Silk Road forums
Discussion => Silk Road discussion => Topic started by: squidShepherd on September 11, 2012, 10:11 pm
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This thread is for anything going on in the forum that everyone should be aware of. If something hasn't been added to this post, feel free to reply and bring it up, when I come through the topic again I'll update it into here.
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ANTI-SCAMMING POWERS, ACTIVATE [REPORTING BTC SCAMMERS BEYOND SR]
For starters, go into BTkoin and pretend to make a purchase. Use paypal as your checkout then go until they give you the paypal account of this scammer. Report that account to paypal. (or hack it, what do I care?)
Next, go to https://www.enzu.com/ and at the lower-right, use the "leave a message" to report btkoin as a scammer and for violation of the terms of service/AUP
Thirdly, go to http://www.melbourneit.com and report the btkoin.com domain as being used for fraudulent/illegal activities.
And whenever this shit starts up again, check for the new site on http://www.scamadviser.com to get the new details and report the site to the new hosting provider. I've already done my part, guys. You want the forums to not be filled with this shit? Do your part.
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SNEAKY BANDITS! [FORUM ONLY VENDORS]
If you see someone advertising on the forum without a link to their vendor account, ask that they provide one before you do -any- business with them, even "free samples!" Beyond the fact that vending without an account is against the rules, and the fact that you wouldn't have the protection of escrow, -anyone can offer free samples and collect a bunch of addresses before just disappearing-! Don't get harvested, only do business with legit vendors! Lots of exclamations to emphasize the import of the message here! Security is Priority #1!
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STICKY WIKI [FORUM CLEANUP]
The Wiki is going to be updated to be more comprehensive and helpful to users as part of an initiative to clean up the forum to make it pretty and easier to navigate and more balanced for all of you. The information from a lot of old stickies will be organized and included in the wiki so that new members can be pointed to the wiki instead of to 20 different threads stuck to the top of every subforum.
The Rumor Mill in particular had a large number of stickies, making it difficult to access the individual vendor threads. These have been linked to in a single sticky now, so that the page is primarily floating (not sticky) threads. Same deal in the Security subforum.
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MT GIX, I4DOLLAR, BIT.LY, BTKOIN [SCAMMER]
There has been a scammer making numerous accounts and posting on the forum with this thread title:
10 bitcoin=$79.99 [ www.mtgix.com ] trade in 5 minutes accept paypal and credit
They have been mass private messaging users as well. Do not send them any money!
They are now changing domains: i4dollar.com is one recent one. Also they are now using bit.ly -- bit.ly/SYT2KZ , and btkoin.com.
Regardless of which domain/name they happen to be using, please do NOT give these people your money. No legitimate business operates in this manner.
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Mtgix = scamming prix ::)
::) cheers for the heads up
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Good info, thx
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+1 Squid. :)
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Thnx 4 notice!! New 2 SR and looking 4 easy, efficient way 2 buy Bitcoin. I will avoid this scammer.
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I am a computer novice and for the life of me i can't find out how to deposit bitcoins and make an order. Please help! Mond
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I'm a newbie, starting to think I don't need to buy anything, SR, connection being reset, & those darn bitcoins are messing me up pretty good...haha just kidding but I definitely had to be persistent to get here. :'( Now I need my bitcoins to show in my account. Said all I had to do was pay & give acct number letter string thing................Thanks for bitcoin warning
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i think mtgix is back as btkoin.com
http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=45978.0
please check and update the post.
Thanks!
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Yep...just got a message from him. smh
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I think we all just got a msg from the scammer for btc, damn this guy is like a virus he wont go away
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He/They will go away eventually. I am sure that even they can see "0 views" for all their spam. Eventually, they will realise that the effort is not worth the (no) returns, and they will stop.
All we have to do is continue spreading awareness about these dicks in the forums, especially to the newbs, so they don't get scammed.
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Hi, I am new there......hello to all
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Thank you! I love well moderated forums!
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Thanks for cleaning up the rumor mill. That place was a nightmare! Sticky Planet.
Also...
bump this thread if you believe Squid should have a Squid avatar :)
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bump this thread if you believe Squid should have a Squid avatar :)
He/She is the Squid Sheppard so the logo needs a dude in lederhosen with a big Little Bo Peep hooked staff and a squid in a meadow, no?
Modzi
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Thanks for cleaning up the rumor mill. That place was a nightmare! Sticky Planet.
It was like that because i tried to let the community become more involved hands on with timing being a real concern.
But I stopped allowing stickies because everyone wanted one so it was a lift over morphed into a log jam.
I agree with you 100% though pine. I thought about it manner times but I always decided to pick my battles around as the membership grows daily. Didnt want additional PM's claiming I play favorites around here.
squid, I bow down to your changes around here and now I know you are exactly the kinda person I've dreamed to have added to the moderators. I love the changes and additions and your general moderating style. I would love to help be part of the solution and not just let the forum mutant under its terms but help develop it into a true revolutionary community.I've always know it could be, Do not hesitate to pm about anything from a critique, question, idea bouncer, or a pleasant good day to you. The forum is filled with positive and knowledgeable members that I also think can help shape the community. This thread is the type of thing that reminds me why I'm here even though it's been a struggle.
