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Title: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: kwukduck on June 29, 2011, 07:38:52 PM
I just got an email advertising this wonderfull scam

I thought there already was a topic on it but couldn't find it so i thought i'd put this up as a warning.

It's funny how hard they try to make this look legit, the awards are epic!

DO NOT USE THIS SOFTWARE!
www.bitcoin-mining-accelerator.com



Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Chick on June 29, 2011, 07:41:03 PM
I just got an email advertising this wonderfull scam

I thought there already was a topic on it but couldn't find it so i thought i'd put this up as a warning.

It's funny how hard they try to make this look legit, the awards are epic!

DO NOT USE THIS SOFTWARE!
www.bitcoin-mining-accelerator.com



Lol, I love how the security seals directly link to the downloadable executable.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: andes on June 29, 2011, 08:07:04 PM
Serious marketing work into this. Even the comments seem like a carefully designed scam.

Bitcon stealing trojan detector activated!


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: BitcoinPorn on June 29, 2011, 08:09:32 PM
I respect the fuck out of that site, too fucking funny.

Only funny if I ignore the real world implications that site could have on some people who have maybe too much invested in a non secure form of currency.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: dacoinminster on June 29, 2011, 08:16:12 PM
I got this email too.

Whoever did this did an amazing job on the website. Everything looks believable to me except those stupid badges. I sent them an email asking them to post on this thread.

Has anybody actually downloaded/scanned their software? I'm not going to be the test case for that!


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: BitcoinPorn on June 29, 2011, 08:18:46 PM
I actually figure someone on these forums is smart enough to crack open the file and see if you can find the return address on it :)   Where does this person want everything they steal going back to?


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: cdhowie on June 29, 2011, 08:21:45 PM
Has anybody actually downloaded/scanned their software? I'm not going to be the test case for that!
Yes, two of us on -otc have been tinkering with it.  It apparently connects to some FTP site (74.208.186.97) and attempts to download a file... using PORT... so it won't actually accomplish anything on hosts behind NAT.  (Not that I can tell.)  We have FTP access to that site currently and are monitoring things.  Will report more as we learn more.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: jgraham on June 29, 2011, 08:22:37 PM
I just got an email advertising this wonderfull scam

I thought there already was a topic on it but couldn't find it so i thought i'd put this up as a warning.

It's funny how hard they try to make this look legit, the awards are epic!

DO NOT USE THIS SOFTWARE!
www.bitcoin-mining-accelerator.com



That's just the tip of the iceberg.  Wait until we have people that sell accelerators with simple fakery in the client wrt MH/s.  There's enough randomness in mining that I'm sure *some* people will be fooled.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Jack of Diamonds on June 29, 2011, 08:22:47 PM
lol @ the fake usernames on the comments.

Nearly everything is in two words each capitalized, like CheBerry or ConfusedUser.

If you're going to go bipolar then at least do it right


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Viro on June 29, 2011, 08:26:52 PM
I love the internet enterpreneur (yes, it says enterpreneur) best idea award.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: cdhowie on June 29, 2011, 08:29:30 PM
When refreshing the FTP directory periodically, three .dat files appeared.  I have downloaded them and removed them from the FTP server.  After starting up bitcoind with them I will report on any addresses they contain that have been seen in the block chain.  If they turn out to be your addresses, create a new wallet on a secure machine and spend all of your coins to one of its addresses ASAP.

EDIT: More keep popping up every so often.  I am downloading and deleting all that I find.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: andes on June 29, 2011, 08:33:59 PM
lol @ the fake usernames on the comments.

Nearly everything is in two words each capitalized, like CheBerry or ConfusedUser.

If you're going to go bipolar then at least do it right
Some of the fake users seem upset at some issues to make it more believable, then other fake users answer them. What a shameless thief!


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: andes on June 29, 2011, 08:34:45 PM
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Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: BitcoinPorn on June 29, 2011, 08:35:48 PM
When refreshing the FTP directory periodically, three .dat files appeared.  I have downloaded them and removed them from the FTP server.  After starting up bitcoind with them I will report on any addresses they contain that have been seen in the block chain.  If they turn out to be your addresses, create a new wallet on a secure machine and spend all of your coins to one of its addresses ASAP.

EDIT: More keep popping up every so often.  I am downloading and deleting all that I find.

God bless you people helping us confused, thanks in advance for cracking it open.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: XIU on June 29, 2011, 08:36:31 PM
Seems like the domain is registered at http://1and1.com/ but with some kind of whois hiding. We should probably report this as it's hosting a virus/trojan or something?


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Oldminer on June 29, 2011, 08:41:41 PM
lol @ the fake usernames on the comments.


^^


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: airdata on June 29, 2011, 08:41:47 PM
awesome.. i just got it too !!!  Thanks Mt.Gox for letting the world have my personal email address.  appreciate it.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: andes on June 29, 2011, 08:43:27 PM
awesome.. i just got it too !!!  Thanks Mt.Gox for letting the world have my personal email address.  appreciate it.
And this is just the beginning my friend...


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: cdhowie on June 29, 2011, 08:43:54 PM
Sorry for the slow progress, working as fast as I can.

EDIT: At the request of several people, I am spending all of the coins in each address I come across to a secure wallet on my machine.  I will publish a complete list of compromised addresses and where the coins they held are after I finish processing the (growing) collection of wallets that I have.  We can iron out claim details later.  I have a process fetching and deleting new wallets automatically now, so hopefully he won't get his hands on any more.

Compromised addresses:

Wallet d19dc707da850975d64ebf829286839b615e297f2ba14bb28ad49c48180c0b6b
1CsmP7kZzscr5rofaA7S71NQzkYNABrtEa
1PSDJhCicApNvwMqNgTQ7qJNRPey5ZxZT1
16Ph8yB6wDUbRhQLaF4Vwt2scvE4vr8Fz7
1DTNH4iwfRSY8Hjk7c9WufnsV5p5K653xJ
1DrHGf3iiaXRdi3ZXEDY92JzdYXXamaiJP
1NvMmRzYdSjz5bHRkGbKqBT5W1EeorRkft

Wallet 61f474c86963c05695a5c3edbba67b97faea72c05d79ffd80190b7cc125ee5fe
1BNYWKRvyL6BEyRjN3pzf59a6bJNDykmBc
1CA7ZcXvRL9dC7K4rreb5i5aLqS5qz8zP4
1Cwve9n6PWQhErN7nS56SYGYQEWJAHqqFM

More to come; will update this post as I find more.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Miner-TE on June 29, 2011, 08:46:38 PM
Just received this email also...


Code:
Hi there, we'd like to invite you to be a beta tester of our awesome new Bitcoin Mining Accelerator program called "Coin Miner".


We have been keeping it under wraps developing it for the past few months and are ready to get people to test it out.
Basically how it works is that it automatically safely software overclocks your GPU to a stable level for optimum mining performance.
This way you don't have to fiddle with BIOS overclocks, MSI Afterburner or any other overclocking software - this does it automatically on the fly.


We are currently achieving around a 23% increase in Mhash/s mining speed. Some users have seen even higher gains.


The program is in Beta right now so we are offering it for free to anyone that wants to try it out.
If you are interested, check out our site: http://www.Bitcoin-Mining-Accelerator.com

If you quit mining because of the recent difficulty increase, or have never tried it at all, it would make us feel all warm and fuzzy if you helped us
test Coin Miner. With its auto-overclock feature - it can help you sqeeze more processing power to make mining worthwhile again.

