btc-arbs.com - Update: dead HYIP, Refund progress: BTC-arbs still doing refunds

[Draxon]

Hi all,

I'm new to the forums and I just felt I had to post my epxerience with BTC-arbs so far and my actions taken.

I Invested 0.6346 on 28/03/2014. So far I have aboot 0.8 ish. But like you I have 0.7944 stuck in legacy.
I've also sent them a support ticket and got the same basic reply as some others have here.

From   administrator
Sent on   April 26th 2014
Thank you for your message. As the new owners of BTC-Arbs we are happy to hear from you and are interested in hearing any suggestions that you may have. We are aware that the "Legacy Fund" method of doing things isn't ideal for some members, however it is the best way to ensure that all of our books are in order as we begin to move forward. As you will see, we have already started to transfer a portion of the Legacy Funds back to the main balance. Furthermore, we have processed all withdrawals that we have received.

We would appreciate your patience during this transition. A manual verification of the funds within the system is necessary, particularly due to the fact that there were a number of issues that arose as a direct result of the Heartbleed bug.

Further information regarding this transition will be provided in the coming days, along with information about our acquisition of an official investment license.

Sincerely,
Ron James & The Global Capital Alliance
----------------------------------
DraxonNL on 26/04/2014 15:12:38
The legacy transfer is taking way too long. You get to trade with the legacy funds but you only pay out over the meager small new balance. This isn't really fair. Please transfer all the funds. As atm I can't even withdraw the legacy funds if i'd want too.

My patience is wearing thin as you can understand.
So I took it upon me to try and figure out what is really happening.

First I tried to track the origin of the website. But Whois is masking most of the data, but still if it all goes to shit we know where to look for the real data... Or at least the FBI will now. Here is the all the information I could get from tracking the IP.

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So I've sent an email to both Abuse@enom.come and 6547573D6D3C48BF97A407CD2AB7880B.PROTECT@WHOISGUARD.COM asking for more information regarding the site, Ron James and the CGA.

I've also followed up on a clue on this website http://www.imaginegrow.com/business-growth-strategy.php, as someone else here posted they mention the GCA. The people running this site seem legitimate people that run legitimate businesses.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanhoggan
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericbjohnson20

These two men run imaginegrow.com.

Now i've sent them a mail inquiring about Ron James and the CGA as neither of them really have any hits on the interwebz.

I'll keep you posted on any new info I get about these people and their companies and any replies I get from them.

I really hope we don't all get shafted and if we do I really think we need to work together and find the bad guys. I still have hope that nobody will get screwed but tbh. It's hard to keep hope.

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[sunny1]

Hi all,

I'm new to the forums and I just felt I had to post my epxerience with BTC-arbs so far and my actions taken.

I Invested 0.6346 on 28/03/2014. So far I have aboot 0.8 ish. But like you I have 0.7944 stuck in legacy.
I've also sent them a support ticket and got the same basic reply as some others have here.

From   administrator
Sent on   April 26th 2014
Thank you for your message. As the new owners of BTC-Arbs we are happy to hear from you and are interested in hearing any suggestions that you may have. We are aware that the "Legacy Fund" method of doing things isn't ideal for some members, however it is the best way to ensure that all of our books are in order as we begin to move forward. As you will see, we have already started to transfer a portion of the Legacy Funds back to the main balance. Furthermore, we have processed all withdrawals that we have received.

We would appreciate your patience during this transition. A manual verification of the funds within the system is necessary, particularly due to the fact that there were a number of issues that arose as a direct result of the Heartbleed bug.

Further information regarding this transition will be provided in the coming days, along with information about our acquisition of an official investment license.

Sincerely,
Ron James & The Global Capital Alliance
----------------------------------
DraxonNL on 26/04/2014 15:12:38
The legacy transfer is taking way too long. You get to trade with the legacy funds but you only pay out over the meager small new balance. This isn't really fair. Please transfer all the funds. As atm I can't even withdraw the legacy funds if i'd want too.

My patience is wearing thin as you can understand.
So I took it upon me to try and figure out what is really happening.

First I tried to track the origin of the website. But Whois is masking most of the data, but still if it all goes to shit we know where to look for the real data... Or at least the FBI will now. Here is the all the information I could get from tracking the IP.

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So I've sent an email to both Abuse@enom.come and 6547573D6D3C48BF97A407CD2AB7880B.PROTECT@WHOISGUARD.COM asking for more information regarding the site, Ron James and the CGA.

I've also followed up on a clue on this website http://www.imaginegrow.com/business-growth-strategy.php, as someone else here posted they mention the GCA. The people running this site seem legitimate people that run legitimate businesses.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanhoggan
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericbjohnson20

These two men run imaginegrow.com.

Now i've sent them a mail inquiring about Ron James and the CGA as neither of them really have any hits on the interwebz.

I'll keep you posted on any new info I get about these people and their companies and any replies I get from them.

