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case to say that it is using info ilegally, everything that was said to you was successfully ignored
its best to think with your head first
I know 1 is a client and have their info which will be sent to the FBI. There's a lot of other data we have about this too
And you will send this report as Lewis? Your ideas are getting better and better.
What did I do?
I knyow 1 is a cwient and have theiw info which wiww be sent to the FBI 🕵️♀️📁 Thewe’s a wot of othew data we have about this too~ ✨💼
Do you know, as opposed to a wild guess, (a) that our data were transferred to the USA, and (b) if so, by whom?
If you know that they were transferred by Eric, please provide evidence.
And again, one might argue that we (@VeloxMedia's customers) did - and possibly still do - have a contract, but with whom? VeloxMedia? Lewis? And are those even different?
That said, my main concern is that the VPS for which I paid in advance still is working - and that so far it does. Thanks to Eric (and maybe in part to Lewis).
In other words: Yes, something that looks shady was happening but from what (little) I can see nobody was harmed, plus, and even better, a central figure of the new company seems to work quite hard to keep it working. As far as we know - as opposed to wild speculation and yadda yadda - only one single thing is likely to change: below cost services will be terminated or at least not be sold anymore. Which IMO is positive.
So you believe those who paid for “below cost services” should just have their plans terminated regardless of how recently they might have purchased them or how long their plan was supposed to last, all while taking that customers money? I think you’re confused here.
Meanwhile FBI:
I love a good contrarian always refreshing to see
Eric stated that openly in the discord chat. He had no issue with this and even mentioned selling this info to russia will be completly legal for him.
You need anything else?
Funny enough he also stated here that he bought veloxmedia and he now OWNS it and he has all keys to veloxmedia.co.uk which kinda makes him the owner.
Which gets better since he is right now operating it not as an US LLC but as a sole proprietorship.
Thats bold.
@VeloxMedia my two VPS in California are down and I can't access the management panel either.
Perhaps it would make sense to send out an email update if you want to keep the reputation? Having stuff just disappear from the internet and then having to find out through Lowendtalk that there's an attack + new management doesn't inspire confidence.
Where did I say any of this? Can you please provide screenshots? Specifically about: selling info to Russia, me buying veloxmedia and being a sole proprietorship?
Facts are important. Let's see these
@Roxyrex whip up deez fax right here right now
VeloxMedia is dodging questions like Neo in The Matrix.
Is he just a figment of our collective imagination?
Love the vibe here. Is this the Turing Test? Did I pass?
Enough for you?
I hope everything can be resolved soon
https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/4693164#Comment_4693164
https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/4693227#Comment_4693227
Legally, the contract should be with Lewis t/a VeloxMedia. However, it appears that he was never operating legally and most of the invoices just stated VeloxMedia, even though that never existed as a legal entity.
Before you feel too smug, re-read his FIFTH post since taking control of the LET account.
https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/4693309#Comment_4693309
That sounds like he literally can't decide whether to cancel everyone's service or not. He still hasn't clarified this. And ending with "obviously something has to be done" seems to strongly indicate his preference for just nuking customers he feels won't earn him enough.
How the fuck is it positive to cancel services that were already paid for?
This guy was told up front that the business was running at a 25% loss, and he still choose to "buy" it. That means buying the obligations as well as the well paying customers.
And if he doesn't want those customers, he needs to just say so. Then they can chargeback and get their money back. If this guy is telling the truth and Eric and Lewis are separate individuals, it shouldn't be any concern of this whether Lewis has to pay out a chargeback or not. But he's not doing that, he's trying to string those people along, cynically using the BS made up persona just so they miss the chargeback window before he cuts their service.
And the real kicker - this guy won't even tell us who he is. If he's telling the truth and registering a company, it'll be on public record anyway. So what's the big secret, unless it's just another pack of lies told as part of the exit scam?
I'm an existing client. So, not an exit scam? Good to know.
This whole thing is a crazy acquisition technique.
What's the point of taking over a hosting company, sinking it's reputation and cancelling a bunch of contracts? Most are 1y anyway, why not let them simply run out and then not auto-renew them and send a personalize offer?
I wonder what Stripe will do if people start doing charge backs at mass...
Very good conclusion
Indeed,
No rational investor buys a company running at a 25% loss and immediately begins alienating the existing revenue stream unless the goal is liquidation. If "Eric" were a legitimate third party, he would be fighting to retain every single customer to pivot toward profitability. Instead, he is actively cutting off the very people who have already funded the operation.
Yeah, customers are not unreasonable. If some packages were sold at a loss. At least reach out to customers, explain the situation and see if there's a mutually beneficial way forward.
Eliminating customers and tanking your reputation seems very foolish. Especially if you just paid good money for a company.
Good thing I paid by credit card, so I can always do a chargeback.
Let's see what happens. I hope this can be resolved in a decent and mutually beneficial way.
My Fremont, CA VPS I got back in August was up 131 days, now its been down for hours.
Apparently others were faster than me so let me focus on just the last point .
You stated you do not have a company registered yet.
Lewis or you were issuing invoices stating just veloxmedia.
You took over everything and effectively you are acting as an main actor in this scheme and you still are assuring people that "everything is fine, there are no grounds for chargeback or fraud report" "all servers operational, nothing changed for you" only on permise that you will keep their services running.
Probably they were not legally sold in the first place. And now you are making people loose their money with not filling chargebacks in time since probably you are hoping to keep them at least 181 days and then terminate all plans paid via paypal or others since this is the deadline for "item not received".
And since you took over ownership and management of these customers and you are responsible for misinformation it makes you responsible.
Back to what you stated - not having a company registered yet while operating a company makes you a sole proprietorship under US law.
Wow that's taken way out of context and not at all what I said.
How about the rest?
You can scroll your own discord server and check if it is out of context or not.
What rest? Conclusions that can be drawn? For now i can assume that no one will believe in you since youre not doing what the people really want.
The context was that you were not being able to understand what the GDPR is and how transferring customer data without any notification and agreement between legislations is illegal and you stated that you are in the US and you don't need to care about laws in UK or EU since you consulted your "legal team" and they told you it's not your concern.
Well, I am not sure if full context helps you here.
It's not down, just network null routed because of an attack. It's affecting the control panels.
$1000/mo would bring it online and stop this at the CA DC. It's not included in anyone's original TOS or anything.
In my view, VeloxMedia is just trying to spin a new narrative because the previous one flopped. We’ve seen this LET Playbook a dozen times:
The Medical Ghost, The Upstream Scapegoat, The Stalling Tactic, The Moral Crusader...
It’s the same rinse-and-repeat cycle. At this point, I’m not sure if they think a convincing enough script will finally summon the dragon, Is there a prize for the best narrative, or if LET has just become an experimental farm where providers test how much BS we’ll swallow before we hit the 'Deadpool' button.