EXCLUSIVE: Far-right domain host Epik cleaved off its debt-riddled assets in sale—leaving customers it owes in flux
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/epik-clients-sale-masterbucks-rob-monster/
Epik is now posting on Twitter saying they don't offer Escrow service in response to questions asked about when the customers will get paid. Also same response to Amplify.io funds. Soon they'll say the samething about Masterbucks.
This is still happening at NameCheap. Won and paid for 4 domains that had a shill bidder so I raised the issue with customer service. They confirm the other bids were not legitimate but won't give credit.
It's basically fraud / scam. They're making more money so they're allowing it to happen.
Same bidder that didn't pay for it before is now bidding on the domain again:
Support and product manager responded to my tweets saying they took action. Looks like they did nothing.
This bidder "b9d2acc80da8" is still an active at NameCheap. Reported it to them yesterday and no action has been taken. Even though the bidder should've been banned, he/she is allowed to bid up auctions.
I did report and only action they took was they changed their policy on mandatory payment. 2nd bidder has the option to buy the domain. Before it was mandatory.
2nd bidder is overpaying for the auction because of the shill bids. Here's a recent auction example that ended at $11,000 and...