I really hope we don't all get shafted and if we do I really think we need to work together and find the bad guys. I still have hope that nobody will get screwed but tbh. It's hard to keep hope.

Thanks for the info. Don't trust that the FBI will walk in to investigate. They haven't in the past for much larger internet scams above $50 million. Don't forget, only a fraction of the victims are from the US and the FBI is not interested, nor do they have the resources in "helping out" people from around the world.

And to speak about your losses honestly: Not even your local policemen will investigate a 0.6346 btc fraud, even if you know the address of the person who defrauded you...

[Draxon]

Well if it all goes bad. it's not just my loss is it :] all our loss combined is whats up.

We'll see how it ends, then perhaps people per country can team up and press charges.

For now I just hope we all get our BTC back, even if it's not much. It's still our money, not theirs. If we do nothing we get nothing.

[sunny1]

Well if it all goes bad. it's not just my loss is it :] all our loss combined is whats up.

We'll see how it ends, then perhaps people per country can team up and press charges.

For now I just hope we all get our BTC back, even if it's not much. It's still our money, not theirs. If we do nothing we get nothing.

Yes, I agree. But as yonce has outlined earlier its difficult if not impossilble to trace these guys - they always got away with it.

[yonce]

Well if it all goes bad. it's not just my loss is it :] all our loss combined is whats up.

We'll see how it ends, then perhaps people per country can team up and press charges.

For now I just hope we all get our BTC back, even if it's not much. It's still our money, not theirs. If we do nothing we get nothing.

Yes, I agree. But as yonce has outlined earlier its difficult if not impossilble to trace these guys - they always got away with it.

it is a lost cause, one hyip game goes offline another one takes its place. The only people that ever want to pursue them after being scammed are the ones who didn't know they were playing a hyip. Never pans out.

[Hoof-arted]

I like many others have nearly the entire amount stuck in "legacy account" and have not received one reply since the "acquisition". Only thing I get now is pitiful legacy account transfers that I am not making anything off of. I don't give 2 shits right now what the results bring if I am not getting credit for what was already deposited and should be rightfully able to withdraw at any time instead of this legacy runaround.

Seems to me like a gox going on and we are all getting the shaft. Waiting this whole time on my 1.16BTC to transfer out of legacy over the course of two years is not going to cause me to invest with them ever again.

[lesnod11]

I am sending daily support tickets it seems asking where are the results and the legacy transfers, they never respond to the ticket but seem to update the results not long after I e-mail them..... This is all so ridiculous.

[lesnod11]

Here is the latest bull shit.


It has been a busy weekend for the Global Capital Alliance and BTC-Arbs. Multiple legacy transfers have been completed, many full balance transfers have been made, support tickets are being resolved and withdrawals are being paid. Today's arbitrage result is 0.54%.

[showtimex]

Well surprisingly I did receive my funds today finally after waiting about 4 days (.86 btc)...Keep it up btc-arbs and I will buy you a salmon to smoke for your next cocktail bash.

[FreeJack2k2]

They aren't even trying, anymore. Saturday a holiday (what?) and tiny Sunday results in advance...and with a $10 plus spread all day. They don't seem to even care about giving the appearance of legitimacy anymore, which begs the question...why continue the charade?

[yonce]

They aren't even trying, anymore. Saturday a holiday (what?) and tiny Sunday results in advance...and with a $10 plus spread all day. They don't seem to even care about giving the appearance of legitimacy anymore, which begs the question...why continue the charade?

They must be still getting deposits in, only reason to keep up any charade. Can be as short as a week or two or it can be a few months of keeping up a charade.

[NLNico]

They aren't even trying, anymore. Saturday a holiday (what?) and tiny Sunday results in advance...and with a $10 plus spread all day. They don't seem to even care about giving the appearance of legitimacy anymore, which begs the question...why continue the charade?

May 3 National Holiday (May-3rd-Constitution Day—Święto Konstytucji 3 Maja) is a Polish national and public holiday that takes place on May 3.


At least we know where this ponzi owner is from now.

Saturday   May 3   Labour Day Holiday   China
Saturday   May 3   Constitution Memorial Day   Japan
Saturday   May 3   Constitution Day   Poland
Saturday   May 3   Spring and Labor Day Holiday   Russia
Saturday   May 3   Cross Day   El Salvador

(actually above are all May 3 '14 holidays, but I think Poland is most likely?)


Too bad you never trusted my judgement, FreeJack

[yonce]

They aren't even trying, anymore. Saturday a holiday (what?) and tiny Sunday results in advance...and with a $10 plus spread all day. They don't seem to even care about giving the appearance of legitimacy anymore, which begs the question...why continue the charade?

May 3 National Holiday (May-3rd-Constitution Day—Święto Konstytucji 3 Maja) is a Polish national and public holiday that takes place on May 3.


At least we know where this ponzi owner is from now.

