Velox media under new management

Proxecure · December 2025

I was reading all comments and replies from Eric and Lewis on discord, and so far i concluded that it was planned scam , everything was planned from. Lewi used to "i have free space/ resources so i am offering "triple" ram and disk , and after 4 months he says he runs at 25% loss. It cant be true, being an part of enterprise i know when we offer such deals we calculate it accordingly, but in veloxmedia scene , it seems lewis only motive was to collect triennial paymnts and then , create this melo drama of handing over businrss to someone unknown [unknown in a sense that buyer has not any proof of his existence socially nor corporate ].

So in short. Lewis and eric are both same. And lewis just want to continue scam us by renaming himself as Eric.

And new companies shouldnt allow to run multiple sales , or they have to provide their proof of existence at very frst place.

I remember someone pointed out that veloxmefua us registered as some beauty saloon 😂

ralf · December 2025

@Thundas said:
How to succeed in Web Hosting (The "Exit Scam" Lite Edition):

Step 1: Lease hardware monthly. Never commit long-term. Step 2: Pretend to be a serious host on LET for exactly 6 months. Step 3: Black Friday. Sell annual plans at unsustainable prices. Collect $30k+ in user funds instantly. Step 4: Find a sucker. Transfer the "business" to them for free. Step 5: You keep the cash; they get the monthly invoices and the angry support tickets.

You forgot step 0: set up a limited company so that you're not personally liable for all debts that accrue.

ralf · December 2025

@VeloxMedia said:

@HotaruBlaze said:
Yeah, I get that a deal like that isn’t really fair to you, but it’s also something that came with taking over.

I think after the holidays, or around New Year’s, it’d really help if you were upfront about at least your current idea of a plan.

This is the first time I’ve seen you actually mention a plan. I’d be worried if that’s actually one of the plans Lewis had, but ideally it’d be even better if you could share which plans have caught your attention so far. That way, people can better understand what you mean by “unsustainable” and get a heads up on what to expect.

But the thing is, if someone’s on a plan you don’t want to continue, it basically leaves them with a few options: either they lose the money they already paid if you cancel it, you take the loss yourself, or they try to charge it back against Lewis.

There's a good 500 packages and a lot of them don't make much sense. There's a lot of TRIPLE ram type things which I have zero clue what TRIPLE means and other things like that so its very complicated.

Please tell me you at least can handle year 2 maths. TRIPLE isn't a difficult concept to understand.

Proxecure · December 2025

@cosmossofa said:
In fact, no one has seen any official documents regarding the transaction, and no one knows exactly who this ERIC guy is or any details about his NEW company. Therefore, until he clarifies all of this, nothing he says is trustworthy.
From what i can see, this whole thing is totally a long planned SCAM.

Totally agreed , abd eric will not provide any proof , bcz eric doest exist at all, or he shud atleast provide his linkedin or any old social proof

emgh · December 2025

Tl;dr at page 11 currently: Cringe as fuck tbh

emgh · December 2025

@VeloxMedia said:

@Calypso said:

@Platonks said:
While the situation is quite scary (have amsterdam big ram server from them).
I advise people to not panik chargeback, you will loose everything and pay penalties because the current situation does not grant you reason (in my case, eu citizen)

Because the service is still present, delivered, and functional as advertised with access.
Banks rule against chargebacks for active services because there is no fraud or no delivery.
Chargeback is not a refund, it is only for the service was never delivered or never performed. NOT because you don't trust the new management or unsure of the future!

Agree with that and that's also how I'm treating it, I've got my VPS early October, so basically those couple of days until hopefully some dust settles may not make a big difference.

On the other hand, I'd want to urge the "new owner" to not put down some statements here about either honouring contracts or not, who owns the contracts, etc. From my point of view, if you now mention that "it's a mess" you clearly didn't look at things before taking over the keys. @Platonks advises to talk to a local lawyer as a customer, I'd advise @VeloxMedia to do so even more urgently. Even if it's maybe possible to legally terminate non-profitable accounts in your position - it'll definitely backfire in the long run by acting that way if not done properly (i.e. either respecting contracts or refunding really unprofitable cases).

This is the predicament. Doesn't make much sense to shut everything down and make everyone lose all their money. But also doesn't make much sense for me to pay for everyone's hosting fees.

As far as I can see there's a mix of all kinds of packages, some normal and fair while others are obviously way below sustainable, so obviously something has to be done.

Then there's people filing charge backs and such which I can kinda see as they come into his old email account I have access to.

