Spondoolies-Tech released a new miner SP45 NEWTON (ignore this)

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Quote from: n200UG on November 16, 2016, 04:58:09 AM

Quote from: adaseb on May 07, 2016, 10:36:39 PM

Yeah its pretty convincing actually with the websites and Bitpay. Glad I didn't get suckered into this.

I almost got caught into it ! Was scanning the QR code and noticed the BTC price at $434. I guess i'm to wishful for competition with Bitmain. If we wish to keep this decentralized we need serious hardware innovation from the west.

Too late,the only hope BTC has for decentralization is that the corp miners miners die off due to wear & tear & they have nothing to replace them with...like that'll happen anytime soon Roll Eyes

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Quote from: adaseb on May 07, 2016, 10:36:39 PM

Yeah its pretty convincing actually with the websites and Bitpay. Glad I didn't get suckered into this.

I almost got caught into it ! Was scanning the QR code and noticed the BTC price at $434. I guess i'm to wishful for competition with Bitmain. If we wish to keep this decentralized we need serious hardware innovation from the west.

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Spondoolies are gone now

http://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/news/bitcoin-mining-equipment-producer-spondoolies-dissolved-court/

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Yeah its pretty convincing actually with the websites and Bitpay. Glad I didn't get suckered into this.

alani123

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Huh, they even went as far as to use a duplicate of BitPay's payment windows. It's static but it looks somewhat convincing. I'll go ahead and notify BitPay.

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Well,there's some dust in there,but looks like no one bought Wink

https://blockexplorer.com/address/1JqSy5NU8nzBWiSZwSYdsZPa95F5ffoqE3

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Here is a screenshot of the faked ad:

and also the checkout:

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Quote from: alh on May 06, 2016, 05:31:50 PM

So the spoof is the .co -vs- the .com domain?

Very complete replica........

I've sent it to Guy, he can contact the domain registrar directly.

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Quote from: alh on May 06, 2016, 05:31:50 PM

So the spoof is the .co -vs- the .com domain?

Very complete replica........

The scam is the criminal behind this is trying to steal bitcoin by creating fake ads for an "SP45 Newton" miner and hoping he fools someone into buying and paying with bitcoin. So far the fake ads for the SP45 have appeared on three cloned websites, probably more to come. If you visit the legit Spondoolies-Tech.com site you will discover there is no such miner for sale. In fact Spondoolies has no miners for sale at all at this time.

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So the spoof is the .co -vs- the .com domain?

Very complete replica........

BitcoinNewsMagazine

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Quote from: canford on May 06, 2016, 04:42:19 PM

Scam is back up at http://spondoolies-tech.co/.

One more scam site hosted at Namecheap, that makes three so far. Whoever the criminal is sure seems fond of using Namecheap to host his scams.

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Scam is back up at http://spondoolies-tech.co/.

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Quote from: Unacceptable on May 05, 2016, 06:33:12 PM

Maybe SPTech should be notified,they have more power to get it taken down...........copyright infringement may be a good avenue to work from Wink

They have been.

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Quote from: alani123 on May 05, 2016, 06:44:25 PM

Quote from: BitcoinNewsMagazine on May 05, 2016, 04:45:14 PM

Quote from: alani123 on May 05, 2016, 03:46:24 PM

They're at it again, now advertising on serious-looking websites.

https://archive.is/wVcTN

These phishing thieves are cloning websites and setting them up at Namecheap using similar domain names. Note the impostor has two L's in the name. "Sillicon" instead of Silicon.

They are targeting Wordpress sites because there are tools out there to easily clone WP sites and so far are using Namecheap for domains and hosting. I think they are using Namecheap because they are ignoring my demands to take down the impostor site.

Have you contacted their host and registrar?

From their whois:

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Registrar Abuse Contact Email: Email Masking [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4252982646

Also their host is Namecheap as you said. You can file Hosting & Legal and Abuse reports with them here.

Also if anybody has a contact there, you should tell siliconangle.com do the same.

I let the editor at siliconangle.com know of the hack. I spent $200 filing a takedown request with DMCA only to be told the hosting company ignores the DMCA. I do not think Namecheap gives a shit.

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Quote from: BitcoinNewsMagazine on May 05, 2016, 04:45:14 PM

Quote from: alani123 on May 05, 2016, 03:46:24 PM

They're at it again, now advertising on serious-looking websites.

https://archive.is/wVcTN

These phishing thieves are cloning websites and setting them up at Namecheap using similar domain names. Note the impostor has two L's in the name. "Sillicon" instead of Silicon.

They are targeting Wordpress sites because there are tools out there to easily clone WP sites and so far are using Namecheap for domains and hosting. I think they are using Namecheap because they are ignoring my demands to take down the impostor site.

Have you contacted their host and registrar?

