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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: kmfkewm on July 22, 2013, 06:14 pm

Title: massive fake ID sting by secret service
Post by: kmfkewm on July 22, 2013, 06:14 pm
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/07/open-market/

thankfully I never ordered anything from celtic but I know several who did. In fact it makes me think that this might have been what led to Enelysions bust, as I am pretty sure he obtained fake ID's from celtic, after which he had semi-legal shipments of research chemicals intercepted, after which he was put under surveillance and eventually raided etc. I don't find it much of a stretch that the original intelligence that got his bulk research chemical shipment flagged is that it was to a box opened with a celtic fake ID. This shows a multi stage investigation actually, from the compromise of a fake ID vendor, the secret service taking over and selling ID's for multiple years, a big drug vendor obtaining such an ID, getting a shipment from China flagged because of it then located put under surveillance and busted with million dollars in drugs in money.

There is always huge risk with fake ID since you need to send a picture of yourself to the vendor and of course they can then flag all of your packs if they happen to be malicious. I think we should spend the rest of this thread discussing how we can minimize the risks of using fake identification for box registration, or even if we should phase out fake ID boxes in favor of using random mailboxes on the street and intercepting incoming mail prior to a legitimate resident.
Title: Re: massive fake ID sting by secret service
Post by: TMan99 on July 22, 2013, 06:48 pm
How is it not possible to get mail sent to your house or to someone who would know you and rat you out.

If I could be in the situation where once I pick up my package, everything is done and I know nobody never knew who I was, that would be great. But is it possible?
Title: Re: massive fake ID sting by secret service
Post by: kmfkewm on July 22, 2013, 06:56 pm
I don't think any big importers would feel comfortable getting shit sent right to their houses. I can tell you 100% with certainty that if fake ID is what led to the down fall of enelysion, that without fake ID his down fall would of been years prior to that. It is still speculation if working with celtic is what got his box flagged in the first place, but I do know for sure that he got at least some of his fake ID's from celtic. It really leaves a sick feeling in my stomach knowing that celtic was secret service though, simply because he was one of the big fake ID vendors to do business with the drug scene. Who knows how many interceptions have been tied to that now, I can think of at least two big interceptions that could have been to boxes registered with celtic ID's.
Title: Re: massive fake ID sting by secret service
Post by: TMan99 on July 22, 2013, 07:36 pm
If you are a big time vendor it is only safe to make sure you never get any drug sent to your house, ever. If you were to get raided for something like even accepting a small personal amount of coke or weed you can be fucked.

One of the first step for a vendor has to be making sure you can accept packages anonymously and run, so that  shipment is never connected to you.
How is that done though?
Title: Re: massive fake ID sting by secret service
Post by: Rastaman Vibration on July 23, 2013, 04:33 am
Motherfucking Babylon!

This is most certainly a troubling strategy. When a "trusted" vendor turns out to be Secret Service, its a good reminder that you can't "trust" anyone in this game.

The Atlantis DEA honeypot theories are particularly intriguing, when viewed in this light.

Another question (raised in the article as well) is the entrapment issue. Manufacturing and selling fake ID's is clearly a crime, since they indicted a lot of people for just that. It will be interesting to see if this holds up in court or not. Whichever way it goes, it will have a lot of implications for us here in the illegal drugs black market.
Title: Re: massive fake ID sting by secret service
Post by: jackofspades on July 23, 2013, 04:56 am
I think its bullshit LE can make fake ID's and get away with it while at the same time charging their fellow fraudsters....
Title: Re: massive fake ID sting by secret service
Post by: astor on July 23, 2013, 05:02 am
I think we should spend the rest of this thread discussing how we can minimize the risks of using fake identification for box registration, or even if we should phase out fake ID boxes in favor of using random mailboxes on the street and intercepting incoming mail prior to a legitimate resident.

They do this already in some countries. You can buy master keys on SR. I think the mail is more tightly legally protected in the US though, which makes it harder to find master keys, but I suspect those mass produced mailboxes aren't hard to pick with a little practice.
Title: Re: massive fake ID sting by secret service
Post by: TMan99 on July 23, 2013, 05:24 am
I think its bullshit LE can make fake ID's and get away with it while at the same time charging their fellow fraudsters....
Yeah whats new? We already know what to expect. Its like beating a dead horse at this point.
Title: Re: massive fake ID sting by secret service
Post by: silo on July 23, 2013, 05:40 am
im sorry but wouldnt using an anon drug black market to make a purchase where sending your picture is required make Darwin laugh?
Title: Re: massive fake ID sting by secret service
Post by: TMan99 on July 23, 2013, 05:47 am
im sorry but wouldnt using an anon drug black market to make a purchase where sending your picture is required make Darwin laugh?
If you need a fake ID then you have no other options. Its not like they are widely available on the streets.
Title: Re: massive fake ID sting by secret service
Post by: heatcheck on July 23, 2013, 05:59 am
im sorry but wouldnt using an anon drug black market to make a purchase where sending your picture is required make Darwin laugh?
If you need a fake ID then you have no other options. Its not like they are widely available on the streets.