Good luck with your Bitcoin ventures :)
- The Coin Miner Team
Image Blocked


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: sergio on June 29, 2011, 08:53:10 PM
if you use linux you can use the string command to take a look at ascii characters in the binary, there is a web site listed, however I do not know how it is related to the scam mining software.

minero@dragon:~/Downloads$ strings  -a Coin-Miner-v2.7.exe  |more
!This program cannot be run in DOS mode.
Rich
.text
`.rdata
@.data
.rsrc
http://www.clickteam.com
PVQR
PVQR
QRSP
_^][
_^][
L$,QV
=H0B
[u4j&V
=L0B


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: casascius on June 29, 2011, 08:56:04 PM
Sorry for the slow progress, working as fast as I can.

Compromised addresses:
...
More to come; will update this post as I find more.

Consider spending the coins off to another fresh address of your own, editing your post, and inviting the person come get them from you.  Who knows, the victim could re-run the program and send a fresh copy to the malware author.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Distribution on June 29, 2011, 09:12:52 PM
My favorite award is most downloaded May/June. Especially considering that the oldest comments are from June 28.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: dacoinminster on June 29, 2011, 09:16:00 PM
Consider spending the coins off to another fresh address of your own, editing your post, and inviting the person come get them from you.  Who knows, the victim could re-run the program and send a fresh copy to the malware author.

Yes - you will be doing the community a huge favor if you secure these coins as you gain access to them.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Justsomeforumuser on June 29, 2011, 09:48:10 PM
I just got an email advertising this wonderfull scam

DO NOT USE THIS SOFTWARE!
www.bitcoin-mining-accelerator.com

This one definitely and 100% got sent to the disclosed MtGox hacked database email. I think I will  deactivate it now, despite all the fun stuff that's been trickling in..


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: bitcoinminer on June 29, 2011, 09:53:12 PM
I just got an email advertising this wonderfull scam

I thought there already was a topic on it but couldn't find it so i thought i'd put this up as a warning.

It's funny how hard they try to make this look legit, the awards are epic!

DO NOT USE THIS SOFTWARE!
www.bitcoin-mining-accelerator.com



how about you chop-up-the-domain-name so that robots don't pick it up for google?


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: bitcoinminer on June 29, 2011, 09:54:31 PM
Sorry for the slow progress, working as fast as I can.

EDIT: At the request of several people, I am spending all of the coins in each address I come across to a secure wallet on my machine.  I will publish a complete list of compromised addresses and where the coins they held are after I finish processing the (growing) collection of wallets that I have.  We can iron out claim details later.  I have a process fetching and deleting new wallets automatically now, so hopefully he won't get his hands on any more.

After all the warnings given out, I think you should spend all of these coins to a charity for the mentally retarded


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: dacoinminster on June 29, 2011, 09:59:28 PM
After all the warnings given out, I think you should spend all of these coins to a charity for the mentally retarded

I want stupid people to be able to use bitcoins safely someday. Plenty of stupid people use cash, and if we limit the bitcoin economy to non-retards, it will be pretty small.

Hopefully future generations of clients will prevent stuff like this.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Distribution on June 29, 2011, 10:01:23 PM
How could you figure out who the coins belong to?


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: bitcool on June 29, 2011, 10:02:44 PM
awesome.. i just got it too !!!  Thanks Mt.Gox for letting the world have my personal email address.  appreciate it.
Where should we send the thank-you cards to?


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Chick on June 29, 2011, 10:03:13 PM
Hey, lets connect to the ftp server and steal the wallets!  ;D


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: SolarSilver on June 29, 2011, 10:05:40 PM
This one definitely and 100% got sent to the disclosed MtGox hacked database email. I think I will  deactivate it now, despite all the fun stuff that's been trickling in..

I got the message twice sent to the same address I used specifically for MtGox:

Received: from o1.bn.sendgrid.net (o1.bn.sendgrid.net [75.126.253.211])
Received: from o1.bn.sendgrid.net ([75.126.253.211])

Thank you MtGox for leaking out this address, can I send a bill for each received spam and you can pay in BTC? Or perhaps you should spend the money on data security.



Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: xenon481 on June 29, 2011, 10:07:42 PM
When refreshing the FTP directory periodically, three .dat files appeared.  I have downloaded them and removed them from the FTP server.  After starting up bitcoind with them I will report on any addresses they contain that have been seen in the block chain.  If they turn out to be your addresses, create a new wallet on a secure machine and spend all of your coins to one of its addresses ASAP.

EDIT: More keep popping up every so often.  I am downloading and deleting all that I find.

You might want to also set up something that periodically checks to see if the mal-executable changes. The author may change the destination details.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Chick on June 29, 2011, 10:10:46 PM
This one definitely and 100% got sent to the disclosed MtGox hacked database email. I think I will  deactivate it now, despite all the fun stuff that's been trickling in..

I got the message twice sent to the same address I used specifically for MtGox:

Received: from o1.bn.sendgrid.net (o1.bn.sendgrid.net [75.126.253.211])
Received: from o1.bn.sendgrid.net ([75.126.253.211])

Thank you MtGox for leaking out this address, can I send a bill for each received spam and you can pay in BTC? Or perhaps you should spend the money on data security.



You should definitely report this to abuse@sendgrid.net.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: cdhowie on June 29, 2011, 10:19:48 PM
When refreshing the FTP directory periodically, three .dat files appeared.  I have downloaded them and removed them from the FTP server.  After starting up bitcoind with them I will report on any addresses they contain that have been seen in the block chain.  If they turn out to be your addresses, create a new wallet on a secure machine and spend all of your coins to one of its addresses ASAP.

EDIT: More keep popping up every so often.  I am downloading and deleting all that I find.

You might want to also set up something that periodically checks to see if the mal-executable changes. The author may change the destination details.

Yup, already doing that too.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Chick on June 29, 2011, 10:31:34 PM
Where does it install? I don't see anything relating to Coin_Miner in the Program Files directory.

I'm running this on a crappy 5 year old computer, hoping to log it's connections. :P


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: mouse on June 29, 2011, 10:42:21 PM
It's pretty depressing that virus scam sites have better designs than the legit bitcoin ones :-(


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: andes on June 29, 2011, 10:48:19 PM
It's pretty depressing that virus scam sites have better designs than the legit bitcoin ones :-(
Defininitely, we need better marketing for legitimate bitcoin uses.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: bitplane on June 29, 2011, 10:49:09 PM
if you use linux you can use the string command to take a look at ascii characters in the binary, there is a web site listed, however I do not know how it is related to the scam mining software.

minero@dragon:~/Downloads$ strings  -a Coin-Miner-v2.7.exe  |more
!This program cannot be run in DOS mode.
Rich
.text
`.rdata
@.data
.rsrc
http://www.clickteam.com
Haha, newbs. Made in one of clickteam's game creation kits, might even be traceable back to their serial number if they actually bought it.

I suggest submitting this to all the AV companies ASAP. I am submitting it to Microsoft now.

edit: also reported to Google's safe browsing


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: BitcoinPorn on June 29, 2011, 10:51:40 PM
Defininitely, we need better marketing for legitimate bitcoin uses.

