Topic: WARNING!! BEWARE S11 SCAM Email!! (Read 1420 times)

Some unsual move is bitmain never send an invoice before you PAID IN FULL.

Arrived another email from scammers!  

Last chance, Antminer E9+ (2970 MH +-5%)  Presale!
We are proud and happy to announce World's best ROI for any miner!

Also, as we promised, 200 $ coupon will be activated for each Antminer E9+ purchased.　

Shipping date estimated:

First 1000 Antminers E9+ purchased will be shipped on July 09-13.
Second 5000 Antminers E9+ purchased will be shipped on August 27-31.

Don't miss opportunity to get your Antminer E9+ first!

Presale expiry date is 23:59:59, 03 July 2018 (Beijing time, GMT+8).

Please find additional information about our offer in PDF file attached.

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please note incorrect email address - letter "s"  inside  Bitmain's domain:     [email protected]

Can be Bittman himself involved in this newsletter? You rule out that possibility? Not me. Perhaps this is a creative way of advertising. I don't think that's the worst deception from Bittman. It seems to me that they took part in the attack 51% and they are exactly after the preliminary sale of asics include them in the work and increase the complexity of the networks. Such actions have caused damage to all customers who can not refuse to pre-purchase.

Ya... E9+ scam that I received was from webmaster@bitmain(s)tech.com... now is a "common" phishing scam... but with our real data again!

New scam is the antminer e9+ same sort of emails like the s11. Sent from
[email protected] instead of bitmaintech.com

Dear ---

Limited time offer for registered users!

We are proud and happy to announce Antminer E9+ (2970 MH +-5%)  Presale!

　

Also, as we promised, 200 $ coupon will be activated for each Antminer E9+ purchased.

　

Shipping date estimated:

First 1000 Antminers E9+ purchased will be shipped on July 09-13.
Second 5000 Antminers E9+ purchased will be shipped on August 27-31.

　

Don’t miss opportunity to get your Antminer E9+ first!

Presale expiry date is 23:59:59, 22th, June, 2018 (Beijing time, GMT+8).

Please find additional information about our offer in PDF file attached.

Nobody saw the scammers

Yes... we agree on parts and I know that phishing emails happens all the time. But I've never seen anything like that... I never received a fraudulent email with the sender showing up as '[email protected]' or '[email protected]'... is always '[email protected]', '[email protected]' or something like that...

Bitmain has been telling us to do that for almost a year. Just to be fair. really, in any secure environment....why would you NOT?

Yes... we agree on parts and I know that phishing emails happens all the time. But I've never seen anything like that... I never received a fraudulent email with the sender showing up as '[email protected]' or '[email protected]'... is always '[email protected]', '[email protected]' or something like that... AND what we can't ignore is that the email contained our confidential data which only Bitmain should know... which makes the situation even more serious and worrying. I recommend that everyone at least active the 2-factor authenticator and change the password on Bitmain site asap.

It was NOT sent from Bitmain's Server. The Emails just had the NAME of the Bitmain address masked onto the title. If it really was Bitmain's server you could reply to the email. You could not reply to these emails.  This happens constantly with other "large companies". We get scam-mail from PayPal, Amazon, Apple, Google email look a likes, ALL THE TIME. It's the way of the World my friend. Never underestimate how big of pieces of shit human beings are. Always have been and always will be.

No man, you didn't understand... how many times have you received an email from a BIG company (from their REAL servers), but was actually a fraud? If that were common and "acceptable", the email would have been extinguished a long time ago... The problem is not the email as vulnerable technology... many serious huge companies work every day with much more important data and money by email with their customers and partners. The problem is the lack of security on Bitmain servers! That's why Bitmain is guilty for that. If you had received an email from Nvidia's OFFICIAL email for example, with all your REAL data (including your address!!!) offering some kind of discount and you were fooled by it (again... coming from the OFFICIAL email with your REAL data)... the reason for this would have been purely a security breach of Nvidia and you can be sure that if you proved to have made the payment, they would take some action to reimburse you and everyone who was harmed. Any serious company would do that. If the email had been sent from another server, not from Bitmain's email server, then you would be right... But is NOT the case!

The email I received was from Bitmain's official email!!!!

