Unlimitedgb.com – A Scam to Avoid!!!
Jan 16
The first time I heard of unlimitedgb.com was when I thought someone commented about justhost. I looked at the site, and made the comment this host may be worse then justhost based on a cost that was far less then what was already dirt cheap with justhost. I also doubt that unlike Justhost a Endurance International Group site, that this blog spammer was supplementing their income by advertising on their customer control panel. Meaning that this spammer was increasingly likely to shut down anyone that used too many or too few resources. Unlimitedgb.com is the first hosting scam that I will write a post up for this year.
Before I go further into my rant, I am going to be pretty clear about going with a company that spams. Spamming is illegal, and if they are willing to spam what other illegal activities are they willing to engage in? For that matter will they even offer the service that you thought you were getting from them? Because this host choose to spam my blog to try and get customers I have to declare them a scam. You should avoid this host at all costs. Yes they may be far cheaper then the more commonly know cheap hosts, but can you really afford to give access to your money to someone that can not bring customers in under valid forms of commercialism? Unlimitedgb.com should be avoided at all costs.
Just a sample of Unlimitedgb.com’s spam
Below is just a small sample of what has been coming in. For some reason its not been caught by the spam filters. Making me wonder if I should try and tighten down the the ability for someone to make a comment. But the truth of the matter is I will not, because 99.9% of the attempts do not go through they add to my Alexa score. I was a little surprised to find this out. Even though I gain by their attempts, I am not willing to let them use my blog to give them a leg up on getting people to sign up for their service. This will be the only mention they get from my site unless I find more dirt as to why no one should choose this despicable company.
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At this point I don’t think any of the comments are real. The first comment was proable put by someone within the company, but the other comments look like a bot. Though none of them match, so perhaps even these comments were placed by someone within Interweb iTech. All for the purpose increasing this host’s search engine ranking. The weird thing is they entered hosting-reviews-exposed.com in as their site on their comments. No references to a individuals website.
The lights at unlimitedgb.com are on, but nobody is home
I wanted to give these guys a piece of my mind. When I saw the below graphic I thought great I can chat with one of them.
Well I was wrong, regardless of there being a “LIVE RESPONSE Online” I get this:
There live response does not mean they are “Ready to Assist You…”. It means you can click on that to send them a message. If you want to know who owns this company I have copied the below from the whois for their domain.
Domain Name: UNLIMITEDGB.COM
Registrant:
Interweb iTech (India) Private Limited
Sanson D'silva (info@interweb.co.in)
No.371 Cross Cut Road,
Gandhipuram,
Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu,641012
IN
Tel. +91.9994169999
Fax. +91.4224377683
What I find interesting is whats in the address bar for Unlimitedgb.com
Since Unlimitedgb.com you wanted some search engine results, I am more then willing to give them some negative feed back.
Guys Please its a REQUEST please refer me a good hosting company.
After reading all these i m totally confused
Please listen my words
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Unlimited GB Hosting offers
1. 99.99% up time grantee.
It is absolutely wrong. I had a mistake 4 months ago. You know what is the mistake. Yes, I had to select unlimited GB for my website hosting. They offer low web hosting prices. It is unlimited GB’s trap.
2. Payment via Online Fund Transfer
My payment debited from my bank account two times. The second time debit, they done at the next working day. So beware the payment transaction with unlimited GB. This problem tasted more unlimited GB Use Rs.
3. 100000 Templates.
This is another clever cheating from unlimited GB. I talk to the supporters 12 times to activate my free web templates account. The every response time they provide a temporary password. This password expired after two or three days. Means this password work only two or three days. Again i requested to the supporters and they give. This process continuously. How is it?
Finally I had change my hosting company to another. So you think two or three times before choosing unlimited GB.
Not Recommended
hi,
I am using this hosting review..Last time when i got a good service was when i have taken a demo account.All my problem was solved within half an hour but after that I dont know what to say,every second i have to chase them for the errors which i face like their panel doesnot allow me to load the war file and sometimes my mails doesn’t work and many more error which i can tell…
For me correcting the error sometimes become nightmare to me
Dear All,
Here goes one more SWEET failure story by Unlimited GB’s WORST services :-
USELESS Company , No Customer Care at all !
Last 2 years , I had my 4 Domains + Hosting accounts with them.
Also 3 of my clients had similar accounts.
Twice my sites got hacked some time backed.
