warning Owners of a Different Domain Forum Scam people

johnn · Feb 1, 2018

For those of you who know me a long long time, I do not normally complain about anything in the past 16 years since I started the domain business but I feel like I need to warn people about the situation.

Due to NP rules, I am not allowed to mention the name but you should be able to figure it out.
Remember the rules here and do not mention the name.

I did some works for them and they own me money but did not pay me. I sent several PMs to the owners and the Admin for weeks and they keep saying they will pay but finally they ignored my PMs for weeks.

I have no choice but create threads in their forums and they keep deleting the posts with no answer or reply.
They finally ban me yesterday after being there 14 years.

Not paying for what you promised and banning me to avoid paying is scamming and I do have the option to pursue litigation .
I am not concerning much about money. I just want to warn people for what they did to me so are all aware.

Per NP Rules PLEASE DO NOT MENTION THE FORUM NAME WHEN YOU REPLY.

They bark the wrong tree!

John

wwwweb · Feb 6, 2018

johnn said:
Update.

Kevin, one of the owner, sent me an email (cc George on the email) and asked me to send him an invoice for the amount that they owned me.
Almost 2 days and nothing ha happened yet.

I don't understand - They have my payment information from the PMs - why send me an email and asked me again.

May be they will pay me after the sold the site?

Same tricks A D used to play, lol

MasterOfMyDomains · Feb 6, 2018

They should remove the whois privacy for transparency

I hope you get paid johnn. Thanks for the update

johnn · Feb 6, 2018

George just sent me an email saying he will pay me as soon as they sell the site? WT*?

So I was right - they are broke. Unbelievable!

wwwweb · Feb 6, 2018

johnn said:
George just sent me an email saying he will pay me as soon as they sell the site? WT*?

So I was right - they are broke. Unbelievable!

Wow you must be owed Millions here.

Are you sure your not talking to Adam, sounds like his words. Next thing your going to get some intern lawyer sending you a C&D. Maybe they can pay you in in top coins, or a piece of the internet's best animal site rams.com.

-EM- · Feb 6, 2018

johnn said:
George just sent me an email saying he will pay me as soon as they sell the site? WT*?

So I was right - they are broke. Unbelievable!

That's embarrassing

Kate · Feb 6, 2018

I don't know how many zeroes there are on John's invoice but I don't think they will be selling anything. Whatever could be salvaged is long gone.

Tia Wood · Feb 7, 2018

I'm sorry John

You are one of my favorite moderators.

johnn · Feb 7, 2018

tiawood said:
I'm sorry John You are one of my favorite moderators.

You should not disclose the secret between us.

Tia Wood · Feb 7, 2018

johnn said:
You should not disclose the secret between us.

Oh I won't

Shhhh

VirtualT · Feb 7, 2018

Kate said:
I don't know how many zeroes there are on John's invoice but I don't think they will be selling anything. Whatever could be salvaged is long gone.

Yeah its weird they are using a bot to repost the same things over and over again, 100 odd posts today of the same stuff

johnn · Feb 8, 2018

Can someone buy the site so they can pay me?

1. Hire someone to Admin/Mod the site
2. Cannot pay until the site is sold

Does it sound right? Something is terribly wrong.

johnn · Feb 11, 2018

Still Nothing!!!

IMEZI · Feb 11, 2018

VirtualT said:
Yeah its weird they are using a bot to repost the same things over and over again, 100 odd posts today of the same stuff

They were trying to scamm the buyer, they were trying to imitate forum activity. I hope those scammer burried into deepest hell....

doc24 · Feb 12, 2018

johnn said:
George just sent me an email saying he will pay me as soon as they sell the site? WT*?

So I was right - they are broke. Unbelievable!

Johnn, probably but you see these AD cronies faces everywhere like Namescon etc etc, and they also continue the same tactics as Dicker.. I wouldnt give $1 for a dead and useless forum that is probably filled with many fake accounts ..

mjnels · Feb 14, 2018

they said they're turning the whole thing into a .mobi themed forum..

wwwweb · Feb 20, 2018

johnn said:
Can someone buy the site so they can pay me?

1. Hire someone to Admin/Mod the site
2. Cannot pay until the site is sold

Does it sound right? Something is terribly wrong.

Funny, your wish came true, now I guess you can pay yourself.

Sorry, to say I will never go back there, there is just no need for it, same content already is here.

Either way best of luck with your venture, I am sure the backlinks still have value for a short period of time.

pqr · Feb 20, 2018

So OP is now one of the three owners of the forum which shall not be named. Did not see that coming. So many twists and turns!

MapleDots · Feb 20, 2018

@johnn seems to be a really decent kind of guy, if he is involved now there might be some positive changes.

MapleDots · Feb 20, 2018

I've been a member there since November but I don't know why they even allow new registrations. In the account upgrades it gives all kind of things you can do but nowhere does it say you cannot participate in ANY way.

I tried every single forum and could not read any posts. I cannot even read the forum announcements without upgrading. Funny thing is it only talks about the ability to sell, signatures, avatars etc.

So no preview of any kind.... just give me money.
If that continues it will surely fail again.

Namepros has it right, you can read, participate and if you like it upgrade.

They have a lot of work to do and have alienated a lot of people, it's going to be tough to get any momentum back.

johnn · Feb 20, 2018

Update.

The issue has been resolved.

Thanks,
John

MapleDots · Feb 20, 2018

The new owners probably offered him a portion of ownership in lieu off money owed.

Arca · Feb 20, 2018

MapleDots said:
The new owners probably offered him a portion of ownership in lieu off money owed.

Who are the other owners?

wwwweb · Feb 20, 2018

Arca said:
Who are the other owners?

Oliver Hoger and his broker Lars

wwwweb · Feb 20, 2018

Funny this thread actually from a outside POV implicates the person who started it in a informal fashion after the fact, since they now own the other forum

Steven McEvoy · Feb 20, 2018

This might be a different conversation here... now that things have changed for the best!

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