Wow very professional

emgh · December 2025

@plumberg said:
All responses from @VeloxMedia point to

I dont know what I have brought

all things prior to my entering is not my problem

I am doing a favor to everyone by keeping everything up

Super stupid for someone to take charge about something without knowing anything. Trying to come out as a savior but only on surface.
Deep down its probably something else

Really curious how the provider tag to @VeloxMedia was issued and what type of vetting is done @jbiloh

It squarely falls on money grab from LET admin

pay biloah tax

no vetting

profit for everyone except customers

Anyone could tell what a shit show it would become looking at it for 3 seconds

Maybe the vetting was done in 2

default · December 2025

This is the perfect legal capitalistic scam: take as much money as possible, then pass all responsibilities on someone else, like a homeless man. There is no counter for something like this, because contracts are signed.

tdy0923 · December 2025

@VeloxMedia said:

@tdy0923 said:

Things seem a bit unsettled. I need to ensure my business can operate normally. If I decide to migrate away, can I request a refund?

I can't refund anything purchased before the past couple days. I don't have access to any of the old payment accounts or anything. Only new items can be refunded.

I'm not sure what the terms were with your agreement when you purchased but this is outside of my control.

I purchased a three-year plan intending to continue using it, but the current situation is making me uneasy.

If possible, please deduct the cost based on the actual time I've used the service, and I will immediately stop using it. I can provide order details by submitting a support ticket.

My order date is Sunday, November 30th, 2025, and I paid £177.09 GBP using PayPal.

I've already paid for this service, but I don't know what will happen next—this uncertainty is making me very uncomfortable.

If the service returns to normal, I'm perfectly willing to pay again. That's no problem at all.

I just saw on other communities that someone else experienced the server going down unexpectedly.

plumberg · December 2025

@emgh said:

@plumberg said:
All responses from @VeloxMedia point to

I dont know what I have brought

all things prior to my entering is not my problem

I am doing a favor to everyone by keeping everything up

Super stupid for someone to take charge about something without knowing anything. Trying to come out as a savior but only on surface.
Deep down its probably something else

Really curious how the provider tag to @VeloxMedia was issued and what type of vetting is done @jbiloh

It squarely falls on money grab from LET admin

pay biloah tax

no vetting

profit for everyone except customers

Anyone could tell what a shit show it would become looking at it for 3 seconds

Maybe the vetting was done in 2

Just like we all complete in one

ralf · December 2025

@default said:
This is like finding a poor or homeless person on the streets, passing away the whole business to them without any funds, then going to Maldive and enjoy the money. One has to admire the simplicity and effectiveness of this legal scam.

In my opinion there is nothing @VeloxMedia can do. He is now stuck with a losing business which was actually designed to be a scam from the get-go. His only option is to go to the police and report this scam, in hopes that someone else will not be a victim of something like this in the future.

There isn't a business though, just a trading name and a whole load of mess.

I'm going to keep re-iterating this - as Lewis was operating as a sole trader, he remains personally liable for this, and the Stripe account etc will have been in his personal name.

He might have thought he pulled off the perfect exit scam, but he hasn't, unless there's a layer of fraud we haven't yet uncovered.

Proxecure · December 2025

@tdy0923 said:

@VeloxMedia said:

@tdy0923 said:

Things seem a bit unsettled. I need to ensure my business can operate normally. If I decide to migrate away, can I request a refund?

I can't refund anything purchased before the past couple days. I don't have access to any of the old payment accounts or anything. Only new items can be refunded.

I'm not sure what the terms were with your agreement when you purchased but this is outside of my control.

I purchased a three-year plan intending to continue using it, but the current situation is making me uneasy.

If possible, please deduct the cost based on the actual time I've used the service, and I will immediately stop using it. I can provide order details by submitting a support ticket.

My order date is Sunday, November 30th, 2025, and I paid £177.09 GBP using PayPal.

I've already paid for this service, but I don't know what will happen next—this uncertainty is making me very uncomfortable.

If the service returns to normal, I'm perfectly willing to pay again. That's no problem at all.

I just saw on other communities that someone else experienced the server going down unexpectedly.

You should chargeback , eric/lewis said hes not responsible for old contracts and he will suspend the service so backup your data and chargeback , dont suppirt scam by letting go 177£,

ralf · December 2025

@rpqu said:

@default said:
His only option is to go to the police and report this scam, in hopes that someone else will not be a victim of something like this in the future.

Can't he annulled the transfer or bankrupt the company?

Lewis said "no takebacksies" as they pinky swore the transfer.

plumberg · December 2025

@Proxecure said:

@tdy0923 said:

@VeloxMedia said:

@tdy0923 said:

Things seem a bit unsettled. I need to ensure my business can operate normally. If I decide to migrate away, can I request a refund?

I can't refund anything purchased before the past couple days. I don't have access to any of the old payment accounts or anything. Only new items can be refunded.

I'm not sure what the terms were with your agreement when you purchased but this is outside of my control.

I purchased a three-year plan intending to continue using it, but the current situation is making me uneasy.