Can be. Not the same street as you'd get drugs on. More around a college campus. That's where the market is.
Title: Re: massive fake ID sting by secret service
Post by: silo on July 23, 2013, 06:09 am
indeed, and then the campus vendors are always getting busted. you simply (or not so simply) have to find someone who looks like you. fakes aren't where its at.
Title: Re: massive fake ID sting by secret service
Post by: fantastiqfox on July 23, 2013, 06:10 am
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Title: Re: massive fake ID sting by secret service
Post by: Q789123 on July 23, 2013, 07:46 am
They aided and abetted crime- this stinks
Title: Re: massive fake ID sting by secret service
Post by: AirshipAdmiral on July 23, 2013, 09:56 am
I think its bullshit LE can make fake ID's and get away with it while at the same time charging their fellow fraudsters....
Yeah whats new? We already know what to expect. Its like beating a dead horse at this point.

They call us criminals, but we know who the REAL Bad Guys are.

The LE dogs and their gangster owners.
Title: Re: massive fake ID sting by secret service
Post by: bluedev1 on July 23, 2013, 11:51 am
one could easily pay a homeless person (who has an ID) to open one for you.  real id, and it's not you.  tell them you just want to order a playboy subscription but don't want your wife finding out or some bullshit.
Title: Re: massive fake ID sting by secret service
Post by: fbny71 on July 23, 2013, 04:41 pm
Definitely have to follow these cases to see if the entrapment issue, certain to be brought up as a defense, holds up and cases get tossed.

Motherfucking Babylon!

This is most certainly a troubling strategy. When a "trusted" vendor turns out to be Secret Service, its a good reminder that you can't "trust" anyone in this game.

The Atlantis DEA honeypot theories are particularly intriguing, when viewed in this light.

Another question (raised in the article as well) is the entrapment issue. Manufacturing and selling fake ID's is clearly a crime, since they indicted a lot of people for just that. It will be interesting to see if this holds up in court or not. Whichever way it goes, it will have a lot of implications for us here in the illegal drugs black market.

Title: Re: massive fake ID sting by secret service
Post by: agenorexchange on July 23, 2013, 04:52 pm
I think its bullshit LE can make fake ID's and get away with it while at the same time charging their fellow fraudsters....
Yeah whats new? We already know what to expect. Its like beating a dead horse at this point.

They call us criminals, but we know who the REAL Bad Guys are.

The LE dogs and their gangster owners.

Couldn't have said it better myself.
Title: Re: massive fake ID sting by secret service
Post by: HCeline on July 23, 2013, 07:03 pm
one could easily pay a homeless person (who has an ID) to open one for you.  real id, and it's not you.  tell them you just want to order a playboy subscription but don't want your wife finding out or some bullshit.

great idea how do you keep the homeless guy from getting into the box?
Title: Re: massive fake ID sting by secret service
Post by: CannabisConsumer on July 24, 2013, 03:19 am
one could easily pay a homeless person (who has an ID) to open one for you.  real id, and it's not you.  tell them you just want to order a playboy subscription but don't want your wife finding out or some bullshit.

great idea how do you keep the homeless guy from getting into the box?
Order potassium cyanide the first couple times. Specifically instruct him not to open the box.
Title: Re: massive fake ID sting by secret service
Post by: kmfkewm on July 24, 2013, 04:57 am
I think we should spend the rest of this thread discussing how we can minimize the risks of using fake identification for box registration, or even if we should phase out fake ID boxes in favor of using random mailboxes on the street and intercepting incoming mail prior to a legitimate resident.

They do this already in some countries. You can buy master keys on SR. I think the mail is more tightly legally protected in the US though, which makes it harder to find master keys, but I suspect those mass produced mailboxes aren't hard to pick with a little practice.

In the US it seems that the vast majority of residential mail boxes are not locked in the first place.
Title: Re: massive fake ID sting by secret service
Post by: astor on July 24, 2013, 06:53 am
Yeah, I meant the large kiosks of mail boxes. If you walk up to a single mail box in front of a house, there is a much higher chance the neighbors will notice and get suspicious, even if the resident isn't home. You'd want to pick mail boxes in large kiosks at apartment complexes. Nobody remembers everyone there. Of course those are locked, but I was talking to a few people about this very problem a few days ago. One of them had lock picking experience and said those mass produced boxes shouldn't be hard to open.
Title: Re: massive fake ID sting by secret service
Post by: bluedev1 on July 25, 2013, 03:21 am
one could easily pay a homeless person (who has an ID) to open one for you.  real id, and it's not you.  tell them you just want to order a playboy subscription but don't want your wife finding out or some bullshit.

great idea how do you keep the homeless guy from getting into the box?
Order potassium cyanide the first couple times. Specifically instruct him not to open the box.

LOL.

Don't you get a key?  Just get the key from them.  Otherwise, you've told them you're ordering Playboys -- leave it alone for a month.  They probably aren't interested or will get bored after checking it a few times and seeing it always empty.  Or order something stupid and cheap off Amazon and let it sit there for a couple weeks to see if it gets taken.

 And I would try to find someone that doesn't seem manic, who you'd actually feel OK about giving some cash to help them out.  I'm not suggesting exploitation of someone who isn't mentally capable of making this decision for themselves.