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It happened on 23rd Aug 2022 and this matter lasted almost one month without any process. Masterbucks.com declined my fund withdrawal and disabled the button of fund withdrawal. And I contacted Epik.com and got no further action even if Rob Monster got involved in it for two weeks. All the time I was told in email by management review.

What is wrong with Epik.com? Do you think it is normal to disable fund withdrawal? How can I get back my fund from Epik.com? Thanks for your suggestion.

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$185.60 , I get it on the 18th of every month
yeah, that's what I thought. They pay small ones to keep them from posting negative reviews and the ones that bring them legal issues.
 
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If this insider information about Monster's antics is true, what strategy should the victims have?
Well I think it is important to remember that if it is indeed a liquidity issue, as I am confident it is, and there is only so much money to go around then, as is the case in most things, the squeakiest and most dangerous (law suits, fed investigations, negative reviews, etc) wheels get fixed first.
 
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E lost it. They fear public opinion, reviews, search results. Even thedeadforum.com isn't a place of free speech these day.
 
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TrustRatings.com ... Are they powered by eRise, Toki ... or epik.com? Only archive.org knows.
 
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Epik - fixit before the entire world knew about it!

... autoblogging is the most powerful spreadware.
(spotted more sharing the same post -autoblogging- on different websites/domains)
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2019: If you are not using epik escrow, you are wasting your time.

Can you comment on whether Epik is registered as an Escrow Agent anywhere in the US?
I am very familiar with your firm's efforts to dispatch various state agencies to investigate compliance against your definition of escrow however, the valid definition is simply to function as trusted third party.
Regardless of the definition of the property being transacted, if the escrow company is not being examined regularly it's impossible to know that those funds would go to the seller if the company got into trouble.
PayPal is licensed as a money transmitter in the US States in which they operate, otherwise they'd be shut down.

Commenting on TheDomains.com, Brandon Abbey said,

"From Freelancer 2018 annual report regarding Escrow.com – “as part of this process, in FY18 the division incurred one-off regulatory penalties of $0.8 million"

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Steve said,

"The point is it’s hard enough to get offers on our domains, then reach a mutually agreed price, then have the buyer pay for our domains, and now to face this additional obstacle of KYC verification"

Which if I remember 2019 correctly, a big draw for using epik escrow was less hoops verification wise to jump through than escrow.com. So dating back to 2019, there appears to be a feud, or even maybe migration of domain escrow business to an extent away from escrow.com, and onto epik.com corresponding with their epik escrow marketing pushes.

October 2020: Epik loses PayPal

Mashable.com cites, "A source close to the situation put the issue more bluntly: money laundering."

Rob Davis Email to PayPal CEO

"This is before we even address what looks like the intentional and inaccurate classification of our proven business model as a domain registrar, as a possible money laundering operation invoking compartmentalized handling procedures for convenient cover related to the Patriot Act. You have misclassified the operations of our company, ignored guidance otherwise regarding provisions that have nothing to do with our activities, and failed to recognize the services we offer and extend..."

"You have also grossly underestimated the depth and impact of the hardships that you now threaten to create, by eliminating the primary method that many thousands of customers have on file as their only listed payment mechanism to satisfy renewal requirements of critical domain properties. These are domain names that our customers utilize and rely upon to run their businesses, to operate their ecommerce platforms and online stores, to provide for their families, and in many cases feed their children."

"I would add further that many of the initial round of questions related to offshore numbered accounts, money transmission licenses, Patriot Act certificates, AML, external process flows, and other queries related to cross‐ border activities and law enforcement, were absolutely absurd, and well outside of any knowledge or experience we have as a domain registrar."

Epik Mashable Blog Response

"The only reference to AML or KYC programs received by Epik in 2020, was a request on May 29th for routine updates to payment flow and process handling. PayPal had reportedly flagged Epik – along with thousands of other organizations – as having possible irregularities, and inadvertently suspended services for a time period of less than three hours. An escalation to CEO Dan Schulman’s own office, promptly resulted not only in the questionnaire being removed from Epik’s PayPal terminal, but yielded the admittance that PayPal had no idea what Epik’s business model was as a domain registrar. With no prompt from Epik whatsoever, PayPal would go on to even offer and approve a working capital loan to Epik on August 23rd. This was on top of significant of working capital loans offered to Epik over the course of the first half of the year, along with repeated attempts to take over all merchant business and credit card processing activities."


April 2022: DomainGang PayPal Restored at Epik

"The conversation on Twitter further clarifies that exchanges of Masterbacks cannot use PayPal as a withdrawal option, apparently a key decision to restoring PayPal as a transaction method on Epik."

Early September 2022: Epik, we have a problem! (Domain removed from account)
I will continue as Chairman and majority shareholder, but will now be able to devote more time to a number of passion projects including Kingdom Ventures...