How is this Bitmain's fault? I don't agree with everything they do but I've dealt with them extensively for a while and I have always been treated well by them. They are not the Villains people would like to portray them as. In the end we are all responsible for our decisions. Can't blame others. Life's not fair. Never was and never will be. This is a very difficult space to navigate in. It's new and there are no rules. We ALL have the ultimate responsibility to protect ourselves and others when we can, but in the end, WE are responsible. That's why I made this thread. To hopefully save a few people. Truth is, people get greedy and make bad decisions clouded by greed. On BOTH sides of the fence. Just be vigilant and don't lose your discipline. SCAMS are getting MORE and MORE sophisticated because there is a LOT of money at stake. Look at this ASICminer.com scam that is going on. I don't think that's even a real company. Yet they have videos and websites and idiots putting phony reviews on YouTube. The less people that fall for this shit the less these maggots will gain. Be careful and be VIGILANT.

That's SO SO bad... in SO many levels!!!! It's unbelievable!!!!! The email I received was from Bitmain's official email!!!! It's very very easy to fall in this fraud (even for experienced miners)!!! I feel SO bad for the people who fell in that shit..............
The way it was done, Bitmain is guilty and must take the consequences for it. It's not fair that people suffer such astronomical damage as that. No doubt that Bitmain has responsibility for what happened...

Yes I am not surprised by this at all.

Even after they got hacked and all that info was leaked, they barely provided an update. They didn't even specify what exactly was leaked out. All they said was some database got hacked.

Given how poorly their website was designed and operated and same with their bad Antpool, I am not surprised that it was easily hackable.

Pretty much all their products are half-ass assembled and produced. Nothing quality like the old Antminer S1/S2/S3 they used to make.

A company that makes more profit than tech giant like Nvidia, cannot afford to hire top level security experts to keep their systems away from hackers. It is infuriating really, these hacker scumbags now have all my info including my address and phone number. WTF Bitmain?

Wow, those numbers are crazy.  Maybe now with their reputation on the line they'll start hiring top security talent so things like this don't happen again.  Thanks for the warning, I've heard multiple people getting compromised.  I wonder why they haven't made an official announcement about it, warning customers.

A company that makes more profit than tech giant like Nvidia, cannot afford to hire top level security experts to keep their systems away from hackers. It is infuriating really, these hacker scumbags now have all my info including my address and phone number. WTF Bitmain?

CNBC writes that according to a report published Feb. 21 from investment research company Bernstein, the four-year-old Bitmain reportedly made between $3 and $4 billion in operating profit in 2017, whereas Nvidia, founded 24 years ago, made about $3 billion during the same period.

They have updated data according to this post.

Bitmain : Please be advised that Bitmain haven't contacted customers by telephone or email to announce Antminer S11. Do not purchase from such a caller or an email and do not give them your personal information. For more detail please see this article: https://blog.bitmain.com/en/fraudulent-websites-and-scams-alert/
For official updates and Bitmain news please follow our blog: https://blog.bitmain.com/en/
?: but the email has personal information
?: how is this possible?
Bitmain : We have forwarded this information to the team that is investigating the recent hack of our database. This could contribute to making our database more secure for the future. It could also just be a phishing attempt from someone pretending to have what is being offered.
Anyway, please only trust emails from www.bitmain.com or www.bitmaintech.com and remember that Bitmain never requests payment through email. Any pending payment would be shown on your www.bitmain.com account.
?: offer email is [email protected]
Bitmain : yes, we know
Bitmain : We are now monitoring our system to ensure the security of customer information.

then wtf they know our email.

inside job?

Just got an email from " No [email protected] offering a "presale fpr the new S11 at 74 THs and 1400 watts. $2200 each. Complete with Bar code payment options, Crypto only.  TOTAL SCAM!! DO NOT FALL FOR IT. All purchases are done at Bitmain website and this is not. All emails from bitmain are from " webmaster@bitmaintech" not [email protected].

I can promise you that you will NOT see a SHA 256 miner from anyone, let alone Bitmain that processes 79 THs while pulling 2000 watts or less. I'm no hardware expert but I'm pretty sure that is WAY beyond impossible at today's density. Even 7nm.

i think it was an ex employee or employee with access to the systems, database, dns etc.
Everything is so correct that the s11 specs might also be correct and when released the diff will kill all the s9 and below models

Im furious because why shitmain doesn’t make an official email about this scam to warn the customers and state that their database was hacked

Yup. Me too. Pretty messed up. Truth is....no one will even pursue these scum. They will also make a LOT of money off of unsuspecting idiots.