If possible, please deduct the cost based on the actual time I've used the service, and I will immediately stop using it. I can provide order details by submitting a support ticket.

My order date is Sunday, November 30th, 2025, and I paid £177.09 GBP using PayPal.

I've already paid for this service, but I don't know what will happen next—this uncertainty is making me very uncomfortable.

If the service returns to normal, I'm perfectly willing to pay again. That's no problem at all.

I just saw on other communities that someone else experienced the server going down unexpectedly.

You should chargeback , eric/lewis said hes not responsible for old contracts and he will suspend the service so backup your data and chargeback , dont suppirt scam by letting go 177£,

Can you please quote the source? Missed it

Proxecure · December 2025

@plumberg said:

@Proxecure said:

@tdy0923 said:

@VeloxMedia said:

@tdy0923 said:

Things seem a bit unsettled. I need to ensure my business can operate normally. If I decide to migrate away, can I request a refund?

I can't refund anything purchased before the past couple days. I don't have access to any of the old payment accounts or anything. Only new items can be refunded.

I'm not sure what the terms were with your agreement when you purchased but this is outside of my control.

I purchased a three-year plan intending to continue using it, but the current situation is making me uneasy.

If possible, please deduct the cost based on the actual time I've used the service, and I will immediately stop using it. I can provide order details by submitting a support ticket.

My order date is Sunday, November 30th, 2025, and I paid £177.09 GBP using PayPal.

I've already paid for this service, but I don't know what will happen next—this uncertainty is making me very uncomfortable.

If the service returns to normal, I'm perfectly willing to pay again. That's no problem at all.

I just saw on other communities that someone else experienced the server going down unexpectedly.

You should chargeback , eric/lewis said hes not responsible for old contracts and he will suspend the service so backup your data and chargeback , dont suppirt scam by letting go 177£,

Can you please quote the source? Missed it

"triple ram deals with 30GB are bad"

And eric repeatedly said "your contracts were with lewis not me so i m not bound to honor them"

ralf · December 2025

@Proxecure said:
Lewi used to "i have free space/ resources so i am offering "triple" ram and disk , and after 4 months he says he runs at 25% loss. It cant be true,

To me that's about the most believable part. He probably rented 48 core monsters and planned to put a couple of hundred customers on each and then found out that margins are so razor thin that it only works out when you've sold 90%+ of your capacity.

The monthly outgoings would be the same regardless of the number of customers, which is precisely why so many providers do offer these crazy deals - they desperately want more income so they can break even, even if it means selling some at a loss. The previously sold ones at a higher price balance it all out so they can break even and hopefully make a small profit. Also, people have slightly lower expectations on the crazy deals, so you can oversell them more as long as that doesn't impact the customers paying the higher prices too much.

And new companies shouldnt allow to run multiple sales , or they have to provide their proof of existence at very frst place.

I think that's part of the reason providers can't create more than one offer thread in 14 days. But such rules are always relaxed around BF time.

ralf · December 2025

@emgh said:
Tl;dr at page 11 currently: Cringe as fuck tbh

I bet you're at least a little bit aroused by it though...

ralf · December 2025

@ralf said:
That said, I still have 4 more pages to catch up on, so maybe there's been more bombshells I've not read yet!

Having caught up now, I think I was wrong to suggest more of a wait and see approach.

Noct · December 2025

@wocatx said:
Clearly, Eric is just playing plain dumb.

zed · December 2025

Merry Christmas everybody!

tentor · December 2025

@emgh said:
Tl;dr at page 11 currently: Cringe as fuck tbh

Hot take: Lewis sacrificed his business to create good drama that LET lacked this year

/s

barbarza · December 2025

@MaxTakeba said:

@VeloxMedia said:

@MaxTakeba said:

@VeloxMedia said:

@MaxTakeba said:
Nobody knows who you are. You seem shady as shit. I gave you pretty honest feedback and stuff you need to do now. If you don't know what you are doing, say so. If you need extra hands, get those extra hands.

You've yet to introduce yourself, your plans and what the future holds and your experience.

LET is pretty tired of exit scams and they can smell it a mile away.

What seems shady?? I haven't asked for a single penny and haven't done a single thing other than pay for hosting and provide support for those who need it. I've provided information as I received it and assisted when I could.

Now who are you and what are your plans and are you shutting down the ability to order until you get your house in order yes or no?

We keep avoiding these questions. No wonder this thread's intensity continues to rise and people (such as my self) tell you exactly what it looks like to them.

Still figuring out all the plans here, its a lot to go through and a lot of costs here. I'm not sure if it makes sense to shut down ordering, if I can get some normal priced sales through it'll help sustain the business and keep things going. It helps. I'm also not wanting to make any changes to the products into WHMCS until I had time to dig through all the products and get an idea of what everything was being billed and how it was. I want and idea of what he was selling right now to compare to past and my numbers so i can calculate profits.

