[SCAM] labsnovo.com claims to have ASICs ("84 Ghash/s for $1400")

[mrb]

An anonymous poster, "funmin", wrote a comment on my blog promoting a company claiming to have Bitcoin mining ASICs (see below).
THIS IS AN OBVIOUS SCAM - DO NOT SEND ANY PAYMENT TO "LABSNOVO.COM"

His post was:

i think personaly that bfl is a big scam. i ordered and received from http://www.labsnovo.com

not 20 as they advertise but ~ 18gh/s stable…. very good…
and they told me they are working a new firmware that will stable the speed on 20-22 gh/s……..

Thanks novo labs

"funmin" made about 80 HTTP requests to my blog, between March 17 and March 20, using different IP addresses (mostly ukranian 46.118.0.0/15 and 178.137.0.0/16), to attempt to obfuscate which exact HTTP request submitted the comment, in order to obfuscate which IP he was browsing my blog from. But he forgot that the timestamp allows me to pinpoint exactly who he was: his post was submitted from the IP address 213.16.166.52 on 20/Mar/2013:05:33:31 -0700 using the following user-agent: "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0)".

Perhaps this information can be helpful to track the perpetrator of this labsnovo scam...

[1713586137]

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[greyhawk]

213.16.166.52

That's an internet cafe in Melissia, Greece

[papamoi]

hi guys

what make you think that s a scam?

beside the fact that there is no legal information on their website so as the avalon one)

[funnow]

http://www.labsnovo.com/images/units/asic_mining_20.png

http://cdn3.techworld.com/cmsdata/products/3279227/AC_Ryan_PlayOn_HD_Mini2_front.jpg

[Logik]

what make you think that s a scam?

Everything involving ASIC miners should be considered a scam until there is courtroom-quality proof otherwise

[Magnate]

come on-using 360watts and no sign of ventilation?

This is another sticker on a box asic

[Phinnaeus Gage]

213.16.166.52

That's an internet cafe in Melissia, Greece

Knowing this, I'm pretty sure the admins here could point out his account if he has one, but I guess that wouldn't be ethical. At the very least, the admins know who he is.

[server]

100% sure it's a scam. Don't waste your time and coins on this !

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Butterfly Labs manufactures a line of high speed encryption processors for use in bitcoin mining, research, telecommunication and security applications.

Labs Novo manufactures high speed encryption processors for use in bitcoin mining ONLY

Now, about that Greek cafe.

[greyhawk]

Hail Kopipastos, God of Twins.

[Cablez]

Semi transparent p-shopping and Bitcoin only payments...............yeah scam.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Hail Kopipastos, God of Twins.

I was wondering what ever happened to Iphicles.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Semi transparent p-shopping and Bitcoin only payments...............yeah scam.

https://payment.mtgox.com/12bebb9d-ce84-4d0a-bf3c-0ee1231ae257/c38416f8-cb18-4abe-812c-48ebf5a8432c

Checkout instantly with Mt.Gox, no waiting necessary!

This payment page is provided by Mt.Gox, if you have an questions or feedback please email us at checkout@mtgox.com

I guess Mt. Gox would know who this is also.

[Syke]

Butterfly Labs manufactures a line of high speed encryption processors for use in bitcoin mining, research, telecommunication and security applications.

Labs Novo manufactures high speed encryption processors for use in bitcoin mining ONLY

They are both scams. Bitcoin doesn't do "encryption".

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Butterfly Labs manufactures a line of high speed encryption processors for use in bitcoin mining, research, telecommunication and security applications.

Labs Novo manufactures high speed encryption processors for use in bitcoin mining ONLY

They are both scams. Bitcoin doesn't do "encryption".

BFL: Josh, I need you to tell the minions the following bad news. How fast can you encrypt this?
Josh: High speed, as always.
BFL: And don't ever forget that that's why you're here.

[Clearfly]

Registration Service Provided By: DOMAINS4BITCOINS.COM

Domain Name: LABSNOVO.COM

Registration Date: 17-Mar-2013
Expiration Date: 17-Mar-2014

Status:LOCKED
Note: This Domain Name is currently Locked.
This feature is provided to protect against fraudulent domain name hijacking, as in this
status the domain name cannot be transferred or modified. The owner of the Domain Name can
change the status from within his control panel or approach his service provider for the same.

Name Servers:
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Registrant Contact Details:
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Tel. +45.36946676

[filharvey]

Thank you for your email.
More updates will be available soon please check our website.
You can order now one of the 2 available units ( the first batch is 300 units and we have already a que of 210 about on both ) or pre-order the ~42Gh/s and receive within April we are at 180 of the 300 from the first batch.


Best Regards,
Customer Service - John
Labs Novo
The Future in Bitcoin Mining

This is an email I got from them when asking for details. So in 2 days they have sold 210 the claim :-)

Phil

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Thank you for your email.
More updates will be available soon please check our website.
You can order now one of the 2 available units ( the first batch is 300 units and we have already a que of 210 about on both ) or pre-order the ~42Gh/s and receive within April we are at 180 of the 300 from the first batch.


Best Regards,
Customer Service - John
Labs Novo
The Future in Bitcoin Mining

This is an email I got from them when asking for details. So in 2 days they have sold 210 the claim :-)

Phil

Now, that all the proof is out proven they're a scam, it's time for somebody from this community to test the waters and order in 5...4...3... It worked so well last time, perhaps the same user will step forward to try his luck again.

[silverston]

> hello. I'm interested in buying two units of 84 Gh / s $ 1.399. can you show working samples, photos, etc. waiting for an answer.
> Juri.
>
Greetings,

Thank you for your email. At this stage we are only preparing and testing our devices.
We give our best to deliver on time. If you want to order after you complete the payment ( MtGox) you will be redirected to the check out page to complete your details for shipping. (We ship with DHL, the price is included in the price ).
Note that the ~84 Gh/s we have seen that has an over - temprature and will be stable at ~78. We work on that to solve it but works perfect at that speed.
More photos and videos will be posted after we complete 1st batch.

Best Regards,
Customer Service - Elias
Labs Novo
The Future in Bitcoin Mining

[filharvey]

Yep I've asked for more photos and videos but they say nothing will come until after batch 1. So never.