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

[btclemming]

My user name is 2 letters short of my user name here and I did send them an Email last night on their protected email adress... So they could have matched my email with my registration details on their site. Not to hard tbh. Ofc, this is nothing but speculation :]

Any news I get and the status of my payout i'll keep posting regardless. Now to look for a safer place to put my BTC in :]

Hi Draxon, could you share what did you sent them ? And to which email ? The one from the whois DNS record ?

Thanks

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[mogrith]

on 4/29 .1497btc was taken out of legacy and I requested it withdrawn. but it has not happened.

here is today's support ticket to them

Code:

Subject: Another succker to laugh at

it's not much but could I have the .1497BTC marked for withdrawal? it's been way over 36hrs.

Please respond so as you laugh for taking my money I can laugh at the bogus excuse you make up for nor paying me.

[yonce]

on 4/29 .1497btc was taken out of legacy and I requested it withdrawn. but it has not happened.

here is today's support ticket to them

Code:

Subject: Another succker to laugh at

it's not much but could I have the .1497BTC marked for withdrawal? it's been way over 36hrs.

Please respond so as you laugh for taking my money I can laugh at the bogus excuse you make up for nor paying me.

lol what a support ticket. They must be raking in some massive amounts of cash still after going non paying for all the elaborate stall tactics - being bought out lol by imaginary hedge funds and legacy funds, and technical issues.

[elephantas1]

Its funny how people invests in hyips and then are surprised when they loose btc.

[yonce]

Its funny how people invests in hyips and then are surprised when they loose btc.

Problem is this one avoided the HYIP association pretty well by a scammy admin - so a lot of these people had no idea they were playing a HYIP. If you don't know you are playing a HYIP get ready to get scammed hard.

[successquest]

I gave up getting any of my BTC1.8 back after 2 very polite support tickets weeks ago and no response at all. 
So on May 2 I put in a withdrawal request for the remaining bitcoin balance of about .06 BTC.
The request was canceled today.  Still no reply or comment from admin at all.  No explanation.
They're canceling withdrawal requests for some but refunding others. 


04/05/2014 01:09   Bitcoin withdrawal for 0.0636 bitcoins cancelled by admin
04/05/2014 01:04   Your investments have earned you
04/05/2014 01:03   Legacy Fund Transfer of 0.0026
04/05/2014 01:02   Legacy Fund Transfer of 0.0017
02/05/2014 07:06   Bitcoin withdrawal request for 0.0636 bitcoins

[nightengale]

They are afraid of being confronted by law enforcement, and rightly so b/c they accepted dollar deposits and their identity can be discovered via those services, it's plain and simple. So they stop dollar deposits and lay low for a while, while letting small amounts of withdrawals trickle out, until they perceive that things have quieted down enough that they can disappear. If people want to have any shot at justice and/or getting their funds back, they should start filing complaints with the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3 - http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx). Their identity can be easily discerned via administrative subpoena to one or more of the companies they've accepted dollar deposits through. I'm just sayin'.

[successquest]

After they canceled my withdrawal request, my balances are:
BITCOIN BALANCE: 1.7784
BITCOIN BALANCE: 0.0679

I can accept that I risked my money and lost it.  What makes me
upset enough to hire someone to track them down is simply their
brazen refusal to even reply to a single support request or explain
why they're refusing to allow even such a small withdrawal. 


Instead of trying to track the domain or IP of btc-arbs.com --
This is the results of a whois search of the site's nameservers.  
Maybe this will give the FBI or mafia hitmen something more to go on....

WHOIS Overview for webkevlar.net
Registrar Info
Name   WEB COMMERCE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED DBA WEBNIC.CC
Whois Server   whois.webnic.cc
Referral URL   http://www.webnic.cc
Status   clientDeleteProhibited, clientTransferProhibited, clientUpdateProhibited
Important Dates
Expires On   July 04, 2022
Registered On   July 04, 2012
Updated On   April 30, 2014
Name Servers
ns1.webkevlar.net   46.244.18.234
ns2.webkevlar.net   61.145.116.235
Site Status
IP Address   46.244.18.234
Status   active
Server Type   Apache
Traffic Info
19,988,88014,637,101
Alexa Trend/Rank Three Month

