Scam alert! "asicrigs" company trying to scam people

Teka

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Quote from: waver on August 10, 2013, 08:39:12 AM

Both of these sites are obvious scams, but I ask, they have a coinbase account on the .ag site which requires a link to a US bank account, is there no way to find out who owns this account? Does coinbase protect the identity of everyone who uses their service regardless of their "business practices"?

Also the .com version of this scam has a mtgox account..

Is bitcoin being an unofficial currency a way to steal things with no repercussions? Or can we somehow press charges of theft against coinbase or mtgox for aiding in these fraudulent activities thereby forcing them to reveal the identity of the criminals or face prosecution themselves?

I could understand if they just had a random bitcoin address that tracking these people would be difficult or imposable but having a coinbase account or a mtgox account is another story.

Who knows the law well enough to answer these questions?

-Thanks

Bitcoin has been defined as a currency in a American court during a case against pirate. If you contact coinbase with information about the scam they will probably help out with the police report but I doubt they will hand over the information directly to you.

waver

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Both of these sites are obvious scams, but I ask, they have a coinbase account on the .ag site which requires a link to a US bank account, is there no way to find out who owns this account? Does coinbase protect the identity of everyone who uses their service regardless of their "business practices"?

Also the .com version of this scam has a mtgox account..

Is bitcoin being an unofficial currency a way to steal things with no repercussions? Or can we somehow press charges of theft against coinbase or mtgox for aiding in these fraudulent activities thereby forcing them to reveal the identity of the criminals or face prosecution themselves?

I could understand if they just had a random bitcoin address that tracking these people would be difficult or imposable but having a coinbase account or a mtgox account is another story.

Who knows the law well enough to answer these questions?

-Thanks

narayan

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I do not sell Bitcoins. I sell SHA256(SHA256()).

I am pretty sure this site is a scam

wzh369

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asicrigs.com is a scammer!!!
I have ordered their production AR5 on June 24th. they don't reply,don't ship,don't refund.

Their Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/asicrigs

EscrowBTC

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Watch out guys..

Fake site!

realestone

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Quote from: waver on August 09, 2013, 07:32:03 PM

I did not order anything from these guys. Lucky me!

I just noticed them yesterday and knew right away they looked like trouble.

I was not making any "accusations" I was pointing them out to the community for further scrutiny.

I sent them an e-mail asking if they had any pictures(since they say they "have them in stock") or working devices I could see.

They responded telling me to just place an order and then I could come to their office (in Oregon where I live) and pick it up..

This is a super scam! 110%

Not only did it say 'BFL' on the original add, but they also say they "use mtgox" when their bitcoin payment buttons link you to coinbase!

For sure a lie!

Please tell as many potential miner customers about this so these crooks don't get away with too many illegitimate coins!

their response was pay first then you can come see it basically? i guess they think people are dumb enough to fall for this

waver

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Quote from: Bitcoin Scammer on August 09, 2013, 07:43:37 PM

It's a clone site of asicrigs.com However I would not know if the .com is or is not a scam. But fishy crap for sure

Ya.. on the .com site they have a mtgox button and pictures of BFL devices.. To me they both look like scams.

Be wary of either site imo. And for sure don't trust the .ag site..

Bitcoin Scammer

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It's a clone site of asicrigs.com However I would not know if the .com is or is not a scam. But fishy crap for sure

waver

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I did not order anything from these guys. Lucky me!

I just noticed them yesterday and knew right away they looked like trouble.

I was not making any "accusations" I was pointing them out to the community for further scrutiny.

I sent them an e-mail asking if they had any pictures(since they say they "have them in stock") or working devices I could see.

They responded telling me to just place an order and then I could come to their office (in Oregon where I live) and pick it up..

This is a super scam! 110%

Not only did it say 'BFL' on the original add, but they also say they "use mtgox" when their bitcoin payment buttons link you to coinbase!

For sure a lie!

Please tell as many potential miner customers about this so these crooks don't get away with too many illegitimate coins!

videos4btc

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Quote from: Bitcoin Scammer on August 09, 2013, 06:19:13 PM

Added these guys to bitcoinscammers.com Please update if the company resolved your issue or any other updates. Sorry about your loss

This ^^!

Bitcoin Scammer

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Added these guys to bitcoinscammers.com Please update if the company resolved your issue or any other updates. Sorry about your loss

escrow.ms

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Real site is asicrigs.com

RandomQ

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They are running an AD on Facebook
Thats says above the ad 72 hr shipping and has BFL webaddress listed but if you click on it
it goes to

http://asicrigs.ag/

Currently All Units Are In Stock. Please note we try our best to keep up with your demand meanwhile maintining top industry standards.

There MtGox account is "Asicrigs"

https://payment.mtgox.com/194425bb-9340-479c-bae4-67dd4cc0fbf4/0ddd6170-49c7-4cbc-9435-a907f7521b1a

Here is there facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/asicrigs

They have disabled posting to the main wall, but I was able to post to one of there posts

escrow.ms

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Quote from: Thirtybird on August 09, 2013, 12:42:51 PM

and there are only technical drawings for the products and "it seems too good to be true"...

Those technical drawings are copied from kncminer's website.

redbeans2012

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Quote from: Thirtybird on August 09, 2013, 12:42:51 PM

It's all well and good to want to protect people from scams, but your proof is "what I saw does not look good". You should be very careful about making accusations without any evidence.

With that said, I would be concerned about ordering from there as the domain is registered to a person in Delhi, (if it's even legitimate information), and there are only technical drawings for the products and "it seems too good to be true"...

I'll go out on a limb here and say this is 100% a scam. Their lack of evidence is all the evidence I need.

Thirtybird

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It's all well and good to want to protect people from scams, but your proof is "what I saw does not look good". You should be very careful about making accusations without any evidence.

With that said, I would be concerned about ordering from there as the domain is registered to a person in Delhi, (if it's even legitimate information), and there are only technical drawings for the products and "it seems too good to be true"...

waver

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Today I saw an add for a company named ASIC Rigs, out of Oregon USA. I went to their website and what I saw does not look good. Angry

http://asicrigs.ag/

It is almost a guaranteed scam! Do not trust these people!
They say they have 100gh ASICs for $2600 and are shipping within 72 hours of placing an order.

I would like help from people on this forum getting the information out about this scam so they don't get too many people's bitcoins.

Please go check the site out and let us know what you think. And spread the word so our friends don't get screwed..

-Thanks

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