I feel absolutely no sympathy for people who are owed by bitaffnet.
Me neither, It was a scam from the start & was rightly called out by many forum members a long time ago. People who chose to ignore the warnings from other pool operators, software devs, hero & noob forum members alike only have themselves to blame.
I've defended bitaffnet quite a bit in this thread so may as well chip in. I agree with xstr8guy, the warning signs have been there for a while so no sympathy from me either, but I completely disagree with blarneystone's comment above.
It was NEVER a scam from the start and it's probably not even be a scam now. What people were warning about was that a PPS pool with no fee let alone one paying a bonus was not sustainable long term which is true, but that's not the same as a scam.
Anyone who has used this pool from the earlier days will have received way more than they would have got elsewhere, so it's a funny scam that loses money for the operator and makes a profit for the victim.
I stopped mining the first time my payment was delayed more than 7 days, I briefly rejoined once the backlog was cleared but left for good the second time this happened, this was months ago hence why I agree with xstr8guy
To s0br: Sorry it didn't work out well for you, but I appreciate the efforts you went to.