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Title: WARNING!!! Antminer E9+ eth asic EMAILS are SCAMS Do not buy
Post by: shaninium on June 21, 2018, 03:22:28 AM
Spread the word , another fake email with another fake miner, this time its a new eth asic from bitmain.
Sender is 
info@bitmainstech.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.



Title: Re: WARNING!!! Antminer E9+ eth asic EMAILS are SCAMS Do not buy
Post by: 110110101 on June 21, 2018, 09:17:01 AM
Yep, got the exact same scam email too, where the scammers are trying to get customers to pay for a non existing product.

Did Bitmain lose their customer data in a breach somehow? Maybe I missed that news?


Title: Re: WARNING!!! Antminer E9+ eth asic EMAILS are SCAMS Do not buy
Post by: mceme on June 21, 2018, 02:10:27 PM
how these email know my address local ?

 information leak bitmain


Title: Re: WARNING!!! Antminer E9+ eth asic EMAILS are SCAMS Do not buy
Post by: edwardceng on June 21, 2018, 03:01:54 PM
Did Bitmain lose their customer data in a breach somehow? Maybe I missed that news?
If Bitmain really loses customer data, it's very uncomfortable because it has the potential to display sensitive data not just email addresses but can phone numbers, home addresses to the public by irresponsible people.


Title: Re: WARNING!!! Antminer E9+ eth asic EMAILS are SCAMS Do not buy
Post by: Eternu on June 21, 2018, 03:20:29 PM
Thanks for the warning. I didn't get the mail, but things like this are serious and people should be aware of it. Maybe it was not leak of informations on bitmain side. There is possibility that it was random, or maybe they got your emails from somewhere else.


Title: Re: WARNING!!! Antminer E9+ eth asic EMAILS are SCAMS Do not buy
Post by: minefreak on June 21, 2018, 03:27:06 PM
Hi,
thank you so much for the tip!
I received the same email, I was going to buy!
now that I've read this I will never buy! thank you so much again!


Title: Re: WARNING!!! Antminer E9+ eth asic EMAILS are SCAMS Do not buy
Post by: 110110101 on June 21, 2018, 08:12:29 PM
Thanks for the warning. I didn't get the mail, but things like this are serious and people should be aware of it. Maybe it was not leak of informations on bitmain side. There is possibility that it was random, or maybe they got your emails from somewhere else.

Sure, an email can be scooped up from somewhere - that happens all the time. But my address, phone numbers etc are not spread world wide, so they appear to come directly from Bitmains databases.


Title: Re: WARNING!!! Antminer E9+ eth asic EMAILS are SCAMS Do not buy
Post by: Eternu on June 21, 2018, 09:09:41 PM
Thanks for the warning. I didn't get the mail, but things like this are serious and people should be aware of it. Maybe it was not leak of informations on bitmain side. There is possibility that it was random, or maybe they got your emails from somewhere else.

Sure, an email can be scooped up from somewhere - that happens all the time. But my address, phone numbers etc are not spread world wide, so they appear to come directly from Bitmains databases.
I can only imagine how you feel, I know I would be pissed off among other things. I don't want to offend you or anything and I know its easy for me to speak, but what can I do, I'm an optimistic.
Surely this is a hard blow for Bitmain, a serious problem they will have to deal with no doubt.
But maybe its not as big security breach as we think. Maybe its only one or two stupid employees that thought they could earn some money on the side. I know this is a bit optimistic, but its still possible, right?


Title: Re: WARNING!!! Antminer E9+ eth asic EMAILS are SCAMS Do not buy
Post by: SplinterZalinsk on June 22, 2018, 12:56:25 AM
E9+ scam that I received was from webmaster@bitmain(s)tech.com... now is a "common" phishing scam (other than the S11 scam)... but with our real data again! >:(

https://i.imgur.com/3izBwuM.jpg


Title: Re: WARNING!!! Antminer E9+ eth asic EMAILS are SCAMS Do not buy
Post by: shaninium on June 22, 2018, 03:40:50 AM
Hi,
thank you so much for the tip!
I received the same email, I was going to buy!
now that I've read this I will never buy! thank you so much again!


Its good to see that informing people of these scams can work at reducing the damage these scammers cause.


Title: Re: WARNING!!! Antminer E9+ eth asic EMAILS are SCAMS Do not buy
Post by: ica7000 on July 01, 2018, 02:24:31 AM
The email address that I got did not have the "s".  It was just webmaster@bitmaintech.com


Title: Re: WARNING!!! Antminer E9+ eth asic EMAILS are SCAMS Do not buy
Post by: generalt on July 01, 2018, 03:31:36 AM
I just got this same email today.  I remember a while back Bitmain forced everybody to change their passwords.  I wonder if all the information was leaked back then and the scumbags are just starting to use the data now.  My email said webmaster at bitmaintech.com via sendgird.net. 

I also got this email from Bitmain:

Dear customers,

There has been another wave of phishing emails sent by fraudsters. If you do receive such emails offering Antminer models that are not available on shop.bitmain.com, such as an Antminer S10 or S11, please do not make any payment to the email senders.

​There are many different types of software that are able to spoof and edit the sender's email address. The user is able to configure the domain name to send out emails to appear as webmaster@bitmaintech.com.

We would like to remind our customers once again that Bitmain does not promote or solicit sales through emails or phone calls. All orders are only accepted through our official website, https://shop.bitmain.com/

For announcements and news from Bitmain, please follow our blog.

Thank you for your support and cooperation.

Regards,

The Bitmain team