Is https://shop-antminer.com/store/ a scam website? Ordered D3 Antminers

[Lumining]

The first question one should ask themselves is; Would bitmain sell on a secondary website?   NO, I can't see why they would.
2nd; If a reseller in China actually had this kind of stock of Sept batch ASICs, would they be selling them 10% less than bitmain's release prices? NO WAY.  Sept batch S9s are selling for 7-9k, so does it make sense to sell them for $1199?

I really feel for you, and the hundreds who appear to have been swindled. They only take crypto, so I don't know of any recourse.  Which they knew as well.

I hope I'm wrong, but I'll not be ordering those 5 units.  

When all of it sounds to good, it's simply not true. All of the things you mentioned are clearly to good to be true and must therefore come from a scammer.
Bitmain repeats at every possibility it has that you should only buy from their website and no other, they have no official resellers at all.
The biggest problem when not ordering from Bitmain however is the warranty. Bitmain only offers warranty to those who bought the miner on their site. When you sell your miner to someone else, you can't transfer your right for warranty, which leaves the secondhand buyer pretty helpless.

[shavill]

The first question one should ask themselves is; Would bitmain sell on a secondary website?   NO, I can't see why they would.
2nd; If a reseller in China actually had this kind of stock of Sept batch ASICs, would they be selling them 10% less than bitmain's release prices? NO WAY.  Sept batch S9s are selling for 7-9k, so does it make sense to sell them for $1199?

I really feel for you, and the hundreds who appear to have been swindled. They only take crypto, so I don't know of any recourse.  Which they knew as well.

I hope I'm wrong, but I'll not be ordering those 5 units.  

When all of it sounds to good, it's simply not true. All of the things you mentioned are clearly to good to be true and must therefore come from a scammer.
Bitmain repeats at every possibility it has that you should only buy from their website and no other, they have no official resellers at all.
The biggest problem when not ordering from Bitmain however is the warranty. Bitmain only offers warranty to those who bought the miner on their site. When you sell your miner to someone else, you can't transfer your right for warranty, which leaves the secondhand buyer pretty helpless.

Two more good points. They are obviously pretending to be Bitmain and have scraped all of their pages.

Again, for those who have been taken and are trying to find a legal means to start, I would suggest Interpol Cyber Crimes Division
https://www.interpol.int/Crime-areas/Cybercrime/Cybercrime

IF this is as big as I would imagine it is they will be very interested in finding these people. Also, if these people are international with some players in the US (I highly doubt it) Interpol will bring in the FBI, and even the Secret Service.  I know, I've done it myself when I was swindled.  The guy got caught and went to jail, though I was out 30k.

[bigjee]

Hey guys,
I ordered 3 D3 Antminers from https://shop-antminer.com/store/.
They gave me a fed ex tracking number that says invalid tracking number on the fed ex website.
Then after that they sent me an email asking for a copy of my passport and credit card statement as per below.
Has anyone ordered anything from them?
I had to pay them like 5k USD through bitcoin.
I am not really sure about them?
I think I got screwed, BEWARE OF THEM, SHIT!
Is there anything I can do?

Email contents:

"Hello XXXX,

Our system has identified suspicious payments to your account.

You need to send us any document from each of the following groups to verify your
account.


Evidence of Identity
---------------------
- Copy of a current full Driving License;
- Copy of an ID card;
- Copy of a current signed Passport including photograph;


Evidence of Address
---------------------
- Recent copy of Utility bill or a certificate from a supplier of
utilities confirming your arrangement to pay for services on pre-payment
terms. Mobile phone bills are not acceptable;
- Copy of credit card statement containing current address;


---------------------

Notes:

1. The above document must contain your name and address, which needs to
match the information you have registered with us.
2. Please ensure image clarity.
3. Any document provided to Shop Antminer for this reinstatement process will be
destroyed after your information has been verified.


Thanks for your cooperation!


Shop-Antminer.com Shop Antminer
Email: admin@shop-antminer.com
Web: https://shop-antminer.com"

Regards

Fynx did you get your money back?
Are you still looking for miners?

[fynxgloire]

Hey guys,
I ordered 3 D3 Antminers from https://shop-antminer.com/store/.
They gave me a fed ex tracking number that says invalid tracking number on the fed ex website.
Then after that they sent me an email asking for a copy of my passport and credit card statement as per below.
Has anyone ordered anything from them?
I had to pay them like 5k USD through bitcoin.
I am not really sure about them?
I think I got screwed, BEWARE OF THEM, SHIT!
Is there anything I can do?

Email contents:

"Hello XXXX,

Our system has identified suspicious payments to your account.

You need to send us any document from each of the following groups to verify your
account.