Thanks in advance for welcoming Brian.

.... which ummm.... IDK if it's irony or a slap in the face that the same month Rob leaves epik CEO position to focus his time a "Kingdom Venture Fund" while later in the same month, MasterBucks stops paying out Epik customers, and now Rob is conveniently removed from the public equation.

Late September 2022: Epik says MasterBucks will return soon!

"Royce said Masterbucks is a big part of Epik’s future and he plans to turn Masterbucks into a Paypal competitor."

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I'm sure I missed a bunch, but just wanted to point out while there appears to have been historical cash crunches, and maybe current cash crunches, (and) despite epik regaining PayPal, their publicly indication of wanting to turn masterbucks into a paypal competitor seems like it all may wind back up in the state licensing money transmitter discussion of which both paypal.com and escrow.com seem compliant, where I can't seem to find any epik filings yet. Not my area of expertise, so maybe I'm missing some stuff on how epik intends to make the paypal jump. Maybe this is what new CEO Brian Royce was trying to contact Elon about...

All these AML and KYC accusations, lapses, laxes, feueds just seems like it was inivitable that some sort of compliance regulation audit of some sort would reign down on MasterBucks. If MasterBucks makes it through the regulatory/compliance/cashcrunch/whatever hoops, and somehow is able to become a paypal competitor great, but that seems like a tall order given how they are responding to this current masterbucks crisis, and how they have historically responded to escrow regulatory, and licensing questions from industry peers.
 
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I just dropped review on Epik on Trustpilot. The next will be masterbucks if I don't hear anything tomorrow. This is just the beginning.
 
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... autoblogging is the most powerful spreadware.
(spotted more sharing the same post -autoblogging- on different websites/domains)Show attachment 226282

Just helping epik spread the word. There are dozens more areas this post will be shared to. We'll see if they value their reputation or not.
 
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yeah, that's what I thought. They pay small ones to keep them from posting negative reviews and the ones that bring them legal issues.

it means nothing. maybe they just pay payment plans cause it's different.. more automatic .. etc.. it means nothing that he get paid cause no one else here is even talking bout payment plan payouts
 
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This customer even canceled the transaction which he has the right to, but Tony refused the cancellation and loaded his Masterbucks instead. This is fishy, why wouldn't they cancel, just so they can keep the money hostage in Masterbucks?

Can I cancel an Escrow transaction?

Both parties have the right to cancel the transaction without penalties until the escrow is concluded. If the Buyer has already submitted payment, Epik will reimburse. In any case of cancellation that requires a reimbursement, Epik reserves the right to deduct escrow fees in addition to any other applicable penalties and fees, regardless of who requested the cancellation.

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Has anyone saved a copy of all these customer reviews screenshots? Could you please post all in one post as attachments? Thanks!
 
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This customer even canceled the transaction which he has the right to, but Tony refused the cancellation and loaded his Masterbucks instead. This is fishy, why wouldn't they cancel, just so they can keep the money hostage in Masterbucks?Show attachment 226333
Is this @Tony Blessed here on NamePros?

Soliciting new business when you are not paying out existing debts is not only sleazy, it could be something worse.

Also, it is disingenuous when you take this business without even mentioning the system "issues" aka Epik is unable or unwilling to pay out existing debts.

You only get one reputation. People who are involved in this might want to think long and hard about that.

Brad
 
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Is this @Tony Blessed here on NamePros?

Soliciting new business when you are not paying out existing debts is not only sleazy, it could be something worse.

Also, it is disingenuous when you take this business without even mentioning the system "issues" aka Epik is unable or unwilling to pay out existing debts.

You only get one reputation. People who are involved in this might want to think long and hard about that.

Brad
If customers can't even cancel a transaction, then it may have nothing to do with the supposed "regulatory banking and compliance issues".....
 
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I was also under the impression you completely washed your hands clean from epik.

You always have a choice, but whether or not that choice is in your best interest, well I guess that depends on your financial situation, and how important your epik equity is to you.

(a) Cut your losses, and give your shares back to Rob.
(b) Donate (sell for $1) your shares to the SPLC or whichever organization you see fit.
(c) Wait for your angel investment to pay an expected dividend, and remain an investor of epik.

Clearly, you are choosing (c) to remain an investor in epik.

It's a little sneaky/dishonest to try and hide that fact while attempting to appease the outside perception by saying you relinquished your board seat but remain invested in the company. Angel investor or not, you always have a choice. 🤑 #EpiklyBlind
I don't get the Braden attack. Why does he have to answer to anybody?

He owns equity in the business, so what? Angel investments have a 2/20 strike rate. Most go kaputt.

Furthermore, he's not directly responsible for what happens in the day-to-day operations at Epik.

It's disingenuous to tell somebody what to do with their money. Rob fooled lots of people, most people here, including Braden. That's what high-level swindlers do, leave a trail of damage behind them.

