ASICMiner hardware Craigslist Scam disguised as from Canary

[CanaryInTheMine]

Wow!

I just received a PM from a forum member (1 yr old account) who apparently got scammed on Craiglist by someone trying to make it look like the post is from Canary, thus leading this person to believe they were dealing with me.

I DON'T distribute on Craigslist, so anything on Craigslist isn't from me.

Bummer, I've not had anyone try to impersonate me yet, this feels like shit!!

I have the email exchange forwarded to me by this person and if I get their permission I will post here...

Scammer posts:
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/ele/4171506568.html
http://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/ele/4171497576.html

I'm putting together a quick reddit post to bring some attention to this scam, please upvote if appropriate and share this thread's link as well as reddit's as necessary.  I'd like to bring attention to this problem not only for my purposes but to prevent any further scamming as well as negative publicity to ASICMiner, and ALL resellers of ASICMiner.

reddit:  http://redd.it/1q5kr6

P.S. at the bottom of any CL listing there's a message:
Avoid scams, deal locally! Do NOT wire funds (Western Union, Moneygram).
Beware cashier checks, money orders, shipping, non-local buyers/sellers. More info

It's time for CL to add bitcoin to this list.  It's worse than wiring funds, to send btc first on Craigslist.

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[CanaryInTheMine]

so far, the scammed btc have made their way to here:
http://blockchain.info/tx/d771060c36b900ba973e304fd05f6938ae761456f21190cd66112ab0573747d7

http://blockchain.info/tx/b545e441fde9bdce369c66cdf5da57c0f3fec8e9ab217908882c04327e200d7c
and here:
http://blockchain.info/tx/f0b31b2754cc4ac99f8e858c7dccfb75387d806553ca963e5978c37f16bf85e5

scammer provided this as the payment address to someone who got scammed: https://blockchain.info/address/1Pccb3icvvTq9n2XBWQxA7rdzGPdNRVuqc

[hayseed]

Da#@ scammers.

They need caught, branded with a "S" on their forehead and then infected with that virus from a scifi short story that made them
have shock/fear aversion to use technology of any kind!!!

[sbfree]

Man, craigslist in LA is rough....guy got killed here last week or two trying to buy a phone in south central (at nite of all places) in front of his kid through craigslist add.....buyer beware on craigslist.

[sbfree]

so far, the scammed btc have made their way to here: http://blockchain.info/tx/d771060c36b900ba973e304fd05f6938ae761456f21190cd66112ab0573747d7

scammer provided this as the payment address: https://blockchain.info/address/1Pccb3icvvTq9n2XBWQxA7rdzGPdNRVuqc

figures, they landed in africa......nigerian prince anyone?

[bitterdog]

Maybe my untrained eye doesn't see it .. but I don't see anywhere they are trying to impersonate you...

[CanaryInTheMine]

Maybe my untrained eye doesn't see it .. but I don't see anywhere they are trying to impersonate you...

the email communication was signed as Canary
The buyer assumed it was CanaryInTheMine and actually asked the "seller" whether he was same, while i didn't see a direct response to that, the rest of the story was designed to give an impression of someone who is a reseller... that combined with Canary as the sig, easily confused people....
I shall publish email exchange later, need to clean it up first...

[Tiennou74]

I almost got Scammed too then!!

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Hey There,

The blades are 0.5 BTC each, and every order of 10 does ship with a backplane.

I am in Chicago. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask.

Cheers,
Canary

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There is a post in the miami Criagslist
http://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/ele/4171497576.html

[bitterdog]

oh wow.... people can be such scumbags

[CanaryInTheMine]

I almost got Scammed too then!!

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Hey There,

The blades are 0.5 BTC each, and every order of 10 does ship with a backplane.

I am in Chicago. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask.

Cheers,
Canary

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There is a post in the miami Criagslist
http://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/ele/4171497576.html

damn.... this sucks...

[xavenged]

This scumbag will get his.. Karma is a bitch and this individual will learn this soon enough.

[likeBTC]

Crazy shit! Craigslist warns u for sending wires or similar irreversible payments. I also wonder, for a craigslist buyer what difference does it make if the seller says he's canary. He would probably not know who he is! It's only us here on these forums, I thought.