1. http://www.internetconsultantindia.com
2. http://www.ecologic.org.in
, they did not give backup, their support people do not know what to do to prevent hacking & do not know about backups,restore. They even did not provide me any backups. I have heard that all of hosting providers provide this.
Then since yesterday night , they have suspended my account saying “Server overload”. Without intimation to a client like me.
site : internetconsultantindia.com
Truly Horrible.
They say there is Online chat, No one available, the available people , do not know anything.
I want to get all my hosting money back.
They are not telling me what to do next.
I am in a fix:- What should I do now ?
Will I get my domain Back ?
What about hosting money paid ?
Can I still transfer domain to other hosting providers ? & how to do that ?
Well, I fully agree with most of the mails above. It is almost 3 weeks since I have taken space with them, however the site is still not active.
The guys sitting in live support (half the time they are not there, specially during the night, contrary to their claim that they are 24×7) do not have a clue about anything. Thomas and James are the ones I have contacted. James is hopeless. Thomas has “some” technical idea, atleast about the basic things.
I am seriously considering shifting over from them. I do not know whether I will get back the money from them.
My Advice…. DON’T GO NEAR THIS HOSTING COMPANY. THEY WILL DUPE YOU !!!
Regards,
Biju
Dear Biju,
I have shifted to :-
1. Shift to hostgator baby plan- 8 $ per month, unltd sites.[Works out to be 5000 Rs per annum] Support is excellent.
2. Install EZPZ Plugin if u r using wordpress , keep habit of backups.
3. In fact now what I do is :- prepare a post by hand , then on pc in word , then upload to blog.
UnlimitedGB is a good site and not a scam.
Hello Vikas,
If they are not a scam provide a site that you actually host. Because frankly there are lot of customers that do not agree.
Regards,
Benjamin
Hello Benjamin,
First of I will like to thank for such a great post. I was planning to go for a linux dedicated hosting from unlimited GB. But after reading your post, I was in a dilemma & decided to rather test it by purchasing a Rs 999/- linux hosting plan.
This hosting Company is a real scam’ster & fraud’ster.I started my hosting plan on 29th November 2011 and my account is suspended by Jan 14 2012 without a prior notice. The reason they cite is violation of terms of usage. when i contacted them to resolve the issue,Unlimited gb says ‘they can’t UN-Suspend my Account”.
I would like to ask you Benjamin;Is there any legal way to slap a fine for this company. I am currently consulting some legal professionals regarding this issue. Your views can be of a great help.
Hi Bibhudatta,
My site was also suspended. There were some genuine [??] reasons, which I could find out. Such as I had uploaded some plugins on site which was fetching too much data.
But again , this is my assumption. There was no technical explaination & support given by unlimitedgb.
I have retained the site there , but I have purchased hosting from hostgator now, where I am getting a good service.
Hello Bibhudutta,
I am assuming by your IP address that your from India, is that correct?
Honestly I have no idea what the laws are in your country. But I think the best way to take them on is to have every bit of the communications that you had with them put online for everyone to see.
Defiantly keep in formed to what your legal professionals say.
Regards,
Benjamin
Hi Soumitra,
You are right, they cited me the same reason.
I would like you and all other people in this post who had been a victim of this fraud company to keep posting your bitter experiances as suggested by Benjamin. Please do post your grievances in this link also :
http://www.consumercomplaints.in/complaints/unlimited-gb-c695493.html
Hi Guys,
I was thinking to buy a JAVA Hosting from the UnlimitedGb.com but by seeing all this posts i have came to a conclusion not to go with this SPAM website.
And guys can you help me out in getting hosting for a JSP site, i mean i want JAVA hosting. If you guys find a good website with a low cost, please try to help me out
I don’t know about you Guys but I hosted many website under Unlimitedgb.com. thou I was surprise to see their Office 20 people are working there. But yet now I don’t face any problem except minor technical which they solve within few hours. I personally visited their office and I believe all hosting company is like that only hardly 10 to 20 people only. I think it’s safe to host in this company. But if you are looking for corporate web application a BIG one then I will not suggest it.
Hello Agithex,
Are you aware of what you Alexa score is? Its over 14 million.
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/manipurconsultant.com#trafficstats
In traffic terms I am probable the only person that has visited your site today. So on the plus side I probable cut 100,000 or more off your score. Come back when you get some real traffic and then tell me if you still like them. There is not much going on here unless you can tell me that you have had a lot of tickets for a site that really is not doing much of anything.
