https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/fraudulent_misrepresentation
Under contract law, a plaintiff can recover against a defendant on the grounds of fraudulent misrepresentation if (1) a representation was made; (2) that was false; (3) that when made, the representation was known to be false or made recklessly without knowledge of its truth; (4) that it was made with the intention that the plaintiff rely on it; (5) that the plaintiff did rely on it; and (6) that the plaintiff suffered damages as a result.
PSA: scrypt.cc is a scam, most likely of the "ponzi" variety. You will lose your money if you try to "invest" or "play" or whatever you want to call your participation in this shitshow. You've been warned.
More info here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/scryptcc-is-provably-lying-about-their-850ghs-scrypt-mining-1102560
Edit:
Uploaded it here a while ago. (not yet updated)
https://www.notehub.org/2015/9/3/scryptcc-is-scam
Scrypt.cc For Dummies
- Withdrawals for some users, others to "admin" accounts;
- Less than 0.05 BTC par withdraw;
- Vanished withdrawals;
- Each week this max. per WD is going down;
- Soon the price will be divided by 2 again;
- Too much inexistent MHS sold before and now;
- Incoherent "Trade" page ('history' going on, 'sell' MHS unchanged);
- False "Calculator" predictions;
- Locked accounts
- Tickets ignored;
- Admin dissapeared;
etc. so if you are too stupid then deposit again in this SCAM