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Discussion => Silk Road discussion => Topic started by: EnterTheMatrix on March 01, 2012, 01:49 am
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Hey Sellers,
Watch out as there is a person impersonating our great leader, Dread Pirate Roberts.
They are asking for 15BTC to join a new "Private SR Market Place" - The username is bullshit and just read the message, it's laughable!
I just received this via the SR Messaging System:
DreadPirateRoberts A Message From Your Captain.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
Ahoy! This is your Captain speaking.
We are happy to announce we are starting another brand new site called The Privateer. It will be an invite only sales site We will invite the high ranking, trusted sellers. You will have invites to be able to invite your trusted buyers. This is a secret site, not all buyers or sellers will know about it.
We have chose to take this direction by listening to your feedback on the forum, It will eliminate scammers and leave buyers and sellers relative safety. We also think it will be safer to trade larger amounts. For the time being we will also charge no fees on this site at all.
The site will go live on Monday 6th March, From now until then we will be inviting sellers to join for a small fee of 15btc after the 6th March deadline the price will be the same as the main Silk Road site. You are in the select few we are offering this discount too.
The Privateer will be run on the same codebase that runs Silk Road, with all of the same features you know and love. However, it is run completely independently with it's own servers, Bitcoin wallets, databases, etc. If it becomes popular, we'll even look into putting it under separate management.
You can send the joining fee directly to the new site by using the withdraw to address fuction in account to The Privateer address below or by sending to directly.
The Privateer Address: 1PB5P4eXJPnqsVfH2T9jU6srQ7q8DgB8v3
If you choose to take this offer your Silk Road user name, password and pin will be unchanged on The Privateer and will be copied over from the main site for ease of use. This will happen when the site goes live on Monday 6th March you will then be free to change them if you wish.
Again I must ask please keep this quiet until the site goes live, This is for the select few.
We hope to welcome you aboard The Privateer
Your Captain,
Dread Pirate Roberts
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux)
iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPSt5DAAoJEAIiQjtnt/olO9IH/jIH9+bqUjakcOSbbOxqKe7g
lGBQwpNdTVcvyi/5/EX7Y6DtJs3sR5OhQpXoeQHI+aGvNoF+iUrot0TiYmiTDa72
cBI3AD9TaxrbLuuuKhNuXTQ3BhoZMKx8VLdLK6HallllTW9Qwn5Fp2lr54tOV29a
BQXvhqfibg7+BZRM38yZJT/GFw2+FCjxMnp3o6oD/nXDrYDqtRJjfuas4Yad3JkB
owsH3+mZO014//UuLawUqJ/EKU7GA1xZ+YXy2fgn6U+hHNH9STLGXj3klHKgN8QV
KsoP/fxpiGeZyUprkVUarCs1LtSNHBsbiz+MzsaTYltVwSagZId+3X33n7AH2Mo=
=+nt5
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Enjoy the ride,
Matrix 8)
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I just PM' d SR support and DPR about this. Seems super shady to me too.
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I just checked Block Explorer and looks like they have already scammed 7 sellers!
http://blockexplorer.com/address/1PB5P4eXJPnqsVfH2T9jU6srQ7q8DgB8v3
105 BTC already! :o Not a bad day at work for a SCAMMER.
Please spread the word and let's shut these fuckers down.
Matrix 8)
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Yea, I clocked that it was an impersonator also.
I think everyone should bulk sent a message to everyone they know, and post a thread in each forum immediately. I'm going to bulk send a message immediately.
Time is key, so do it ASAP!
Best regards, and hoping you weren't scammed,
Larghetto
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unfortunately I didn't see this until after the messages were sent, but I have deleted them now.
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I knew this was a scam the minute I read thi 1. Hopefully no one sends him their hard-to-acquire BTC
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Simply disgusting, I feel bad for the vendors who sent their hard earned coins :/
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I thought it was a real but lucky I did not send him anything.
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unfortunately I didn't see this until after the messages were sent, but I have deleted them now.
I'm glad that you handled it. It goes to show the importance of you signing your messages and advising people to validate those signatures. The importance of authenticity and integrity cannot be understated on a site like SR.
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up to eight victims for a total of 121 btc, frankly anybody that didn't gpg verify that message deserves to be parted from their money.
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Received transactions: 9
Received BTC: 128
oh i pity these people that paid
edit: i noticed this address appeared 3 times in the history: 1PPr7QXsBDQdoChXAf87UskiGjqxAuRoad
I don't like the end of that address
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$500 + for a bit of creative writing... not bad.
