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Title: Cant tell if scam or not Post by: lordofthepixels on April 06, 2014, 01:44:23 AM Hello guys, Im new to the bitcoin forums, and I am in need of your help. I am looking to buy a bitmain AntMiner S1 and the website looked a little suspicious. The first link ( https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison ) is to the bitcoin wiki mining hardware comparison, and if you click on the AntMiner S1 it takes you to another page (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/AntMiner ), then if you click on the link to the oficial website it brings up this https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/AntMiner which almost looks too good to be true, but since it was on the bitcoin wiki I want to trust it and not dismiss it out of hand. If anybody could provide any assistance, a response would be greatly appreciated by a younger mining enthusiast! Thank you, and may the hashes be ever in your favor xD.
Title: Re: Cant tell if scam or not Post by: tripppn on April 06, 2014, 02:01:19 AM Is you question if the Antminer S1 is legit? Or did you find a seller your asking about.
The S1 is legit for sure and most sites that sell them are legit. Ordering direct from bitmain is how I got mine but they are sold out right now. Where in the world are you? That will help you decide what reseller to use. https://bitmaintech.com/product.htm Title: Re: Cant tell if scam or not Post by: byt411 on April 06, 2014, 02:05:00 AM Scam.
It somehow links to an "official website" which is https://www.bitmaintechs.com/. That is fake. The real one is https://bitmaintech.com/. Title: Re: Cant tell if scam or not Post by: tripppn on April 06, 2014, 02:09:18 AM Scam. It somehow links to an "official website" which is https://www.bitmaintechs.com/. That is fake. The real one is https://bitmaintech.com/. Nice catch. Don't use that site lol Title: Re: Cant tell if scam or not Post by: byt411 on April 06, 2014, 02:28:53 AM Scam. It somehow links to an "official website" which is https://www.bitmaintechs.com/. That is fake. The real one is https://bitmaintech.com/. Nice catch. Don't use that site lol It was actually somehow on the Bitcoin Wiki. Very misleading, how did it even get there. Title: Re: Cant tell if scam or not Post by: freedomno1 on April 06, 2014, 02:34:13 AM Wonder if their is an edit log for that nice catch then.
I Left a note in meta for someone to read https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=540216.msg6091447#msg6091447 Topic can be put into Bitcoin Wiki if you see another of these issues next time but thanks for pointing it out Title: Re: Cant tell if scam or not Post by: Taras on April 06, 2014, 03:44:20 AM Fixed the link. ;)
Thank you. Title: Re: Cant tell if scam or not Post by: Equate on April 06, 2014, 03:52:52 AM Its a scam site.
original one https://bitmaintech.com/. Title: Re: Cant tell if scam or not Post by: Taras on April 06, 2014, 04:02:51 AM Its a scam site. The scam site link was placed all over the wiki. I've corrected every last one.original one https://bitmaintech.com/. Title: Re: Cant tell if scam or not Post by: freedomno1 on April 06, 2014, 04:24:12 AM Its a scam site. The scam site link was placed all over the wiki. I've corrected every last one.original one https://bitmaintech.com/. There was more than one geez thanks Tara's for fixing them all Guess that 0.00001 got you in front of the line XD Wonder if there was a user who did that in all cases then they should be flagged and deleted if its all one person putting up a fake site. Title: Re: Cant tell if scam or not Post by: samsonn25 on April 06, 2014, 01:37:59 PM Yeah he changed that back twice again.
He undid the edit. Now took most of details off page except for fake link. Title: Re: Cant tell if scam or not Post by: samsonn25 on April 06, 2014, 01:44:27 PM Its a scam site. The scam site link was placed all over the wiki. I've corrected every last one.original one https://bitmaintech.com/. There was more than one geez thanks Tara's for fixing them all Guess that 0.00001 got you in front of the line XD Wonder if there was a user who did that in all cases then they should be flagged and deleted if its all one person putting up a fake site. Thats the problem with wiki: the author of the article was the "scammer" and included his own link. And they made alot of other articles too. Title: Re: Cant tell if scam or not Post by: Taras on April 06, 2014, 06:45:22 PM Its a scam site. The scam site link was placed all over the wiki. I've corrected every last one.original one https://bitmaintech.com/. There was more than one geez thanks Tara's for fixing them all Guess that 0.00001 got you in front of the line XD Wonder if there was a user who did that in all cases then they should be flagged and deleted if its all one person putting up a fake site. Thats the problem with wiki: the author of the article was the "scammer" and included his own link. And they made alot of other articles too. Title: Re: Cant tell if scam or not Post by: lordofthepixels on April 06, 2014, 07:17:54 PM Wow, I guess I stumbled upon something bigger than I though xD. However the case may be, I am still in the market for one or to antminer S1 asics, and was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction. Im happy I could provide some assistance with the Bitcoin community, and keep up the good work!
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