1.029.58%
Page Views Per Visit Three Month

Raw Registrar Data
Domain Name:webkevlar.net
Registry Domain ID:
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.webnic.cc
Registrar URL: webnic.cc
Updated Date:2013-03-17 01:30:23
Creation Date:2012-07-05 02:08:54
Registrar Registration Expiration Date:2022-07-05 02:08:54
Registrar:WEBCC
Registrar IANA ID:460
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@webnic.cc
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone:+603-89966799
Domain Status:Protected
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name:Apex Score
Registrant Organization:Apexscore International Inc.
Registrant Street:Room 804, Sino Centre
Registrant City:Nathan Road
Registrant State/Province:Kln Hong Kong
Registrant Postal Code:582-592
Registrant Country:hk
Registrant Phone:+852.23840332
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:+852.27717211
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: admin@apexscore.com
Registry Admin ID:
Admin Name:Apex Score
Admin Organization:Apexscore International Inc.
Admin Street:Room 804, Sino Centre
Admin City:Nathan Road
Admin State/Province:Kln Hong Kong
Admin Postal Code:582-592
Admin Country:hk
Admin Phone:+852.23840332
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax:+852.27717211
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: admin@apexscore.com
Registry Tech ID:
Tech Name:Apex Score
Tech Organization:Apexscore International Inc.
Tech Street:Room 804, Sino Centre
Tech City:Nathan Road
Tech State/Province:Kln Hong Kong
Tech Postal Code:582-592
Tech Country:hk
Tech Phone:+852.23840332
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax:+852.23840332
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email: admin@apexscore.com
Name Server:NS1.WEBKEVLAR.NET
Name Server:NS2.WEBKEVLAR.NET
DNSSEC:
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2013-03-17 01:30:23 <<<

The Data in Web Commerce Communications Limited ("WEBCC")'s WHOIS database
is provided by WEBCC for information purposes, and to assist in obtaining
information about or related to a domain name registration record. WEBCC
does not guarantee its accuracy. By submitting a WHOIS query, you agree
that you will use this Data only for lawful purposes and that, under no
circumstances will you use this Data to:

(1) allow, enable, or otherwise support the transmission of mass unsolicited,
    commercial advertising or solicitations via e-mail (spam).
(2) enable high volume, automated, electronic processes that apply to WEBCC
    (or its systems).

The compilation, repackaging, dissemination or other use of this Data is
expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of WEBCC. WEBCC
reserves the right to terminate your access to the WEBCC WHOIS database in
its sole discretion, including without limitation, for excessive querying
of the WHOIS database or for failure to otherwise abide by this policy.
WEBCC reserves the right to modify these terms at any time.

Information Updated: Sun, 4 May 2014 19:35:09 UTC

A reverse IP on the registrar shows only 7 other sites hosted on the same server -- so whoever this webkevlar.net is,
they know who btc-arbs.com is.  I've sent an email to the Tech Email: admin@apexscore.com.  I'll report here what
I learn.

[yonce]

Just wanted to remind people that hyip admins also purchase hosting and anti ddos services anonymously.

This is why you will see hosting services, etc that host multiple HYIP's.

[sorrynn]

I guess this is nothing else than a scam. I have at least 2 other friends that have more than 2 btc there and no good news for them...and the selective payout is something they are doing to chill the souls a bit...I am amazed how even some small withdrawal coming from legacy transfers was rejected....

[tom14cat14]

My withdraw financially was completed. Granted it is a fraction of what is still in the legacy fund. But it is something

[lesnod11]

The blatent disregard for support tickets had gotten old.

[RickyCardero]

Another withdrawal received. Not to defend these scammers, but at least they haven't completely disappeared like Karpeles and MTGOX.

[TheMage]

This site has been marked as a possible scam site on Litecointalk.org, if it hasnt been done yet I suggest doing the same so others dont deposit and lose their money.

[yonce]

Another withdrawal received. Not to defend these scammers, but at least they haven't completely disappeared like Karpeles and MTGOX.

That is like comparing apples and oranges. MtGox is an actual company, can actually file for bankruptcy and the people are known and was a huge part of Bitcoin.

btc-arbs is nothing more than a crappy attempt at making a HYIP - and either sheer greed or stupidity made them go scam in a matter of weeks.

[NullOp]

I've received my withdrawal from the non-legacy account. It was about 3.7% of my total deposit. It took 4 hours. It is a very strange way to run a scam.

I received this...

From   administrator
Sent on   May 05th 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. We currently have no accurate timeframe for the entire process to be completed.

Sincerely,
Ron James & The Global Capital Alliance

[lesnod11]

My sister texted just now and said she just received her second withdrawal, both below .1 but still had received the btc.

[lesnod11]

Here is the latest bull shit:

One legacy transfer completed today. Arbitrage result 0.58%.

[FreeJack2k2]

They are consistently 1% or below now, regardless of market conditions. They also seem to be on a totally different time zone, as we are getting Monday's update on Sunday. In the past, it has been done on the same day (west coast US) in the late afternoon.

[erono]

my 0.1546bitcoins withdrawal was cancelled by admin, what should I do now?