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Calin iHostART.Com took our $22.5K and scamming us!
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How did you go to law school but you don't know what a verbal agreement is?
https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/self-help/tips-and-support/cope-with-depression/
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Sure but see where that got you
Making hundreds of thousands of dollars off my MacBook without having to beg @hosthatch for a job.
Is it true what they say about painting your fingernails black? Is it because of the depression?
Weren't you leaving after having been used up and spat out by the 'editorial team'?
Did you just come back to passively aggressively attack people?
I read your breakdown post and I hope you're feeling better!
He does it again and again every few weeks. He comes back, gets his dose of attacking and goes back to his cave again.
Not sure why mods haven't gotten rid of him honestly.
Must be a furry thing.
I had suggested this long ago: to assign providers some additional tags of trustworthiness that cannot be bought with money. "Top Host" is one such tag, but that’s the only one unless there are others like "Good Host," "Worse Host," etc. Basically, we need something like a provider rating system so that a new user doesn't have to read 400 pages of garbage to know if a provider is worth buying from or not. But obviously, that’s bad for bilohbucks' economy, so it’s most likely not going to happen.
Honestly LET should maintain some quality and ban providers like ihostart
Because of lack of quality maintained LET has become a hub for kiddo providers to come pay the fees for provider tag sell things that are too good to be true / impossible to sustain for long and then make an exit scam
Sad that LET allows all this just for engagement there should be a level and quality for lowend stuff too.
a> @aneesh120 said:
There are also customers who want cheap servers, high performance for a short period of time which the big providers will never provide.
At many times, people may agree for a cheaper server at the expanse of little bit of downtime. It's upto the people. Let them decide what they want.
There are different target audience for different providers.
It's upon customer to check the providers before spending big money.
But just because you do not like those small providers, doesn't mean doors should be shut for them. This elitist mentality is ironical in a community which purpose is lower end.
Pay with PayPal and don't pay yearly if the provider is new, and you're generally good.
A rep. module where a customer can vote; or like/dislike.
But I want to be (bad boy) shady; can I pay with crypto?
Unfortunately, this is possible to abuse a bit like a lot of review sites.
There are providers here who make alt accounts just to bump their offers with 'DOUBLE ME' to keep it going and create perceived value.
Purple, cough.
Are the fees worth paying for a $5 transaction?
Depends, are you a bad boy?
I know; but a customer can provide a proof of payment (invoice).
A provider can create an invoice for the alt account in seconds.
Bad boy = 100% refund.
a trusty provider it goes in /dev/null ..
If you use bc1... the fees are 1$ or less.
LOL.
This forum only cares about engagement as that's the only currency online for such a forum. That is why Calin is still here.
By getting more traffic regardless of why, it is easier for them to pitch advertising and provider tags. "MOST VISITED HOSTING FORUM".
It's well known that the income from these sources far exceeds the hosting costs for a forum.
when all legal things are performed, he can clear the name. he's by far than Cociu or other scammers.
I really do not understand why this entire discussion is even posted here.
Bank sees the exchange of crypto, and does what every bank does. They question the source as they are LEGALLY REQUIRED to see if this is not black money. The money get blocked until valid information is provided.
Enter the middleman crying foul not understanding that if you pay with crypto, it need to be converted in cash by somebody. And when you are playing middleman for a fuckton of money, the chance of a investigation by the converting source, is extreme high. This is not somebody converting 10$ crypto.
Now its a blame game ... and everybody is at fault, except the actual company that has the servers (and that wanted cash) and the bank for doing their legal duties!
People who trade/use/... with tens of thousands worth of crypto are not normal end users. You do not gain that amount by legal means, as in, you run a legal service that pays their taxes like any normal registered company. If you did, you are more likely to use used actual money. But even given the benefit of doubt, lets say its legal. Well, then its also no issue to show the source and the fact that its legal.
If you mined it, then you are still on the hook to pay taxes. And if you payed taxes on that crypto, its absolute safe to show the bank that source of that crypto and have it converted into cash.
Again, somebody with half a brain know if they are going to act as a middleman for anything, you want to be sure that the source is legal. Sure, you can blame the DMCA ignoring host for not just accepting crypto and magically pulling servers out of his ass.
Again a fuckton of stupid going on. A bank is not going to look at a few dollars worth of crypto, but when you plop anything above 10k on a bank account, you get a call.
Even basic 10k+ money transfers these days get investigation by bank, just because your last name is Asian in origin. Trust me, you try opening a bank account in, lets say Spain, as a non-national and a Asian family name. Hahahahaa there is the door mate. We are not in the 1980's anymore where banks turned a blind eye to a lot of problematic transfers.
In the end:
High change that the DMCA ignoring host will be investigated when the bank reports the non-compliance for the money source. The amount amount is too big to be ignored. So yea, if your a customer there, well, ... that legal gray zone just become hot. A lot of host do not go down because of DMCA issue, its the money/tax issues that bring them down.
High chance that the middleman will be investigated. Forget about your cut mate, you are in deep shit with the rest. Its not even anymore about the money, so you can yell scammer all you want, your back history of any other activities, that may have nothing to so with this crypto, can be opened up.
The only person who may get away with it, is the guy in India given the rather lax attitude in the country towards a lot of criminal enterprises. But he will be out of pocket for that money.
All i frankly see is stupid upon stupid. If you have doubts about funds, you say no, and not be greedy. If your greedy, and something goes wrong, you try to resolve it between yourself, NOT ON A FREAKING PUBLIC FORUM!!! The amount of stupid criminality on display.
Yes mates, its a crime. And yes, technically lowendtalk is now also a involved party in this issue, as all these conversations are part of evidence. So Mods, do NOT delete this topic. At best you can lock it. That avoid any trouble for lowendtalk.
This is not about some DMCA issue where most law enforcement does not give two craps about, its a matter of (dis)organized crime. The best you all can hope for is that the bank give up or the Romanian authorities do not escalate the issue into a investigation.
Worst of all, you disorganized idiots will NOT know as investigation can be slow, take their time and one day you may have a dozen cops at your house and data center to impound every server. Yes, it happens and we have seen cases where servers are taken even if they are not directly involved in the investigation.
Fuck, i have seen personally a case where the IRS invaded a company because one guy wrote a anonymous letter stating there was black money involved and the boss supposedly flaunted this black money. It was a fake claim by a ex employee but it freaking involved a dozen IRS officers at multiple locations.
So yea, you do not even need the cops involved, just the basic IRS can be a force of nature, because of taxes.
I am just amazed at the amount of greed and stupidity on display. For people that work in the gray zone, you expect a bit of knowhow and less greed.
Reguards
I don't know about others but @Calin existence shows the complicated nature of global transactions and presence of grey area which are interwind with international laws.
People talk about this subject only in terms of client -> provider relationship and vice versa. If these two variables only depended upon each other, then life would have been easier. But reality is different. There are multiple other variables which will impact these two even though they won't fall under the domain of hosting.
when you are dealing with AML, it goes beyond that relatinship. As a customer, you will have to rely on not only the assurance of the provider but also your own grasp of the subject.
sometimes when I read some random messages it feels like they wants a cut from that $22K.
it s correct
@Benjiro29