I am however taking down the main webpage with the ordering so its at least hidden.

You're asking a lot of questions.... its been 3 days and almost xmas. I've spent 50+ hours just resetting logins and moving systems to make sure we have access to email and communication. Like give me a few days to get through some stuff... geez

There was almost no notice for customers to find out the business had switched hands.

Doesn't seem like it's my problem... or your customers problem. That's your problem. This is what happens when a business goes under a transfer of ownership in this way. It is messy, it is dirty, you're going to keep finding surprises and replying with vague answers, dodging the questions and what people actually want to know. Keeping the lights on isn't good enough.

Now again, who are you? What is your experience? What are your plans beyond the next 12 months (you're a business, you need to think 12 months)? Do you have any other staff? Are you getting any extra help?

I'm being brutally hard on you however I am being extremely fair and giving you constructive feedback as I happen to give a shit as maybe one day, I could be a customer... or more. World is infinite possibilities 😉.

But right now everything is a mess and you're not doing yourself any favours currently.

@MaxTakeba for future owner of @VeloxMedia

rpqu · December 2025

barbarza · December 2025

@VeloxMedia said:

[@MaxTakeba said]

I gave you suggestions here that were very common sense. Not anyone problem you're ignoring them. If you need a quick reminder.

Stop accepting orders. Full stop, do it now.

Finally introduce yourself and what your experience is and what your plans are for the next 12 months.

Sort your house out.

Get extra hands(it sounds like you REALLY need it).

What you should have not done.
1. Migrated anything. You should have taken inventory of everything. Figured out what you had and not touched a single thing.
2. Not conducted yourself with such a defensive tone. As I said, you're not doing yourself any favours.
3. Document everything.
4. Build environments you can break/fix without breaking prod. I'm glad we aren't going to be working in prod, I will give you that.

Why quit accepting orders? I'm not really understanding this one. If I can make sure to accept only profitable orders and the infrastructure is already in place then why not? I have the systems and would have the money from them and would never risk losing them.

The others wasn't an option. I had to migrate things and take over or else everything would be shut off. Bills need paid and the systems need to be running. If it didn't migrate WHMCS then it would have been lost.

Everything is documented. But documented isn't the same as live. And everyone's pressuring for answers and I need the information live to get those answers.

Extra hands?? Its Christmas Eve. I'm not making people work xmas eve.

I have environments and everything but it all takes time and I'm still putting out fires and learning about new fires. I've finally got a grasp on all the fires. Finally have everything under control and able to dig into the business side of things.

Most importantly: tell us who you are (full name and company details) and your experience in the industry. Shouldn't take more than a couple of minutes to respond with this.

hennaboy · December 2025

The only thing I would, have done, right now is contact Stripe to ensure no subscriptions are in place.> @rpqu said:

@timmmy said:

@rpqu said: Can't he annulled the transfer or bankrupt the company?

what company?
mr lewis the sole trader was burnt out and was looking for someone to take over the brand
mr eric stepped up, mr lewis gave access to everything and called it a day
mr lewis is now living happily with his bf

Hmm, so his next optimal move is to not recognize the contract with lewis as the sole trader or just put it on $1 company then enter voluntary liquidation
Edit: wait, he doesn't even have the list of contract

How to liquidate a sole trader.

TorBapAmi · December 2025

Classic!

barbaros · December 2025

So guys, does this deadpool count towards 2025 or 2026? Asking for my bingo card.

ascicode · December 2025

@TorBapAmi said:
Classic!

Can you say something different than spam everwhere?

tentor · December 2025

@barbaros said:
So guys, does this deadpool count towards 2025 or 2026? Asking for my bingo card.

Both 21st and 25th are 2025

hennaboy · December 2025

@ralf said:

@Thundas said:
How to succeed in Web Hosting (The "Exit Scam" Lite Edition):

Step 1: Lease hardware monthly. Never commit long-term. Step 2: Pretend to be a serious host on LET for exactly 6 months. Step 3: Black Friday. Sell annual plans at unsustainable prices. Collect $30k+ in user funds instantly. Step 4: Find a sucker. Transfer the "business" to them for free. Step 5: You keep the cash; they get the monthly invoices and the angry support tickets.

You forgot step 0: set up a limited company so that you're not personally liable for all debts that accrue.

The issue with step 0 is that the number of service providers, banks, and payment providers that require the director to agree to waive that right.

Hence, you can purchase insurance to cover your personal liability instead.

Also, as I have stated previously. It's not a 100% get out of jail free card. Liquidation requires validation and approval. If they think for one minute that the whole thing is a scam they will refuse to do it.

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