I am NOT a sock puppet! I lost 0.250 BTC and fortunately saw the refund email address as soon as it was posted. I thought it was going to be a further scam attempt, but I got my 0.250 BTC back... Just no interest.
I said "most", not all. I suspect that they returned the money for some of the most vocal forum users that they had enough data about to recognize in the beginning, and also created some fake accounts. I can't know why they returned any money at all, but maybe they got uncomfortable by some of the names that were dug up earlier in the thread.
I doubt we'll ever know why either. I am only grateful that my money was refunded, so I could turn around and invest it again... into mcxNOW. It beats leaving my money in my Credit Union @ 0.08%/qtr, which for $1,000 would equal $0.80 in 3 months or about $0.26/mo. Yeah... I've invested about $575 currently, and the $1,000 I just mentioned is in my Credit Union savings account... earning $0.26/mo. Wow. :-D
Currently, my numbers are coming up better, at mcxNOW, on my current balance of $575 invested... at about $0.01/day in BTC. The other coins (numereous as they are) are earning extra Satoshis every day, too.
mcxNOW is not the friendliest place to deal with, but business is business and money is money. As long as it's more honest than MDC, it's a better place to place your money than any HYIP site.
HYIP = Hi, Yeah, I'm Poor!