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1  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Warning aceminers.com is a scam on: November 20, 2017, 02:42:12 PM
Mea culpa! Your mail was a couple of hours too late. I fell into the same trap....

I was rushing a bit too much and failed to do my due dilligence properly. Rushing is the enemy of safe and secure.

I will report them to my local internet crime unit but apart from that, nothing will happen, I am afraid. The best I can do is spread the word that bastards like them are at least obstructed in doing their crimes.



I’m sorry you also got taken. Thank you for sharing here.  I checked a quick google search for aceminers.com and this thread is now the number 2 search result with a nice warning right on the google search result page.   Hopefully this helps to shut them down. Even I tried to google them but at the time I ordered there was no review or information easy to spot.

This does make me wonder if bitcoin truest does have a future to go mainstream. If I made the same purchase mistake with my Visa, I would have my money back already.   Also for those surprised that this happens, think about your everyday life.  I make purchases all day every day.  I don’t have time to get every single vendor. I do mostly stick to common marketplaces, but when I do branch out I’m protected.   Unfortunately I’m realizing that bitcoin market has zero buyer protection.   I won’t say this has turned me off to bitcoin completely,  but the online buying process needs to evolve before I try this again.
2  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Warning aceminers.com is a scam on: November 20, 2017, 06:51:17 AM
I am guilty of trying to get involved in bitcoin too fast.   I placed an order and sent BTC to aceminer.com thinking I finally found a place that is selling the S9 for only a little over the bitmain price. WRONG!  I am out $2k and have no other option to deal with my loss besides posting here help someone else avoid the mistake.   I am kicking myself for an expensive lesson learned. I can see the address I sent my funds to is receiving money in the same rough increments about 1-2/hr.  

This is unbelievable and disappointing in myself and others that go to his effort to steal!

Hope someone will avoid the mistake I just made.

Sorry for your loss as well as the mistake you committed. Can you please post the proof of your transaction (the address from which you sent and the address they received it at, as well as a signed message from your "sent" address)?
You must have taken a screenshot of them showing the address where you sent your BTC as it would work way better and could even help you get a refund processed if they are found guilty.
They also have an online chat facility, if you can't try it out please show us your tx id and we will do it for you.

Thanks for the advice.  I can share the transaction: https://blockchain.info/tx/906b8606a2cffd4fec594e37c100c3c8324d28d217768ea16a7c58f3958264e0

https://blockchain.info/tx/906b8606a2cffd4fec594e37c100c3c8324d28d217768ea16a7c58f3958264e0

I have the confirmation email where I sent the btc from.  And I have the transaction detail screenshot from the link above, but it’s unclear how I can undo the mistake at this point.  Everything I’ve read says once I send BTC it’s gone...I’m very open to advice if there is something specific I should do.

I emailed the company and it bounced back as undeliverable.  I did a Whois domain search and saw its Russian/maliasian hosted and registered only 8 days ago.  I should have checked that before placing the order.  The website was just too convincing and had faked user reviews on the site to help.

3  Economy / Service Discussion / Warning aceminers.com is a scam on: November 20, 2017, 05:38:08 AM
I am guilty of trying to get involved in bitcoin too fast.   I placed an order and sent BTC to aceminer.com thinking I finally found a place that is selling the S9 for only a little over the bitmain price. WRONG!  I am out $2k and have no other option to deal with my loss besides posting here help someone else avoid the mistake.   I am kicking myself for an expensive lesson learned. I can see the address I sent my funds to is receiving money in the same rough increments about 1-2/hr. 

This is unbelievable and disappointing in myself and others that go to his effort to steal!

Hope someone will avoid the mistake I just made.
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