Title: Mainland Mining & DirectMiners & Bitcoin Miner Online & UKMiners & Minerworld Post by: RichBC on August 05, 2015, 09:20:50 AM Anyone heard of these guys?
http://mainland-mining.com/shop/ Claim to be based in Sheffield UK. Prices look good, perhaps too good??? This was my online dialog with them Quote Hi! Can we answer a question for you? Visitor Hi Are these items available for collection? Is so where in the UK are you? Mark has joined the chat! Mark hi the miners are available for collection from sheffield Visitor What is the address & opening hours, do you have a phone number? Mark contact details will be provided once order is received and deposit is paid, we hold alot of stock worth alot of money so dont give out the address beforehand Visitor OK sorry but I would not place a deposit without an address/ Thanks... Mark Ok thanks for your enquiry What do you think? Title: Re: Mainland Mining Post by: crazyivan on August 05, 2015, 10:00:11 AM No photos, no details about owners, no address = another mining SCAM!!!
Stop feeding scammers with your coins. Invest into PoS coins instead, much safer and equally profitable. Title: Re: Mainland Mining Post by: jdebunt on August 05, 2015, 10:58:34 AM Blatant scam, it's not hard to see what these guys are planning to do :)
Title: Re: Mainland Mining Post by: ajareselde on August 05, 2015, 11:14:43 AM I wouldn't trust it. Judging by that chat you had with them, it's obvious that they don't want to disclose their location, all they want is to
get your money. Keeping their location a secret can have no legit reason to support it, it's like hiding location of supermarkets and banks ... imho just an another scam in the making. cheers Title: Re: Mainland Mining Post by: umair01 on August 05, 2015, 11:54:11 AM from what I just read on your conversation , whoever handle it , its not professional and likely it's just another scam , one thing I've learned from talking to legit support stuff , they will do best to get your attention in using their services but in this case , he didn't
Title: Re: Mainland Mining Post by: mindrust on August 05, 2015, 12:11:32 PM This website looks pretty lame, it screams "scam". No privacy policy page, no contact us page... Amateur as hell. I would look else where.
Title: Re: Mainland Mining Post by: avatar_kiyoshi on August 05, 2015, 12:25:14 PM The site is fishy, i can't find about their company profile/ they personal profile. I have already make some conversation, and ask for show a company profile to 'Mark', but he said they don't have a company, they are a couple of guys who have invested in bulk buying a lot miner from bitmain. This is some conversation:
Quote Visitor can you show photos of your company? i cant find about your company profile Mark we are just a couple of guys who have invested in bulk buying lots of miners from bitmain, we don't have a company profile a photo of our company would just be a pile of boxes Visitor you guys should add your profile even if you don't have a company Mark maybe in the future but for now we are doing fine with what we have got Title: Re: Mainland Mining Post by: RichBC on August 05, 2015, 12:46:27 PM Thanks Guys, it did not look right but very new to this area so not used yet to the number of scams that this field seems to generate. Link to this came from an ebay add for an S5.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bitcoin-Antminer-S5-1155GHs-Brand-New-In-UK-/291532074738?hash=item43e0aa6ef2 Purports to come from Kettering Northamptonshire but down the page mentioned Mainland Mining. The S5 does not fit with the other items being sold so could be a stolen account? Rich Title: Re: Mainland Mining Post by: sony87 on August 05, 2015, 02:08:01 PM another chat proving they are pure 1000% scam:
Quote Hi! Can we answer a question for you? Visitor why your prices are 50% lower then the real ones? Mark has joined the chat! Visitor how can you guarantee your existence.. Mark They arent Visitor antminer S3 + 750W Corsair for 60 pounds is something not real. they are traded at around 80-100 pounds only the S3 Mark they are used I am getting rid of my old S3 farms ready to replace them with newer models i ROI'ed on those months ago Visitor can we pick them up and pay during the pickup ? Mark yes but we require part payment as a deposit to stop timewasters Visitor if i want to take more than 50% of the miners i'll be probably not timewaster... Mark by timewasters I mean when people say they will turn up and dont bother Visitor ok, i'll ask one more time because i don't want fake deals, if a friend of mine comes to arranged location and time with money would it be possible to collect/buy them? Mark yes only after a deposit is received, we have had people arrange to collect and we have waited for 2hours for nothing because they dont turn up Visitor i have intention to take all 56 miners but i won't send any deposit before that, i'm sick of fake deals as I said. If you don't want to sell them locally fine, i'll make a deal only in place when I see them Mark no problem, I will sell them locally only once I have some security to show you are coming. Which you not willing to do... so we would rather just sell them as we are Visitor you need to understand that it's full of fake sellers, last month i send 1 BTC for S5 and i got nothing so i'm willing to take them with my conditions, think about it Mark no problem, we have already received 26BTC this week, so I will stick to my statement about the deposit we really arent having much of a problem getting custom Visitor fine, good luck with the selling Mark Thanks, and thank you for your enquiry The user which is selling those part sell S5 in EBAY with following username -> http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/adbaker8?_trksid=p2047675.l2559 DON"T GET CHEATET ! Title: Re: Mainland Mining Post by: Blawpaw on August 05, 2015, 04:00:12 PM Be careful!