:)
nomad
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Thank you for this thread!
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Bump.
Thanks for this info squid!
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I think we all just got a msg from the scammer for btc, damn this guy is like a virus he wont go away
Do you guys being sent messages from these scammers have the ONLINE box ticked in your account? (found by clicking PROFILE). I remember it being talked about in another thread. From memory, you un-tick this box showing your online if you have it ticked. It should then stop. I have never received a PM from these sacammers (touch wood) so I do believe it works. Try it and see how you go. :)
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bump this thread if you believe Squid should have a Squid avatar :)
He/She is the Squid Sheppard so the logo needs a dude in lederhosen with a big Little Bo Peep hooked staff and a squid in a meadow, no?
Modzi
Yes! I believe significant progress is being made on this front. Today has been a productive day! :)
It was like that because i tried to let the community become more involved hands on with timing being a real concern. But I stopped allowing stickies because everyone wanted one so it was a lift over morphed into a log jam. I agree with you 100% though pine. I thought about it manner times but I always decided to pick my battles around as the membership grows daily. Didnt want additional PM's claiming I play favorites around here.
Yes, I can see how that could become a political issue! Seems like there should be some software based solution thing e.g. some manner of polling that determines 'stickyship' but which limits the overall number of stickies so everything doesn't seem equally important (similar to the problem where students highlight their notes... except half the book becomes highlighted!). I was thinking something like color coding for each topic, where something like tony76's rumor thread would have become red, autostickied and bumped to the top of the sticky list once it had accumulated enough views + posts + poll votes = x where x is an importance weighting.
Anyhow, I don't know how far the capabilities of the forum software can stretch, but it'd be nice if the rumor mill had some different treatment to how stickies are created for the other boards.
One idea (not telling people what to do, just brainstorming here) is the waterfall method where posts 'fall' off the waterfall unless they get attention, this is the method used by the chans and it is quite successful. Maybe you could have a separate store, a black list and a grey list, where once a thread is filled with enough (polled) complaints about a vendor/member the ability to fill out a form becomes possible detailing the complaint and characteristics of the scam and the vendor's name + aliases are then filed away onto the black list (grey list for suspected but unsubstantiated claims?). Then a permanent store of scammers exists, but it's not hectares worth of duplicate complaint threads on SR servers forever, and also you get the relevance and immediacy of the waterfall method. Then 'interventions' by moderators become very much rarer as the forum is able to regulate the rumor mill on automatic.
I don't think this is important enough to be implemented right away to be honest, but in the future it would be a nice upgrade to have this kind of capability stapled onto the forum.
I mean, with tens of thousands of users the current system basically works, if a little creaky at times. But... once you get to millions of users and scale up, you'll need something more flexible, more automatic, otherwise the moderation team will number in the dozens, hundreds!
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nice heads up for noobs and old timers who haven't been here in a while.
it's like i don't need drugs after sifting through this whole forum blob. my brain feels a bit corroded a while after.
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I am a computer novice and for the life of me i can't find out how to deposit bitcoins and make an order. Please help! Mond
look up bitinstant on startpage and watch zipzap to btc tutorial on vimeo
also learn PGP encryption for ordering on the PGP club forum. Cool people that will answer your questions patiently (props GURU and PINE - love these peolple) Be patient, be smart, jail is not worth being in a hurry.
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appreciate you trying to be helpful, but please check dates on posts
pretty sure they figured it out by now, it was a month ago
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Where are the current updated list of Moderators and admins.
There seems to be a an ever turning stile of mods/admins.
Please direct me to the thread with the up to date ;ist of mods/admins.
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bump this thread if you believe Squid should have a Squid avatar :)
Squidward Tentacles.Gif Anyone? ;D ;D ;D
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bump this thread if you believe Squid should have a Squid avatar :)
Squidward Tentacles.Gif Anyone? ;D ;D ;D
Clearly the community needs to come together and make him a lord cthulhu gif. I vote the one from south park
Maybe something like this http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dewPxVbS3cM/TS_AEBENRiI/AAAAAAAAAcs/dKCn4VHYLKM/s1600/cthulhu.jpg
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Well done, all y'all....!!! Some day, when the world gets sane, and sites like Silk Road will be seen as the heroic vanguard they really are, I hope you guys get recognized for your work keeping us afloat. Man that phishing spam from btkoin was incessant! Worried it was some sort of ddos...glad you caught it! :)
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thanks for the info
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I'm sure moderators already know this, but the same ads that were being posted on the forums, yesterday, are now being sent to our private messageBoxes....or at least they are to mine...sender/spammer's userID is: fgrehtrejh
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there are people here stupid enough to fall for this shit well if they are they probably deserve to be scammed
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there are people here stupid enough to fall for this shit well if they are they probably deserve to be scammed
Yep, and if you are stupid enough to fall for it, then you shouldn't be on SR as you'll only get into more trouble.
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Thanks for cleaning up the rumor mill. That place was a nightmare! Sticky Planet.
