Hello all,
I just want to make sure no one else is scammed by the user "Thorny" on these forums. It's a shame that someone would scam innocent hosts.
Anyway, Gary Mcnughton (or so he called himself) ordered 6 months service of a Dual Xeon server on December 21st of 2007.
First Name: Gary
Last Name: Mcnughton
Email: Removed
Phone:
Address: Withheld
City: Livingston
State: West Lothian
Country: GB
Language: English
Package Type: Dedicated Servers ( DEDI )
Domain Package: Dual Xeon 2.4gHz 4GB RAM
Payment Type: 2checkout
His credit card charged back a few days ago, and he claimed that it was stolen and the account was closed so he would pay via paypal. No response since then, a few hosts have come to me claiming similar stories about him.
We usually send these to collections, but I suspect that the address given is a fake and the number possibly a fake as well. Maxmind gave this order as "Slightly higher risk because between the billing address and the user's actual location is larger than expected"
Make sure to not do any business with Thorny and alert any friends you have at other hosts. I am going to try and do whatever I can to track him down and ensure he is held accountable I am not sure if FWS will take any action as far as banning this user, but I certainly would. I have his IP if any mod would like to confirm.
Thanks
I just want to make sure no one else is scammed by the user "Thorny" on these forums. It's a shame that someone would scam innocent hosts.
Anyway, Gary Mcnughton (or so he called himself) ordered 6 months service of a Dual Xeon server on December 21st of 2007.
First Name: Gary
Last Name: Mcnughton
Email: Removed
Phone:
Address: Withheld
City: Livingston
State: West Lothian
Country: GB
Language: English
Package Type: Dedicated Servers ( DEDI )
Domain Package: Dual Xeon 2.4gHz 4GB RAM
Payment Type: 2checkout
His credit card charged back a few days ago, and he claimed that it was stolen and the account was closed so he would pay via paypal. No response since then, a few hosts have come to me claiming similar stories about him.
We usually send these to collections, but I suspect that the address given is a fake and the number possibly a fake as well. Maxmind gave this order as "Slightly higher risk because between the billing address and the user's actual location is larger than expected"
Make sure to not do any business with Thorny and alert any friends you have at other hosts. I am going to try and do whatever I can to track him down and ensure he is held accountable I am not sure if FWS will take any action as far as banning this user, but I certainly would. I have his IP if any mod would like to confirm.
Thanks
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