Scam or Unauthorized Representatives, ALERT!

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Quote from: BITMAIN on June 12, 2016, 05:06:32 AM

A loyal customer from South Africa reported this ( http://bitmaintech.co.za/ ) website and was concerned that it illegitimately uses Bitmain / Antminer 's trademark.

It's ironic that Bitmain moan about other people using their name or "trademark" for menetary gain when Bitmain themselves have no problem with breaking Software Licensing Terms by stealing other peoples mining software, renaming it & using it for their own monetary gain......

All theft is wrong no matter who does it, Bitmain.

james.lent

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Seems like it was registered last year on namecheap

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Domain Name: BIFMAINTECH.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1983847300_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.enom.com
Registrar URL: www.enom.com
Updated Date: 2015-11-25T05:45:44.00Z
Creation Date: 2015-11-25T13:45:00.00Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2016-11-25T13:45:00.00Z
Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Registrar IANA ID: 48
Reseller: NAMECHEAP.COM

I've reported it to them. Would carry more weight if you do too. Namecheap takes these kindda issues seriously.

BITMAIN

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Hello all!

A few days ago there was a fake bitmain website link on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/4oettn/bitmain_released_the_second_batch_of_limited/

It linked to a blog which links to BIFMAINTECH.COM ( <- notice the F) so it seems like an attempt at scam.

Now BIFMAINTECH.COM is redirecting to www.bitmaintech.com but please be advised that it may attempt to be something fraudulent again.

Regards,

the Bitmain team

techgeek

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Its good to see bitmain has eyes on these situations.

Btw, you can contact facebook to take the facebook fan page or their page down - since you are the rightful owner. I would do that if you havent, facebook take things down pretty quickly so less potential victims can be scammed.

As for skype, I dont know theres much you can do since its only a user id.

morantis

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Quote from: BITMAIN on June 11, 2016, 09:54:13 PM

Hello all,

Please note that we have been informed that someone is posing as our official sales' representative or distributor using the Skype address bitmain_sale-2, similar to one of our official Skype addresses bitmain_sale2

Bitmain does not have any authorized distributor in any country yet. We advise all our customers to place their orders ONLY on www.bitmaintech.com or www.bitmain.com

Happy mining,

the Bitmain team

Do they just contact you out of the blue?

leonward

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Are sales on Skype legit ?

I have bitmain_sale-1, offering me to buy S9 machines.
please advice this

Thank you !

Tupsu

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Quote from: BITMAIN on June 12, 2016, 10:22:44 PM

Hello Tupsu!

Your order was confirmed within a day form the time you informed us of your issue.

Feel free to contact us via support.bitmain.com if you face any further issues. Thank you for choosing Bitmain.

Regards,

the Bitmain Team

This is not quite true.

I sent a letter Jun 7, I got the answer from Sherry, Jun 8 and I paid 0.0545 BTC 2016-06-08 21:29:32 and sent a new letter with payment.

Someone forgot to mark it for expired, unpaid - to paid.

If I would have sent a new letter , he would probably have remained so (unpaid)

Today it is with a small delay shipped and i receive all 11 x ordered S9 Thursday, June 16, 2016 By End of Day

chek2fire

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Quote from: BITMAIN on June 12, 2016, 10:25:35 PM

Quote from: chek2fire on June 12, 2016, 06:08:27 AM

there is and an openbazaar store. is yours?

https://duosear.ch/@bitmaintech

No chek2fire. No Openbazaar store has any official affiliation with us.

We repeat that, unless notified by us otherwise, the only official medium of buying Bitmain products continues to be www.bitmaintech.com or www.bitmain.com

Regards,

the Bitmain team

then is obvious that is a scam because they use your official site, twitter etc as theirs and to their info says

Official Bitmain Technologies Limited OpenBazaar Store

notlist3d

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Quote from: Bitminer SA on June 13, 2016, 01:42:13 AM

We do re-sell Bitmain equipment in South Africa. And yes we do have acquired permission to do so. Please look at http://bitmaintech.co.za/about-us/.

Quote from: BITMAIN on June 12, 2016, 05:06:32 AM

A loyal customer from South Africa reported this ( http://bitmaintech.co.za/ ) website and was concerned that it illegitimately uses Bitmain / Antminer 's trademark. We thank that customer for reporting it to us.

As much as we would like our fans to use, buy or re-sell Bitmain equipment in their respective communities or regions, we do not endorse or authorize any re-sellers or distributors yet.

We repeat that, unless notified by us otherwise, the only official medium of buying Bitmain products continues to be www.bitmaintech.com or www.bitmain.com

Who did you "acquired permission to do so". That makes it sound like you are official with use use of the mentioned "uses Bitmain / Antminer 's trademark" . As a re-seller you would not be an official channel to get hardware from which your website really makes it appear like. Just look at bar at top "Antminer" links to you, then antpool and hashnest link to official sites. You have to see how that could be seen as trying to look official when in fact just a reseller with no permission.

