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InceptionHosting

Asim said: thats stupidity. If it was the old "LEAdmin", he would have caught it. He was good at such things

Well, I think the issue here is that it is the same people listing the offers running the scam.

tgl

same person, probably some 3rd party doing the work, but with the blessing of ColonCrossing I'm sure

havoc

Solaire said: ID's for Google Analytics...

Sharp observation there

uptime

@AnthonySmith - (needless to say) please feel free to move this thread to a more visible (and indexed) category.

I just dropped it here in the "Rants" section, much like a cat buryjng a particularly stinky turd in the farthest corner of the sandbox.

InceptionHosting

Done.

vyas

Thanks for the updates

AlwaysSkint

AnthonySmith said: People in the USA, what is wrong with your business regulation

I have been saying that for years; 1st hand experience of it when I lived Stateside for a while. Crap work ethic & crap consumer protection - paradoxical when you consider how litigation mad they are.

uptime

@vyas said:
Thanks for the updates

Sure thing, bro! All the news that's print to fit ...

Updating the shit list now with another four droppings: KayHosting, MyHostingSrv, UpbeatHosting, and VPSFortune

(and a respectful tip of the fedora to @Solaire and @Francisco for doing the needful to verify)

ArkaHosting
BigFootServers
DCNHost
HostBRZ
HostedSimply
Hosting73
KayHosting
KudoHosting
LQHosting
MegaZoneHosting
MyHostingSrv
N3Servers
ServerStrong
SnowVPS
SolvedByData
SparkVPS
StrongHosting
SuperbVPS
SupremeVPS
TCNHosting
UMaxHosting
UpbeatHosting
VPSFortune
WelcomeHosting
X4Servers

hzr

If you're going to throw more shit into the pile, they also have an identical facebook pixel id, google analytics tab, and identical wordpress plugins installed that form a rather unique combination

InceptionHosting

ah bollocks, sick of this nonsense.

$100 for the first person that irrefutably ties this to someone i.e. provides the smoking gun.

poisson

@uptime lol I like the word "droppings". Pieces of crap indeed.

uptime

@AnthonySmith said:
ah bollocks, sick of this nonsense.

$100 for the first person that irrefutably ties this to someone i.e. provides the smoking gun.

poisson

I have been tracking LEBRE's statistics and very interestingly, since the news of the mass deadpooling broke, the top 3 providers in the whitelist who has been clicked on are:

1. ExtraVM @MikeA
2. Buyshared @Francisco
3. NexusBytes @seriesn

Given the dozens on the page, I find it surprising that two of the three are providers which I made a note that they offer AMD Ryzen VPS. This doesn't look coincidental. Hope this is information that providers can use when planning expansion.

Amitz

@AnthonySmith said:
ah bollocks, sick of this nonsense.

$100 for the first person that irrefutably ties this to someone i.e. provides the smoking gun.

Excellent idea. I contribute further $100 to the bounty.

So $200 in total for providing the smoking gun.

@AnthonySmith: Let me know if you receive information/proof that is worth the bounty and I will send those $100 to you via paypal to add it to the payment of the informer.

Dazzle

@Amitz said:

@AnthonySmith said:
ah bollocks, sick of this nonsense.

$100 for the first person that irrefutably ties this to someone i.e. provides the smoking gun.

Excellent idea. I contribute further $100 to the bounty.

So $200 in total for providing the smoking gun.

@AnthonySmith: Let me know if you receive information/proof that is worth the bounty and I will send those $100 to you via paypal to add it to the payment

Found the agency who build these sites. It is mercantilo.com. Tracked by Google Analytics UA ID.

https://i.ibb.co/KDJpNtf/Screenshot-20191209-191858.jpg

Okay LES detective, now's your turn.

uptime

@Amitz said:
Excellent idea. I contribute further $100 to the bounty.

So $200 in total for providing the smoking gun.

@AnthonySmith: Let me know if you receive information/proof that is worth the bounty and I will send those $100 to you via paypal to add it to the payment of the informer.

tgl

by Florian Laplantif @mercantilo.com

Florian Laplantif is the CEO & Owner of Mercantilo, and has over 10 years of experience working in the software and digital marketing space, including working at Facebook for over 5 years on various analytics and ads products.

tgl

maybe this guy https://www.linkedin.com/in/florian-laplantif-b6482822

Seattle https://www.upwork.com/o/profiles/users/_~01afc249ba01e17e9c/

vimalware

Nice work @Solaire !

I only wish we could have publicized that finding before November.

tgl

we should also contact mr florian to see 'what's he's got to say' (c) 2019 ColoCrossing

i'm pretty sure he knows what he's working on because he set up that analytics on all the websites

Amitz

He's Scientologist, according to his LinkedIn profile. Don't mess with an Operating Thetan...

poisson

Whoa.. the LESleuths are on overdrive

InceptionHosting

Just keep in mind that MAY only be the site template designer but it will be interesting to hear what his reason is for having his analytics account linked to so many scams. my bet: "I put the code in when designing the sites and forgot to remove it"

seriesn

@poisson said:
I have been tracking LEBRE's statistics and very interestingly, since the news of the mass deadpooling broke, the top 3 providers in the whitelist who has been clicked on are:

1. ExtraVM @MikeA
2. Buyshared @Francisco
3. NexusBytes @seriesn

Given the dozens on the page, I find it surprising that two of the three are providers which I made a note that they offer AMD Ryzen VPS. This doesn't look coincidental. Hope this is information that providers can use when planning expansion.

I think and could be wrong, but it is less due to AMD and more would be the customer service. I can vouch for Fran because I dealt with him directly in the past, Mike is super approachable and I always try my best to solve customers issues without any BS or run around.

You attract more flies with Honey than Vinegar

poisson

@seriesn said:

@poisson said:
I have been tracking LEBRE's statistics and very interestingly, since the news of the mass deadpooling broke, the top 3 providers in the whitelist who has been clicked on are:

1. ExtraVM @MikeA
2. Buyshared @Francisco
3. NexusBytes @seriesn

Given the dozens on the page, I find it surprising that two of the three are providers which I made a note that they offer AMD Ryzen VPS. This doesn't look coincidental. Hope this is information that providers can use when planning expansion.

I think and could be wrong, but it is less due to AMD and more would be the customer service. I can vouch for Fran because I dealt with him directly in the past, Mike is super approachable and I always try my best to solve customers issues without any BS or run around.

You attract more flies with Honey than Vinegar

You are not wrong in that the top contenders are all superb in terms of customer service, but I think the folks who come of LEBRE may not necessarily be following LET, so I think the more likely explanation is that AMD did make a difference. I shall see if HostDoc comes charging up now that he is offering Ryzen too.

uptime

some analysis of the cpanel license / server status of the shitpool 25, posted by Jord from BaseServ (who is also a mod on LET)

TheLinuxBug

ROFL. I must admit I am amused, CC went through and removed all the threads talking about the scam businesses they run and any links to the ZDnet article except in maybe the cest pit. That's pretty fucking sad!

Cheers!

poisson

@TheLinuxBug said:
ROFL. I must admit I am amused, CC went through and removed all the threads talking about the scam businesses they run and any links to the ZDnet article except in maybe the cest pit. That's pretty fucking sad!

Cheers!

I am lost.

tgl

@poisson he used a time machine, i guess he posted too early as he is confused because of time travelling

Amitz

@TheLinuxBug said:
ROFL. I must admit I am amused, CC went through and removed all the threads talking about the scam businesses they run and any links to the ZDnet article except in maybe the cest pit. That's pretty fucking sad!

Cheers!

Please kindly elaborate...