Regards,
Benjamin
Hi,
First of all, please don’t consider this comment as spam. I am scammed by unlimitedgb.com and wrote a review regarding the same. Here’s my review– http://unlimitedgbscam.blogspot.com/
I am very much frustrated now and i think this shitty company deserves another negative review and i think my blog will help you.
Regards.
SCAM!!!
I had my domain hosted with them and they suspended it one day with immediate notice by mail – saying Excess Server Load.
Following is mail communication:
THEM:
some date in 2011 my domain details 52.0 /usr/bin/php /home/myuser/public_html/index.php
Note: These figures are averages since 24 hours today.
Note: This script will only track CGI CPU/memory usage if you have suexec installed.
You have 4 CPUs; therefore, these CPU percentages are divided by 4 to indicate the true percentage of all CPU power used.
Thanks and best regards,
Sanson D’silva
Managing Director
Interweb iTech (India) Private Limited.
ME:
Hello,
I am not sure why this started just a week ago. There has been no change on this domain since past 3 months. I have 2 subdomains in addition – they are hosted with same account and I paid additional amount for it. So load should be considered for three domains – and not one right? Why resource utilization is high just for past week, while my domains are almost having no changes for over past three months? I had checked webalizer reports yesterdat and I did not see any unusual requests coming to these domains. Can you please send me webalizer reports so we can verify whats going wrong?
Also Can you please keep cpanel active? If you are not certain about load- keep website suspended untill we conclude – but I would need cpanel login to understand server load statistics by fetching logs.
then they activated my cpanel for one day and again suspended the domain.
What the hell they put in email is not what my domain reports show in logs. Finally I shifted to other hosting service. DO NOT EVER GO FOR HOSTING SERVICE WITH UNLIMITEDGB.COM
Spam!!!!!!
I have purchased hosting plan from them. Now my website is not opening to many IP locations. When I contacted them, they say we can’t help you.
Never do business with is company.
Indian Govt. should act on this company.
i have takn a hosting plan from them.in this is the worst hosting i ever seen.after using 3 months.n sundenly i got msg tht ur account is suspended.becoz of high usage of server..wtf.. They all r cheater..whn i try to call they say v cant help..whnu try to chat online they will replay u in minimum 10 min.do not go for This fucking HOSTING UNLIMITEDGB.
Yes i totally agree with all you guys it’s scam hosting….i purchased a domain and hosting from unlimited gb but after 2 month my site got hacked i contact with them but they never help me out and after some days they suspend my account with out notic….total scam unlimited gb is stoling my money and efort…..
Thanks,
Somenath
I wish that our team had read it before we took a plan from this incompetent bunch.
@Vikas – Unlimitedgb a Good site !!! Really? How?
@ajithex – You visited this company or you work there?
Here is our story – you judge their competency and commitment.
23/12/2011 19:00
Order Number – XXXXXXXXXX
Bill Amount – 19,999 INR
The plan allows to host unlimited number of websites.
Ticket ID : XXXXXX
Department: SUPPORT
Urgency: HIGH
Status: CLOSED (Shows their attitude)
28/12/2011 18:06 (VINOD)
we have 19,999 unlimied windows hosting and DB hosting plan.
We need web config support to specify db and connection.
We will need this for each website to be hosted.
We can not find this in the control panel. please advise how to do this.
29/12/2011 13:58 (UNLIMITEDGB)
Dear sir,
Kindly see the below attachment.
Please let me know if you need any further assistance.
29/12/2011 14:50 (VINOD)
Thanqu for your reply.
Where should be specify the server name?
29/12/2011 17:12 (UNLIMITEDGB)
Sorry we are not providing remote database access due to security reasons .
Please use
database server=local host.
MS-SQL Server Connection String Sample
For ASP.Net Connection String use
data source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Integrated Security=SSPI
29/12/2011 19:59 (VINOD)
Thanks for the reply.
we needed remote database on urgent basis, but now as you cant deliver the same, so we would request you to kindly refund our money on urgent basis.
“WE TOOK THIS STAND BASED ON THEIR MONEY-BACK POLICY”
30/12/2011 13:37 (UNLIMITEDGB)
I check with my management and reply to this ticket Please wait.