Not to mention markup - Antminer S9 12.93 Ths with 2 fans – With Power Supply R79,991.98 inc Vat. If my rough estimation that is 5260.95 USD for a item that was 1985 USD for https://bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=000201606080945140191yC0JO150614 . Even with shipping and vat that seems like a HECK of a markup.

Bitminer SA

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We do re-sell Bitmain equipment in South Africa. And yes we do have acquired permission to do so. Please look at http://bitmaintech.co.za/about-us/.

Quote from: BITMAIN on June 12, 2016, 05:06:32 AM

A loyal customer from South Africa reported this ( http://bitmaintech.co.za/ ) website and was concerned that it illegitimately uses Bitmain / Antminer 's trademark. We thank that customer for reporting it to us.

As much as we would like our fans to use, buy or re-sell Bitmain equipment in their respective communities or regions, we do not endorse or authorize any re-sellers or distributors yet.

We repeat that, unless notified by us otherwise, the only official medium of buying Bitmain products continues to be www.bitmaintech.com or www.bitmain.com

BITMAIN

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https://www.bitmain.com

Quote from: chek2fire on June 12, 2016, 06:08:27 AM

there is and an openbazaar store. is yours?

https://duosear.ch/@bitmaintech

No chek2fire. No Openbazaar store has any official affiliation with us.

We repeat that, unless notified by us otherwise, the only official medium of buying Bitmain products continues to be www.bitmaintech.com or www.bitmain.com

Regards,

the Bitmain team

BITMAIN

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https://www.bitmain.com

Quote from: ?? on ??

Quote from: BITMAIN on June 11, 2016, 10:05:50 PM

One buyer has emailed us informing that he paid for an order that was never delivered.
....
the Bitmain team

I have the same feeling here, even though I bought from the official website.

My order 0012016053100226 is still marked grey and expired.
image

I send PDF with payment to Sherry

Paid with USD 02.06.2016 I received a message that i paid too few USD

BTC payment for this order 0.0545 BTC

https://blockchain.info/tx/a799d5005a8791831502c2b1201879e9f317c7b1d5050ad307f8cb235f5c3c95

Other my orders are sent, it is not. Please fix it!
And I can not login to support page with my password and imeil. The same imeil and password works with all bitmain
sites Bitmaintech.com, Antpool and Hashnest. And support only recommends changing my password.

EDIT.

BITMAIN Order Paid

Hello Tupsu!

Your order was confirmed within a day form the time you informed us of your issue.

Feel free to contact us via support.bitmain.com if you face any further issues. Thank you for choosing Bitmain.

Regards,

the Bitmain Team

chek2fire

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there is and an openbazaar store. is yours?

https://duosear.ch/@bitmaintech

BITMAIN

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https://www.bitmain.com

A loyal customer from South Africa reported this ( http://bitmaintech.co.za/ ) website and was concerned that it illegitimately uses Bitmain / Antminer 's trademark. We thank that customer for reporting it to us.

As much as we would like our fans to use, buy or re-sell Bitmain equipment in their respective communities or regions, we do not endorse or authorize any re-sellers or distributors yet.

We repeat that, unless notified by us otherwise, the only official medium of buying Bitmain products continues to be www.bitmaintech.com or www.bitmain.com

BITMAIN

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Quote from: percy_tc on June 12, 2016, 12:47:21 AM

How about this?

http://www.antminerdistribution.com/

Thank you for contributing to this thread percy_tc
We are not sure yet whether it is a scam but it is certainly not an authorized or official distributor of Bitmain.

Regards,

the Bitmain team

percy_tc

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How about this?

http://www.antminerdistribution.com/

Unacceptable

legendary

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Ballsy bastages eh??? Shocked

Golftech

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thank you sir for informing / reminding us about this un authorized dealer who tend to claim there associate with you it will be a great help to this community to be warned/ alert for future transaction. so who ever plan to buy will directly send you pm and talk to you directly.

BITMAIN

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We have been informed by some miners that somebody with the following Facebook page is posing as our authorized distributor.
( https://www.facebook.com/antminermalaysia/ )

One buyer has emailed us informing that he paid for an order that was never delivered.

Please practice caution when dealing with any unauthorized distributors or re-sellers of Bitmain products.

Regards,

the Bitmain team

BITMAIN

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https://www.bitmain.com

Hello all,

Please note that we have been informed that someone is posing as our official sales' representative or distributor using the Skype address bitmain_sale-2, similar to one of our official Skype addresses bitmain_sale2

Bitmain does not have any authorized distributor in any country yet. We advise all our customers to place their orders ONLY on www.bitmaintech.com or www.bitmain.com

Happy mining,

the Bitmain team

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