seem very suspicious to me. As you already mentioned.. the prices are simply too low; too good to be true. You better do an intensive research about these guys before going on and buying stuff. Title: Re: Mainland Mining Post by: umair01 on August 05, 2015, 04:45:20 PM so I did some research on google and there is no attempt so far to test if they are legit or not so good thing none of you has tried it so far and you shouldn't
Title: Re: Mainland Mining Post by: sony87 on August 05, 2015, 07:52:35 PM so I did some research on google and there is no attempt so far to test if they are legit or not so good thing none of you has tried it so far and you shouldn't I would also suggest not to try. Good think is that we have topic here already so anyone trying to search could find this. Thanks for the support. Title: Re: Mainland Mining Post by: RichBC on August 05, 2015, 08:32:38 PM They are having another push on ebay, this time with a brand new account.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10x-Bitmain-Antminer-S5-In-UK-Next-Day-Delivery-/181824211468?hash=item2a55914a0c Rich Title: Re: Mainland Mining Post by: Zizo_Voina on August 06, 2015, 06:35:30 AM This scammer have another acc
http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/adbaker8?_trksid=p2047675.l2559 Title: Re: Mainland Mining Post by: RichBC on August 06, 2015, 06:42:06 AM I see following our comments they have increased the price of an S3 & PSU from £60 to £90 :)
Rich Title: Re: Mainland Mining Post by: umair01 on August 06, 2015, 07:29:41 AM I see following our comments they have increased the price of an S3 & PSU from £60 to £90 :) haha , they probably found out about this thread and are trying to build their reputation from now on , the problem is people will still fall for them sadlyRich Title: Re: Mainland Mining Post by: RichBC on August 06, 2015, 07:57:14 PM I am pushing the bids up on the "Bargain" 10 x S5 ebay auction. My betting is they will pull it shortly before it finishes, probably stating that there was an error in the listing. Feel free to join the frenzy. :)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10x-Bitmain-Antminer-S5-In-UK-Next-Day-Delivery-/181824211468?hash=item2a55914a0c Rich Update Well that's interesting. My bid has just been Cancelled as being a "Spam Bid" there was nothing to indicate that other than if they are monitoring this Forum.... Actually nothing Spam about my bid all. I would happily pay £2000 + for 10 S5's... Rich Title: Re: Mainland Mining Post by: RichBC on August 08, 2015, 11:14:22 AM They seem to have added a new website.
