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Kluge

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Quote from: Spekulatius on May 06, 2012, 06:00:58 PM

some scource for ANY! of the claims made here???

Allegedly, a lot of talk about this on the SR forums. I don't use the service and don't feel like scrounging around for whatever address they're using, now.

If the stories told are accurate, it could've been prevented if people just properly used the escrow service SR provides at no charge.

Spekulatius

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some scource for ANY! of the claims made here???

crazycanadian

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Wow, this is crazy news....

Yuhfhrh

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Quote from: flaxceed on May 05, 2012, 04:39:18 PM

Drugs are not the issue. Human nature is. Some people want something for nothing, and they work their scams on eBay as much as Silk Road or Black Market Reloaded. It reminds me of what I saw on the forum over at BMR. A guy selling stolen credit card numbers was called a scammer, and his customer wanted to get the guy banned. And the site owner was like "Ummm- so, you buy stolen credit card numbers from this guy because you want to use them to steal, and now you want him banned because he is a thief?" And really- isn't that just the truth?

+1 And nothing but the truth!

Raoul Duke

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Quote from: chrisrico on May 05, 2012, 05:00:33 PM

Quote from: the joint on May 05, 2012, 04:25:32 PM

If you use/buy/sell drugs, it's usually just a matter of time before the hammer drops.

I agree. That's why I stopped smoking cigarettes as well as drinking alcoholic or caffeinated beverages. Drugs are bad mmmkay.

chrisrico

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Quote from: the joint on May 05, 2012, 04:25:32 PM

If you use/buy/sell drugs, it's usually just a matter of time before the hammer drops.

I agree. That's why I stopped smoking cigarettes as well as drinking alcoholic or caffeinated beverages. Drugs are bad mmmkay.

flaxceed

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>>Note new email [email protected]<<

Drugs are not the issue. Human nature is. Some people want something for nothing, and they work their scams on eBay as much as Silk Road or Black Market Reloaded. It reminds me of what I saw on the forum over at BMR. A guy selling stolen credit card numbers was called a scammer, and his customer wanted to get the guy banned. And the site owner was like "Ummm- so, you buy stolen credit card numbers from this guy because you want to use them to steal, and now you want him banned because he is a thief?" And really- isn't that just the truth?

the joint

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Eh, big deal.

Drugs + scam? Shocking?

Its like fishing -- when you cast your line out over and over and over again, eventually a fish is going to take it. Even if you intentionally place your line in a spot where you think there are no fish, it is still only a matter of time before some stray fish comes along and takes the bait.

If you use/buy/sell drugs, it's usually just a matter of time before the hammer drops.

Richmond

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I wonder if the amount of scamming etc is due to the kind of trade that this site mainly deals in, or if its just human nature. When it comes down to it the whole idea of Silk Road is brilliant. A pretty much open worldwide marketplace that, even with the escrow service, exists due to the trust of people who have never met. In the end it doesn't seem any more corrupt than the legitimate buisness world.

regular

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Unfortunately the internet is full of scammers if you can't see someone face to face or have any kind of info verification on them. This makes the anonymous aspect of BTC not very useful in the real world.

Anybody can easily sell some small stuff for quick rep on their and then do a big scam later on- that can happen on Ebay as well but at least you have paypal protection on there as a buyer- SR not so much.

arby

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keybase.io/arblarg

a very interesting story.

Raoul Duke

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Quote from: terrytibbs on May 03, 2012, 02:43:53 PM

Quote from: Raoul Duke on May 03, 2012, 02:20:01 PM

That guy was DEA. That was the only possible thing they could do, undermine the confidence in the service Wink

source kthx

terrytibbs

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Quote from: Raoul Duke on May 03, 2012, 02:20:01 PM

That guy was DEA. That was the only possible thing they could do, undermine the confidence in the service Wink

source kthx

Raoul Duke

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That guy was DEA. That was the only possible thing they could do, undermine the confidence in the service Wink

flaxceed

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>>Note new email [email protected]<<

I don't know about Silk Road but I sell on Black Market Reloaded and so far it is going really well. I don't mean I think you cannot get scammed there but that there are a lotta good people on BMR and it's a good community. Maybe because it is very small there are lower percentage of scammers? I can think of a couple that tried to run scams lately but were caught quick and talked about on BMR forum, so people knew to stay away.

liquidreality

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Quote from: terrytibbs on May 03, 2012, 12:11:49 PM

Quote from: liquidreality on May 03, 2012, 12:09:49 PM

WOW! Thats crazy! I'm a pretty paranoid person and for good reason. Although, thats the problem with SR. There is little to no buyers protection just due to the nature of the business. In light of this, I'm now going to call my cousin who had a doctorate in cryptology and have him lock up my computer tighter than the pentagon.

Calling your friend to discuss cryptography over the phone doesn't rank very high on the "paranoia" list.

I'm going to get him to come over to my house thank you very much! I'm not stupid. No need to be condescending.

Kilmyos

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Not surprised. I only auto-finalize on purchases under $30 with trusted vendors.

terrytibbs

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Quote from: liquidreality on May 03, 2012, 12:09:49 PM

WOW! Thats crazy! I'm a pretty paranoid person and for good reason. Although, thats the problem with SR. There is little to no buyers protection just due to the nature of the business. In light of this, I'm now going to call my cousin who had a doctorate in cryptology and have him lock up my computer tighter than the pentagon.

Calling your friend to discuss cryptography over the phone doesn't rank very high on the "paranoia" list.

liquidreality

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WOW! Thats crazy! I'm a pretty paranoid person and for good reason. Although, thats the problem with SR. There is little to no buyers protection just due to the nature of the business. In light of this, I'm now going to call my cousin who had a doctorate in cryptology and have him lock up my computer tighter than the pentagon.

Andrew Bitcoiner

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Send correspondance to GPG key A372E7C6

I would be willing to buy these Cool

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