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April 10, 2013, 11:03:35 AM |
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99 % SCAM!
Even if they currently don't believe it themselves, they're scammers. Sweden is surprisingly full of unemployed or "self-employed" former business students who were never able to produce anything other than copying and/or jumping on the latest scamming scheme. You'd be surprised how many Swedish scammers have approached me (as investors) in the last 5 years, with their various forms of pyramid and Ponzi scheemes. (Probably because of what I do. I work in several different fields on various high technology projects.) Until they can provide the info we have already asked for, we should not believe for one minute that a company registration is proof of anything. Anyone can register a company in Sweden, it doesn't mean jack. What is surprising is that this family (2 dudes + girlfriends etc) doesn't seem have the slightest idea about computer hardware, and certainly not ASICs. Also, I fail to see any profit in any of their "other" companies in the past. So if they are serious at all they better start cooperating with us.
Signs of a serious company:
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Have their company officially registered in the country of operation.
Have their company type clearly stated. (If they are a Co./Inc./Ltd/Home etc.)
Have their company registration date within normal time frame. (2 month to 1 year.)
Has a physical company address (not a postbox)
Have all contact info available:
Email (with their own domain name.)
Phone
Address
Alternative business operational address. (laboratory, offices etc.)
Have bank account info and payment information.
Have a clear description of their procucts and/or services.
Have a clear and transparent description of themesleves and their previous business experience.
Have a clear description of their employees. (What they do, what's their experience.)
Have a clear description of number of employees.
Have a clear description of their partners, if any.
Accept all normal payment methods:
Credicard (VISA/Mastercard/Amex etc.)
PayPal
Banktransfer
Reliable Signs of a Scam Company:
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No clear ownership
No clear contact information
No clear Domain registration
No payment information apart (paypal, bitcoin)
No history of business operations
No proven credibility of actually doing "this" kind of business
No finished products
No available info about the products they're trying to sell ("secret" is red flag)
Company registered outside of country of operation or in other tax-paradise.
Company owners have registered several other companies in widely different sectors
Asking for pre-payments
Poor language skills
Poor or non-existent support
Multiple excuses and "scheduling problems"
Silence
My question to these guys are:
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What type of company do you have?
Where is it registered?
How many employees do you have?
What do they do?
What is your previous area of operations?
What other companies do you run?
Who is your ASIC chip provider?
Who is designing your ASIC boards?
Who will manufacture your boards?
Where can we find close-up pictures of the PCB + chips?
Where can we find any other verifiable design info?
On what basis can you make you particular Hash-rate?
How do you plan to ensure customer satisfaction?
Where can we find a log of what you're actually doing, when you say you're "busy"?
What is your current delivery schedule and on what grounds is it based upon?
If you're not able to answer these questions, we're definitely not able to support your scam product.
Cheers,
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