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Calin iHostART.Com took our $22.5K and scamming us!

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  • xaocxaoc Member

    @host_c said:

    [@default said](/discussion/co :D mment/4020159/#Comment_4020159): The only part needing compensation is in the drama itself, considering there is no happy ending.

    we still have 20K locked by the bank in this story, that does not fly under the radar.

    There's no proof of that.

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  • johndeo983johndeo983 Member

    @host_c said:

    aren't you his mentor?

  • VoidVoid Member

    @EndlessGravity said:

    @Calin said:
    Thing that you cannot / do not want to help me out with the documents that my Bank asked does not mean the 20k will just be unlocked to me.
    This is a problem for me also.

    Please stop clowning around. They do not need to help you out with any documents at all, given it was clearly specified from the beginning that no KYC would be mandatory. You moved $20,000.00 of your funds to your bank account, so it is your obligation to provide the necessary documentation. The arrogance is incredible.

    Trying hard to hide that excitement

  • host_chost_c Patron Provider, Top Host, Megathread Squad

    @xaoc said: There's no proof of that.

    well, it was some proof on the 9'th

    Or that went to the sports car?

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  • emghemgh Member, Megathread Squad

    KYC? Yeah I barely know her

  • VoidVoid Member

    @emgh said:
    KYC? Yeah I barely know her

    You can finally pull the pants up. Drama is being concluded

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  • emghemgh Member, Megathread Squad

    @Void said:

    @emgh said:
    KYC? Yeah I barely know her

    You can finally pull the pants up. Drama is being concluded

    Only took 34 pages

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  • beanman109beanman109 Member, Host Rep, Megathread Squad

    @Void said:

    @emgh said:
    KYC? Yeah I barely know her

    You can finally pull the pants up. Drama is being concluded

    I will rug pull the fruitvegetable token if you want more drama, just say the word.

    Thanked by 1emgh
  • emghemgh Member, Megathread Squad

    @beanman109 said:

    @Void said:

    @emgh said:
    KYC? Yeah I barely know her

    You can finally pull the pants up. Drama is being concluded

    I will rug pull the fruitvegetable token if you want more drama, just say the word.

    What word

  • host_chost_c Patron Provider, Top Host, Megathread Squad

    @beanman109 - fruitvegetablecrypto.art - A+++

    Thanked by 1beanman109
  • emghemgh Member, Megathread Squad

    This is comment no. 1000

    Isn’t that crazy

  • emghemgh Member, Megathread Squad

    @host_c said:
    @beanman109 - fruitvegetablecrypto.art - A+++

    I think this was comment #1000 actually

    m y i m rekt

    it s correct

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  • beanman109beanman109 Member, Host Rep, Megathread Squad

    @host_c said:
    @beanman109 - fruitvegetablecrypto.art - A+++

    Best $4.6 I ever spent

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  • xaocxaoc Member

    @host_c said:

    @xaoc said: There's no proof of that.

    well, it was some proof on the 9'th

    Or that went to the sports car?

    That's not proof.

  • emghemgh Member, Megathread Squad

    @beanman109 said:

    @host_c said:
    @beanman109 - fruitvegetablecrypto.art - A+++

    Best $4.6 I ever spent

    Did they require KYC?

  • beanman109beanman109 Member, Host Rep, Megathread Squad

    @emgh said: Did they require KYC?

    Picture of my fruit and vegetables was acceptable

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  • emghemgh Member, Megathread Squad

    @beanman109 said:

    @emgh said: Did they require KYC?

    Picture of my fruit and vegetables was acceptable

    Laughed out in public

    People will think I’m a creep now

    Anyway

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  • james50ajames50a Member
    edited September 2024

    I find it interesting provider status was removed but we have no official comment from any mods/Admins on this thread (unless I missed it)

  • host_chost_c Patron Provider, Top Host, Megathread Squad
    edited September 2024

    @xaoc said: That's not proof.

    Sincerely, by now, I do not know what to believe.

    From the very beginning, it was like watching a monkey juggle dynamite—you just knew it was bound to explode.

    I am still puzzled that someone that has an account from 2015 would fry 20K in crypto to a provider that failed a deal of $4500 in crypto not long ago. ( with respect to parties involved )

    There are things here, that I am sure we are not aware of. Language barrier also did not help either parties, nor the lack of understanding and knowledge of exchanges and regulations.

  • FazzilFazzil Member

    @Calin said:

    @GoSSDHosting said: Final Statement

    After much consideration, we have decided to treat the $20K as a business loss. We acknowledge this as the consequence of our decisions, and we take full responsibility for it. We fulfilled a portion of the order a week back and will complete the remaining deliveries soon using our own business funds. In the bigger picture of business, $20K is not a big amount, and we’re choosing to move forward and absorb the loss. We refuse to let this setback hold us back any longer. Our commitment to earning and maintaining our customers' trust for every single penny far outweighs any small issues like this.

