The people who got refunds were people who paid for the privilege. They invested through an escrow account set up by Anon136, and they paid his escrow fee to be protected by him. Those who didn't want to pay his escrow fee got their BTC stolen.
I myself was one of them; I lost more than 1 BTC.
The original developer NFDCoin is gone. The new team can't refund anyone's BTC because he took them. Every member of the development team has been robbed too, just like everyone else who sent BTC directly to the robber.
We don't have the BTC to refund anyone because the BTC were stolen! We're helping out our fellow victims by launching NFD anyway; it's all that we can do.
Anon136 is not associated with NFDCoin; he's a very well-respected escrower who's earned his respect by doing his job as an escrower. He did what he was paid to do, and his responsibility ends there. He kindly agreed to do escrow work for the new NFD - about which, more later - but again he's doing so as an independent contractor earning fees by providing an independent service.
"It's not fair"? You're right, it's not fair. But the fault is solely NFDCoin's because he is a robber instead of an honest dev. And he's vanished into Internet anonymity...
Well I have to say I was one of the many who was scammed. Imagine my surprise when Nxtbig contacted me that they would relaunch, and honor my coins! In my book, he and the other guys are true bloody champions! Period!
These gentlemen have shown through a selfless act, they are willing to put all this work in so all of us have some resolve speaks volumes as to the trust they have gained with the NFD community.
In return, we all need to promote and push this coin when it gets released. I will personally put more BTC into buying more coins as a show of my faith that this coin will do extremely well.
Best of luck guys, and happy to be part of this community. Can't wait for the launch!!!