Topic: Grouphashing.com scam or trustworthy? YES IT IS! (Read 2968 times)

OK, my paid BTC went to:
  https://blockchain.info/address/17nyqs65ENMxQGXsysWJ2zXDhFWtQbAnts

Is any sherlock holmes reading this?
Would it be possible to track down the recipient?

grouphashing.com 162.243.1.22‏

It is with much regret I need to inform you that the operation behind this web site appears to have been a scam!

I was the web developer and was strung along from the start in what can only be described as an elaborate con.

The scammer/s who provided the web server that the original web site was hosted on and has now taken down the server so I no longer have access to it. He has also changed the passwords on the Gmail and Bitcointalk.org accounts, so I no longer have access to anything. Except this domain which I registered.

I spent many, many hours developing the website and various other systems around this project including a pool and a custom payment service and talking with the scammer via Skype. I feel terrible to have been duped by this scumbag. I also feel terrible the website I developed made it possible for the scammer to scam payments from others.

I want to return the Bitcoins I made from this 'business'. I have no desire to keep even 1 satoshi from what now clearly appears to be a scam.

I was paid 40% of 9 out of 10 contracts sold as a 'partner' of the business. I received 8.885 BTC in total.

Please contact me via the BitMessage address below with your original Payment transaction id, registration email address, total amount paid in BTC, number of contracts purchased, total hash rate purchased and a refund bitcoin address. Once I have received these details from everyone I will start refunding all the coins I personally received.

bitmessage: BM-NAxLLCNxfgtEbV16pAaj4FdPMsj8Dfih

Again, my sincerest apologies for enabling this thief to rob you. I know you may not agree with me but I feel I have also been robbed of countless hours working on this project and subject to embarrassment and anxiety as a result of this scam.

Thank you for your understanding.

I will get the coins back to you as soon as possible but it may take a couple of days.

Thank you and sorry once again.

And..... The site is down

I've purchased the 2mh/s contract two days ago. I gave the invoice address 0.02 BTC more then what I owned to see if it would be returned then I found it all spent after my contract confirmed! I'm still waiting. I could provide the public address of that invoice if it doesn't void terms and conditions? I sent them emails about the extra BTC no responds. I sent suggestions about auto-swiched mining between many scrypt Altcoins no responds

How did you pay them if you never received their invoice address? Or does it forever say "not yet confirmed"? It doesn't make much since to have two kinds of victims. One type is given an account and the other type isn't. @Jcambond we all may have to wait it out until the first payout. If everything isn't straight by then what next?

Thats the kicker, I dont have an invoice. It didnt take long for them to sweep my payment to another address.
I have sent them several emails asking about it with not 1 response to date.
They did however quickly answer my first email to them asking about new hardware.

I consider myself quite adept at many things, however forensic accounting is not one of them.
I was able to trace back a few addresses and ended up in an address that has seen some serious BTC move through it.