    As for Calin, we leave it to the community to decide whether he scammed us or not. Let this post serve as a reference for any potential clients of Calin, helping them decide if they want to work with him.

    If the funds are truly still locked and, in the future, if the bank releases them or if Calin needs further information from us, we will always be available to cooperate. Should he return the funds, we will definitely update this post and bring it to a fair conclusion.

    We’d like to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who stood by us during this conversation, especially since we haven’t been regular participants on this forum or had much interaction with many of you. Your support has truly meant a lot to us, even though we haven’t offered any free VPS deals!

    With that, we close this chapter and leave it to you all to form your own conclusions about this situation.

    P.S. We can’t wait to see some epic memes of what Calin must be doing with our $20K. Let the creativity flow! 😄🎉

    >

    Regardless of what you think, I will try to give you the missing 20K. I do not need free money or the problems that this brings to me.
    Thing that you cannot / do not want to help me out with the documents that my Bank asked does not mean the 20k will just be unlocked to me.
    This is a problem for me also.
    I might have not known of the implications of such a large transfer, that is my fault, but you did not do much to help this situation out.
    If you think that this problem ends with you just saying good by, think again.
    As there are multiple identities here mixed, India, Egipt Turkey and Romania i dont think that it will just go away on its own.
    Again, this is not the solution to this situation.

    Some days ago the story was „transfering big amount $$$ is business as usual“. Youre just a little shitty liar!

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  • yoursunnyyoursunny Member, IPv6 Advocate

    @GoSSDHosting said:
    Final Statement

    After much consideration, we have decided to treat the $20K as a business loss.

    With that, we close this chapter and leave it to you all to form your own conclusions about this situation.

    Given this chapter is now closed, @Jord shall give the provider tag back to @Calin so that he can continue his scamming drama generation activities.

    @Jord said:
    @Calin until this situation is resolved, your provider tag has been removed, you are not allowed to respond to any threads asking for hosting services, offer any services on this forum at the moment.

  • FazzilFazzil Member

    @host_c said:
    @EndlessGravity

    @EndlessGravity said:
    Managed to find the on-chain wallet for the transactions in question. @Calin used the exact same Coinbase account as was used when someone created a thread about $4,500.00 being withheld.

    https://etherscan.io/address/0x69Dd15a0a15f6EaD9Eb7b899Dd5041384121A179#tokentxns

    It does seem like funds were indeed moved in tranches to Coinbase. Previously, his excuse was that Coinbase locked the account. This time around, his excuse is the bank freezing the funds, although it is apparent from the chat messages and the transactions, that @Calin should have similarly withdrawn to his bank account in tranches to mitigate that very risk.

    Looking closer at the wallets that paid @Calin, the $20,000.00 came from a wallet that received funds from Binance (a centralized exchange with mandatory KYC). Whatever the allegations against the person bankrolling this deal are, they are probably hot air.

    Also worth noting is that the same Coinbase account has not had any transactions prior to this ordeal since the $4,500.00 transfer.

    @Calin should do the right thing and begin returning the money or reach a repayment plan, even if it means liquidating company assets. If it is true and the bank has locked any funds, it is entirely on him to recover his money.

    Another point to add, the bank has no way to verify the papertrail of money flow here, so they can hardly judge whether these funds are of questionable origin or not. Therefore, it has to be assumed the funds already were sent back to Coinbase or will be, if there was any complications with a bank.

    Interesting reply, I have to say the most from my point of view.
    Can we agree on the flowing?

    A - Calin had zip shit idea that the transfers will be locked by BT Bank.
    B - He's crypto skills lack experience
    C - Also he is not up to date with the financial market in RO, nor with regulations that change pretty frequently there.
    D- @GoSSDHosting did not do it's homework, for god sake guys, this is really on you, I would have tripple checked even my MOM before paying her 22K for servers, no offense.

    Anyone engaging with a provider for such amounts and using payment methods like cryptocurrency or others without guarantees should first do thorough research and due diligence.

    All aside, @GoSSDHosting, If I would have made an account on this forum ~3 mo back as a user / reseller, I would have not payed 22K to @Calin in crypto nor in SantaCash,
    only in Pay-Pal or something alike.