Saturday   May 3   Labour Day Holiday   China
Saturday   May 3   Constitution Memorial Day   Japan
Saturday   May 3   Constitution Day   Poland
Saturday   May 3   Spring and Labor Day Holiday   Russia
Saturday   May 3   Cross Day   El Salvador

(actually above are all May 3 '14 holidays, but I think Poland is most likely?)


Too bad you never trusted my judgement, FreeJack

A majority of the admins are from Russia whether they are bad admins like the btc-arbs or part of the group that controls the industry.

[lesnod11]

They aren't even trying, anymore. Saturday a holiday (what?) and tiny Sunday results in advance...and with a $10 plus spread all day. They don't seem to even care about giving the appearance of legitimacy anymore, which begs the question...why continue the charade?

May 3 National Holiday (May-3rd-Constitution Day—Święto Konstytucji 3 Maja) is a Polish national and public holiday that takes place on May 3.


At least we know where this ponzi owner is from now.

Saturday   May 3   Labour Day Holiday   China
Saturday   May 3   Constitution Memorial Day   Japan
Saturday   May 3   Constitution Day   Poland
Saturday   May 3   Spring and Labor Day Holiday   Russia
Saturday   May 3   Cross Day   El Salvador

(actually above are all May 3 '14 holidays, but I think Poland is most likely?)


Too bad you never trusted my judgement, FreeJack

Why Poland? Is that just a random guess???

[vipgelsi]

Crooks. Can anyone find who they are?

[NLNico]

They aren't even trying, anymore. Saturday a holiday (what?) and tiny Sunday results in advance...and with a $10 plus spread all day. They don't seem to even care about giving the appearance of legitimacy anymore, which begs the question...why continue the charade?

May 3 National Holiday (May-3rd-Constitution Day—Święto Konstytucji 3 Maja) is a Polish national and public holiday that takes place on May 3.


At least we know where this ponzi owner is from now.

Saturday   May 3   Labour Day Holiday   China
Saturday   May 3   Constitution Memorial Day   Japan
Saturday   May 3   Constitution Day   Poland
Saturday   May 3   Spring and Labor Day Holiday   Russia
Saturday   May 3   Cross Day   El Salvador

(actually above are all May 3 '14 holidays, but I think Poland is most likely?)


Too bad you never trusted my judgement, FreeJack

Why Poland? Is that just a random guess???

I googled "3 may holiday" and Poland came up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_3rd_Constitution_Day

The other holidays are actually an edit in my post. But I agree it can be Russia or one of these other countries too.

[yonce]

They aren't even trying, anymore. Saturday a holiday (what?) and tiny Sunday results in advance...and with a $10 plus spread all day. They don't seem to even care about giving the appearance of legitimacy anymore, which begs the question...why continue the charade?

May 3 National Holiday (May-3rd-Constitution Day—Święto Konstytucji 3 Maja) is a Polish national and public holiday that takes place on May 3.


At least we know where this ponzi owner is from now.

Saturday   May 3   Labour Day Holiday   China
Saturday   May 3   Constitution Memorial Day   Japan
Saturday   May 3   Constitution Day   Poland
Saturday   May 3   Spring and Labor Day Holiday   Russia
Saturday   May 3   Cross Day   El Salvador

(actually above are all May 3 '14 holidays, but I think Poland is most likely?)


Too bad you never trusted my judgement, FreeJack

Why Poland? Is that just a random guess???

I googled "3 may holiday" and Poland came up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_3rd_Constitution_Day

The other holidays are actually an edit in my post. But I agree it can be Russia or one of these other countries too.

Good eye you had for the holiday's - which pretty much guarantees that it is a Russian admin and also the even less likely any attempt to find the admin of one ponzi game would ever lead to any success.

[NLNico]

The reason why I said "Poland most likely" is because that is an holiday that is really celebrated there (at least seems like that.)

That russian holiday is a bit strange cuz other sources say: Spring and Labour Day is celebrated in Russia on the 1st of May. So I am not sure if that is really celebrated at May 3.

[yonce]

The reason why I said "Poland most likely" is because that is an holiday that is really celebrated there (at least seems like that.)

That russian holiday is a bit strange cuz other sources say: Spring and Labour Day is celebrated in Russia on the 1st of May. So I am not sure if that is really celebrated at May 3.

haven't run into any poland admins to be honest, so that would be something new.

[lesnod11]

The reason why I said "Poland most likely" is because that is an holiday that is really celebrated there (at least seems like that.)

That russian holiday is a bit strange cuz other sources say: Spring and Labour Day is celebrated in Russia on the 1st of May. So I am not sure if that is really celebrated at May 3.

In my opinion that's a broad assumption, while it's possible; I wouldn't just randomly pick a country based upon holidays when there are several countries with that same holiday - especially when a few messages back there was someone who wired money to btc-arbs and it went to an individual in Florida.