Amazon Web Studios is a money hungry company
These people are scammers just like my last website designers/hosting team Oliver, Mark, and Conner at indigo web design studios. Stay away from them too. Jayson, a salesman at amazon web studios provided a specification of services that I would receive for a price. I paid it and then once my site was up I began getting calls. I paid the additional fees a couple of times. But the last request for more money sparked my interest because script code was displaying like a header on each page. I was told my security license had expired. I paid a couple of grand for a two-year license a couple of months ago. Then it dawned on me that I should have seen an error message that my certificate/license expired or be notified that I had to renew.
Well, I Zelled them the money so there was nothing I could do. So I decided to make time and go over my service agreement. I asked for my CMS interface and banners as per the contract. Brad told me I had to buy a CMS plan, I replied no money. Then Brad forwarded me an email from the DOJ disability division saying my site was out of compliance. Upon research, I learned 1) the DOJ changed its position on ADA web compliance to guidance only for WC3 standards, so I was not going to pay for something I did not need right away. 2) Brad then changed my home page to suspended without telling me.
When I found my site down, I used their live chat service cause no one would answer the phone. Both George Morris, customer service and Daniel Parker, IT technical lead stated the suspended error message on page one was due to my CMS certificate becoming expired and I needed to buy a plan. Once again no expired certificate message and my website was inaccessible. Also, Brad had just told me I didn't have a CMS interface. I was told to pay $4000 for CMS and $1500 for ADA. Of course, I asked for my source code but Brad (aka a**hole) said I need to pay up to bring the site live. When I asked him to use a backup he replied there were no backups which I know is not true. I was stunned. I don't think they would give me my source code anyway.
This is my second try at trying to find a reputable web hosting site. If you want to know more, please feel free to reach out to me. I can only tell you what they did to me. The bogus letter from the Department of Justice for ADA notice of noncompliance was the last straw. Hopefully, I can get the post office involved cause it's so hard to go after scammers because they use virtual office addresses. USPO fraud might be easier. This time I have a Taxpayer Id but it's probably fake too.
As a novice, I should have just found a local vendor but the price was right and Jason was easy to work him. Ironically, I am a non-profit that assists individuals with developmental disabilities obtain their employment goals. My site was just a picture gallery and information on the Supported Employment program. How do I explain to my recruits they can no longer show off their achievements because I was working with web design scammers? I will have to build out my information on Facebook. Be safe and Be aware.
On July 26, 2023, I read a text from Brad offering me a two-year reprieve from being shut down again if I paid the ransom fees. He managed to send me a contract under his signature. I replied with an emoji of Pininco. I also reread the notice of violation letter sent by Zubair Ahmed from corecutsolutions.com. I forwarded the email to their company's email address explaining what happened as a result of Zubair participating in this fraudulent email. Hopefully, someone will respond. I am not a public person, but I am thinking about contacting the media because bad website designer/hosting solution companies should be stopped.
July 27, 2023 Brad texted me stating that he was going to tell his team to discard my project. I had to reply. My response, my site was live and not in project status. If I was in project status honor your warranty and give me my money back especially since I recently purchased a two-year security license and 3-year hosting agreement. My bad, I should have seen the signs. Amazon Web Studios may be also known as creative designs (this is where they had me Zelle the last payment) or Corecutsolutions (sent me a fraudulent email). Never, Never Zelle funds cause the hoax becomes never-ending.
Please wish me luck in my quest to get justice through the United States Post Office.
23 July 2023
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