another scam: nitrominer.com?

[Vagnavs]

Hello,
I came across a website that looks like a scam. Here it is http://www.nitrominer.com

[xstr8guy]

Anyone claiming to sell custom ASICs who hasn't posted an announcement in this forum is most definitely a scam!  If they were legit, they would post here so knowledgable people could vet them.  Scammers like this are praying on the ignorant and the ill-informed.

[mgio]

If they are based in the UK, why is their English so bad!

[Phinnaeus Gage]

http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/director/8981051/tomas-baloun

[Sy]

Anyone claiming to sell custom ASICs who hasn't posted an announcement in this forum is most definitely a scam!  If they were legit, they would post here so knowledgable people could vet them.  Scammers like this are praying on the ignorant and the ill-informed.

This.

[Bicknellski]

Anyone claiming to sell custom ASICs who hasn't posted an announcement in this forum is most definitely a scam!  If they were legit, they would post here so knowledgable people could vet them.  Scammers like this are praying on the ignorant and the ill-informed.

Like BFL and Avalon?

[xstr8guy]

Anyone claiming to sell custom ASICs who hasn't posted an announcement in this forum is most definitely a scam!  If they were legit, they would post here so knowledgable people could vet them.  Scammers like this are praying on the ignorant and the ill-informed.

Like BFL and Avalon?

At least BFL and Avalon actually designed working ASICs which I'm quite sure NitroMiner will never do. Delivering the ASICs on time... well that's another story altogether.   

[capitalaccent]

http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/director/8981051/tomas-baloun

If you look on Google map at their address is a jewelry shop. However, it is possible to register a company in UK on another address than the place where your factory or real business is. I have opened a legal company in UK from my desktop in Romania in about one hour, paid all fees, about 70 pounds in total, so it is easy to have a legal company in UK, doesnt matter where in Europe do you live!

They are scams I think, as they do not have any tel number and the images of their so called miners are some strange devices with no visible labels etc...

However, if they are real, will have o answer my email and also will have to come here and show their faces :-)

Teodor

[sikman]

payment method, Bank transfer & Bitcoin only = SCAM

This made me laugh = 200G Hash card = 3.5" HDD Bay



200G Hash Card
An expansion card designed for the Nitro Miner Basic. The 200G Hash Card performance is 200 GH/s.

Expansion card is ready to use, just simply plug it into the dock in the front panel of our bitcoin miner - Nitro Miner Basic. The control unit of bitcoin miner takes care of optimizing the system.

[BtcBling]

payment method, Bank transfer & Bitcoin only = SCAM

This made me laugh = 200G Hash card = 3.5" HDD Bay



200G Hash Card
An expansion card designed for the Nitro Miner Basic. The 200G Hash Card performance is 200 GH/s.

Expansion card is ready to use, just simply plug it into the dock in the front panel of our bitcoin miner - Nitro Miner Basic. The control unit of bitcoin miner takes care of optimizing the system.

Nice idea, almost better than BFL Monarch... but unfortunately quite hard to fit everything in 3.5" space... unless they've invented somehing really cool

[capitalaccent]

payment method, Bank transfer & Bitcoin only = SCAM
This made me laugh = 200G Hash card = 3.5" HDD Bay
200G Hash Card
An expansion card designed for the Nitro Miner Basic. The 200G Hash Card performance is 200 GH/s.
Expansion card is ready to use, just simply plug it into the dock in the front panel of our bitcoin miner - Nitro Miner Basic. The control unit of bitcoin miner takes care of optimizing the system.

Nice idea, almost better than BFL Monarch... but unfortunately quite hard to fit everything in 3.5" space... unless they've invented somehing really cool

They re- 'invented' scam :-(

[aerobatic]

payment method, Bank transfer & Bitcoin only = SCAM
This made me laugh = 200G Hash card = 3.5" HDD Bay
200G Hash Card
An expansion card designed for the Nitro Miner Basic. The 200G Hash Card performance is 200 GH/s.
Expansion card is ready to use, just simply plug it into the dock in the front panel of our bitcoin miner - Nitro Miner Basic. The control unit of bitcoin miner takes care of optimizing the system.

Nice idea, almost better than BFL Monarch... but unfortunately quite hard to fit everything in 3.5" space... unless they've invented somehing really cool

They re- 'invented' scam :-(

and 4.5 TH in a box no bigger than KnCMiner/Hashfast/Cointerra's box.  seems pretty hard to believe.

and no mention of chips or specs or anything, nor any delivery dates.

and no mention of engineering talent nor anything else that gives you a warm feeling.

does seem too good to be true.

[capitalaccent]

They re- 'invented' scam :-(

and 4.5 TH in a box no bigger than KnCMiner/Hashfast/Cointerra's box.  seems pretty hard to believe.
and no mention of chips or specs or anything, nor any delivery dates.
and no mention of engineering talent nor anything else that gives you a warm feeling.
does seem too good to be true.

I got an email, answer to my order... they ask me to send bitcoins to their wallet 

[johan11]

WHOIS information for nitrominer.com:***

[Querying whois.verisign-grs.com]
[Redirected to whois.enom.com]
[Querying whois.enom.com]
[whois.enom.com]


Domain Name: NITROMINER.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1827920649_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.enom.com
Registrar URL: www.enom.com

Creation Date: 2013-09-17 17:41:00Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2014-09-17 17:41:00Z
Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Registrar IANA ID: 48
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@enom.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4252744500
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: WHOIS AGENT
Registrant Organization: WHOIS PRIVACY PROTECTION SERVICE, INC.
Registrant Street: PO BOX 639
Registrant Street: C/O NITROMINER.COM
Registrant City: KIRKLAND
Registrant State/Province: WA
Registrant Postal Code: 98083
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.4252740657
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax: +1.4259744730
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: LVDMXYBGFX@WHOISPRIVACYPROTECT.COM
Registry Admin ID:
Admin Name: WHOIS AGENT
Admin Organization: WHOIS PRIVACY PROTECTION SERVICE, INC.
Admin Street: PO BOX 639
Admin Street: C/O NITROMINER.COM
Admin City: KIRKLAND
Admin State/Province: WA
Admin Postal Code: 98083
Admin Country: US
Admin Phone: +1.4252740657
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax: +1.4259744730
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: LVDMXYBGFX@WHOISPRIVACYPROTECT.COM
Registry Tech ID:
Tech Name: WHOIS AGENT
Tech Organization: WHOIS PRIVACY PROTECTION SERVICE, INC.
Tech Street: PO BOX 639
Tech Street: C/O NITROMINER.COM
Tech City: KIRKLAND
Tech State/Province: WA
Tech Postal Code: 98083
Tech Country: US
Tech Phone: +1.4252740657
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax: +1.4259744730
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email: LVDMXYBGFX@WHOISPRIVACYPROTECT.COM
Name Server: NS1.WARHAWK.ARVIXE.COM
Name Server: NS2.WARHAWK.ARVIXE.COM
DNSSEC: unSigned
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/
Last update of WHOIS database: 2013-09-17 10:41:04Z


I do not know whether it is from Czech, but if you want to address here is to report to the police http://aplikace.policie.cz/hotline/

[joeventura]

Pretty sure no further detective work is needed, there was not much effort put into this at all.


Next time show us a Miner inside a Macintosh SE case!!