Been scammed, what to do?
#1
Posted 07 January 2007 - 05:24 AM
This guy runs a site called PenguHost.com, so if you ever come accross him, punch him in the face or something for me.
Now I was pissed off at this guy so much, even though he only had 40 bucks of mine, that didn't matter because its the principle of the matter. It made me madder since he made me trust him. I resorted to hacking, and from a friend I had learnt to hack websites (not that I have ever done it). Except he was using a different system to what people normally use, and I couldn't do anything.
Now the payment was over paypal, so I'm pretty much screwed there. I don't think I'll ever have enough proof with these guys. Problem is, I really want to get this guy back. Or atleast get my money back. If anyone could help me (which I doubt could) that would be the greatest.
Just thought I'd share this with you,
Ben.
#2
Posted 07 January 2007 - 05:51 AM
Not much else I can say here but, you just got PWNED You can only learn by your mistakes
Oh, question: How did you end up getting the guy on MSN in the first place?
Edited by Bug, 07 January 2007 - 05:52 AM.
#3
Posted 07 January 2007 - 06:38 AM
You can contact Paypal, but as far as they can tell, he didn't do anything wrong. Most likely anyway.
Considering from his site, however, I wouldn't trust him either. No contact or TOS page? Sketchy, baby, sketchy.
#4
Posted 07 January 2007 - 06:54 AM
#5
Posted 07 January 2007 - 07:56 AM
Oh and as for the msn... I honestly have no idea, though it's no surprise since I have nearly 200 contacts, all of them who have added me. I've done A LOT of different things over the 4 years I've had my msn, and I pretty much only have msn's for people that want favours from me.
And yeah I have to admit I did get "pwned", which is hard to admit. I was debating over myself on whether I should post this topic or not for about 2 days . I felt like I knew this guy, he was a friend of a friend. He used to be in FSO's, and so did my friend.
Ben.
Edited by d4rkst0n3, 07 January 2007 - 07:59 AM.
#6
Posted 07 January 2007 - 02:04 PM
I hope you get back at him and wish you good luck in that Give'em hell!
#7
Posted 07 January 2007 - 02:18 PM
Well, I'll start from the begining. I was on msn, and some guy I didn't really know offered me so web hosting for a real cheap price.
lol that's all I needed to read.
Pop over to http://webhostingtalk.com/ and leave some feedback on your experience.
run a whois you can get all the info you need on PenguHost.com and also report it via Paypal
#8
Posted 07 January 2007 - 05:45 PM
Now everyone can enjoy knowing who you over!
Edited by dEcade, 07 January 2007 - 06:04 PM.
Censored swear, please keep it clean.
#9
Posted 07 January 2007 - 06:58 PM
Yeah and it's actually not the first time I've been used. Some guy asked me to design him this website, I finished it and sent it, then found out he was getting paid for it.Odds are you won't be seeing that again. That is why, in all honesty, it is best not to do favors for people. You end up getting screwed and people end up getting mad.
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Yeah I ran a WHOIS on him right at the start, but I didn't see anything wrong with it. I would've reported him to paypal, but I couldn't find the report button
I'll post this on that forum you suggested Donna
Thanks for all the help guys!
Ben.
Edited by d4rkst0n3, 07 January 2007 - 07:04 PM.
#10
Posted 08 January 2007 - 03:23 AM
#11
Posted 08 January 2007 - 04:19 AM
EDIT: Nevermind I figured it out
Ben.
Edited by d4rkst0n3, 08 January 2007 - 04:32 AM.
#12
Posted 09 January 2007 - 12:54 PM
I will never use paypal and I really wouldn't recommend them to anyone.