“WE WAITED BUT NO RESPONSE FROM MANAGEMENT SO WE FOLLOWED UP”
02/01/2012 11:02
Thanqu for your reply.
kindly confirm the date by which the amount can be redeemed..
“NO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, ANOTHER FOLLOW-UP”
02/01/2012 17:15 (VINOD)
Still waiting for your revert.
03/01/2012 12:51 (VINOD)
Dear Team
Still waiting for your reply
“ONCE AGIN NO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, SO..”
03/01/2012 14:50 (VINOD)
Kindly refund our our money and cancel our subscription. Please advise us the next steps.
03/01/2012 16:29 (UNLIMITEDGB)
We have forwarded this mail to our concern department.Once we get an update let you know.Please wait
“WE DO NOT YET KNOW WHO THIS CONCERN DEPARTMENT IS, AND HOW CONCERNED THEY ARE ABOUT OUR PROBLEM, SO WE CALLED TO FIND WHAT IS HAPPENING AND SEND US A WRITTEN RESPONSE. AND THIS IS WHAT WE GOT !!”
03/01/2012 17:21 (UNLIMITEDGB)
Sorry it is not possible. It is the sole Responsibility of the Customer to check all the details before purchasing the product.
03/01/2012 17:30 (VINOD)
Dear Sir,
Please see it in all fairness – have you done anything or taken any steps to resolve this problem?
1. How can we check if your services work or not work, without using it.
2. We can not use the service without purchasing it.
3. You have not been able to resolve the problem and if your system does not work then why should we be penalized for it?
04/01/2012 13:51 (UNLIMITEDGB)
Dear Sir,
Senior Management peoples are looking in to this issue, Once we get an update we will let you know. Please wait.
05/03/2012 12:00 (VINOD)
Dear Sirs,
Kindly update us about the views of Senior Management on this pending issue.
07/03/2012 16:37 (UNLIMITEDGB)
Dear sir,
Before taking an account It is the sole Responsibility of the Customer to check all the details before purchasing the product.You should have taken a demo account and check the features for a single account.
“BRILLIANT. FIRST TIME EVER A CUSTOMER IS BLAMED BY THE VENDOR FOR MAKING THE PURCHASE. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT.”
07/03/2012 17:06
Sir
1. At the time of selling – you did not suggest to us that “We shoudl take a demo account” to check if your services work effectively.
2. Have you taken any steps to “resolve” this problem. If so, we are completely unaware of these.
3. “Money back commitment” is not a mere phrase – it should be actively supported and backed up by actions.
4. We are baffled at the non-caring attitude of your Senior Management (a service organization) towards a reseller who could hav potentially brought you more business if your services would have worked efficiently. But that is a choice they have made. Henceforth, we would not consider doing any business with your organization.
“THEY DID NOT BOTHER TO REPLY AND SIMPLY CLOSED THE TICKET.”
I SEE ALL COMMENTS ABOUT UNLIMITEDGB I AM SO
CONFUSE WHICH HOSTING COMPANY IS GOOD AND WHICH IS BAD.I HAVE REQUEST TO YOU IF ANYBODY KNOWS GOOD AND SAFE HOSTING COMPANY THEN TELL ME PLEASE PLEASE REPLY ME
THANKS
IRSHAD FROM SRINAGAR
Terrible Hosting Company
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Their hosting services are too pathetic and they messed up my business website.
They assured guaranteed uptime, later on my website had faced down time for a long duration and also internal server errors.
I had faced different types of error,like “Internal server error”,”Service Unavailable”,”URL could not be retrieved” etc.
I had fed up with their hosting service and had move to the other service provider(HostGator). It would be better to stay away from this terrible hosting provider..
UNLIMITEDGB announce they provide 100 days money back guarantee. Once your money received, they do not give any money.
So you do not choose UNLIMITEDGB’s hosting services. It is very terrible.
I highly recommended web hosting service is HostGator
These scamsters are trying to outshout the negative feedback by propagating +ve feedback. None of these +ve contributors name their URLs, when asked but they shower praises about the great service, awesome deal, perfect and better than heaven experience Please check here http://www.trustpilot.com/review/unlimitedgb.com and outshout them.
plz give me some reviews about the web hosting company websites like hostzilla.com and hostzil.la
Hello Kim,
I am sorry to say but this site is not about who is best, but who is engaging in shoddy marketing.
Regards,
Benjamin