there will always be scam miners.
that's why as a rule of thumb for me is to always refer back to the popular miners and to go to their official threads for downloads.
it's not worth going for those that claims to give 0% dev fee as usually these are the ones that are scams..
just my two cents.
Topic: !STOP SCAMMING PEOPLE WITH FAKE MINERS! WARNING FOR NEW MINERS! (Read 3026 times)
September 30, 2018, 02:43:10 PM
good job guys , keep it up . Hope the scammers / hackers which is/are probably some teenagers which googled some "hack code" realize there is nothing to steal here and leave it .
September 30, 2018, 11:35:38 AM
i help report to mod after sent PM around 7day mod del it.
we can help everyone to report scam miner.
we can help everyone to report scam miner.
September 30, 2018, 04:40:56 AM
be careful new miner possibly scam , self moderated topic and new member !
algominer v0.09
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5029095
Already the second clone of my program, the first one I discovered and warned the administrator algominer v0.09
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5029095
September 17, 2018, 08:23:04 AM
Another one: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5030310
Just deleted all warning posts.
Just deleted all warning posts.
September 14, 2018, 08:25:05 PM
be careful new miner possibly scam , self moderated topic and new member !
algominer v0.09
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5029095
algominer v0.09
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5029095
Just saw that and was getting ready to post it here.
OP is not a new member. Signed up in 2015, but last post before today was in 2016, so probably a hijacked account.
Second poster in that thread is also a hijacked account. Before September, last post was in 2014!
they have a lot of hijacked account to make new threads.
September 14, 2018, 06:35:04 PM
be careful new miner possibly scam , self moderated topic and new member !
algominer v0.09
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5029095
algominer v0.09
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5029095
Just saw that and was getting ready to post it here.
OP is not a new member. Signed up in 2015, but last post before today was in 2016, so probably a hijacked account.
Second poster in that thread is also a hijacked account. Before September, last post was in 2014!
September 14, 2018, 06:16:14 PM
be careful new miner possibly scam , self moderated topic and new member !
algominer v0.09
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5029095
algominer v0.09
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5029095
September 14, 2018, 10:55:41 AM
Mods are just not doing their jobs.
They are. As long as if someone prove that those are malware, they will immediately shutdown the thread. If the OP can test it out in sandboxed VM, then he can test it and scan it using malwarebytes. September 14, 2018, 06:02:35 AM
Mods are just not doing their jobs.
September 14, 2018, 04:18:10 AM
Can someone help me in reporting all these scumbags?
im report some threads to mod.
maybe they del it soon
September 13, 2018, 03:55:28 PM
Can someone help me in reporting all these scumbags?
Been actively reporting those threads. It is not allowed in the forum. The moment the moderators see it they will delete it if proven to be a malware. September 13, 2018, 03:09:21 PM
Can someone help me in reporting all these scumbags?
September 13, 2018, 10:20:06 AM
Just avoid any of these posts with the big green checkmark. Its the tell tale sign of malware miner.
September 13, 2018, 10:02:32 AM
Be careful of this thread
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bxb-miner-cryptonight-amdnvidia-gpucpu-release-200-5027598
He delete my post , new member post , self moderated topics , miner already exist and new post by new member ...
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bxb-miner-cryptonight-amdnvidia-gpucpu-release-200-5027598
He delete my post , new member post , self moderated topics , miner already exist and new post by new member ...
September 13, 2018, 09:53:18 AM
Bumping this thread; have noticed several posts questioning legitimacy of the EpoxMiner get deleted.
Just want to bring awareness to anyone considering testing the miner in this thread:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-epoxminer-gpu-miner-for-windows-5027934
Miner beware; honestly, those speeds look much too good to be true, do not test on computers with sensitive information.
Dev should respond to posts about being a virus directly, and not just deleting, that looks shady. Also the fact that it's a self-moderated topic looks shady.
The "dev" does have more posts than the usual scammer though.
Just want to bring awareness to anyone considering testing the miner in this thread:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-epoxminer-gpu-miner-for-windows-5027934
Miner beware; honestly, those speeds look much too good to be true, do not test on computers with sensitive information.