Also...
bump this thread if you believe Squid should have a Squid avatar :)
Bumping for Pine's Squid avatar request.... :-)
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hes no longer active...
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good thing he's no longer active. This is history in the making right here. Fuck these other dudes!
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My main forum account was banned permanently after replying to the BTKOIN.com thread. I called it out as a scam and I was instantly banned. I made this account and PM'd Shai1973, but they never replied.
To me, this proves either Shai1973 is in on the scam, or someone at the administrator level is a part of the scam. The account who made the post had only one post in their history, and no admin privileges. They couldn't have banned me. So, who banned me, and why didn't Shai1973 do anything about it?
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I think the guy got arrested...read this newspaper article posted on 11/11/12 from New Zealand
http://bulksmartclicks.com:34214/t/0aec3688b48683c6f771e94e857ca522
nice try
anyone who opens this will get a virus, possibly from the LE
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I think the guy got arrested...read this newspaper article posted on 11/11/12 from New Zealand
http://bulksmartclicks.com:34214/t/0aec3688b48683c6f771e94e857ca522
http://bulksmartclicks.com:34214/t/0aec3688b48683c6f771e94e857ca522
READ THIS BREAKING NEWS STORY ABOUT DPR GETTING ARRESTED IN NEW ZEALEND!! HOW IS HE TALKING TO US ON HERE AND UPDATING US ON THE "MAINTENANCE"? OK!! I CALL BULLSHIT!
Quote from: Roxyconnext on Today at 10:50 AM
http://bulksmartclicks.com:34214/t/0aec3688b48683c6f771e94e857ca522
I WOULD HOLD OFF ON THOSE, THERE IS A LOT OF COUNTER FITS GOING AROUND FROM A GUY IN VIETNAM. READ THE ABOVE ARTICLE. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GETTING FATAL HEART ATTACKS OFF THE COUNTERFITS
LOOK UP THIS GUY ON SAFEORSCAM.COM AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE HIM - http://bulksmartclicks.com:34214/t/0aec3688b48683c6f771e94e857ca522 - SHIPS FROM USA TO USA ONLY!!!
Read the full story here, before posting troll comments
http://bulksmartclicks.com:34214/t/0aec3688b48683c6f771e94e857ca522
Inbred Spamming Prick!
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Call me stupid, but I ran into a service that claimed to mix-up bitcoins - Torwallet (http://nci2szjrwjqw2zbi.onion)... I'm a whole bunch of bitcoins poorer for it. TOTAL SCAM. Once you send them your BTs you will never get them back. If you try to send them on to another address you get the following message: "Hot wallet exhausted. Please wait while we move coins in from our offline wallet." Turns out I'm not the only one.
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This btkoin thing is fucked.....I was thinking as a stop-gap solution the forum mods should choose the newest/most popular/interesting threads to sticky, and keep the first page on forums all as stickies.. its kinda shit but better than looking at a page full of those scammers.
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Lets face it you'd have to be a dumb mofo to buy anything of a "business" that spams a forum. I'd have thought they'd be a little more subtle ???
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Lets face it you'd have to be a dumb mofo to buy anything of a "business" that spams a forum. I'd have thought they'd be a little more subtle ???
They're a group made for the one purpose of scamming the inexperienced and weak of mind of course they don't care how subtle they're they don't go after the veterans.
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If something appears too good to be true...
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They cannot even spell "coin" correctly. Must not be too good.
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Thanks!
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NOTIC NOTIC
THERE IS A TOP VENDOR SCAMMING!!! THERE IS A TO VENDOR SCAMMING!!!
WESTERN UNION TO DRGONZO for BTC
Well that asshold drgonzo has just stolen 1000 buck from me. Did his WesterUnion transfer. Five days now no coins. Sugarmama in that time has transfered 5000 USD. So why is DRGONZO with his platnimum record fucking ripping me off??? Can anyone answer me that???? Because im kinda fucking pissed off and im getting no response from DRGONZO. ASSHOLE fell of the face of the as far as i know!!!
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ANYWAY BITCOINS ARE GETTING TOO expensive.. i cant score on sr anymore
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Ok...
It turns out that DRGonzo was involved in a serious car accident right before my order. Which is why it took a week. And i was getting no response. The coins were delivered to my account!!! I would deffiently send drgonzo cash again and i plan on it.
Dametri
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anyone no where u bit coins go wen u withdraw thanks any help would be much appreciated
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Try http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/ There are three trustworthy markets selling right now. BTCe is at 13.15 right now which is about 20cent cheaper than MtGox.
I hope this is helpful.
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I track MtGox, Bitstamp and BTCe. The rest arn't proven to be that stable on the market.
These three refer to USD only, but you can follow all currencies.
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Thnx 4 notice!! New 2 SR and looking 4 easy, efficient way 2 buy Bitcoin. I will avoid this scammer.
I am very new but would like to become an active buyer first then possible to sell. Well I have certainly become an active buyer
Total transactions: 26
Total spent: ฿74.39
Refund rate: 0%
Auto-finalize rate: 0%
Member for: 2 months
and honestly not one bad experience, but I think I have my first one coming.
Way more to learn..way more..