Interesting catch PG.
Here's something just as interesting:
With our forthcoming trade-in program for existing BFL Singles, FPGA owners wishing to make the move to our BitForce 'SC' ASIC solution, we will be launching a very limited pilot program to convert some of the FPGA boards to mine Litecoins.
Since the majority of our resources are focused on our Mini Rig and BitForce 'SC' ASIC fronts right now, this will be a very very limited program, and will be strictly limited to just forty (40) FPGA Litecoin boards (LTC Singles). After the run of 40 LTC Singles, there will be no more. You do not have to be a current BFL Single owner to purchase an LTC Single and in fact there will be no preferential treatment given to people who are trading their BFL Singles in. We will go strictly by the pre-order list, and then first-come-first-serve if there are any units left. These converted and LTC Singles will be available to anybody who wants to buy them.
We currently have a prototype mining at ~718kh/s at around 78W using the standard power supply we include with our regular BFL Singles. We are pricing these at $499 or LTC equivalent for pre-orders, but (and if any are left) they will be priced at $599 at launch date some time in October and will carry our standard 6-month warranty.
Starting right now, you can reserve up to five (5) LTC Singles, and keeping with the spirit of the program, we will accept Litecoins and only Litecoins for pre-order. If you'd like to reserve 1-5 of the 40 LTC Singles, you can send a 2000 LTC deposit for each unit you'd like order to the following address, which will be counted toward your final purchase:
mod notice: BFL confirms this to be a fraud
Be sure to send a copy of your Transaction ID to project_scrypt@butterflylabs.com and include how many units you wish to reserve. Please limit your pre-order to 5 units, though we admit this will be mostly an honor-system sort of thing. BFL-Engineer will be here shortly to fill in any technicals.
Regards,
BFL-ScryptI'm busted. This was a scam attempt. But since nobody was actually hurt, I don't get a Scammer tag right?
Again, a double space poster. But there's an even weirder part. Scrypt declared it a scam attempt. An attempt to steal money. Yes! But nobody sent any. Prior to any money changing hands, an email would need to be sent. To what andress, you ask? This one:
project_scrypt@butterflylabs.com.
Toward the end of that thread, theymos bans him.
Bottomline, he could have done better and claimed a troll attempt, for that would make sense. But admitting to trying to steal money via a butterflylabs.com email account is totally bazard.
Folks, I think we have a serious situation on our hands, and you don't want to know what I'm thinking. But I will state this: I believe BFL has been playing good-cop/bad-cop and they're going for the long con. It's beginning to all add up now, and I don't mean in BFL's favor.