Self-Host Everything. My docker-compose file is longer than my CV.
I did this once. Real colo in Portland. They gave tour. Dual feeds, diverse paths, mantrap, biometric. Very reassuring.
Fake "datacenter" in Idaho. Excuse: "CEO has allergy to strangers." I am not joke. This was actual excuse.
Hel got further. He got in. He saw truth. This is valuable.
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Collector of cheap vps and bad decisions
I am the target market. I admit. €8/year? I am click. I am buy. I am regret.
But this thread saved me. I am check my active services. Three have "certifications" I never verify. One has "ISO 27001" from "CertiTrust Global." Google: nothing. Same pattern. Different name. Same garage, maybe same garage.
Thank you Hel. You are hero of cheap idiots everywhere.
I am not hero. I am angry Finn with camera. But you are welcome.
Update: Finnish Consumer Authority reply. They are forward to EU consumer protection network. Cross-border case. Maybe take year. But is in system.
Also: I am contact real TÜV. They are laugh. Not helpful laugh, but "we see this often" laugh. They have page for fake cert reports. I am submit.
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Montreal. Reseller. Mostly WordPress people who should not have WordPress.
I am tell you: my clients ask for "RackNerd." I show them real options. €4/month Contabo. $5/month DigitalOcean. Sometimes they find €8/month and ask why I am expensive.
Now I have thread to show. Not just "you get what you pay for." But "here is fake cert, here is real cert, here is difference." Education tool. Thank you all.
This. I am save this thread for every client conversation.
Same here. Following for updates.
Following.
Real question: what happened to the actual Contabo reseller program? Did this guy just buy one dedicated server and subdivide? Or is he entirely unconnected, just using name?
If unconnected, trademark issue too. Contabo lawyers should be interested. If connected, Contabo has problem with their vetting.
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Contabo has affiliate program, not true reseller. You send customer, you get commission. You do not rebrand. You do not issue your own certs. You do not put Contabo in subdomain without permission.
Contabo-garage.fi is cybersquatting plus misrepresentation plus fake certification. Triple threat. Contabo legal is definitely "reviewing."
I am check Archive.org for contabo-garage.fi. First capture: 3 weeks ago. Site says "established 2019." Lie. Domain registered 2024. All "testimonials" are stock photo with fake names. "John D., CEO" is Shutterstock #4829103.
This is not new scam. This is same scam, new domain. When this one dies, another rises. Whack-a-mole.
