Scam Report Against @CatProxies / CatProxies.com (Unpaid Work – 8000 EUR)

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Scammers Profile Link: https://cracked.sh/CatProxies

Sales Thread: https://cracked.sh/Thread-Supreme-%E2%9A...S%E2%9A%A1

Amount or Item(s) Scammed: 7500 EUR

Screenshots of Communication: 

Additional Information: 

Hey, I’m @Infinitillionaire, and I’ve been offering services on Cracked for over 5+ years now.
Throughout this time, I’ve completed countless successful projects with over 6 figures in value and have never faced a situation complicated enough to warrant such a scam report until now. Unfortunately, this report concerns a reputable seller, @CatProxies, the owner of www.catproxies.com.

Summary
I’ve been working with @CatProxies for over half a year, providing a wide range of services including Figma design, Photoshop editing, front-end development & back-end development.
Everything had gone smoothly up until recently. So much so that we agreed on a monthly payment plan of 4000 EUR for a continuous stream of updates and improvements to his site, handled by a team of 3 designers/developers.
We completed and were paid for Month #1 and Month #2 of this ongoing contract. However, when it came time to collect payment for Months #3 and #4 (May and June), the client suddenly began refusing payment, offering excuses that, frankly, do not make sense.
It appears that once the unpaid amount reached a significant total, the client decided to lock us out of the systems and walk away with both the work and the money. He has confirmed that he is now hiring a different developer, and all system passwords have been changed including server, admin panel, etc. just before denying payment. Changing all the password just further confirms this whole situation was created on purpose.

Details
CatProxies created a new ticket with us at Paxerr (our agency) on February 22, 2025, at 1:43 PM, requesting an estimate for a list of development tasks.




As you can see, we clearly stated that all provided estimates were approximate. Given the size and complexity of the requested tasks, it was impossible to provide exact pricing or deadlines. The client acknowledged and accepted this:



We agreed on 4000 EUR/month to work through his task list with a team of 3. Work began immediately, and the first two months were completed and paid.

As Month #3 approached, we fell behind the initial estimates primarily due to:

• Unforeseen technical issues
  
• Scope changes
  
• Newly requested features that were not part of the original plan
  

Despite these challenges, I aimed to meet the original deployment timeline. By the end of May, we were nearly done and began preparing the live deployment.
Unfortunately, during this process, the production environment’s differences (e.g., database structure, OS, modules, etc.) caused a site-wide crash that lasted over 72 hours. We take responsibility for the downtime and immediately began working around the clock (literally until 6 AM for two nights to restore functionality).

Sales eventually resumed as we stabilized the core systems, although many bugs remained due to the full system overhaul.
This dragged our bug-fixing efforts well into June. Given the inconvenience caused, we offered the client a 500 EUR discount on May’s invoice as a gesture of goodwill.

Despite our ongoing work and cooperation, we later requested payment for May and June.

His response:




Shortly after these messages, we realized all access credentials had been changed including admin panel, server access, etc. There would be no reason to revoke access unless he had already decided not to pay. If he had legitimate issues with our work, he could have simply addressed them while maintaining communication and access.

Additional Context

• We are happy to provide full logs or add a forum staff member to the Discord ticket where more than 3 months of discussions took place.
  
• There is ample evidence showing how many out-of-scope tasks were added, which naturally extended our timeline.
  
• It’s important to clarify: this was a monthly retainer, not a fixed-scope, fixed-deadline project. If it were, we would have required full upfront payment for a fixed deliverable.
  

Conclusion & Payment Request
CatProxies owes us 8000 EUR for May and June. After the 500 EUR discount offered for the May downtime, the final owed amount is:
7,500 EUR (≈ 8,776.50 USDT)

All previous payments were made via USDT on BNB Chain, so here is our wallet address for the payment:
0x1c4e73fe7a8b5acd5b7f24e32c45eb9fdcf95306

We are fully transparent and cooperative and are happy to provide additional evidence upon request.
Thank you for your time. — @Infinitillionaire / Paxerr Agency

Crypto address for a refund: (USDT BNB) - 0x1c4e73fe7a8b5acd5b7f24e32c45eb9fdcf95306

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Any admin who is taking care of reports now please let me know where I should contact you in private to send some important, yet private details to this thread. I already explained him too much and he is delusional beyond the definition of the word

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Any admin who is taking care of reports now please let me know where I should contact you in private to send some important, yet private details to this thread. I already explained him too much and he is delusional beyond the definition of the word

There is no need to contact them in private. You can make this important information public here this way I can protect myself in case of lies. I think everything sent in private should be ignored because if I did something bad it should be exposed to everyone to know.

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Hey @Darkness! Thanks for helping us resolve this case.

I believe any information related to this report should be made public for transparency.
Allowing him to submit details privately opens the door to manipulation or selective editing, and it removes my ability to defend myself properly against potential lies.

Unless he’s sharing truly confidential info (which I doubt because we already had full access to his systems, backend, and even his database during the project development)
 
That said, I still trust your judgment and your unbiased handling of this case.

I also want to note that I’ve held back from flooding the thread with many key points that support my case, which haven’t even been posted yet. I was waiting for his reply before sharing the rest, to avoid overwhelming the report early.

Thanks again for your time and effort in helping resolve this.

Kind regards,
BossOfBosses
The Paxerr Team

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@CatProxies Please PM me with your info. Do so within 24hrs

PM sent. I am waiting for any updates from you.