#13
Posted 09 January 2007 - 01:32 PM
you should go there and warn others against this cowboy ASAP!
he also scammed a few people on www.apexwebgaming.com
the best way to protect yourself in future is to deal with the reputable people here ive hired 4 / 5 guys here and had no issues at all
#14
Posted 09 January 2007 - 06:55 PM
Wow thats harsh... I don't think I'd ever spend that much money through paypal. Still, I know a lot of people hate paypal, but what alternative is there?I lost $820 USD over a paypal transaction, because it was an item over the internet they couldn't give me the money, since it had no shipping number.
I will never use paypal and I really wouldn't recommend them to anyone.
Ben.
Edited by d4rkst0n3, 09 January 2007 - 08:10 PM.
#15
Posted 09 January 2007 - 11:33 PM
http://whois.net/who...enguhosting.com
Now everyone can enjoy knowing who you over!
Domain Name: PENGUHOSTING.COM
Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.enom.com
Referral URL: http://www.enom.com
Name Server: PLEASEDROPTHISHOST15823.JLHOSTS1.BIZ
Name Server: PLEASEDROPTHISHOST15824.JLHOSTS1.BIZ
Interesting nameservers.
#16
Posted 10 January 2007 - 12:11 AM
Ben.
Edited by d4rkst0n3, 10 January 2007 - 12:14 AM.
#17
Posted 10 January 2007 - 12:18 AM
I lost $820 USD over a paypal transaction, because it was an item over the internet they couldn't give me the money, since it had no shipping number.
I will never use paypal and I really wouldn't recommend them to anyone.
I find that a little odd I've used Paypal for years and never had any problems if I dispute something I always use transaction id's. Paypal also has phone numbers you can phone, you seem rather calm for someone that's lost $820 if I was you I'd look more into it.
#18
Posted 10 January 2007 - 04:11 AM
I spent over a month calling PayPal and trying to find every method I could possibly find to get this money or item back, and the final wording was that they could not do anything about it because there was no shipping number and they have no way to prove what really happened. I e-mailed the guy several times and being the coward he was he ignored every single one.
I then lost out on the money and the "Virtual Item" that was worth about $900 dollars. I didn't lose cash out of my pocket, just something that I had spent money, time and effort on.
#19
Posted 10 January 2007 - 04:14 AM
It was almost a year ago so it's well done and over with, but what had happened was the guy paid the money, it was there but since I was relitavely new to PayPal I assumed that was it transaction complete, he was a verified user and all so I sent him over this "Virtual Item" and about 6 hours later I get an e-mail saying that fraudulent activity may be going on and that the user put a hold on the payment and canceled it saying that he never received what I was supposed to give.
I spent over a month calling PayPal and trying to find every method I could possibly find to get this money or item back, and the final wording was that they could not do anything about it because there was no shipping number and they have no way to prove what really happened. I e-mailed the guy several times and being the coward he was he ignored every single one.
I then lost out on the money and the "Virtual Item" that was worth about $900 dollars. I didn't lose cash out of my pocket, just something that I had spent money, time and effort on.
i hope u werent selling the item cos u were needing the money for somethin in particular... that would be really harsh lol
#20
Posted 10 January 2007 - 04:38 AM
That really sucks. I heard about this guy who lost 15 grand when moving accounts or something... I don't know if it has been fixed yet, but this was a while ago, so I don't know.It was almost a year ago so it's well done and over with, but what had happened was the guy paid the money, it was there but since I was relitavely new to PayPal I assumed that was it transaction complete, he was a verified user and all so I sent him over this "Virtual Item" and about 6 hours later I get an e-mail saying that fraudulent activity may be going on and that the user put a hold on the payment and canceled it saying that he never received what I was supposed to give.
I spent over a month calling PayPal and trying to find every method I could possibly find to get this money or item back, and the final wording was that they could not do anything about it because there was no shipping number and they have no way to prove what really happened. I e-mailed the guy several times and being the coward he was he ignored every single one.
I then lost out on the money and the "Virtual Item" that was worth about $900 dollars. I didn't lose cash out of my pocket, just something that I had spent money, time and effort on.
Ben.
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