You can stop with grifter talk about donating the stock to charity.
 
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Sure, Brian might not have time to deal with Epik customers, but he does seem to have endless time to post dumb takes like this -

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Yes, there is clearly no third option like someone is in debt, can't afford a house, can't find a job, lost their home, or is a victim of bad circumstances beyond their control.

If it is not that, it is kissing Elon's ass.

Brian you need to worry more about Epik's "commingled" funds than "commingling" your lips with Elon's ass.

What a tool. It really seems like Epik is in good hands!!!

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Sure, Brian might not have time to deal with Epik customers, but he does seem to have endless time to post dumb takes like this -

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Yes, there is clearly no third option like someone is in debt, can't afford a house, can't find a job, lost their home, or is a victim of bad circumstances beyond their control.

If it is not that, it is kissing Elon's ass.

What a tool. It really seems like Epik is in good hands!!!

Brad
Common Brad, How sound can his mind be to accept being CEO of a Sh*tshow?

Rob saw him coming a mile away. Brian happily accepted and is only dumb enough and stupid enough to think he can change a company that's broken from the inside out.

His compensation package = He's sold his life down the drain.

I feel sorry for the guy. He's either thick as a brick or Mentally deranged already; hence he was passed the baton right as the sh*t hit the fan.
 
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Common Brad, How sound can his mind be to accept being CEO of a Sh*tshow?

Rob saw him coming a mile away. Brian happily accepted and is only dumb enough and stupid enough to think he can change a company that's broken from the inside out.

His compensation package = He's sold his life down the drain.

I feel sorry for the guy. He's either thick as a brick or Mentally deranged already; hence he was passed the baton right as the sh*t hit the fan.
Brian is just as dishonest and immoral as Monster. He is a desperate loser that saw an opportunity. I hope they grift each other into oblivion.
 
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I feel sorry for the guy. He's either thick as a brick or Mentally deranged already; hence he was passed the baton right as the sh*t hit the fan.
He got handed the steering wheel as the bus is about to go over the cliff. You got this Brian!

Though in reality, I think he had to know what he was getting into.

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He got handed the steering wheel as the bus is about to go over the cliff. You got this Brian!

Brad
I know serval distressed company buyers who reached out to Rob to buy subsidiaries in EpikHoldings, but there was nothing but radio silence back.

I'm sure serval companies within the holding can pay the escrow debts. Rob is holding out to find a new sucker to foot his bill.

To his credit, he's excellent at what he does. He is a master swindler
 
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I know serval distressed company buyers who reached out to Rob to buy subsidiaries in EpikHoldings, but there was nothing but radio silence back.

I'm sure serval companies within the holding can pay the escrow debts. Rob is holding out to find a new sucker to foot his bill.

To his credit, he's excellent at what he does. He is a master swindler
I think at this point, more than (2) months after funds were initially frozen, Epik is clearly just trying to string customers along with false promises and buy time.

Maybe some miracle happens, then they can act like nothing happened and Rob can come back from his radio silence and start the self-promotion again.

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I know serval distressed company buyers who reached out to Rob to buy subsidiaries in EpikHoldings, but there was nothing but radio silence back.

I'm sure serval companies within the holding can pay the escrow debts. Rob is holding out to find a new sucker to foot his bill.

To his credit, he's excellent at what he does. He is a master swindler
Which subsidiaries? Most of Epik's products are white labels.
 
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I think at this point, more than (2) months after funds were initially frozen, Epik is clearly just trying to string customers along with false promises and buy time.

Maybe some miracle happens, then they can act like nothing happened and Rob can come back from his radio silence and start the self-promotion again.

Brad
It doesn't feel like that, Brad.

Isn't this the only time that he's gone silent? I assume he's sailing off into the sunset. Customers are only getting their money back if a new investor is found.
 
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Sure, Brian might not have time to deal with Epik customers, but he does seem to have endless time to post dumb takes like this -

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Yes, there is clearly no third option like someone is in debt, can't afford a house, can't find a job, lost their home, or is a victim of bad circumstances beyond their control.

If it is not that, it is kissing Elon's ass.

Brian you need to worry more about Epik's "commingled" funds than "commingling" your lips with Elon's ass.

What a tool. It really seems like Epik is in good hands!!!

Brad
When heartless affinity grifters try to sound "based" they always come off as sounding, or rather revealing, that they are elitist psychopaths with no real concern for others. Reminds me of Rob Monster.
 

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When heartless affinity grifters try to sound "based" they always come off as sounding, or rather revealing, that they are elitist psychopaths with no real concern for others.
Having a lack of empathy is a great life hack to wealth.

You are not bound my morals, ethics, feelings. There is a good reason so many of the richest people are sociopaths. They are simply willing to do what most ordinary people would not.

They also don't tend to feel guilt, remorse, or shame.

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