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Economy => Reputation => Topic started by: mikeywith on May 01, 2021, 03:18:16 AM



Title: Is www.strongutech.com legit or SCAM?
Post by: mikeywith on May 01, 2021, 03:18:16 AM
Please ignore the title, it isn't a question, I am just desperately trying to trick google's search engine.  :(

If you google "StrongU miner" the scam website will show on the top of the list, the scammers have better SEO skills than the original company I suppose.

The official StrongU website is  https://strongu.com.cn/


www.strongutech.com is SCAM.

Thank you.



Title: Re: Is www.strongutech.com legit or SCAM?
Post by: SFR10 on May 01, 2021, 05:29:59 AM
If you google "StrongU miner" the scam website will show on the top of the list, the scammers have better SEO skills than the original company I suppose.
I got a slightly different result [screenshot (https://i.imgur.com/K2vgOuW.jpg)] but it's still quite close :o

I think it'll be better if this thread was moved to the "Scam Accusations (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0)" board instead.

www.strongutech.com is SCAM.
Domain Name: strongutech.com
Registrar URL: http://www.namecheap.com
All of us should also report it to their registrar [Namecheap]: Submit a ticket (https://support.namecheap.com/index.php?/Tickets/Submit) > Abuse Reports


Title: Re: Is www.strongutech.com legit or SCAM?
Post by: logfiles on May 01, 2021, 10:11:18 PM
I got a slightly different result [screenshot (https://talkimg.com/images/2023/07/19/Z0TDl.jpeg)] but it's still quite close :o
Try searching
Code:
"StrongU miner"
Include the quotes as well in the search box. The scam site strongutech.com will come up at the top instead of the search results instead of the genuine site.


Title: Re: Is www.strongutech.com legit or SCAM?
Post by: mikeywith on May 01, 2021, 10:50:51 PM
Try searching
Code:
"StrongU miner"


It shows first (https://i.ibb.co/PQCvzdL/StrongU.png) for me even without the quotes, google results are optimized per country/region, there are also other factors involved in the process, so the result will vary from a person to another, but really for a scam website to show up even second on the list is a disaster.



Title: Re: Is www.strongutech.com legit or SCAM?
Post by: DaveF on May 03, 2021, 11:09:14 AM
You can also report it to Google: (need a google email address) https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/guidelines/report-spam

And instead of just reporting it to namecheap via the form you can call / email them:
OrgAbusePhone:  +1-323-375-2822
OrgAbuseEmail:  abuse@namecheaphosting.com

And don't forget the other standard reports for search engines:
Bing: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/concern/bing
duckduckgo: abuse@duckduckgo.com

Remember, the more people who report a site the faster it gets taken down / removed from sear engine indexing, so we can't just rely on the "the other person doing it" if we all do it, it happens faster.

-Dave