http://directminers.co.uk/ The package 10 S5's above are now at £1371 with 46 bids. just under 4 days to run, assume it will be pulled shortly before it ends, as they will not want paypal payments, and the ebay people will not have BC. The new website also has an ebay auction for a single S5 again with a brand new ebay account. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bitcoin-Bitmain-Antminer-S5-1155GH-s-Next-Day-Delivery-/252050167545?hash=item3aaf5c56f9 Rich Title: Re: Mainland Mining & DirectMiners Post by: RichBC on August 12, 2015, 07:11:20 AM Well the Mainland-Mining ebay add for a package of 10 Antminer S5 has just over an hour to run.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10x-Bitmain-Antminer-S5-In-UK-Next-Day-Delivery-/181824211468?hash=item2a55914a0c Currently has 52 bids and is up to £2400 so £240 each which would be a very nice price. So it just remains to be seen if they pull it shortly before the end or let it run through and then contact the winner and under bidders with some sort of offer? Can't see them accepting Paypal and the Website has this cute payment term. Quote What payment methods do you accept? To keep our operating costs down and to avoid fraud we only accept Bitcoin as payment Their other Directminers site has an even cuter condition. Quote What payment methods do you accept? To keep our operating costs down and to avoid fraud we only accept Bitcoin as payment. We do not accept any other payment method, if you want to pay using PayPal or Credit Card please find another site to buy from. Let's hope nobody loses any money on this one. Title: Re: Mainland Mining & DirectMiners Post by: mm5aes on August 12, 2015, 09:48:17 AM Details from a whois here :- http://www.whois.com/whois/bitmainminers.com
Just had a bid on a u3 cancelled ;) Title: Re: Mainland Mining & DirectMiners & Bitcoin Miner Online Post by: RichBC on August 19, 2015, 09:01:01 AM They are at it again, this time going for a biggie.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bitmain-Antminer-S5-7722GH-s-Miner-Brand-New-Free-Next-Day-Delivery-in-UK-/281776955088?hash=item419b371ed0 So another one to avoid. https://bitcoinmineronline.com/ I hope noone is buying from these people? Rich Title: Re: Mainland Mining & DirectMiners & Bitcoin Miner Online Post by: RichBC on August 26, 2015, 06:04:23 PM They are at it again. Is there no stopping these people?
Another new website www.ukminers.com Another new Ebay account http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bitcoin-Miner-Bitmain-Antminer-S5-7722GH-s-Free-Next-Day-UK-Delivery-/181846209770?hash=item2a56e0f4ea Rich Title: Re: Mainland Mining & DirectMiners & Bitcoin Miner Online & UKMiners Post by: Rgh on September 26, 2015, 01:53:15 PM The ukminers.com website is 100% a scam. I fell prey to it. Please pm me for details.
Title: Re: Mainland Mining & DirectMiners & Bitcoin Miner Online & UKMiners Post by: Rgh on September 29, 2015, 12:14:04 PM Has anyone got a copy of:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bitcoin-Bitmain-Antminer-S5-1155GH-s-Next-Day-Delivery-/252050167545?hash=item3aaf5c56f9 as I need this for evidence against them... I printed it to send in a letter to Google Inc. for a civil subpoena (disclosure of data held by Google) but I have not copy of mine now. It seems either the perpetrator(s) or eBay pulled the page out. If you have any more evidence, please get in touch on pm. Title: Re: Mainland Mining & DirectMiners & Bitcoin Miner Online & UKMiners & Minerworld Post by: toptek on November 12, 2015, 10:07:51 PM I look at this way any time anyone sells to low on something i would question it because how can they stay in business and sells below cost unless what they have they took illegally or other illegally means of getting . or there running a scam with no gear and your screwed. more then likely if it's to good to be true then it's fake not always but 99 % of the time it is.
Title: Re: Mainland Mining & DirectMiners & Bitcoin Miner Online & UKMiners & Minerworld Post by: mm5aes on November 17, 2015, 10:30:49 AM Looks like they're back again, this time as minerworld.co.uk
New address this time though ;) http://whois.domaintools.com/minerworld.co.uk Title: Re: Mainland Mining & DirectMiners & Bitcoin Miner Online & UKMiners & Minerworld Post by: RichBC on November 18, 2015, 09:24:17 AM These guys never give in.... we now have worldofminers.co.uk
Along with an ebay add for an S7 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bitcoin-Bitmain-Antminer-S7-Free-Next-Day-Shipping-/151887259839?hash=item235d2fa8bf:g:mvIAAOSw4UtWSd5- Remember if it looks to good to be true it is a Scam. Rich Title: Re: Mainland Mining & DirectMiners & Bitcoin Miner Online & UKMiners & Minerworld Post by: mm5aes on December 18, 2015, 01:27:05 PM Another suspect one :- https://btcminers.co.uk/
E-bay item :- http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bitmain-Bitcoin-Antminer-S7-B3-4-86THs-Next-Day-UK-Shipping-/231786833832?hash=item35f79267a8:g:wSkAAOSwhkRWcrap Welsh address for registration this time :- http://whois.domaintools.com/btcminers.co.uk |