On a very real note that has nothing to do with this thread.  I've only charged one user for a graphic (suuuper cheap mind you), made a few for free, and honestly if I didn't have more work myself, I'd do more.  I'd ask for donations on all that shit, but obviously the start up people don't have it, so it comes down to, if any graphic designer has invested in coin, they should further seal their investment by helping out the stores that would make Bitcoin have that look legitimacy that is lacking on most these place.  I trust so few based on looks alone.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: BCEmporium on June 29, 2011, 10:59:04 PM
Guess the guy closed his stall - next scam... maybe tomorrow or in a couple of hours while he thinks of another name for his trojan-stealer! ;D


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: gentakin on June 29, 2011, 10:59:56 PM
So, this miner is apparently faster than "OpenCL", and also faster than "overclocked". And GuiMiner of course. Yay!


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: BCEmporium on June 29, 2011, 11:01:35 PM
So, this miner is apparently faster than "OpenCL", and also faster than "overclocked". And GuiMiner of course. Yay!

...and steals you wallet... you forgot that feature...  ::)


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: andes on June 29, 2011, 11:03:12 PM
Guess the guy closed his stall - next scam... maybe tomorrow or in a couple of hours while he thinks of another name for his trojan-stealer! ;D
Well done, at least he lost the money of the domain registration, all the web design, and the time to set up all that particular website.

On a humorous side, all the fake user comments were totally fixed in time. For hours, the same comments said: 4 minute ago, 7 minutes ago, and so on.  I expected more from him.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: BCEmporium on June 29, 2011, 11:05:11 PM
Guess the guy closed his stall - next scam... maybe tomorrow or in a couple of hours while he thinks of another name for his trojan-stealer! ;D
Well done, at least he lost the money of the domain registration, all the web design, and the time to set up all that website.

Don't celebrate so soon, my bet is he goes around the corner, fixes the design, encrypts better his stuff and tries again.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Chick on June 29, 2011, 11:07:35 PM
Guess the guy closed his stall - next scam... maybe tomorrow or in a couple of hours while he thinks of another name for his trojan-stealer! ;D
Well done, at least he lost the money of the domain registration, all the web design, and the time to set up all that particular website.

On a humorous side, all the fake user comments were totally fixed in time. For hours, the same comments said: 1 minute ago, 4 minutes ago, and so on.  I was expected more from him.


Domain: 7-10 bucks.
Very crappy site design: Free (looks like he done it himself)


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: andes on June 29, 2011, 11:07:55 PM
Guess the guy closed his stall - next scam... maybe tomorrow or in a couple of hours while he thinks of another name for his trojan-stealer! ;D
Well done, at least he lost the money of the domain registration, all the web design, and the time to set up all that website.

Don't celebrate so soon, my bet is he goes around the corner, fixes the design, encrypts better his stuff and tries again.
Yes, but he will have to re-engineer all the branding and get a new domain name, he has no chance with the same website anymore in my opinion


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: BCEmporium on June 29, 2011, 11:11:31 PM
He need to re-engineer the whole stuff. He could get away with it if was a slightly smarter coder (or maybe he just found out a FTP component roaming around the web, so better coder). But I rather keep quiet, don't want to give tips to robbers.   :-X


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: haydent on June 29, 2011, 11:23:03 PM
i just woke up to this one too here in AU. i can confirm the website isnt loading for me either.

congratulations and major props to the guys who got the ftp access, you deserve a medal or some of the coins for acting so quick !

no matter what all you guys say about it being funny and detailed, he's still just a scum bag thief con artists who would be stealing your dear grand mothers money and net virginity given the chance...   >:(


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: LightRider on June 29, 2011, 11:25:58 PM
Got this email three times. Excellent response guys!


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: andes on June 29, 2011, 11:40:15 PM
I love the internet enterpreneur (yes, it says enterpreneur) best idea award.
LOL, I saw it too.

Its a shame nobody seem to have made a screen cap of the site to keep having fun.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: BGL on June 29, 2011, 11:57:51 PM
http://paste2.org/p/1484245

(edit: i'm just the messenger, not originator)

this was back on the 22nd


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: BitcoinPorn on June 30, 2011, 12:06:23 AM
http://paste2.org/p/1484245

(edit: i'm just the messenger, not originator)

this was back on the 22nd

Good edit, I was just about to really go to my kitchen and literally make some popcorn then come back to this thread lol


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: BCEmporium on June 30, 2011, 12:08:21 AM
http://paste2.org/p/1484245

(edit: i'm just the messenger, not originator)

this was back on the 22nd

Greed kills...


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Distribution on June 30, 2011, 12:09:45 AM
http://paste2.org/p/1484245

(edit: i'm just the messenger, not originator)

this was back on the 22nd

http://www.facebook.com/ModernAmericanRevolution


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: mouse on June 30, 2011, 12:13:31 AM
For anyone interested, here is a screencap of the website

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/804/bitcoinminingaccelerato.jpg/



Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: BitcoinPorn on June 30, 2011, 12:15:01 AM
http://www.facebook.com/ModernAmericanRevolution
FOr anyone interested, here is a screencap of the website
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/804/bitcoinminingaccelerato.jpg/
Awesome and awesome.  So he is a Navy man?  Are they cool with this sort of activity?  Hopefully that is fake info :)

Also, right click save :D


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: BCEmporium on June 30, 2011, 12:20:22 AM
That's the same tool, that one of the pastebin.

It was connected to ftp.modernamericanrevolution.us
U: bitcoins@modernamericanrevolution.us
P: bitcoinz666 or x4D7P7

But is no more, the owner changed the pass, so I assume there's another virus more updated.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Chick on June 30, 2011, 12:20:37 AM
http://paste2.org/p/1484245

(edit: i'm just the messenger, not originator)

this was back on the 22nd

Good edit, I was just about to really go to my kitchen and literally make some popcorn then come back to this thread lol

https://i.imgur.com/nV05o.gif


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: RodeoX on June 30, 2011, 12:25:59 AM
His fancy website gives us a treasure trove of information about him. I say he is a college educated American who visits this forum daily. In fact he is following this thread.
Social engineering is a two way street dude.

What are your observations about our thief and his website?


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: mouse on June 30, 2011, 12:28:16 AM
His name is Brett,

he is also linked to http://www.prankcallradio.net/

and he was implicated earlier in a bitcoin heist on OTC, but I wasn't involved so I can't vouch either way.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: BCEmporium on June 30, 2011, 12:29:23 AM
His fancy website gives us a treasure trove of information about him. I say he is a college educated American who visits this forum daily. In fact he is following this thread.
Social engineering is a two way street dude.

What are your observations about our thief and his website?

Doubt they're connect, they probably bought that crap from someone. They're using someone else's tool.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: cdhowie on June 30, 2011, 12:30:43 AM
I currently have 41.91003938 secured.  One of the wallets I checked had an email address as the label for a receiving address, so at least I have a lead on who owns them.

Time to commute home, it's 8:30 PM already.  I'll try to work through a lot more of these tonight.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Raoul Duke on June 30, 2011, 12:34:50 AM
DON'T VISIT THE MODERNAMERICANREVOLUTION.US WEBSITE!

IT HAS A JAVA EXPLOIT THAT WILL PAWN YOU!


