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Discussion => Silk Road discussion => Topic started by: Greynick on December 28, 2012, 04:26 am

Title: WARNING: http://silkroadv5p5cbl6.onion/ SCAM??
Post by: Greynick on December 28, 2012, 04:26 am
I use the URL from the Wikipedia - it is usually http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion

But it changed to: http://silkroadv5p5cbl6.onion/

One asks for my PIN. I didn't check the first time but since its kept saying the server is under maintenance.

Fortunately, I don't have any coin on but I suspect many others do?

Title: Re: WARNING: http://silkroadv5p5cbl6.onion/ SCAM??
Post by: Greynick on December 28, 2012, 04:35 am
OK, confirmed .. it was a scam site put up on Wikipedia... My 3 BTC was sent out to an address I will confirm later. There is also a thread here where people are asking why is the site still under maintainance so obviously they've fallen for it too ...
Title: Re: WARNING: http://silkroadv5p5cbl6.onion/ SCAM??
Post by: astor on December 28, 2012, 04:38 am
Memorize the URL

vb5 piz 3r
vb5 piz 3r
vb5 piz 3r

Never trust a third party site, especially Wikipedia which is easily vandalized.
Title: Re: WARNING: http://silkroadv5p5cbl6.onion/ SCAM??
Post by: Greynick on December 28, 2012, 04:43 am
Quote from: astor on December 28, 2012, 04:38 am
Memorize the URL

vb5 piz 3r
vb5 piz 3r
vb5 piz 3r

Never trust a third party site, especially Wikipedia which is easily vandalized.

You are quite right. Entirely my fault. I use the launch URL as I hate writing / saving things on any of my machines.

Wont be making that mistake again. I've changed my password and pincode so it appears the only issue was a loss of a few BTC but I'm sure others may have suffered. I just checked Wikipedia and found the entry has been removed.
Title: Re: WARNING: http://silkroadv5p5cbl6.onion/ SCAM??
Post by: nomad bloodbath on December 28, 2012, 04:50 am
This scam is as old as Silk Road it's self.
 Sorry you were scammed but research in the forums is more than worth the time used to look for the correct methods, vendors and history of the site.

X)
nomad
Title: Re: WARNING: http://silkroadv5p5cbl6.onion/ SCAM??
Post by: kingdedede on December 28, 2012, 04:55 am
Quote from: astor on December 28, 2012, 04:38 am
Memorize the URL

vb5 piz 3r
vb5 piz 3r
vb5 piz 3r

Never trust a third party site, especially Wikipedia which is easily vandalized.
This. This. THIS.

Easy url to memorize. It sucks seeing people being scammed like this  :(
Title: Re: WARNING: http://silkroadv5p5cbl6.onion/ SCAM??
Post by: Greynick on December 28, 2012, 05:12 am
LOL I normally look at the "silkroad" component and if that matches, I assume (stupid) that its OK ... my eyesight isn't what it used to be and I can barely read unless I get push the monitor up against my face and all of the numbers and letters are the same heights as the legitimate URL  :-[

Well, hopefully not too many people have been caught out by this one but by the looks of the other thread "DAMN SR!!" that isn't the case ...
Title: Re: WARNING: http://silkroadv5p5cbl6.onion/ SCAM??
Post by: astor on December 28, 2012, 05:23 am
It takes a few days for shallot to generate an onion domain with the string "silkroad" at the beginning (on commodity hardware). I guess they thought nobody would take the time to replicate it, but obviously it's lucrative enough to do. They need to search the key space for silkroadsilkroad.onion, but that would take millions of years. :)
Title: Re: WARNING: http://silkroadv5p5cbl6.onion/ SCAM??
Post by: Funbagz on December 28, 2012, 07:14 am
i wonder how many people they got with that.