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GoNode5 - Latest Joshua Prout scam
Hey everyone,
If you've purchased from GoNode5 or had any business with @BillyE, back out immediately. Do not ship any hardware. Do not purchase any hardware. Do not do any business with this person. Joshua had a friend front for him this time, but he was the one controlling the account here the entire time.
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Sorry, who is Josh Prout?
This will familiarize you with him: https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/82535/is-anyone-else-having-vyprnetworks-issues
Ugh, what a cancer.
Our local child rapist/scammer.
Oh my. That's a long old thread @jarland - best get my reading goggles on.
Good job catching this @jarland
Well, I saw that coming
Props to @jarland for continuing his crusade in pursuit of the fucking nonce.
Getting more sophisticated. I did a repeat ID check (selfie with note + ID picture).
Doesn't stop us though.
I guess he messed up somewhere, I just read through all his topics, I never would have known there was a link, it reads like someone who cant make their mind up about which server config to use.
gz @jar
Thanks for protecting the community, @jarland.
Kind of sad to see him use a name similar to @Jonchun's brand to confuse people.
I wish I could share the proof with you guys, I have so few people to laugh with right now. Since he keeps getting better I don't want to tip him off to his absolute newbie mistakes
Well, that explains the answer in this PM.
This is pretty funny. Popcorn, anyone?
My proof would hold up fine in court so no problems
I'm sure their thousands of Twitter followers give a hoot.
Calton Benton isent he?
They're only a few thousand followers away from that
That sounds familiar. Sounds something like the name he used for IgniteServers. He goes by many names.
It would be more profitable and less effort for him to go get a job at Maccas...
I thought this was gomach5 when I opened the thread, I'm glad it's not.
Makes me really hesitant to use new providers... its just not worth the risk.
Was going to say that, exactly. It's sad because you want to give new providers a chance to impress you.
I prefer this one:
"client will experience a maximum of 2 6AM-8AM CST hours downtime"
At least he has one client!
Probably takes 1 week to reply to the ticket for 1 client.
Well let's guess what's his next brand for rotation.
This wasn't even part of my initial investigation, this is just too easy.
https://s.jar.land/kP9nAoiZtIp/
Oopsie! You've got solid proof he's connected to that brand now. Nice work.
Mr. Sherlock Holmes can I ask for a signature?
It was solid before but now I have something worth sharing. I don't mind him knowing this angle. The original angle I'd prefer him not be tipped off to
The original angle gives me 100% solid proof that he is Joshua, where I hadn't proved beyond a doubt that PrivateColo was Joshua before.
I don't doubt that you had a solid case prior to this but this is just another nail in the coffin. I'm disgusted at the tactics he will use to try and scam people. At least this and his last attempt was caught before any real damage was done.