Dev should respond to posts about being a virus directly, and not just deleting, that looks shady. Also the fact that it's a self-moderated topic looks shady.
The "dev" does have more posts than the usual scammer though.
September 12, 2018, 09:01:21 PM
SCAM ALERT!
Aurora Miner
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.45587908
OP had a couple of post on 9/3/18. Before that last post was from 2013.
Hijacked account.
Aurora Miner
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.45587908
OP had a couple of post on 9/3/18. Before that last post was from 2013.
Hijacked account.
September 06, 2018, 03:57:46 AM
Take care of that User and dont click on the Link
Posted Link : https://www.[phishing]/ maybe phishing site and try to steal account settings !
And the right Link should be : https://www.myetherwallet.com/
Take Care of that LINK
Link was blocked.Posted Link : https://www.[phishing]/ maybe phishing site and try to steal account settings !
Quote
How do i update my Ethereum wallet?
Code:
1. Go to our website [b][url=https://www.[phishing]/]MyEtherWallet.com[/url][/b]
And the right Link should be : https://www.myetherwallet.com/
Take Care of that LINK
For these phishing links is Cryptonite browser addon the best. They also start private ICO.
September 05, 2018, 09:11:42 PM
Take care of that User and dont click on the Link
Posted Link : https://www.mywalletether.com/ maybe phishing site and try to steal account settings !
And the right Link should be : https://www.myetherwallet.com/
Take Care of that LINK
Posted Link : https://www.mywalletether.com/ maybe phishing site and try to steal account settings !
Quote
How do i update my Ethereum wallet?
Code:
1. Go to our website [b][url=https://www.mywalletether.com/]MyEtherWallet.com[/url][/b]
And the right Link should be : https://www.myetherwallet.com/
Take Care of that LINK
September 05, 2018, 08:37:57 PM
when im post in report at scam miner they alway del my post LOL
September 05, 2018, 03:29:17 AM
Guys Any guess what are these https://ethermine.org/miners/1CF6b3CFeB7E14E917a28E3e52b183A6d4FEe24c/dashboard ?
seems as botnet or same
Seems like a Devfee to me
it has first 3 characters identifier
ASM,ATK,CHP,Del,Lim,III,Lol,Nut,scj,see,stk,win
I wonder what it represents
September 03, 2018, 01:09:22 AM
After being a victim of so called cloud mining, it bring me great lesson I strive to build my own rig little by little from my small salary from job, until I reached my target of 30GPU miner, then I found also the reality that mining alts needs lots of job, researching, timing, moding and trading, and nowadays I saw that mining is not profitable and what the hell there's a lot of website offer mining with a certain percentage daily? I will tell you that ALL OF THIS OFFER IS INTEND TO SCAM PEOPLE.. How they can provide that such profit while in the real world of mining you can get only a liitle portion of profit? Now some website says that they are "GURU" in trade? even you are a guru, you can never handle the movement of the market? and you cannot also give a fix percentage daily to your investors.. That offers are SCAM, stay away.
September 02, 2018, 10:44:36 PM
Guys Any guess what are these https://ethermine.org/miners/1CF6b3CFeB7E14E917a28E3e52b183A6d4FEe24c/dashboard ?
seems as botnet or same
Seems like a Devfee to me
it has first 3 characters identifier
ASM,ATK,CHP,Del,Lim,III,Lol,Nut,scj,see,stk,win
I wonder what it represents
September 02, 2018, 05:12:34 PM
Basically if you see a thread with a new miner and 30 new accounts just posted saying "good job dev" or some crap like this it means it's a scam miner STAY AWAY
maybe it from hack account to make dev reliability
September 02, 2018, 01:27:11 PM
Guys Any guess what are these https://ethermine.org/miners/1CF6b3CFeB7E14E917a28E3e52b183A6d4FEe24c/dashboard ?
seems as botnet or same
September 02, 2018, 01:22:20 PM
I'm not going to list exactly what was taken, but yea so many people will risk giving full access to their computers just to try some new miner, blinded by mining profits.