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: andes on June 30, 2011, 12:36:50 AM
DON'T VISIT THE MODERNAMERICANREVOLUTION.US WEBSITE!

IT HAS A JAVA EXPLOIT THAT WILL PAWN YOU!
Oops, too late. What could be the consequences of doing just that?


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: RodeoX on June 30, 2011, 12:38:43 AM
His fancy website gives us a treasure trove of information about him. I say he is a college educated American who visits this forum daily. In fact he is following this thread.
Social engineering is a two way street dude.

What are your observations about our thief and his website?

Doubt they're connect, they probably bought that crap from someone. They're using someone else's tool.
I was looking at the content of the email. Whoever wrote it likely knows it is a scam.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: vragnaroda on June 30, 2011, 12:39:00 AM
DON'T VISIT THE MODERNAMERICANREVOLUTION.US WEBSITE!

IT HAS A JAVA EXPLOIT THAT WILL PAWN YOU!

seriously, who lets Java run on strange websites?


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: BCEmporium on June 30, 2011, 12:41:20 AM
His fancy website gives us a treasure trove of information about him. I say he is a college educated American who visits this forum daily. In fact he is following this thread.
Social engineering is a two way street dude.

What are your observations about our thief and his website?

Doubt they're connect, they probably bought that crap from someone. They're using someone else's tool.
I was looking at the content of the email. Whoever wrote it likely knows it is a scam.

You mean the email + today's robbery? That's sure.
I mean this American Revolution guy and the Bitcoin Accelerator, those seams to had bought the same tool, different versions, but same tool.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Raoul Duke on June 30, 2011, 12:42:21 AM
DON'T VISIT THE MODERNAMERICANREVOLUTION.US WEBSITE!

IT HAS A JAVA EXPLOIT THAT WILL PAWN YOU!
Oops, too late. What could be the consequences of doing just that?

No idea, honnestly... didn't let it run to find out ;)


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: andes on June 30, 2011, 12:44:42 AM
DON'T VISIT THE MODERNAMERICANREVOLUTION.US WEBSITE!

IT HAS A JAVA EXPLOIT THAT WILL PAWN YOU!
Oops, too late. What could be the consequences of doing just that?

No idea, honnestly... didn't let it run to find out ;)
I use Firefox 4.01, but got no warning when entered the site. Someone knows if it could ran the java without my permission?

Also for all the technical geniuses, a question: where can I learn the best practices for safe surfing?  


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: casascius on June 30, 2011, 12:45:15 AM
I notice on the BitcoinMiningAccelerator screen shot, there's a screenshot of three miner processes apparently submitting shares, possibly to a real pool.

Do the mining pool operators keep track of the actual hashes of the shares received?  I'd be amused to find a mining pool operator be able to sniff out the person behind the scam just by matching the sequence of hashes in the picture against their submissions.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: BCEmporium on June 30, 2011, 12:45:30 AM
The only applet found there is from this http://rg.revolvermaps.com/
Still, a) Java sucks and I don't have such thing installed (and won't I REALLY, and I mean REALLY, need it); b) Even if I had such installed, I wonder why I would let an unknown site to run some applet.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: MadCoinMan on June 30, 2011, 12:46:15 AM
Well done guys. This just shows that you simply can't pull shit like that. :)


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Raoul Duke on June 30, 2011, 12:48:35 AM
DON'T VISIT THE MODERNAMERICANREVOLUTION.US WEBSITE!

IT HAS A JAVA EXPLOIT THAT WILL PAWN YOU!
Oops, too late. What could be the consequences of doing just that?

No idea, honnestly... didn't let it run to find out ;)
I use Firefox 4.01, but got no warning when entered the site. Someone knows if it could ran the java without my permission?

Usually it runs if you have the java plugin activated.
seriously, who lets Java run on strange websites?

Curious persons, like me, in virtual machines ;) lol

This is the exploit:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Threat/Encyclopedia/Entry.aspx?name=Exploit%3aJava%2fCVE-2010-0840.CI&threatid=2147645887


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: UniverseMan on June 30, 2011, 12:49:19 AM
http://paste2.org/p/1484245

(edit: i'm just the messenger, not originator)

this was back on the 22nd

http://www.facebook.com/ModernAmericanRevolution
That facebook page is fantastic. This quote, in particular, really tickled me.
Quote
f the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their money, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them (around the banks), will deprive the people of their property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.

Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes the laws. -Mayer Rothschild
Yeah, it might be hard for the banks to deprive people of their property after someone has already deprived them of their wallets. And I think you've taken that "give me control of a nation's money" bit way too seriously.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: antares on June 30, 2011, 12:51:02 AM
lol, does someone have a screenshot from that website?

btw, this scam shows that the scammers are actually noobs. They might have done some nice site, I won't know that unless someone has a screen,  but WHO THE FUCK IS THAT STUPID to create a wallet stealer and then use a ftp account that is not write-only?


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Maged on June 30, 2011, 12:53:51 AM
I currently have 41.91003938 secured.  One of the wallets I checked had an email address as the label for a receiving address, so at least I have a lead on who owns them.

Time to commute home, it's 8:30 PM already.  I'll try to work through a lot more of these tonight.
Maybe run the addresses through this list that was scraped earlier today?
http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=24346.0

I wonder if unemployed still has the unfiltered list... (any address added to a sig after this was released can't be trusted)


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: andes on June 30, 2011, 12:57:55 AM
You know what, I smell something fishy here. This whole americanrevolution thing with the java exploit, associated with this professionally designed site seems like an outside organization to me targeting bitocoin using a libertarian site as camouflage. It does not seem to me like the profile of a corrupted independent techie inside the community. They were just too lousy on the programming side, and too good on the marketing side (in fact, better than any other bitcoin site).

To me it could be some top-down order, like: infiltrate this thing and start attacking them to break the trust. Its just another conspiracy theory, I know, but just made that association after watching this today: http://www.youtube.com/user/BitcoinChannel
This will be my only and last conspiracy speculation, btw.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: mouse on June 30, 2011, 12:59:28 AM
lol, does someone have a screenshot from that website?

btw, this scam shows that the scammers are actually noobs. They might have done some nice site, I won't know that unless someone has a screen,  but WHO THE FUCK IS THAT STUPID to create a wallet stealer and then use a ftp account that is not write-only?

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/804/bitcoinminingaccelerato.jpg/


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: andes on June 30, 2011, 01:07:21 AM
Google "Researchers find malware rigged with Bitcoin miner"
FUCK bitcoin. It's pure garbage and you people are delusional beyond belief.
JRCrowley 19 minutes ago

Found it in the comments here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY9DvHEIxco&feature=channel_video_title


The origin of the info seems to come from here: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/researchers-find-malware-rigged-with-bitcoin-miner/8934

Not related directly with this particular scam, I guess. But if could also be the first steps in information warfare to discredit BTC.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: blumpkinpie76 on June 30, 2011, 01:18:29 AM
When refreshing the FTP directory periodically, three .dat files appeared.  I have downloaded them and removed them from the FTP server.  After starting up bitcoind with them I will report on any addresses they contain that have been seen in the block chain.  If they turn out to be your addresses, create a new wallet on a secure machine and spend all of your coins to one of its addresses ASAP.

EDIT: More keep popping up every so often.  I am downloading and deleting all that I find.

