growcoins.com

[Qwiner]

This is a very new bitcoins investment website. There is no post about it in here, so I post it.

Are these types of investment websites scam?

Did anyone heard or know about whether these websites are scam?

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[farlack]

It's called a HYIP, or a ponzi. Daily profit 10%? Impossible, there would only be rich people if this were possible.

[kyntar]

Looks interesting but then so does a t-bone steak on the grill in the middle of a pack of lions. Do you go for it or leave it be?

[ratty]

The typos all over the website is a big red flag too. http://growcoins.com/faq2.php "Which e-currencie do you accept? We accept : BitCoint`s."

I gave it a try just to see, I can afford to lose 0.1BTC.
I googled for growcoins.com just to see what people are saying, and found this thread.

The 15 days should be up in a week, place your bets now on if I'll actually be able to get the coins out.
I'll report here how it goes. Though maybe they actually pay out on the small investments, to gain confidence.
I'll reply here on if I get paid or not, so at least there will be some evidence one way or the other. Though I could easily be a shill, so stay skeptical regardless.
I clicked "contact us" and asked them to post here, since on the off chance they actually aren't a scam, they can explain how the heck they're able to pay out so much.

[MPOE-PR]

The typos all over the website is a big red flag too. http://growcoins.com/faq2.php "Which e-currencie do you accept? We accept : BitCoint`s."

I gave it a try just to see, I can afford to lose 0.1BTC.
I googled for growcoins.com just to see what people are saying, and found this thread.

The 15 days should be up in a week, place your bets now on if I'll actually be able to get the coins out.
I'll report here how it goes. Though maybe they actually pay out on the small investments, to gain confidence.
I'll reply here on if I get paid or not, so at least there will be some evidence one way or the other. Though I could easily be a shill, so stay skeptical regardless.
I clicked "contact us" and asked them to post here, since on the off chance they actually aren't a scam, they can explain how the heck they're able to pay out so much.

Have a read. You're not doing anyone any favors.

[ratty]

The front page says:

Growcoins.com will work for ever, With our company your dreams come true. Growcoins.com is engaged in the investment increase your money. That is, if you urgently need a large sum of money, or make money online, our site is for you. Our company has many experts who are constantly monitoring the rise and fall of shares in other companies and exchange rates.

That does sound pretty hilarious actually. Its like something you'd see in a spam email. Yeah, I probably lost my money. Oh well, this is all a fun exploration into the world of scams for me.

[rammy2k2]

how can u even ask ? its clearly a scam

[Nagle]

It's even worse than it looks. I've been doing some digging. More in a week.

[bitcoinbboyce]

The website looks top quality, just the sort of place I want to put my money in   

[ratty]

But their company has many experts and will make my dreams come true!

[uheredia]

Here are some clues:


Address lookup

canonical name   growcoins.com.
aliases   
addresses    199.91.124.184
Domain Whois record

Queried whois.internic.net with "dom growcoins.com"...

   Domain Name: GROWCOINS.COM
   Registrar: NETEARTH ONE INC. D/B/A NETEARTH
   Whois Server: whois.advancedregistrar.com
   Referral URL: http://www.advancedregistrar.com
   Name Server: NS1.BITCOIN-DNS.COM
   Name Server: NS2.BITCOIN-DNS.COM
   Status: clientTransferProhibited
   Updated Date: 11-aug-2013
   Creation Date: 11-aug-2013
   Expiration Date: 11-aug-2014

>>> Last update of whois database: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 18:52:23 UTC <<<
Queried whois.advancedregistrar.com with "growcoins.com"...

Registration Service Provided By: BITCOINWEBHOSTING.NET

  Note: >>>>>>>> ******** ( Interisting a Bitcoin acepted hosting )********


Domain Name: GROWCOINS.COM

 Registration Date: 11-Aug-2013
 Expiration Date: 11-Aug-2014 

 Status:LOCKED
   Note: This Domain Name is currently Locked.
   This feature is provided to protect against fraudulent acquisition of the domain name,
   as in this status the domain name cannot be transferred or modified.

 Name Servers: 
    ns1.bitcoin-dns.com
    ns2.bitcoin-dns.com
 

 Registrant Contact Details:
    PrivacyProtect.org
    Domain Admin        (contact@privacyprotect.org)
    ID#10760, PO Box 16
    Note - Visit PrivacyProtect.org to contact the domain owner/operator
 
  Note: >>>>>>>> ******** ( You can contact the domian owner via privacyprotec.org )********

    Nobby Beach
    Queensland,QLD 4218
    AU

 :)Note: >>>>>>>> ******** ( Australia???  Mmmmm!      )********
    Tel. +45.36946676

 Administrative Contact Details: 
    PrivacyProtect.org
    Domain Admin        (contact@privacyprotect.org)
    ID#10760, PO Box 16
    Note - Visit PrivacyProtect.org to contact the domain owner/operator
    Nobby Beach
    Queensland,QLD 4218
    AU
    Tel. +45.36946676

 Technical Contact Details: 
    PrivacyProtect.org
    Domain Admin        (contact@privacyprotect.org)
    ID#10760, PO Box 16
    Note - Visit PrivacyProtect.org to contact the domain owner/operator
    Nobby Beach
    Queensland,QLD 4218
    AU
    Tel. +45.36946676

 Billing Contact Details:
    PrivacyProtect.org
    Domain Admin        (contact@privacyprotect.org)
    ID#10760, PO Box 16
    Note - Visit PrivacyProtect.org to contact the domain owner/operator
    Nobby Beach
    Queensland,QLD 4218
    AU
    Tel. +45.36946676

  Any more thoughts???....

[fungal]

Registrant Contact Details:
    PrivacyProtect.org
    Domain Admin        (contact@privacyprotect.org)
    ID#10760, PO Box 16
    Note - Visit PrivacyProtect.org to contact the domain owner/operator
 
  Note: >>>>>>>> ******** ( You can contact the domian owner via privacyprotec.org )********

    Nobby Beach
    Queensland,QLD 4218
    AU

 :)Note: >>>>>>>> ******** ( Australia???  Mmmmm!      )********
    Tel. +45.36946676

Country code +45... those darn Danes.. (Danish)

[kyntar]

Well I invested .1 btc 18 days ago and the investment matured up to 10 days old and has been hung there for 8 days. Sent an email over 24 hrs. ago and still no response. I sent another email earlier and am waiting to hear back. Do Not Invest. I was your guinea pig and it don't look good.

[favdesu]

scam.

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[wiser]

It's Mining United all over again!

[fungal]

FYI:
Their site has been down for maintenance for some time now... Wonder if it is permanent as the domain now has a bad rep...

[ninjaboon]

Well I invested .1 btc 18 days ago and the investment matured up to 10 days old and has been hung there for 8 days. Sent an email over 24 hrs. ago and still no response. I sent another email earlier and am waiting to hear back. Do Not Invest. I was your guinea pig and it don't look good.

smells like ponzi and scam, stay away then.

[ratty]

I lost 0.1BTC on it, but I knew it was high risk of being a scam. Whatever we paid, consider that fee for learning a lesson about a type of ponzi scheme called HYIP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-yield_investment_program

[waqas]

I lost 0.1BTC on it, but I knew it was high risk of being a scam. Whatever we paid, consider that fee for learning a lesson about a type of ponzi scheme called HYIP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-yield_investment_program

if one person lost its example for others not try these ponzi schmes beaware of them put them in hell

[Unluckyduck]

Lol why did people just throw money at it knowing they would lose it?