Does anybody recognize the hardware that scammer PrimeAsic used in their pics?

[Tehfiend]

I noticed that they have some new pictures I missed and am really curious where they got them from (http://primeasic.com/pics.html). They look VERY similar to Avalons but are different. In picture 2 they show three units which doesn't look photoshopped so they do appear to have something that at least LOOKS like an ASIC miner. Does anybody recognize this hardware? They've still been making minor updates to their page recently so I really hope nobody is sending them any BTC as they are obviously a scam.

[Dexter770221]

.... so I really hope nobody is sending them any BTC as they are obviously a scam.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=160547.0

[no name]

Looks like funny joke!

[MXRider]

Last units available. Lol, what a joke.

[kernelpanic]

This is kind of interesting:

Note: Due to threats coming with army rangers with specialized "hardware" for local pickups, the option for local pickup is disabled and all orders cancelled. Say thanks to the people on bitcoin forums.

They initially said local pickup was canceled because it was too popular.  The new reason makes only slightly less sense.

And what reason would a company have to take the worst possible pics of their product?  You know, at funny angles, cropped in the middle of the product, and most importantly not showing any of the parts that customers would need to see to find some scrap of evidence that it's not a scam?  It's not a trade secret, if they actually shipped a single one to anyone, the customer is free to take those pics and post them on the Interwebs...

[Fiyasko]

This is kind of interesting:

Note: Due to threats coming with army rangers with specialized "hardware" for local pickups, the option for local pickup is disabled and all orders cancelled. Say thanks to the people on bitcoin forums.

This basically states that a group of people armed with full combat gear raided the building and took what they want...
To clarify, How does a threat "come with an army ranger" who "comes with specialized hardware" "for local pickups"
Thier statement just doesnt make fucking sense!

like LOL, Such a fucking bad lie!, Not to mention "Army rangers" WHAT GOVERNMENT DEPLOYED RANGERS?! LOL!!!

[NEO2012]

Last units available. Lol, what a joke.

dude they just try to make a buck white the hate

same like josh at bfl just more elaborate scam
wehre they reibvest portion of the doations to make it look legit

[Beepbop]

I do remember that people here joked about showing up with armed friends to cash pickups. Wouldn't an empty parking lot at the middle of the night be the most suitable venue for this?

[Fiyasko]

Last units available. Lol, what a joke.

dude they just try to make a buck white the hate

same like josh at bfl just more elaborate scam
wehre they reibvest portion of the doations to make it look legit

Why the hate? THEY ARE SCAMMING! Taking advantage of people!

[Tehfiend]

They just posted a video of their ASIC miner in action. What are these units they are showing off?! The components do look like an ASIC miner. Obviously still a scam and video doesn't prove anything but still very interesting IMO.

[BBQKorv]

Those sheetmetal boxes-of-fans are easy to make. Just visit a local workshop and prepare to pay 100-200$ and you got one shiny box-of-fans. Fetch some extruded aluminium profile heatsink as bulk and cut to suitable length to make the Avalon look inside the box. Add power supply and hook up the fans. Add couple of dummy connectors to the frontpanel or just make plain holes to put arbitrary ethernet/usb cables through and your done.

[01BTC10]

This look like a box of fans. It's funny that he omitted a close-up of the chips when it's the most important part.

[Tehfiend]

They've also posted pictures that show the 4 modules and heat-sinks. Looks very similar to the guts of an Avalon so it's a very well done fake IMO.

[BBQKorv]

This look like a box of fans. It's funny that he omitted a close-up of the chips when it's the most important part.

Only major part he coudn't figure out how to fake.