Just be causes on anything you buy /use , do reaserch before you do anything. we live in dangerous world. September 02, 2018, 01:02:35 PM
I'm not going to list exactly what was taken, but yea so many people will risk giving full access to their computers just to try some new miner, blinded by mining profits.
September 02, 2018, 11:34:27 AM
Yep I got scammed by one of these miners, I was stupid enough to run it.
They silently get access to all your files, can browse and download any of the files while you are unaware.
The way my home stuff is setup, I could at least see exactly which files they downloaded.
I could also see their IP Address: 77.220.212.78 from Netherlands.
They silently get access to all your files, can browse and download any of the files while you are unaware.
The way my home stuff is setup, I could at least see exactly which files they downloaded.
I could also see their IP Address: 77.220.212.78 from Netherlands.
September 02, 2018, 10:14:05 AM
I agree with the OP 100%.
Mining is in such a sh*t state right now, even if a legit miner came through with no dev fee, the extra 1 or 2% you might make will not make any meaningful difference, especially when you consider they are most likely a scam.
This is the time to be securing your coins and planning to hold on tight for the foreseeable future and not try to eek out a few extra cents by risking your machines and/or coins to some scammer. The get rich overnight days have come and gone and now getting rich is going to require a lot of patience as well as vigilance in making sure any coins you do have stay safe.
Mining is in such a sh*t state right now, even if a legit miner came through with no dev fee, the extra 1 or 2% you might make will not make any meaningful difference, especially when you consider they are most likely a scam.
This is the time to be securing your coins and planning to hold on tight for the foreseeable future and not try to eek out a few extra cents by risking your machines and/or coins to some scammer. The get rich overnight days have come and gone and now getting rich is going to require a lot of patience as well as vigilance in making sure any coins you do have stay safe.
Mining is not sh*t as long as it is legal because it can still produce a profit even though it is small but it is still a profit . better to earn something than nothing .
however online mining or cloud mining are all scams . thats why i wouldnt recomend it to anyone because ive been scammed by them many times before and now even the popular and oldest one like hashflare and genesis mining are slowly getting turned into a scam . so beware guys.
September 02, 2018, 10:05:22 AM
Another scam thread that needs to be deleted...
Fornexminer
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-fornexminer-gpu-miner-for-windows-4985157
Exact same announcement as NeoBlackMiner.
And OP has posted in a lot of foreign language sections also...
Fornexminer
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-fornexminer-gpu-miner-for-windows-4985157
Exact same announcement as NeoBlackMiner.
And OP has posted in a lot of foreign language sections also...
September 01, 2018, 08:37:14 PM
Basically if you see a thread with a new miner and 30 new accounts just posted saying "good job dev" or some crap like this it means it's a scam miner STAY AWAY
September 01, 2018, 08:15:27 PM
I am pretty sure there would be plenty of people that can do this and has the reputation to do it. All kind of hero members can apply for example for such thing and if there are 10 mods , each one putting 30mins / 1 hour of their time = enough time . Also they can discuss and accept such topics like I mentioned , to have some kind of inner voting between them for example..
September 01, 2018, 06:35:15 PM
Scam alert!
NeoBlack Miner
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-neoblackminer-v103-windows-4989277
Easiest way to get rid of these is to get rid of self moderated topics.
NeoBlack Miner
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-neoblackminer-v103-windows-4989277
Easiest way to get rid of these is to get rid of self moderated topics.
i think that just moderator should lock somehow such topics and let people(opener of topic) provide evidence that this miner is real and legit .And only after thatt let them open up such topic (ANN miner ) etc. Think this is easiest way to do this...
Well, if there were active Mods, that would be true. I have reported “rules” violations before and nothing got done. I’ve been on other SMF forums, and the Mods were like vultures. But since Mods donate their time, it’s a thankless job.
September 01, 2018, 06:21:35 PM
Scam alert!