From their whois:

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Registrar Abuse Contact Email: Email Masking [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4252982646

Also their host is Namecheap as you said. You can file Hosting & Legal and Abuse reports with them here.

Also if anybody has a contact there, you should tell siliconangle.com do the same.

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Maybe SPTech should be notified,they have more power to get it taken down...........copyright infringement may be a good avenue to work from Wink

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Quote from: alani123 on May 05, 2016, 03:46:24 PM

They're at it again, now advertising on serious-looking websites.

https://archive.is/wVcTN

These phishing thieves are cloning websites and setting them up at Namecheap using similar domain names. Note the impostor has two L's in the name. "Sillicon" instead of Silicon.

They are targeting Wordpress sites because there are tools out there to easily clone WP sites and so far are using Namecheap for domains and hosting. I think they are using Namecheap because they are ignoring my demands to take down the impostor site.

alani123

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They're at it again, now advertising on serious-looking websites.

https://archive.is/wVcTN

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Quote from: adaseb on May 03, 2016, 08:25:02 PM

Looks like the fake website was removed. Getting a DNS error accessing it now

Not quite. You can still access the clone at http://btcmedia.net/index.html

I have a takedown order in with DMCA so should be taken care of within a day or so.

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Looks like the fake website was removed. Getting a DNS error accessing it now

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Quote from: BitcoinNewsMagazine on May 03, 2016, 06:18:58 PM

Quote from: alani123 on May 03, 2016, 05:08:02 PM

The news website this was on is a carbon copy of https://bitcoinnewsmagazine.com/, specifically made to plant this scam. It had ~30 upvotes on Reddit before being removed.

I don't blame you for finding it convincing, I also posted a link but promptly removed it after realizing that it was an attempt to defraud bitcoiners.

I just found out my site had been cloned to a different URL and am working with the host to get it taken down.

Was there a way pay via BTC Huh

If so is there an addy to look at to see if anyone fell for this Huh

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Quote from: alani123 on May 03, 2016, 05:08:02 PM

The news website this was on is a carbon copy of https://bitcoinnewsmagazine.com/, specifically made to plant this scam. It had ~30 upvotes on Reddit before being removed.

I don't blame you for finding it convincing, I also posted a link but promptly removed it after realizing that it was an attempt to defraud bitcoiners.

I just found out my site had been cloned to a different URL and am working with the host to get it taken down.

tmfp

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"Common rogue from Russia with a bare ass."

Yup, if you want to buy real Spondoolies Tech miners, make sure you go to the correct website....

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Out of stock...discontinued...out of stock...discontinued....out of stock

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The news website this was on is a carbon copy of https://bitcoinnewsmagazine.com/, specifically made to plant this scam. It had ~30 upvotes on Reddit before being removed.

I don't blame you for finding it convincing, I also posted a link but promptly removed it after realizing that it was an attempt to defraud bitcoiners.

Unacceptable

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Quote from: adaseb on May 03, 2016, 04:55:09 PM

Quote from: Unacceptable on May 03, 2016, 04:52:00 PM

Quote from: valkir on May 03, 2016, 04:48:17 PM

ALERT

The link above is not the official spondoolies tech website. Check the name of the company it's spondoolies lech.

Careful when you post a link. Official website: http://www.spondoolies-tech.com/

Spondoolies already said SP45 doesn't exist

I know you didn't post a link,but just in case...BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah sorry about that, didn't realize the different spelling. Will leave this thread open anyways to alert others.

They did a pretty good job with copying the website. Would of fooled me.

LOL no worries man,neither did I Cheesy

Thanks go to valkir !!! Wink

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Quote from: Unacceptable on May 03, 2016, 04:52:00 PM

Quote from: valkir on May 03, 2016, 04:48:17 PM

ALERT

The link above is not the official spondoolies tech website. Check the name of the company it's spondoolies lech.

Careful when you post a link. Official website: http://www.spondoolies-tech.com/

Spondoolies already said SP45 doesn't exist

I know you didn't post a link,but just in case...BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah sorry about that, didn't realize the different spelling. Will leave this thread open anyways to alert others.

They did a pretty good job with copying the website. Would of fooled me.

Unacceptable

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Quote from: valkir on May 03, 2016, 04:48:17 PM

ALERT

The link above is not the official spondoolies tech website. Check the name of the company it's spondoolies lech.

Careful when you post a link. Official website: http://www.spondoolies-tech.com/

Spondoolies already said SP45 doesn't exist

I know you didn't post a link,but just in case...BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!

adaseb

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Ignore this, turns out it was a scam!!!

Effective Hash Rate 16 TH/s ± 10%

Power Efficiency 0.15W/GH/s

$1279.00
In Stock - Next Day Shipping

Seems like a much better deal than an S7 and includes the PSU.

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