance...

sidehack

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Curmudgeonly hardware guy

With a 15-year warranty, it must run pretty cold to not strain the caps. Also, I like that apparently their forum presence and/or designated announcer has to email them about questions - pretty loose affiliation. Can we get a link to the website which was definitely not registered last week? Maybe post some photos of borrowed renders or lame photoshops?

dunand

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I'm not so sure it's a scam. You seems to discard that the one and only Eric Franklin is the CEO of pH Miners. And it's backed by a 15 years warranty.

Seriously this scammer is way too lazy.

mmm6813175

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I just mail them yesterday about pus and

you don't need to , as you receive a PSU along with the miner .
You just plug-in and start easy as that .

sloopy

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https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=905210.msg

Let's just go ahead and label this as a scam, please.
Here we go on another one.
A 15 page thread in 3 days.

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Q. What will happen if I want to cancel my order and get a moneyback?

A. It is possible to cancel an order if it hasn’t been shipped yet, you can also cancel your order within 14 days from the moment of delivery of the order to your address if the device is in working condition and there are no signs of usage.

Moneyback will be performed within 14 days from the moment of return of goods or cancellation of your order.

Q: WTF is "a moneyback" Huh

?
A: An obvious second language

hedgy73

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And of course they only accept payment in bitcoin.

generalt

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LOL 15 year warranty.

mmm6813175

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New York-based PH Miners Inc., manufacturers of cryptocurrency mining machines, has announced the launch of two new miners for the bitcoin and litecoin cryptocurrencies, which will allow users to process transactions and track the release of new digital coins.

PHminers is comprised of specialists with many years’ experience in bitcoin hardware as well as litecoin hardware and has developed the Bitcoin Miner 25TH/s, which retails at $3,000 and comes with all the necessary equipment, from casing to control unit and cabling, to set up.

The company’s Litecoin Miner 1000MH/s also costs $3,000 and can also mine other cryptocurrencies. These digital-currency miners are guaranteed to deliver long-life service, with the company, which only accepts payment in bitcoin, providing an extended warranty of 15 years to cover any kind of failure.

Both miners have been fully tested at multiple stages following manufacture to make sure they perform to the expected standards, and free shipping is offered to anywhere in the world, via FedEx or UPS courier services.

Eric Franklin said, the CEO of pH Miners, stated: “We believe that our products will have a high impact on the market, and we’re pleased to now make our first two miners available to customers around the world who want to get into the exciting area of cybercurrencies,”

Topic: pH Miners Launches Powerful Cryptocurrency Miners for Bitcoin (Read 7312 times)