NeoBlack Miner
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-neoblackminer-v103-windows-4989277
Easiest way to get rid of these is to get rid of self moderated topics.
NeoBlack Miner
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-neoblackminer-v103-windows-4989277
Easiest way to get rid of these is to get rid of self moderated topics.
i think that just moderator should lock somehow such topics and let people(opener of topic) provide evidence that this miner is real and legit .And only after thatt let them open up such topic (ANN miner ) etc. Think this is easiest way to do this...
September 01, 2018, 06:08:35 PM
Scam alert!
NeoBlack Miner
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-neoblackminer-v103-windows-4989277
Easiest way to get rid of these is to get rid of self moderated topics.
NeoBlack Miner
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-neoblackminer-v103-windows-4989277
Easiest way to get rid of these is to get rid of self moderated topics.
August 31, 2018, 01:18:58 PM
So they keep deleting my posts about a backdoor in their miner. BE AWARE PEOPLE, BARRACUDA, TERRACOTTA AND NEOBLACK ARE ALL SCAMS!
I've seen the Barracuda Miner thread lol. They deleted one of my post wherein i straight forward tell them that they're miner have a virus. It's a moderated thread and there are a lot of newbie accounts shilling on the thread. 
August 31, 2018, 06:45:27 AM
I agree with the OP 100%.
Mining is in such a sh*t state right now, even if a legit miner came through with no dev fee, the extra 1 or 2% you might make will not make any meaningful difference, especially when you consider they are most likely a scam.
This is the time to be securing your coins and planning to hold on tight for the foreseeable future and not try to eek out a few extra cents by risking your machines and/or coins to some scammer. The get rich overnight days have come and gone and now getting rich is going to require a lot of patience as well as vigilance in making sure any coins you do have stay safe.
Mining is in such a sh*t state right now, even if a legit miner came through with no dev fee, the extra 1 or 2% you might make will not make any meaningful difference, especially when you consider they are most likely a scam.
This is the time to be securing your coins and planning to hold on tight for the foreseeable future and not try to eek out a few extra cents by risking your machines and/or coins to some scammer. The get rich overnight days have come and gone and now getting rich is going to require a lot of patience as well as vigilance in making sure any coins you do have stay safe.
August 31, 2018, 06:42:17 AM
So they keep deleting my posts about a backdoor in their miner. BE AWARE PEOPLE, BARRACUDA, TERRACOTTA AND NEOBLACK ARE ALL SCAMS!
August 31, 2018, 06:38:43 AM
Guys Any guess what are these https://ethermine.org/miners/1CF6b3CFeB7E14E917a28E3e52b183A6d4FEe24c/dashboard ?
Those are my miners
Sure what hardware you using to get 40mh/h miners
Private ASIC's, not out in the wild yet, probably won't be for a long time since we're making almost 1BTC/day with them heh.
Yeah mate, i feel you. I've got some private ASIC miners over here as well. I'm making almost 2 BTC/day with them!
Seriously, these fake miners should stop. It's not like they can make much money because most certainly only desperate shills with very little capital or mining hardware will use them anyway. It's not profitable to make fake miners guys.
August 31, 2018, 06:12:09 AM
Guys Any guess what are these https://ethermine.org/miners/1CF6b3CFeB7E14E917a28E3e52b183A6d4FEe24c/dashboard ?
Those are my miners
Sure what hardware you using to get 40mh/h miners
Private ASIC's, not out in the wild yet, probably won't be for a long time since we're making almost 1BTC/day with them heh.
August 30, 2018, 09:52:18 AM
Private ASIC's, not out in the wild yet, probably won't be for a long time since we're making almost 1BTC/day with them heh.
August 30, 2018, 09:29:39 AM
Guys Any guess what are these https://ethermine.org/miners/1CF6b3CFeB7E14E917a28E3e52b183A6d4FEe24c/dashboard ?
Those are my miners
Sure what hardware you using to get 40mh/h miners
Private ASIC's, not out in the wild yet, probably won't be for a long time since we're making almost 1BTC/day with them heh.
