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05-22-2009, 02:16 PM #1Aspiring Evangelist
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You MOST DEFINITELY should NOT go with CanHost.Co.In
Was just browsing through the dedicated server offers board, and here's a thread I came across:
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=863199
Took a look at their website and it seemed really similar. Checked up on
http://www.hostican.com
And VoILA!
http://www.canhost.co.in is a BIT by BIT rip of HostICan's design.
What's more?
Compare the testimonials..
http://www.hostican.com/whyus/testimonials.php
http://www.canhost.co.in/whyus/testimonials.php
Names changed, testimonials copied, word by word.
Site itself is hosted on Indian servers, not sure if this should impact it, but I guess that's how they've managed to stay up for so long?
This is ONE company you DON'T want your dedicated servers with!
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05-22-2009, 02:20 PM #2Reseller Hosting Specialist
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Heh, very good find
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05-22-2009, 02:25 PM #3Aspiring Evangelist
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They've put up offers on DP forums too. Goes to show they've been around with a scam for quite some time.
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05-22-2009, 04:22 PM #4Web Hosting Guru
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Hmm, it could also be a template offered at monster template or something else...
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05-22-2009, 04:35 PM #5Aspiring Evangelist
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How would you explain the direct copy of the testimonials?
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05-22-2009, 04:49 PM #6Junior Guru
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heh even the company name is almost the same.. CanHost / HostICan... the I probably was a typo when they registered and they decided to keep it lol
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05-22-2009, 04:53 PM #7Aspiring Evangelist
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Although, one is a reputed company (in some regards) while the other is a rip-off
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05-22-2009, 05:20 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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05-22-2009, 07:25 PM #9Devil's Advocate
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maybe they are a division of hostican but I don't think so.
there's a hostican member on here I'm sure, so maybe they can elaborate.
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05-22-2009, 07:54 PM #10Web Hosting Master
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It seems that I've somehow managed to contact HostICan. Not exactly sure how that happened.
Dear john,
Thank you for contacting HostICan Sales.
We do appreciate your interest in HostICan. Your inquiry was submitted to our sales department, and one of our sales associates will be in contact shortly.
For future reference, this will be your Sales Inquiry ID: FHW-379060
Please let us know if you have any further questions. We will be in contact shortly.
Best Regards,
HostICan Sales
HostICan Web Hosting
(Intl) +1 (804) 412-0390
(F) (804) 550-3339
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05-22-2009, 08:14 PM #11Web Hosting Guru
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Hey guys!
Yes, they have stolen our design. Our legal folks are trying to get this resolved, but seem they are outside the US, making things a little harder.
I would agree that you should NOT under any circumstances signup for this company, that has stolen our design (HostICan), and using it as their own.
I would like to personally thank everyone in the WHT community for their support, as I'm sure you guys are aware about what its like when someone steals your design and poses that they are running a company.
Best Regards,
Denis
HostICan
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05-22-2009, 08:16 PM #12Web Hosting Master
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05-22-2009, 08:21 PM #13Junior Guru
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05-23-2009, 03:14 AM #14Aspiring Evangelist
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^ That's what you call a rip-off.
Contacted HostICan, here's the response
Hello,
Thank you for contacting HostICan Sales.
This site has been stolen from HostICan. Please don't buy anything from that company.
I've reported this to our legal team to resolve this issue.
Thank you for letting us know.
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HostICan Newsletter:
Did you know you can learn more about us?
http://www.hosticannewsletter.com
Ticket Details
===================
Department: General
They've been around for QUITE some time now,
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showt...hlight=canhost
November/December 2008.
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05-23-2009, 10:26 AM #15Web Hosting Master
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05-23-2009, 10:28 AM #16Aspiring Evangelist
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Yep...
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showt...hlight=canhost
Was created today
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showt...hlight=canhost
Was created yesterday
Though now they've been advertising under a different domain
(canhost.co.in) .. was previously (canhost.us).
Both hosted on Indian servers.
EDIT:
Here's their paypal email address, in case you might want to lodge a complaint with them too
santosh_jain@rocketmail.com
Last edited by lifetalk; 05-23-2009 at 10:41 AM.
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05-23-2009, 10:31 AM #17Web Hosting Master
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05-23-2009, 12:14 PM #18Aspiring Evangelist
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Not really if you have different offers.
But adding infractions to their profiles won't help much. They can always come back under a different account.
Best idea would be to complain to their ISP directly, airtel.in
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05-23-2009, 01:08 PM #19Web Hosting Master
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05-23-2009, 01:42 PM #20Devil's Advocate
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06-14-2009, 12:06 PM #21Registered User
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Nice find lifetalk This would save alot people from scam
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08-09-2009, 08:24 PM #22Junior Guru Wannabe
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I just noticed one of the links in his signature (phoneytune.com which was a rip of phoneytunes.com) in the DP topic and remembered seeing it mentioned in another forum topic that was reporting about a scam: http://www.rimweb.in/forums/index.php?showtopic=5405
The other website of the scammer is mantraway.com and it seems to be the same guy behind canhost.us as I see both the websites (canhost.us and mantraway.com) are hosted on the same IP address. The IP "122.160.111.220" is under an ISP in India called Airtel which provides broadband connections and so the websites are probably hosted on his PC. A reverse IP lookup shows scam like domains "hsbcgroupuk.com", "cenbankmails.org", etc. on the same IP address.
They have not only ripped off hostican.com's design but they seem to have taken the name off "canhost.ca" which has been a web hosting provider for long time based in Canada.