Evidence of Identity
---------------------
- Copy of a current full Driving License;
- Copy of an ID card;
- Copy of a current signed Passport including photograph;


Evidence of Address
---------------------
- Recent copy of Utility bill or a certificate from a supplier of
utilities confirming your arrangement to pay for services on pre-payment
terms. Mobile phone bills are not acceptable;
- Copy of credit card statement containing current address;


---------------------

Notes:

1. The above document must contain your name and address, which needs to
match the information you have registered with us.
2. Please ensure image clarity.
3. Any document provided to Shop Antminer for this reinstatement process will be
destroyed after your information has been verified.


Thanks for your cooperation!


Shop-Antminer.com Shop Antminer
Email: admin@shop-antminer.com
Web: https://shop-antminer.com"

Regards

Fynx did you get your money back?
Are you still looking for miners?

Hey Bigjee,
no after I got screwed from this website, then Paul, I decided to order from BITMAIN directly.
They are coming in November however, which kinda sucks.
I wanted the September batches.
Did you get your miners from Paul, or did you order from somewhere else?

[daddycool454]

Looks like i got scammed for $2k usd.
I ordered antminer D3 & psu on the promise of less than 30 day delivery

dont expect to see my money which sux...
should have looked before buying, excitement overrides caution sometimes...
This site in my research let me know others have been ripped off.
reported site to ACORN (federal police Australia online crimes division)

I ttried to call the website hosting company but only went to voicemail on US and UK ph numbers....
karma will get em one day... I hope....
I believe
antminer-store.com is a SCAM !!!!!!
 

[Lumining]

Looks like i got scammed for $2k usd.
I ordered antminer D3 & psu on the promise of less than 30 day delivery

dont expect to see my money which sux...
should have looked before buying, excitement overrides caution sometimes...
This site in my research let me know others have been ripped off.
reported site to ACORN (federal police Australia online crimes division)

I ttried to call the website hosting company but only went to voicemail on US and UK ph numbers....
karma will get em one day... I hope....
I believe
antminer-store.com is a SCAM !!!!!!
 

I'm sorry for you that you lost your money. You're right that the excitement often overwhelms you and than you make mistakes. A D3 for 2000$ within one month? Who in the world would make such a good price? Only those who don't want to sell anyway.

[shavill]

Looks like i got scammed for $2k usd.
I ordered antminer D3 & psu on the promise of less than 30 day delivery

dont expect to see my money which sux...
should have looked before buying, excitement overrides caution sometimes...
This site in my research let me know others have been ripped off.
reported site to ACORN (federal police Australia online crimes division)

I ttried to call the website hosting company but only went to voicemail on US and UK ph numbers....
karma will get em one day... I hope....
I believe
antminer-store.com is a SCAM !!!!!!
 

I'm sorry for you that you lost your money. You're right that the excitement often overwhelms you and than you make mistakes. A D3 for 2000$ within one month? Who in the world would make such a good price? Only those who don't want to sell anyway.

I really feel bad so many people fell for that site. Just a bunch of thieves, as if we don't have enough of those already.

I guess the Sept batches have come online.  In just 2 weeks 15gh went from $2200.00 mo. roi to $1200.00. So they must be increasing the difficulty fast. Now I know why the Sept batches were selling for as much as $10k ea. I won't be getting mine until Nov as well...sigh

But come to think of it, we who bought the Nov batch for $1500 may stand a better chance of recovering the investment than those who paid outrageous sums for the Sept batch. $10k will take almost a year now.

[cryptoguruji]

Hey guys,
I ordered 3 D3 Antminers from https://shop-antminer.com/store/.
They gave me a fed ex tracking number that says invalid tracking number on the fed ex website.
Then after that they sent me an email asking for a copy of my passport and credit card statement as per below.
Has anyone ordered anything from them?
I had to pay them like 5k USD through bitcoin.
I am not really sure about them?
I think I got screwed, BEWARE OF THEM, SHIT!
Is there anything I can do?

Email contents:

"Hello XXXX,

Our system has identified suspicious payments to your account.

You need to send us any document from each of the following groups to verify your
account.


Evidence of Identity
---------------------
- Copy of a current full Driving License;
- Copy of an ID card;
- Copy of a current signed Passport including photograph;


Evidence of Address
---------------------
- Recent copy of Utility bill or a certificate from a supplier of
utilities confirming your arrangement to pay for services on pre-payment
terms. Mobile phone bills are not acceptable;
- Copy of credit card statement containing current address;


---------------------

Notes:

1. The above document must contain your name and address, which needs to
match the information you have registered with us.
2. Please ensure image clarity.
3. Any document provided to Shop Antminer for this reinstatement process will be
destroyed after your information has been verified.


Thanks for your cooperation!


Shop-Antminer.com Shop Antminer
Email: admin@shop-antminer.com
Web: https://shop-antminer.com"

Regards

It's very easy to run adwords... never click on ads. always look for organic ranking website..   for antminer www.bitmain.com is the official website.