August 30, 2018, 05:01:14 AM
Guys Any guess what are these https://ethermine.org/miners/1CF6b3CFeB7E14E917a28E3e52b183A6d4FEe24c/dashboard ?
Those are my miners
Sure what hardware you using to get 40mh/h miners
Private ASIC's, not out in the wild yet, probably won't be for a long time since we're making almost 1BTC/day with them heh.
August 30, 2018, 02:34:03 AM
add another to the list NeoBlackMiner
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--4978798
same shite , self moderated , all warning posts gets removed , all warning flags checks.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--4978798
same shite , self moderated , all warning posts gets removed , all warning flags checks.
August 30, 2018, 02:15:55 AM
Guys Any guess what are these https://ethermine.org/miners/1CF6b3CFeB7E14E917a28E3e52b183A6d4FEe24c/dashboard ?
Those are my miners
Sure what hardware you using to get 40mh/h miners
August 30, 2018, 01:24:30 AM
this needs to be a sticky.
The anns about new scam miners are constantly popping up currently.
The anns about new scam miners are constantly popping up currently.
Guys Any guess what are these https://ethermine.org/miners/1CF6b3CFeB7E14E917a28E3e52b183A6d4FEe24c/dashboard ?
Those are my miners
Yeah, Terracotta miner, and Barracuda miner are just copy of one another.
Terracotta has been already uncovered, it's a virus, so they created a new one, Barracuda. When I wrote it's a scam and a virus, they just deleted my post.
Btw, I reported it to moderators and they've done NOTHING about it.
Terracotta has been already uncovered, it's a virus, so they created a new one, Barracuda. When I wrote it's a scam and a virus, they just deleted my post.
Btw, I reported it to moderators and they've done NOTHING about it.
what mod not del virus miner?
Guys Any guess what are these https://ethermine.org/miners/1CF6b3CFeB7E14E917a28E3e52b183A6d4FEe24c/dashboard ?
Yeah, Terracotta miner, and Barracuda miner are just copy of one another.
Terracotta has been already uncovered, it's a virus, so they created a new one, Barracuda. When I wrote it's a scam and a virus, they just deleted my post.
Btw, I reported it to moderators and they've done NOTHING about it.
Terracotta has been already uncovered, it's a virus, so they created a new one, Barracuda. When I wrote it's a scam and a virus, they just deleted my post.
Btw, I reported it to moderators and they've done NOTHING about it.
This is not limited to Russians, why the hate? Joke.
If you can verify that there's a Malware or something in their code, open a thread regarding their activity in the Meta thread orscam accusation (in SA if it's not malware/virus-related) for others to further assess the issue.
Or moreover, if you're 100% sure, hit "report to moderator" and provide a short-but-complete evidence because it's a ban-able offence:
If you can verify that there's a Malware or something in their code, open a thread regarding their activity in the Meta thread or
Or moreover, if you're 100% sure, hit "report to moderator" and provide a short-but-complete evidence because it's a ban-able offence:
6. No linking to phishing or malware, without a warning and a valid reason. [e]
many alt miner come out with told have high hashrate more than other miner program and have "very low dev fee"
they add something in miner and you know what im mean
they add something in miner and you know what im mean
This is a good PSA for people
i have seen this lately as well, scary thing is alot of these viruses are "FUD" (fully undetectable by AVs) SCARY! . so just cause virustotal says its clean (lol) DOSENT MEAN IT IS!
i suggest not only ALWAYS sandboxing any programs you try, but also to check them out yourself in a program like Visual Studio
its not hard to see the calls they make to websites for stealing your info and/or downloading malicious things once you put the file into a debugger
Keep vigilant people!
and if you CANT READ THE CODE, WAIT FOR SOMEONE REPUTABLE TO REVIEW THE FILE FIRST!