This makes sense because the first one they sent to me was from [email protected]. Then they changed it. They also had my old address on the email. So whatever they have in data is not particularly "current" it would seem.

well i was one of the stupid people who got scammed.. i bought 2 miners.. they called me from official phone number of bitmain!! i checked that..and when i received email and it was from [email protected] (i cehcked previous emails from them) i said ok, something private because i bought 10 miners before..al;so they had ALL my informations..like adress, name, surname, phone number, street, and emails, everything...
fuc**ng sake, i will broke their bones if i found them, which i do no of course...4600usd out of window...

i must admit hey are really clever...

hong.wang (Bitmain)
Jun 11, 21:19 CST
Dear xyz,

Please be advised that Bitmain haven't contacted customers by telephone or email to announce Antminer S11. Do not purchase from such a caller or an email and do not give them your personal information. For more detail please see this article: https://blog.bitmain.com/en/fraudulent-websites-and-scams-alert/

For official updates and Bitmain news please follow our blog: https://blog.bitmain.com/en/

For information on our products please refer to our official website, Facebook or Twitter feeds. You may also subscribe to email announcements.

We continually monitor our system to ensure the security of customer information. Thank you for your continued support.

We will appreciate it if you could offer us evidence of this scam in any form(email screenshot/ PDF), it would be a great help for our Legal department to trace down the Outlaws.




Best regards,
hong.wang
Bitmain

________________________________________
Always order products directly from our website: www.bitmain.com
"Solved" means we replied - we still work on your issue until it is resolved.

 
xyz
Jun 11, 20:18 CST
I received an email from [email protected] with contents as shown attached. It announces a presale of a purported Antminer S11 with 79.5TH/s capacity @ 1500W for $2300. Is this real? If not -as I suppose-, how did scammers get my personal information? Has Bitmain security been compromised?
Attachment(s)
Email.pdf
Limited Offer Details S11.pdf

Bitmain's domain isn't "bitmaintech", plain sight obvious.

Making a non "@gmail/@yahoo" email is quite simple. Ex. I have an email account [email protected] where the spam goes.
And the hacker just bought a domain that sounds like the original, then he made an email account using that domain.

Example: bitmain.com, the hacker bought bitmaintech.com then he created [email protected] as the fake administrator email account to scam noobs.

Perfect SPAM attack
20 BTChttps://blockchain.info/address/1NgbuAZCSAeHqAKWVm8ussjtNju6Z1JfnK in 2 hours

[email protected] is bitmains email. Ive been getting legitimate emails from this address for ages, thats why its so convincing, especially if you save this email as a contact / priority sender.

[email protected] is bitmains email. Ive been getting legitimate emails from this address for ages, thats why its so convincing, especially if you save this email as a contact / priority sender.

Awhile ago they did have a security issue, they told everyone to change passwords / enable authentication. That data they got must be these emails.

Bitmain's domain isn't "bitmaintech", plain sight obvious.

Making a non "@gmail/@yahoo" email is quite simple. Ex. I have an email account [email protected] where the spam goes.
And the hacker just bought a domain that sounds like the original, then he made an email account using that domain.

Example: bitmain.com, the hacker bought bitmaintech.com then he created [email protected] as the fake administrator email account to scam noobs.

Anybody knows how do scammers achieve sending email from Bitmain domain?
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Bitmain was not hacked. They sold your details.

The attachement just gave you the Crypto payment bar codes. Yeah......79 Ths with 1400 Watts. LMAO!! The sad thing is....as absurd as that claim is, the profitability of those metrics is only $24.00 a day with .10 per KWH. Which means......that.....when the REAL new S11 or whatever they name it comes out, it will be well inside of that. I doubt that from 16nm to 7nm will get more than 30 THs at 1400 watts. Bottom line.....even the NEW technology will NOT be very exciting. Pretty depressing.

Received same email, but never opened attachment,  very convincing, except for the 74-79th bit lol Wouldnt be surprised if bitmain name the new sha256 miner a s12 or 13 cause of this fraud.

Bitmain sent emails a few days ago to his customers telling about this:

https://i.imgur.com/Jitnp9t.png

And bitmain know the data was compromised since the first day and still no official statement.

Just got an email from " No [email protected] offering a "presale fpr the new S11 at 74 THs and 1400 watts. $2200 each. Complete with Bar code payment options, Crypto only.  TOTAL SCAM!! DO NOT FALL FOR IT. All purchases are done at Bitmain website and this is not. All emails from bitmain are from " webmaster@bitmaintech" not [email protected].