Dude, you are a goddamn rock star! Love to see this kind of crap foiled


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: BitcoinPorn on June 30, 2011, 01:29:02 AM
Maybe run the addresses through this list that was scraped earlier today?
http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=24346.0

I wonder if unemployed still has the unfiltered list... (any address added to a sig after this was released can't be trusted)
Backed that up earlier and was even checking those first few addresses cd posted (obviously curious for myself and any other forum members, in a weird way, the list came at a convenient time lol)

The list is at http://pastehtml.com/view/ayrpygp5m.html

Not related directly with this particular scam, I guess. But if could also be the first steps in information warfare to discredit BTC.
I don't wear a tin foil hat, but if this seems like he has an agenda so it seasy to believe something like this.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Ellen Alemany on June 30, 2011, 01:33:19 AM
Just a note:
The website is almost textbook selling-crap-website, with the awards the seeming expertise and so on.

Typical example: Selling a get rich quick book.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: vragnaroda on June 30, 2011, 01:35:12 AM
Google "Researchers find malware rigged with Bitcoin miner"
FUCK bitcoin. It's pure garbage and you people are delusional beyond belief.
JRCrowley 19 minutes ago

Found it in the comments here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY9DvHEIxco&feature=channel_video_title


The origin of the info seems to come from here: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/researchers-find-malware-rigged-with-bitcoin-miner/8934

Not related directly with this particular scam, I guess. But if could also be the first steps in information warfare to discredit BTC.


How the hell can you watch that shit?


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: andes on June 30, 2011, 01:40:23 AM
Google "Researchers find malware rigged with Bitcoin miner"
FUCK bitcoin. It's pure garbage and you people are delusional beyond belief.
JRCrowley 19 minutes ago

Found it in the comments here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY9DvHEIxco&feature=channel_video_title


The origin of the info seems to come from here: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/researchers-find-malware-rigged-with-bitcoin-miner/8934

Not related directly with this particular scam, I guess. But if could also be the first steps in information warfare to discredit BTC.


How the hell can you watch that shit?
What specific part of the video triggered your emotional reaction?


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: cdhowie on June 30, 2011, 02:39:45 AM
Just for the record, I was unable to recover any more BTC.  The following addresses of mine hold the secured BTC:

1BNY74WiVn66PQuQTXkzvRaHXnLMbQz9ww
1EeKfHRc6GTcc4Tv5tVGzWNHv4ERirsSk8
1Pw9CkBC6qSxwDgsPqx3kMmofWj8jLwLXH
18a1RoNu3WRneMimHEUYAB9FTmnhymagW1

I do not have time to work more on this tonight.  I'll post tomorrow when I figure out a good claim procedure.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Distribution on June 30, 2011, 03:18:26 AM
His name is Brett,

he is also linked to http://www.prankcallradio.net/

and he was implicated earlier in a bitcoin heist on OTC, but I wasn't involved so I can't vouch either way.

http://bitcoin-otc.com/viewratingdetail.php?nick=FooDSt4mP&sign=NEG&type=RECV&sortby=rater_nick&sortorder=ASC

Google his nick FooDSt4mP. Way too much information comes up on this guy.


Title: Spam from "Bitcoin Mining Accelerator"
Post by: netrin on June 30, 2011, 03:35:52 AM
Has anyone else received an email from "Bitcoin Mining Accelerator"? With the text as follows:

==

Hi there, we'd like to invite you to be a beta tester of our awesome new Bitcoin Mining Accelerator program called "Coin Miner".

We have been keeping it under wraps developing it for the past few months and are ready to get people to test it out.
Basically how it works is that it automatically safely software overclocks your GPU to a stable level for optimum mining performance.
This way you don't have to fiddle with BIOS overclocks, MSI Afterburner or any other overclocking software - this does it automatically on the fly.

We are currently achieving around a 23% increase in Mhash/s mining speed. Some users have seen even higher gains.

The program is in Beta right now so we are offering it for free to anyone that wants to try it out.
If you are interested, check out our site: (a link to a counter, with a bogus website)....

==


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: vragnaroda on June 30, 2011, 04:03:44 AM
Google "Researchers find malware rigged with Bitcoin miner"
FUCK bitcoin. It's pure garbage and you people are delusional beyond belief.
JRCrowley 19 minutes ago

Found it in the comments here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY9DvHEIxco&feature=channel_video_title


The origin of the info seems to come from here: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/researchers-find-malware-rigged-with-bitcoin-miner/8934

Not related directly with this particular scam, I guess. But if could also be the first steps in information warfare to discredit BTC.


How the hell can you watch that shit?
What specific part of the video triggered your emotional reaction?
A reaction against encouraging anyone to watching a video by some ignorant fuck reading his screencapped emails “exposing” the “journalistic hitman” ex post facto is completely rational. There is nothing emotional about it.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: BitcoinPorn on June 30, 2011, 04:08:34 AM
http://bitcoin-otc.com/viewratingdetail.php?nick=FooDSt4mP&sign=NEG&type=RECV&sortby=rater_nick&sortorder=ASC

Google his nick FooDSt4mP. Way too much information comes up on this guy.

Insider info omg

[04:13] <Lynzoy> why
[04:13] <FooDSt4mP> because i know something most people here dont?
[04:13] <Lynzoy> well that would indicate that this is not a good time to sell
[04:14] <FooDSt4mP> which is why i am actually considering your offer
[04:16] <Lynzoy> i'll give you .2 for free if you tell me everything you know
[04:17] <FooDSt4mP> ill buy 10 at 28 and tell you it all
[04:17] <Lynzoy> does it have to do with market depth or something
[04:18] <Lynzoy> okay i can do 10 at 28
[04:19] <Lynzoy> tell me all of your secrets in email form
[04:19] <Lynzoy> i really need to sleep and don't want to stay on the chat for too long
[04:19] <Lynzoy> lindsaygravina@DOMAINNAMEHERE
[04:19] <Lynzoy> okay?
[04:19] <FooDSt4mP> ok
[04:19] <Lynzoy> awesome
[04:19] <FooDSt4mP> 12gvAH12XMgEdsPDjNikZEdfaJx15yJAPq send them to there
[04:20] <FooDSt4mP> and ill send the PP and an email
[04:20] <Lynzoy> DONT send pp to that address
[04:20] <Lynzoy> send it to igravina@DOMAINNAMEHERE
[04:20] <FooDSt4mP> the paypal?
[04:20] <Lynzoy> yes
[04:20] <FooDSt4mP> ok
[04:20] <FooDSt4mP> i will send it as soon as i receive the btc
[04:21] <Lynzoy> k
[04:23] <Lynzoy> sent
[04:23] <Lynzoy> you're sending $280 to igravina@DOMAINNAMEHERE
[04:23] <Lynzoy> gift please

Interesting, Lynzoy only has over 70 because she is just a speculator http://pastebin.com/WxkUM0fe

Jesus, I'm surprised people put up with Pastebin


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Distribution on June 30, 2011, 04:16:34 AM
http://bitcoin-otc.com/viewratingdetail.php?nick=FooDSt4mP&sign=NEG&type=RECV&sortby=rater_nick&sortorder=ASC

Google his nick FooDSt4mP. Way too much information comes up on this guy.