I wouldn't pity those who paid though, not too much. They did nothing to check it.
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Damn, I saw that message but didnt have time to read it. Glad, I saw this thread during the SR maintenance.
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Damn! I feel left out! I didn't get one...
When I saw that they put the pgp code, the first thing i thought was, "i'd verify that message before i did anything"...
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Fucking KingJoey....
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damn. got me. nice work. :/
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$500 + for a bit of creative writing... not bad.
I wouldn't pity those who paid though, not too much. They did nothing to check it.
Received transactions: 10
Received BTC: 143
Sorry for the victims however it's not a bad little scam and would of taken even more if we didn't ID them straight away.
Maxtrix 8)
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I notified DPR as soon as this came in and hopefully not too many people fell for it. First thing I checked was the name all the past official announcements came from and noticed spaces in DPR's name. Can't believe so many people sent them coins...but such is life. The PGP Sig was a nice touch haha...
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Fucking KingJoey....
Fucking wanker!
He messaged me telling me if i would be interested in buying 10gs of MDA not to long ago. I gladly told him to Fuck off
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What if all PM's had a built in signature that stated something like "The admins of SR will never contact you about anything other than disputes, and will NEVER ask you to send BTC."?
Is that sort of function even possible?
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What if all PM's had a built in signature that stated something like "The admins of SR will never contact you about anything other than disputes, and will NEVER ask you to send BTC."?
Is that sort of function even possible?
Vendors should already know this...and not accept PMs from similar names as the admin's as an official message. There's a bit of common sense involved with our current adventures. Otherwise I don't think this place would still exist...
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$500 + for a bit of creative writing... not bad.
I wouldn't pity those who paid though, not too much. They did nothing to check it.
Received transactions: 10
Received BTC: 143
Sorry for the victims however it's not a bad little scam and would of taken even more if we didn't ID them straight away.
Maxtrix 8)
Bro I should send you the 15 for the quick pick up! Good shit I owe you one ;)
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Wow, I got one of those! I thought it was real! I definitely would have checked the signature before I sent my coins though. I was sort of put off by their grammatical error, where they say "We have chose" instead of "We have chosen", but I just giggled and moved on. I guess I should have listened to my inner grammar nazi..
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Wow, I got one of those! I thought it was real! I definitely would have checked the signature before I sent my coins though. I was sort of put off by their grammatical error, where they say "We have chose" instead of "We have chosen", but I just giggled and moved on. I guess I should have listened to my inner grammar nazi..
In your defense it does seem plausible given that the market is down for "Sheduled maintenance" at the moment ;)
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OMFG, how could anyone have fallen for this? Is a little observation and commons sense too much to expect from a vendor?
Can I get an Amen for natural selection?
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DreadPirateRoberts A Message From Your Captain.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
Ahoy! This is your Captain speaking.
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LOL under what sane mind would he refer himself as Captain, and vendors who donate are blind since his username is different from the previous messages the real admin sent to the sellers.
Anyway nice effort from the joker.
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i dont know how people who have been on the internet enough to the point that they have downloaded tor and signed up to sr then started trading on it couldnt tell a nigerian prince when they saw one. very little sympathy from me im afraid.
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$500 + for a bit of creative writing... not bad.
I wouldn't pity those who paid though, not too much. They did nothing to check it.
Received transactions: 10
Received BTC: 143
Sorry for the victims however it's not a bad little scam and would of taken even more if we didn't ID them straight away.
Maxtrix 8)
Bro I should send you the 15 for the quick pick up! Good shit I owe you one ;)
Still haven't recieved that 15 BTC :/
Just kidding, always got your back Hoffa ;)
Cheers,
Matrix
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I basically dont know how to check the PGP signatures so I took the entire thing and sent it to SR support. They kindly notified to me that this was indeed a scam. To me the red flags went up because of the lack of spaces in the name and it is always nice to double check when it has money involved.
I had to say it was clever. I did feel flattered.
-Amush
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$500 + for a bit of creative writing... not bad.
I wouldn't pity those who paid though, not too much. They did nothing to check it.
Received transactions: 10
Received BTC: 143
Sorry for the victims however it's not a bad little scam and would of taken even more if we didn't ID them straight away.
Maxtrix 8)
Bro I should send you the 15 for the quick pick up! Good shit I owe you one ;)
Still haven't recieved that 15 BTC :/
Just kidding, always got your back Hoffa ;)
Cheers,
Matrix
I thought I sent it mate ;) You know I have your back to bro!
