Damn dude, you figured me out. I thought I was smart enough to trick you, but I see now that there is no pulling the wool over your eyes.
When I showed you the Google cache, I was certain it would convince you, but since it didn't, I may as well come clean.
The truth is, I conspired with Larry Page of Google to destroy Mark. You see, Page knows that Banx is a threat to his business because once Mark makes a banx-powered search engine, it will be game over for Google.
So Larry and I, I call him Larry since we are such good friends, went into the Google Servers last night and messed with banx's cache. Then, I photoshoped a picture of the old site into an image of my screen to make it look like it was new!
Then, assured that mine and Larry's plan was bullet proof, I staked my professional reputation on the lie.
I had hoped you would come to the reasonable conclusion that Mark had lied, but I know now that you are far too smart for that.
I guess I'll go call Larry, tell him that it's been a good run but we all knew this "Google" thing wouldn't last.
See, purile

It's quite likely the root domain was forwarded but not any subdomains or pages, easy mistake to make actually and it's that sort of thing which would explain a few things.
Point is this, which you have inelegantly avoided.
Has anyone been affected by this?