Interesting, Lynzoy only has over 70 because she is just a speculator http://pastebin.com/WxkUM0fe

Jesus, I'm surprised people put up with Pastebin

Yeah, I thought that was interesting also.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Capitan on June 30, 2011, 04:22:36 AM
Just for the record, I was unable to recover any more BTC.  The following addresses of mine hold the secured BTC:

1BNY74WiVn66PQuQTXkzvRaHXnLMbQz9ww
1EeKfHRc6GTcc4Tv5tVGzWNHv4ERirsSk8
1Pw9CkBC6qSxwDgsPqx3kMmofWj8jLwLXH
18a1RoNu3WRneMimHEUYAB9FTmnhymagW1

I do not have time to work more on this tonight.  I'll post tomorrow when I figure out a good claim procedure.

Just for the record, I would like to give you props for your efforts. You are awesome.


Title: Re: Spam from "Bitcoin Mining Accelerator"
Post by: mouse on June 30, 2011, 05:01:50 AM
[deleted] mods moved this post form another thread, no longer makes sense.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: ninjapug on June 30, 2011, 09:36:18 AM
The website is offline?
Gone? Thats sad


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: cdhowie on June 30, 2011, 11:18:56 AM
Just for the record, I was unable to recover any more BTC.  The following addresses of mine hold the secured BTC:

...
18a1RoNu3WRneMimHEUYAB9FTmnhymagW1
The coins that are now at this address belonged to a guy who used his email address as the label for his primary receiving address.  I've contacted him and he is in full panicmode (not a native English speaker, so I don't think the "I have your coins, they are safe" part got through completely).  So these coins at least are accounted for.

Just for the record, I would like to give you props for your efforts. You are awesome.
I'm just doing what I would want someone else to do if my wallet were stolen.  :)


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: BCEmporium on June 30, 2011, 12:54:41 PM
The coins that are now at this address belonged to a guy who used his email address as the label for his primary receiving address.  I've contacted him and he is in full panicmode (not a native English speaker, so I don't think the "I have your coins, they are safe" part got through completely).  So these coins at least are accounted for.

That one recalls me one day when I went to bathroom at a mall, in the toilet paper dispenser I found a wallet, it has all the guy's documents but no money in it. There was a card with the owner's gf number, I called her to return the wallet, the guy came pick the wallet and looked at me as if I was the robber, not even a "thank you".  >:(


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: cdhowie on June 30, 2011, 03:17:27 PM
Just for the record, I was unable to recover any more BTC.  The following addresses of mine hold the secured BTC:

...
18a1RoNu3WRneMimHEUYAB9FTmnhymagW1
The coins that are now at this address belonged to a guy who used his email address as the label for his primary receiving address.  I've contacted him and he is in full panicmode (not a native English speaker, so I don't think the "I have your coins, they are safe" part got through completely).  So these coins at least are accounted for.
This guy has his coins back now.  The bulk of the remaining coins came from these two addresses in the same wallet:

18AUW2KuwqiCJVWDTBmBtDj5GPYM2znnWv
1FLSA6bs2iAeZXJ85jBV3bUCq8J7G7XVyk

If they are yours, please contact me with some evidence (a copy of your wallet.dat to start and we can work from there) and we'll see what can be worked out.

If nobody claims them, I would like the community to decide what should be done with them.  I don't want to be a part of that discussion since, by controlling the funds, I have a conflict of interest.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: yamato57 on June 30, 2011, 03:19:45 PM
I feel bad for those who fell into this horrible scam, what a pile of shit heads, i got 4 emails from them with different names.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Raoul Duke on June 30, 2011, 06:53:46 PM
I guess this thread is the right place to introduce you all to my new project: The Bitcoin ShitList (http://bitcoin-shitlist.com) - The place to report all the bad stuff/scams that happen around the bitcoin community.

If any of you(forum users with good reputation) wants to volunteer to help with the website, design included i will be very happy to have help. I'm sure it will need moderators to weed out bad submissions and to investigate if the claims/complaints are valid or not. ;)

You guys think it's a good idea?


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: BCEmporium on June 30, 2011, 07:12:08 PM
psy,

make it smaller or the first thing I'll shitlist is your signature.  :P

Other than that, by the ease the folks around press the "SCAMMER" panic button you'll have plain of work... hope you enjoy fightrooms.  :P


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Raoul Duke on June 30, 2011, 07:53:08 PM
psy,

make it smaller or the first thing I'll shitlist is your signature.  :P

Other than that, by the ease the folks around press the "SCAMMER" panic button you'll have plain of work... hope you enjoy fightrooms.  :P

Yeah, i love fightrooms :p

Sig Image smaller: Done! Don't wanna be my first customer :D


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: casascius on June 30, 2011, 08:05:58 PM
Sig Image smaller: Done! Don't wanna be my first customer :D

Still too big in my opinion, I would make the height no more than 2/3 of what you have it now.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: netrin on July 01, 2011, 01:45:32 AM
Still too big in my opinion, I would make the height no more than 2/3 of what you have it now.

I agreed it was massive earlier, but come now. It's fine now, even on my palmtop.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: dacoinminster on July 01, 2011, 01:18:48 PM
I agreed it was massive earlier, but come now. It's fine now, even on my palmtop.

I had to block it anyways. Can't have that on my screen at work.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Raoul Duke on July 01, 2011, 01:47:46 PM
I agreed it was massive earlier, but come now. It's fine now, even on my palmtop.

I had to block it anyways. Can't have that on my screen at work.

LOL -> Maybe you should be working instead of browsing bitcoin forums ;)

Sorry to the OP, it seems i diverted the thread from it's main purpose  :-\


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Jine on July 03, 2011, 03:57:04 AM
BUMP!

Still gets spam about this.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: BCEmporium on July 03, 2011, 01:11:41 PM
BUMP!

Still gets spam about this.

You sure? Or you just hadn't check your mailbox for a while?


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: dacoinminster on July 08, 2011, 03:52:01 PM
I have a bit of news/speculation about this scam. I just got this email:


Quote
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:16 PM, wac <waldo*******00@yahoo.com> wrote:

    Hi:

    Ok I have not run your script but what I can see while reading its sources I can see you are definitely a dedicated miner. I tell you what. You are speaking with a skilled software developer (http://is.gd/KSGjLg) so ads posting is definitely not the job that I should do and not the best thing i can ofer you either. I know some OpcenCL/CUDA. Now what if I tell you I could increase your mining capabilities to approximately 2x by just running a faster miner using an optimization that I saw while checking the source code of publicly available ones? I don't have it but I could have it.


 Also I want to tell you that the script you are running is really not helping you. You need something more user friendly than that as you almost need to be a programmer to do all of that. Also ppl could see it as malware. I did a check right away just in case. I could help you with that by building a more advanced robot. That one is way too much manual. I know you need some intelligence to post the adds but not for all the steps.

 Now regarding the US telephones take a look at this, is likely going to be useful to you:

http://www.lleidanet.us

They have there a virtual handset that can be used to have an US telephone capable of receiving sms. Don't know about voice calls.



    Let me know if what I mentioned to you seems interesting to you.

    Regards
    Waldo

I edited the quote above to disguise his email address from spam bots (******* = alvarez) and hide the URL from Google. I also shrunk the uninteresting stuff and bolded the really interesting claim.

