[SCAM] viabtcminer - Ponzi scheme behind mining

[Jawhead999]

What happened: Ponzi Scheme behind mining sites

Profile Link : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5239645.0
Archived : https://web.archive.org/web/20200411141201/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5239645.0
Scammer Profile Link : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2765640
Archived : https://web.archive.org/web/20200411141629/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2765640
Website : https://www.viabtcminer.com/
Archived : https://web.archive.org/web/20200411141033/https://www.viabtcminer.com/

Domain Name: VIABTCMINER.COM
Registry Domain ID: 2481626821_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.isimtescil.net
Registrar URL: http://www.isimtescil.net
Updated Date: 2020-01-18T17:59:35Z
Creation Date: 2020-01-17T21:30:52Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2021-01-17T21:30:52Z

New websites offering 3x profit for using his sites
Not transparent and less information

[TalkStar]

Good job Jawhead999. Platforms like this are just trying to steal people's money by running under the shadow of mining. Thats why the have purchased they have created their web domaun including the word "mining". All they want to make some easy money from some fools who wanna be millionaire just in one or two week.

Scammer profile tagged from my end and hope other DTs will follow the same way to warn forum users about this obvious scam project.

[Harlot]

Aside from the fake investment and the obvious scam they are doing they are also posting the email addresses of the people who have registered to them some of which are emails coming from their businesses which I think will violate some rules on that company. Even if this list are fake and not showing the whole email address the possibility of them showing emails violate the privacy of others.

[Jating]

^^ Yes, this is a bad business practice indeed. Why do they really need to do that, in case that is real then those owners should be very wary. We really don't know if there are bad entities who are going to try to brute force those email address.

Good catch by the OP, btw, mining had really turn to be one of the biggest ponzi that scammers are still using up to this day.

[Avirunes]

Also I think they are trying to pose themselves as ViaBTC who are an actual cloud mining company. Who knows maybe they are promoting themselves as actual ViaBTC miner? Someone who doesn't knows about ViaBTC actual address might fall for this.

Good catch BTW.

[Harlot]

And to add for the OP and the others to know, they posted this UK registration number for companies. I don't know how to navigate this website well but all I can say is that the registration is legit and they might just be using this registration number without authorization from the real company. The nature of business from that company is about real estate leasing and obviously a cloud mining scam is nowhere near to that kind of business. They might be sued by the owner for impersonating them and using their trademark without any permission if you guys want to bring them down this way you can by reporting it to this company.

[Rikafip]

And to add for the OP and the others to know, they posted this UK registration number for companies. I don't know how to navigate this website well but all I can say is that the registration is legit and they might just be using this registration number without authorization from the real company.

Not really, registration number and certificate of incorporation  is standard part of ponzi schemes. It is very easy to register fake company there, with fake names etc, as Companies House  doesn't check that info there at all, they just publish whatever you submit. It looks legit when you look at it for the first time or if you are less experienced, and that's why it is so popular among scammers. Sure, there are legit companies there too, but if you are looking for proof of legitimacy, that ain't it. Majority of legit UK investment companies can be found in FCA register.

I wrote a text about that issue  some time ago in  Beginners & Help section,  warning people why it  shouldn't be trusted at all.
Certificate of Incorporation- what it is and why it shouldn't be trusted!


@OP One suggestion - its not a bad thing to make a flag too, when you come across such an obvious scam attempt.