My favorite blast from the past, the famous May 22 'Send Us All Your Money, Everything Is Going Great' subterfuge:
https://web.archive.org/web/20140702153657/https://alpha-t.net/news/May 22, 2014
Greetings Miners! Were happy to inform you that development is finalizing and we are on track for shipment in July. We will soon receive our chips at which time we will have finished up on development and can begin assembling the devices. Therefore, it is now time to collect the remainder of the funds for your order(s). The invoice Continue Reading
Followed quickly on the heels by the May 27 'Performance Upgrade' tease:
May 27, 2014
Greetings Miners! After long consideration, lengthy negotiations with our vendors/partners and downright demands being placed from our side in light of competitiveness within the market we have decided to further cut our profit margins and are extraordinary pleased to announce that we will be packing more hash power into your batch 1 devices (whilst scaling power accordingly so not Continue Reading
What is the date today ? August 10
and counting
7 weeks to go.