I was immediately suspicious, and thought of this thread. I became even more suspicious when I visited their website, and saw that he writes software to evade anti-virus programs. My suspicion hardened further when I saw this page: http://is.gd/ihpQXb with its unclickable generic badges similar to the ones found on the scam site that started this thread (http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/6800/bitcoinminingaccelerato.jpg)

I'm not claiming that Waldo or his friend created this wallet-stealing fake miner, just putting out the thought for you guys to chew on.

Here is my reply to his email:

Quote

Hi Waldo,

I'm satisfied with how my script works currently, but I am very interested in your claims about faster mining software. A 2x gain in mining speed would definitely be helpful!

Would you be interested in sending me your faster miner, and sharing in the increased profits?

Thanks - Let me know!


If Waldo is following this thread, you can probably guess what kind of reply I will get. If he tries to send me something to install, I'll post it here.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: BCEmporium on July 08, 2011, 04:12:51 PM
LOL

This ones sent the mail a bit too soon:

http://cypherx.org/pricing/

The trojan isn't yet available for download and they already have reviews  ;D ;D


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: kingbc on July 08, 2011, 04:19:11 PM
I actually figure someone on these forums is smart enough to crack open the file and see if you can find the return address on it :)   Where does this person want everything they steal going back to?

Reverse engineer. Works great with keyloggers.. back when I was 14 I would download youtube keyloggers and get their ftp info.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: bitcoinminer on July 08, 2011, 05:08:58 PM
I actually figure someone on these forums is smart enough to crack open the file and see if you can find the return address on it :)   Where does this person want everything they steal going back to?

Reverse engineer. Works great with keyloggers.. back when I was 14 I would download youtube keyloggers and get their ftp info.

If only you could send negative BTC to somebody!


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: dacoinminster on July 08, 2011, 05:12:59 PM
LOL

This ones sent the mail a bit too soon:

http://cypherx.org/pricing/

The trojan isn't yet available for download and they already have reviews  ;D ;D

I didn't mean to imply that the hacking tools for sale on cypherx.org are trojans (although I suppose they might be). He didn't ask me to download that software. I suspect that if he sends me something, it will be a re-cypher of the program that was available on the site that started this thread.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: BCEmporium on July 08, 2011, 06:13:28 PM
Actually that's the issue;

"Used in 35 countries"
"User reviews vouching for it"

But... no software at all is available to download anywhere.  ;D


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: haydent on July 09, 2011, 03:21:52 AM
heres another copy http://www.l5b.net/Bitcoin-Speed-Miner/


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: haydent on July 09, 2011, 04:15:36 AM
please note just clicking the link wont work, its filtered to block referrals from this site. you must copy and paste the url into your address bar.

http://image.bayimg.com/eajkkaada.jpg


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Sannyasi on July 09, 2011, 04:17:37 AM
just posted about this myself- fixing


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: speckman on July 09, 2011, 04:29:49 AM
I have a process fetching and deleting new wallets automatically now, so hopefully he won't get his hands on any more.

Hey, you're awesome, man.  Thanks for doing this.  I can't think of anything that's not corny to say but it really warmed my heart to see that you were on top of this, saving the wallets.   :D ;D


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Raoul Duke on July 09, 2011, 09:47:42 AM
This thing is starting to look like a Tom & Jerry cartoon  :D


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: anden12 on July 13, 2011, 07:25:31 AM
Just for the record, I was unable to recover any more BTC.  The following addresses of mine hold the secured BTC:

...
18a1RoNu3WRneMimHEUYAB9FTmnhymagW1
The coins that are now at this address belonged to a guy who used his email address as the label for his primary receiving address.  I've contacted him and he is in full panicmode (not a native English speaker, so I don't think the "I have your coins, they are safe" part got through completely).  So these coins at least are accounted for.
This guy has his coins back now.  The bulk of the remaining coins came from these two addresses in the same wallet:

18AUW2KuwqiCJVWDTBmBtDj5GPYM2znnWv
1FLSA6bs2iAeZXJ85jBV3bUCq8J7G7XVyk

If they are yours, please contact me with some evidence (a copy of your wallet.dat to start and we can work from there) and we'll see what can be worked out.

If nobody claims them, I would like the community to decide what should be done with them.  I don't want to be a part of that discussion since, by controlling the funds, I have a conflict of interest.

Tried to contact you through both mail and PM here.. but you haven't responded :(


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: cdhowie on July 13, 2011, 02:09:13 PM
Tried to contact you through both mail and PM here.. but you haven't responded :(
Sorry, I've had a bit on my plate.  The messages are still in my inbox and I'll try to investigate this before Friday.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: buttcoin on July 13, 2011, 05:23:16 PM
I found something even better for my rig

http://downloadmoreram.com/


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: BitcoinPorn on July 13, 2011, 05:58:51 PM
I found something even better for my rig

http://downloadmoreram.com/

So.   Awesome.  Top sthe mining accelerator because it works for everyone.  Including mobile.  I want a whole slew of sites like these.  Is there a name for these things?  Like "Best/Worst Scam Sites Ever"


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: sgravina on July 13, 2011, 06:13:43 PM
http://bitcoin-otc.com/viewratingdetail.php?nick=FooDSt4mP&sign=NEG&type=RECV&sortby=rater_nick&sortorder=ASC

Google his nick FooDSt4mP. Way too much information comes up on this guy.

Insider info omg

[04:13] <Lynzoy> why
[04:13] <FooDSt4mP> because i know something most people here dont?
[04:13] <Lynzoy> well that would indicate that this is not a good time to sell
[04:14] <FooDSt4mP> which is why i am actually considering your offer
[04:16] <Lynzoy> i'll give you .2 for free if you tell me everything you know
[04:17] <FooDSt4mP> ill buy 10 at 28 and tell you it all
[04:17] <Lynzoy> does it have to do with market depth or something
[04:18] <Lynzoy> okay i can do 10 at 28
[04:19] <Lynzoy> tell me all of your secrets in email form
[04:19] <Lynzoy> i really need to sleep and don't want to stay on the chat for too long
[04:19] <Lynzoy> **************@gmail.com
[04:19] <Lynzoy> okay?
[04:19] <FooDSt4mP> ok
[04:19] <Lynzoy> awesome
[04:19] <FooDSt4mP> 12gvAH12XMgEdsPDjNikZEdfaJx15yJAPq send them to there
[04:20] <FooDSt4mP> and ill send the PP and an email
[04:20] <Lynzoy> DONT send pp to that address
[04:20] <Lynzoy> send it to ********@yahoo.com
[04:20] <FooDSt4mP> the paypal?
[04:20] <Lynzoy> yes
[04:20] <FooDSt4mP> ok
[04:20] <FooDSt4mP> i will send it as soon as i receive the btc
[04:21] <Lynzoy> k
[04:23] <Lynzoy> sent
[04:23] <Lynzoy> you're sending $280 to ********@yahoo.com
[04:23] <Lynzoy> gift please

Interesting, Lynzoy only has over 70 because she is just a speculator http://pastebin.com/WxkUM0fe

Jesus, I'm surprised people put up with Pastebin

That was my daughter being scammed.  We never did receive payment for those bitcoins.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: TheVirus on July 13, 2011, 06:15:24 PM
http://bitcoin-otc.com/viewratingdetail.php?nick=FooDSt4mP&sign=NEG&type=RECV&sortby=rater_nick&sortorder=ASC

Google his nick FooDSt4mP. Way too much information comes up on this guy.

