Systematic Scam and Theft of Client…
Systematic Scam and Theft of Client Funds. Beware!Review of Hosting Provider "1984": Systematic Scam and Theft of Client Funds. Beware!
I want to warn everyone considering using the hosting provider "1984". My experience is not an unfortunate misunderstanding, but a deliberate money-scamming scheme. Judging by numerous reviews online, this is their standard business model.
Chronology of a Blatant Scam:
1. Payment and Activation. I ordered a VPS server. Payment was made in Bitcoin, which initially seemed like a sign of anonymity and customer-friendliness. The server was activated.
2. Immediate Block Without Cause. On the very same day, just a few hours after payment and uploading test data (the server wasn't even publicly accessible, no services were running on it!), access was blocked. Support sent a template email about a "complaint regarding rights violation." The absurdity was staggering—how can there be a complaint about a service that hasn't even launched?
3. Complete Ignoring and Violation of Their Own Rules. In response to my legitimate question about which specific term of service was violated, they provided NO information. Silence. However, upon reviewing their own policy, I found that they offer a 7-day money-back guarantee upon request to a specific email.
4. Cynicism and Ignoring. We sent a refund request through all their specified channels. There was no response. When we contacted support again, citing their own rules, the only reply was an empty "we are sorry." After that — complete radio silence again. The money paid in Bitcoin was simply stolen.
Analysis and Conclusions:
· This is Not a Mistake, It's a Scheme. Too many coincidences: instant blocking after payment, a template reply about a "complaint," complete disregard for clarification and refund requests.
· Bitcoin is a Tool for Irreversible Payments. They specifically accept cryptocurrency to complicate or make chargebacks impossible.
· Bogus "Violations" are a Pretext for Confiscation. They likely use automated or fabricated pretexts to block newly paid servers, especially from those paying with crypto, betting on the customer's lesser protection.
· Support is Part of the Fraud Chain. Their role is to create an illusion of assistance, respond with template phrases, and stall until you give up.
· You Are Not Alone. A quick internet search for "1984 hosting scam", "1984 fraud", "1984 stole money" reveals dozens of identical stories. The same script: payment -> quick suspension -> denied refunds.
I strongly advise against using this "provider." This is not a hosting company, but a fraudulent operation built on stealing client funds under the guise of "violations." They are not interested in providing services; their goal is to collect upfront payments and then confiscate them under false pretenses, relying on your helplessness.
Keep receipts, take screenshots of correspondence. Spread the word. Let as many people as possible know about the practices of "1984". They cannot be trusted with a single cent.
Antwoord van 1984
We here at the 1984 hosting company certainly get our share of unhinged, foaming at the mouth nutters as potential customers, but this one here really take the price. I´ll go over this and at the end I´ll put the evidence that the VPS you rented was used to attack others so either you are too incompetent to keep it secure enough not to be taken over by script kiddies and used for attacks or you perpetrated these attacks yourself
On 08/01/2026 at 10:10 am GMT you rented a VPS instance. On the very next day, at 07.04 in the morning, this complaint came in from a trusted source:
"An IP address (xx.xxx.xx.xxx) under your control appears to have attacked one of our customers as part of a coordinated DDoS botnet. We manually reviewed the captures from this attack and do not believe that your IP address was spoofed, based on the limited number of distinct hosts attacking us, the identicality of many attacking IP addresses to ones we've seen in the past, and the non-random distribution of IP addresses. "
This triggered an automatic reaction which included shutting down your server because as a new customer, you have yet to earn any trust. We subsequently, on the 09/01 took the time and the effort of looking into the matter further, and it was, in fact, confirmed that your instance was used to attack people. This work takes time as a case like this enters a queue for technicians to manually look into the matter. Your case was handled within the day, on the evening of the 9th.
You, however, immediately begin screaming at the top of your lungs about being swindled. The first message you sent was this:
"Please make a full refund for the unused service that you have illegally blocked. According to your rules, I have the right to get the funds back."
This was 11.56 of the 9th. Since then, you have sent 7, progressively more unhinged messages to retrieve your $21. Lets see an example:
"I haven't received a response to my inquiries regarding the illegal unblocking, refund, and automatic debit. Your company is violating the law and its own rules. For my part, I will be forced to write numerous reviews on all websites and use my resources and capabilities to ensure that people don't encounter this kind of fraud and neglect in the future. Your business reputation will be ruined. Sometimes it's worth more than petty fraud, but you haven't realized that. Thousands of people look at reviews before choosing a reliable partner. Now they will see your unreliability on all platforms, in large numbers. And restoring your reputation will be much more difficult.
Goodbye"
Since you were jamming up our ticket tracker with your rantings, I took the time to respond to you on a Saturday, which is very, very unusual since we're Scandinavians at heart and we work during work hours. The message was: We will refund you on Monday
You, on the other hand, posted this drivel here on Trustpilot. Jesus Christ, man get a fucking life.
Evidence for your incompetence and abuse as sent from those on the receiving end of your incompetence or malice:
Date/timestamps (at the very left) are UTC.
2026-01-09 05:08:41.722452 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 52, id 41360, offset 0, flags [DF], proto UDP (17), length 1157)
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.36705 yy 74.91.113.x.45592: UDP, length 1129
0x0000: 4500 0485 a190 4000 3411 a0bc 5d5f e6b3 [email protected]...]_..
0x0010: 4a5b 71ad 8f61 b218 0471 7842 9997 7ef3 J[q..a...qxB..~.
0x0020: 8079 ffc7 c42b 196a b90f 4a4d d69b 8f4a .y...+.j..JM...J
0x0030: 7ed8 8076 619a 64d5 b370 4ec8 4713 29fe ~..va.d..pN.G.).
0x0040: d467 1a8e e453 5c7f 547f 2cc4 bdff 2972 .g...S\.T.,...)r
0x0050: eb12 502f 96a7 ..P/..
Based on the size, number of samples, and timestamps of received packets from your host in our capture, we estimate that your host was sending around 77.3 Mbps of attack traffic at the peak of this coordinated attack. The peak of the attack may have lasted only a few seconds.