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DPR's user ID # is 1.
See: http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/silkroad/user/1
:)
nomad bloodbath
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I basically dont know how to check the PGP signatures so I took the entire thing and sent it to SR support. They kindly notified to me that this was indeed a scam. To me the red flags went up because of the lack of spaces in the name and it is always nice to double check when it has money involved.
I had to say it was clever. I did feel flattered.
-Amush
the outline steps are:
- ensure you have Dread Pirate Roberts' gpg/pgp key imported into your keyring manager of choice..its available on the actual Silk Road site...
- find the forum text message, highlight all the text, ctrl-c / OR copy to clipboard...
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
Ahoy..
. . .
. . .
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
- ctrl-P / save it to a text file, name the file .txt and save it..
- commandline in linux is : gpg --verify path.to.text.file.txt
- this is the text you need to look for as output from the command : "gpg: Good signature from ..."
- can adapt the steps for the OS you use or Apps you're using, look in the menu there's probably functions to verify messages -not thunderbird..
;)
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I basically dont know how to check the PGP signatures so I took the entire thing and sent it to SR support. They kindly notified to me that this was indeed a scam. To me the red flags went up because of the lack of spaces in the name and it is always nice to double check when it has money involved.
I had to say it was clever. I did feel flattered.
-Amush
Thank You!
Gotta say I like your Dune reference name there.
-Amush
the outline steps are:
- ensure you have Dread Pirate Roberts' gpg/pgp key imported into your keyring manager of choice..its available on the actual Silk Road site...
- find the forum text message, highlight all the text, ctrl-c / OR copy to clipboard...
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
Ahoy..
. . .
. . .
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
- ctrl-P / save it to a text file, name the file .txt and save it..
- commandline in linux is : gpg --verify path.to.text.file.txt
- this is the text you need to look for as output from the command : "gpg: Good signature from ..."
- can adapt the steps for the OS you use or Apps you're using, look in the menu there's probably functions to verify messages -not thunderbird..
;)
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;)
np
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OMG I was about to send the 15btc but a freaking great customer of mine gave me the heads up minutes before I was going to, you know who you are and I can't thank you enough. This shit is really started to scare me.... thought it was weird stealth was announced and than 1 day later this.... WOW!
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not gonna lie. I fell for it lol
I almost passed, but i thought id include myself because i didnt want to miss out on anything.
now that i look back i should have saw the red flags. all in all the scam was well played, and timing was good.
crazy what SR hash will do to the brain...
FUCK!
peace :)
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OMFG, how could anyone have fallen for this? Is a little observation and commons sense too much to expect from a vendor?
Can I get an Amen for natural selection?
I'm a new vendor and just learning the ways of SR. Wow shows how much I need to learn still, thanks to all for showing us new vendors that are not quite uhhhmm how should I say smart lol what is up! thank you!
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TO USD: It doesn't take much to be a good vendor here, just fill your orders timely, and make sure that people can't tell what's inside when it's going into the postal system/shipping. I have a 99% on 65 transactions by just not procrastinating and selling good product.
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stupid question: where can I find DPR's public PGP key? Someone said it was on the main SR site, but I can't find it :(
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Can't remember where I got it, but I think this is it... can anyone confirm.
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32)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=kHyk
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
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Can't remember where I got it, but I think this is it... can anyone confirm.
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32)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=kHyk
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Bump for a little verification?
I've checked for a little while but I cannot find his public key in any of the GPG threads ( I even searched through all his posts like a stalker) and I don't see it on the main SR page. This clinches that I definitely need to have his key on hand to verify things.
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Bump for a little verification?
matches the one I have
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I wouldn't trust it from here. Search for it on a key server.
Key ID is 67B7FA25.
Fingerprint: 07E2 9C07 DC63 7C8D 1891 2CA7 0222 423B 67B7 FA25
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I wouldn't trust it from here. Search for it on a key server.
Key ID is 67B7FA25.
Fingerprint: 07E2 9C07 DC63 7C8D 1891 2CA7 0222 423B 67B7 FA25
FWIW, that matches the key posted above, and I was able to verify some of his signed messages with that key, so I'd say that's it.
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..i also confirm the keyid & fingerprint are from what i had saved before..
Key ID is 67B7FA25.
Fingerprint: 07E2 9C07 DC63 7C8D 1891 2CA7 0222 423B 67B7 FA25
;)