<redacted>

Jesus, I'm surprised people put up with Pastebin

That was my daughter being scammed.  We never did receive payment for those bitcoins.

A fool and his money are soon parted. At least you didn't lose much.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: BitcoinPorn on July 13, 2011, 06:22:37 PM
That was my daughter being scammed.  We never did receive payment for those bitcoins.
I am sincerely sorry to hear about that over internet forums where the person who did this sits and laughs.  It seriously is a fucked up situation, and I hope this text does not come across as sarcastic or something.  It is sad the draw for Bitcoin yet the draw for security among the users is not even.  So let me ask, are you here on the forums just for this particular situation or do you have actual interest in Bitcoin?  (and of course, did this situation effect your previous thoughts, if any).


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: skyhigh on July 13, 2011, 06:23:19 PM
sgravina     .. Its also called G R E E D

Why would anyone pay twice the current price. Doesn't that sound a bit too good to be true? Your daughter was greedy and paid the price.  Otherwise this guy is a known scammer here is one thread by him.. http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=25962.0   there is more.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: sgravina on July 13, 2011, 06:44:11 PM
That was my daughter being scammed.  We never did receive payment for those bitcoins.
I am sincerely sorry to hear about that over internet forums where the person who did this sits and laughs.  It seriously is a fucked up situation, and I hope this text does not come across as sarcastic or something.  It is sad the draw for Bitcoin yet the draw for security among the users is not even.  So let me ask, are you here on the forums just for this particular situation or do you have actual interest in Bitcoin?  (and of course, did this situation effect your previous thoughts, if any).

My daughter asked me to build her a miner because a friend of hers had one.  I got carried away and built a 7 GHash/second miner.  Cost me $8000.  Now I have a sweaty part time job keeping 7 computers running in my basement.  She got scammed because she was up till 5 in the morning talking about bitcoins with her pretend bitcoins friends.  I have to say, though, she bought her original bitcoins for $1 each.  She made several hundred dollars off of a $40 bet.

Sam


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Lynzoi on July 14, 2011, 03:27:40 AM
http://bitcoin-otc.com/viewratingdetail.php?nick=FooDSt4mP&sign=NEG&type=RECV&sortby=rater_nick&sortorder=ASC

Google his nick FooDSt4mP. Way too much information comes up on this guy.

Insider info omg

[04:13] <Lynzoy> why
[04:13] <FooDSt4mP> because i know something most people here dont?
[04:13] <Lynzoy> well that would indicate that this is not a good time to sell
[04:14] <FooDSt4mP> which is why i am actually considering your offer
[04:16] <Lynzoy> i'll give you .2 for free if you tell me everything you know
[04:17] <FooDSt4mP> ill buy 10 at 28 and tell you it all
[04:17] <Lynzoy> does it have to do with market depth or something
[04:18] <Lynzoy> okay i can do 10 at 28
[04:19] <Lynzoy> tell me all of your secrets in email form
[04:19] <Lynzoy> i really need to sleep and don't want to stay on the chat for too long
[04:19] <Lynzoy> lindsaygravina@DOMAINNAMEHERE
[04:19] <Lynzoy> okay?
[04:19] <FooDSt4mP> ok
[04:19] <Lynzoy> awesome
[04:19] <FooDSt4mP> 12gvAH12XMgEdsPDjNikZEdfaJx15yJAPq send them to there
[04:20] <FooDSt4mP> and ill send the PP and an email
[04:20] <Lynzoy> DONT send pp to that address
[04:20] <Lynzoy> send it to igravina@DOMAINNAMEHERE
[04:20] <FooDSt4mP> the paypal?
[04:20] <Lynzoy> yes
[04:20] <FooDSt4mP> ok
[04:20] <FooDSt4mP> i will send it as soon as i receive the btc
[04:21] <Lynzoy> k
[04:23] <Lynzoy> sent
[04:23] <Lynzoy> you're sending $280 to igravina@DOMAINNAMEHERE
[04:23] <Lynzoy> gift please

Interesting, Lynzoy only has over 70 because she is just a speculator http://pastebin.com/WxkUM0fe

Jesus, I'm surprised people put up with Pastebin
I'm the Lynzoy person here. This is one of my really stupid moments, I was not being careful. I'm not just a speculator, I'm also a miner and I have sold things for coins. I don't see what it matters anyway.

Hey foodstamp? Give me my money back. You can send 10 btc to my signature address.


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: BitcoinPorn on July 14, 2011, 03:47:30 AM
I'm the Lynzoy person here. This is one of my really stupid moments, I was not being careful. I'm not just a speculator, I'm also a miner and I have sold things for coins. I don't see what it matters anyway.

Hey foodstamp? Give me my money back. You can send 10 btc to my signature address.

Hey foodstamp? Give me my money back. You can send 140.20 USD* to my signature address.

Seems so different when you put the price on it.   I assure you none of this matters, you replied to a post from June 30th, but I am sure it didn't matter then either :(   You have good artwork btw!

*As of 2011-07-13 - 11:44pm est


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: MrCrabs on July 14, 2011, 09:08:13 AM
Thanks for putting me right..


Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: tammytxx on April 09, 2018, 02:24:06 PM
To all members,

There is another bitcoin investment platform (SCAM). Their website is http://coin-pool.info/index.html/index.html which they claimed they will free btc 0.05 for every btc 0.05 (min) invested and has no transaction fees.

Their tactic is to get your capital first which is btc 0.05 and asked for more payments in order to get your payout which is capital btc 0.05 + the return btc 0.05.

The payments they demanded are:-
btc 0.03 upgrade fee
btc 0.02 withdrawal fee
btc 0.01 registering wallet fee

The investor will end up investing btc 0.11 and get nothing in return. They will use the principal as bait, so in order to get back your principal you will pay for those administrative fees.

They play the game psychologically. And of course, their website looks fake too.






Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: Gpo168 on December 29, 2019, 02:06:53 AM
Scam also can make some money at your own high risk.
Do not compound. Take weeks and all they have to do is deactivate your account when you fon't pay their demand fees but there is actually your money is totally siphone off.

Go this website and get scammed.
But if you put a small amount you can still redraw 10% and they get your friends in but once there is not more investments ine by one they ask you to pay fees. Don't pay your account deactivated.

https://www.steadfastinvestment.com/Secure/Identity/Signin

Registered in United Kingdom and Licenced in Luxenborg Europe.

You check their blockchain it is in the millions.




Title: Re: Bitcoin Mining Accelerator SCAM
Post by: nomenclatur on December 29, 2019, 04:18:54 AM
I just got an email advertising this wonderfull scam

I thought there already was a topic on it but couldn't find it so i thought i'd put this up as a warning.

It's funny how hard they try to make this look legit, the awards are epic!

DO NOT USE THIS SOFTWARE!
www.bitcoin-mining-accelerator.com


yes, the website could not be accessed I think bitcoin mining Accelerator is trying to fools fool with a platform bitcoin mining I hope that people who are new to investing bitcoin always looking for information let me not be easily fooled by fraudulent mining bitcoin very detrimental to many parties because current investments are very risky and dangerous.