    This is not Amazon Certified Store, it is a forum. Some are awesome, Some are good and Some are not that good

    @EndlessGravity how did you find the on-chain wallet for the transactions in question? I am as curious as a cat. :)

    EDIT:

    I have no idea why some people on this forum think that Romania is a black hole where you can do anything sketchy and get away with it, especially now in 2024 when the government will soon ask you where you got 2,000 USD to buy a shitty car. Italy has severe fiscal regulations, for example, and Romania is not that far behind.

    Furthermore, if you're from the US, Canada, UK, or Australia and assume that the same or similar rules apply in the EU, you're greatly mistaken.

    People think romania is a black hole, because they were told so by @cociu and @Calin. They repeat the same shit again and again. Thats why I already said before they destroy the reputation of all romanian hosts.

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  • jsgjsg Member, Resident Benchmarker
    edited September 2024

    @EndlessGravity said:
    As a seasoned cryptocurrency industry veteran,

    Hahaha!

    [lots of utterly biased but sold as "expertise" BS]

    [plenty more evidence of bias, painted as "logical" ... and finally the (wannabe) hit...

    the one who actually committed the crime is @Calin - because as everyone should know: ignorantia juris non excusat.

    Note the boldface "look, I'm also a legal expert" signalling.

    No, that guy came to LET for one specific reason: to try a final and "professional" blow against @Calin.

    1. There was an explicit agreement that no KYC would need to be provided. Requesting any kind of documentation whatsoever, for either providing the services or returning the money, would clearly be fraud in the inducement.

    Wow, look, the professional talking! Small problem though: Agreements ignoring the law are null and void. "ignorantia juris non excusat" occasionally turns against the "very experienced veteran".

    [lots of more "expert veteran talking" here blabla]

    And after @GoSSDHosting's declaration of capitulation:

    @EndlessGravity said:
    Looks like @Calin went for the perfect victim.
    Now it's only a matter of time until the next thread of this kind pops up.

    Well, to me it looks more like gossd's attempt to force Calin to play the game like they had it planned failed. Seeing that on the other side of the table now a bank was sitting with a public prosecutor not far away they gave up, however not without a last call to harm Calin (memes, creativity ...).

    Is Calin completely innocent? My guess is no, he isn't - but next to real thugs he looks like a sleeping baby.

    Sorry, hired "expert veteran", next to gossd, the real winner of "who's the smartest thug player?", you only get the second prize (hopefully you at least have been well paid).

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  • EndlessGravityEndlessGravity Member

    @jsg said:
    Sorry, hired "expert veteran", next to gossd you only get the second prize (have you at least been well paid?).

    I don't have any horses in this race. I came here because you literally said "crypto-money" is the issue here, which I vehemently disagree with. You are also well known around here for defending scammers with your mental gymnastics so I won't even engage you :-)

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  • ailiceailice Member

    My man wanted to invest in plant-type "fruits and vegetables" on magic land, but sadly magic didn't happen.

  • host_chost_c Patron Provider, Top Host, Megathread Squad

    @Fazzil

    I perfectly understand your point of view, I really do.

    @Fazzil said: because they were told so by @cociu and @Calin.

    If we go back, to the pre 2010 era, yeah, regulations were in place ( sketchy regarding wire transfers, copyright and so on ) but there was no one to apply them ( I think this is not only the case of RO, but of emerging countries as well that enter the EU, RO entered in January 1's 2007 )

    Fast Forward to 2020+, things changed, a lot.

    Most who still use business logic from that era will fail because they do not adapt.

    The community shouldn't consider those two you mentioned as the standard; they are far from it.

    Either way, I still recall something from this forum: if it seems too good to be true, it probably isn't. - and this goes both ways.

    Do your homework before jumping on a train, regardless of the temptation.

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  • xaocxaoc Member

    I wonder what @cociu's next project will be. 🤭

  • FazzilFazzil Member

    @host_c said:
    @Fazzil

    I perfectly understand your point of view, I really do.

    @Fazzil said: because they were told so by @cociu and @Calin.

    If we go back, to the pre 2010 era, yeah, regulations were in place ( sketchy regarding wire transfers, copyright and so on ) but there was no one to apply them ( I think this is not only the case of RO, but of emerging countries as well that enter the EU, RO entered in January 1's 2007 )

    Fast Forward to 2020+, things changed, a lot.

    Most who still use business logic from that era will fail because they do not adapt.

    The community shouldn't consider those two you mentioned as the standard; they are far from it.

    Either way, I still recall something from this forum: if it seems too good to be true, it probably isn't. - and this goes both ways.

    Do your homework before jumping on a train, regardless of the temptation.

    People listen to the loudest, not to those who are right...

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  • host_chost_c Patron Provider, Top Host, Megathread Squad

    @Fazzil said: People listen to the loudest, not to those who are right...

    True, so true......

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