[guibe80]

Hi there:

While I was checking websites that might provide antminers, I came across this website https://antminer-store.com/store/. After reading all your comments I have to say SCAM ALERT. This website is copying the same method used some users of the forum.

The address is the same used in the previous scam website, the whois information is recent. Maybe, these are the same guys again using the same method. They are using shop-antminer photos. If you have an open investigation, you should direct them to this website. Be careful!!!

Whois information site registered in America but selling from same Bitmain address.

RAW WHOIS DATA
Domain Name: antminer-store.com
Registry Domain ID: 2156728440_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.namesilo.com
Registrar URL: https://www.namesilo.com/
Updated Date: 2017-09-29
Creation Date: 2017-08-25
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2018-08-25
Registrar: NameSilo, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 1479
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: email@namesilo.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4805240066
Reseller: QHOSTER.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Domain Administrator
Registrant Organization: See PrivacyGuardian.org
Registrant Street: 1928 E. Highland Ave. Ste F104 PMB# 255
Registrant City: Phoenix
Registrant State/Province: AZ
Registrant Postal Code: 85016
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.3478717726
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: email@privacyguardian.org
Registry Admin ID:

See some images of their website with the same data as shop-antminer.com

https://i.imgur.com/Q6mGSIf.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/hJ2de9P.png

[Phantoms001]

I think this shows the weakness of cryptocurrency.  I never have an issue with buying online because I use paypal or a credit card.  I have some kind of protection.  With any cryptocurrency, you are using them exclusively online and have NO protection at all. 

Transactions are not reversible and pretty much not able to be tracked because there is so much anonymity.   

I'm not sure the solution, but to really go mainstream, it is going to need to be addressed.  Perhaps we will see an intermediate processor which will act as an escrow similar to a paypal, charge a small fee but offer some recourse. 

[scamkillandfuck]

they made other scam sites which are

shop-antminer.asia
antminer-shop.com

And they adversizing their web site in google. Be careful
Also they uploded videos into youtube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYoKWjfQfF81ZIPl9fv2DKg/videos

[ZaineJJ]

https://www.bitmain.com/

Use this or amazon or other trusted listing dont buy from any site that is not recommended by pros , experts check before buying.

If its credit card just call n say u didnt make it ?
If its bitcoin sry man GG WP

[m.vina]

I tried to open the link. The website it is no longer active. This must be a scam. It really pays to spend a little more time investigating or reading 3rd party reviews. Sorry for your loss.

[cashtraderuk]

They have spammed this scam site on localbitcoins forum. I have alerted admin.

See link below

https://localbitcoins.com/forums/#!/general-discussion:bitmain-antminer-s9-l3-d

[orcmaster]

hey guys sooooo SORRY to hear about everyone getting ripped off by these pieces of shit... i almost went along with it as well  lucky enough i ran the site before ordering and ran into this so thank you very much as for me i am a noob farming with gtx 970 and an i7 of 1 dollar a day haha but i am in the market of buying an S9 that i have the funds now just waiting for the next batch does anyone have experience with the T9 vs S9 ? is it worth it or not please let me know as well are they really 1415 ? and also i see the next batch release is in the end of December correct if i am wrong in any lines thanks and thanks for the help

[abolfazl2015]

hi to all members
sorry for this qusetion
this site is scam ? asic-antminer.com
thnaks

[domitron]

Thank you for pointing out this scam.  I'm starting to wonder if there is a single honest Antminer seller in the entire world that isn't a scam other than Bitmain itself (even they fail to deliver on time, though).  If anyone knows of one, please let me know.  Oh and as for the scammers that are reading this, no I will not send you Bitcoin directly.  I only purchase through an escrow service unless your business can prove to me that you aren't a scam.  If I search your name and a single scam report is online, I'll not order from you.  Sorry.

[claverminer]

This site and others like:
http://antminer-buy.com

ARE PURE SCAM
DONT EVER BUY ANYTHING FORM THEM
THEY ARE GOING TO STEAL YOU!!!!!

It seems a legit business, they call you and everything but at the end, they become unreachable once they got paid.

[bazzais]

Glad I found this post - they are advertising on google adwords here in the UK.

I'm unfamiliar with purchasing off US companies or doing background research but I asked them for a DUNS number (is this correct for checking out US companies?) they didnt reply.

It pricked my ears when they said they wouldnt except cards or paypal - btc only

How can fraud like this continue to be so widely available for so long - even through adwords on the domain listed here over a year ago and flagged up?

Hope no-one else gets bitten by this.

[Dan159]

DO NOT BUY any product on https://antminer.store/ !!!
I found this chat too late.
I ordered some Antminer product, but it has not arrived to this day.
They comunicate with me, but the communictaion is very poor after I payed :-(

I would like for any advice how to get money back, but I think, that it is impossible.