(example: "terracotta miner" they knew most couldnt read the code so it was on github, i saw it was obviously malicious, and reported it to github, they agreed and closed the repo)
people that POST the viruses barely ever get tagged by DT either : /
yeah actually I've checked them with virustotal and the fact it's not being recognized as miner means it's actually not a miner. Every real miner gets marked as coinminer / malicous software etc because it is such for people that dont use it. A lot of people used to abuse www. users and such to mine during visiting sites or to install hidden viruses to use PC resources to mine on them so they are marked like this . i have seen this lately as well, scary thing is alot of these viruses are "FUD" (fully undetectable by AVs) SCARY! . so just cause virustotal says its clean (lol) DOSENT MEAN IT IS!
i suggest not only ALWAYS sandboxing any programs you try, but also to check them out yourself in a program like Visual Studio
its not hard to see the calls they make to websites for stealing your info and/or downloading malicious things once you put the file into a debugger
Keep vigilant people!
and if you CANT READ THE CODE, WAIT FOR SOMEONE REPUTABLE TO REVIEW THE FILE FIRST!
(example: "terracotta miner" they knew most couldnt read the code so it was on github, i saw it was obviously malicious, and reported it to github, they agreed and closed the repo)
people that POST the viruses barely ever get tagged by DT either : /
This is a good PSA for people
i have seen this lately as well, scary thing is alot of these viruses are "FUD" (fully undetectable by AVs) SCARY! . so just cause virustotal says its clean (lol) DOSENT MEAN IT IS!
i suggest not only ALWAYS sandboxing any programs you try, but also to check them out yourself in a program like Visual Studio
its not hard to see the calls they make to websites for stealing your info and/or downloading malicious things once you put the file into a debugger
Keep vigilant people!
and if you CANT READ THE CODE, WAIT FOR SOMEONE REPUTABLE TO REVIEW THE FILE FIRST!
(example: "terracotta miner" they knew most couldnt read the code so it was on github, i saw it was obviously malicious, and reported it to github, they agreed and closed the repo)
people that POST the viruses barely ever get tagged by DT either : /
i have seen this lately as well, scary thing is alot of these viruses are "FUD" (fully undetectable by AVs) SCARY! . so just cause virustotal says its clean (lol) DOSENT MEAN IT IS!
i suggest not only ALWAYS sandboxing any programs you try, but also to check them out yourself in a program like Visual Studio
its not hard to see the calls they make to websites for stealing your info and/or downloading malicious things once you put the file into a debugger
Keep vigilant people!
and if you CANT READ THE CODE, WAIT FOR SOMEONE REPUTABLE TO REVIEW THE FILE FIRST!
(example: "terracotta miner" they knew most couldnt read the code so it was on github, i saw it was obviously malicious, and reported it to github, they agreed and closed the repo)
people that POST the viruses barely ever get tagged by DT either : /
I guess someone should start this finally... since few weeks ago "those Russians" started flooding all the alternate cryptocurrencies subforum with endless topics for some "godlike" miners that earn the shit out of BTC ETH or whatever it comes. They create topics claiming incredible speeds etc , dont show any actual picutres, close information or something like this for their miners.Basically they create new accounts on github / bitcoin forum , use OLD senior or even Hero member accounts (which looking at their old info have been inactive for long time or post only on russian subforums some posts) , GUYS DONT FALL FOR THIS SCAM !!! they will drain your wallets. They even ban every comment that has to be related of accusing them scam :
. Everyone can make a little bit of investigation before using some of these miners , I am a bit too lazy to show you what I wrote but trust me you will make greater harm then finding any "miracle" miner from these guys . Also would like to raise this issue to any moderators etc , that they should't leave any of these topics running arround or at least check / close them upon report , I've reported a lot of them and none of theem seemed closed so far (i could be mistaken but I really reported a lot of them and cannot track which of them are closed right now).
. Everyone can make a little bit of investigation before using some of these miners , I am a bit too lazy to show you what I wrote but trust me you will make greater harm then finding any "miracle" miner from these guys . Also would like to raise this issue to any moderators etc , that they should't leave any of these topics running arround or at least check / close them upon report , I've reported a lot of them and none of theem seemed closed so far (i could be mistaken but I really reported a lot of them and cannot track which of them are closed right now). Jump to: