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Quote from: nomad bloodbath on January 20, 2013, 04:49 am

Quote from: canuckboy on January 20, 2013, 04:43 am

Does it pay good?  Lol

Ya this sucks.  I hate those things .

dude you might as well reboot a new username canuckboy has a burn notice.
Thanx for playing, try a less transparent scam next time you try to misrepresent your motives.

X)
nomad

This guy seems to be a little more black humour than you guys are making it out to be. I haven't seen this guy truly spam, he may be bitter at times, but honestly i find his input useful and refreshing

Edit: when he isn't making his semi-spam joke about giving him btc that is

I don't mind his so-called "humour" but what I *do* mind is the fact that he knows good and well that there are people new to the forums who don't understand his "joke" about giving him btc. 

Quote from: DrChong on January 19, 2013, 10:30 pm

Excellent points. I notice that on the wiki and to many vendors, an 'option' exists for whether or not you want to FE. Ignore this - NEVER FE! It's a safety feature. I don't care how much you like this person or how much free stuff that person has given you. There is no such thing as 100% trust here.

I don't care if I sound retarded but, the fuck stands "FE" for?

I've seen it a lot on here and have no clue

(it's my first day in school!)

Thanks

You don't sound retarded at all!  FE = finalize early.  It's when you buy a product and then release your bitcoin payment to the vendor prior to receiving your order.  This is a VERY easy way to get scammed, so you should try to avoid doing it at all costs.  Vendors aren't allowed to "require" anyone to FE.  If they do, then find another vendor who doesn't require it.  Instead, always stay in escrow -- for your own safety!  In escrow, you don't pay until you receive the order.  A lot less chance of getting scammed that way.

I've seen several reputable members warn others never to buy something like this.  Maybe one of them will chime in.

As you spend time here, you will likely come across bitcoin scams.  In order to help you stay as safe as possible, we thought it would be best to make a thread listing the obvious bitcoin scams & scammer sites.  Feel free to post any others you notice.

Do not send payments to any of the following sites under any circumstances!

SCAM SITES:

*** bitswing
*** bitcointalks  (bitcointalk.org is a legitimate forum, but "bitcointalks.com" is a scam)
*** virwex  (virwox is/was an exchange, but "virwex" is a scam)
*** btkoin
*** mtgix


Also:
1.  Never finalize early on the marketplace
2.  Never send money or bitcoins to someone offering a good or service via PM
3.  Don't fall for it if someone on the forum says that sending them bitcoins is necessary (unless you have placed an order with an official vendor over on the market site, there is no reason you would need to send anyone your bitcoins)
4.  Always, always stay in escrow!
5.  Be vigilant & help look out for the rest of the community!


** When a deal seems "too good to be true" - there's a high probability that it is a scam.  Be very careful and always make sure that you research vendors/sites before giving them any of your hard-earned money!

Why unsecure?
Better wait (i mean, really) until gpgtool works ?

My girlfriend has an old macbook, (10.5 if i remember well), would it works on it?

And you, how do you do ?

Thanks !

I've been using command line until GPGTools fixes the issue.  Here is a great thread on how to use command line:
https://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion.lu/index.php?topic=42031.0

As for why privnote is not secure, midwestmedical was correct:

Privnote is not secure because it hosts the information on a third party site.  How much do you really trust the people at privnote to keep your note private?  Its kinda like hushmail and how they turned over "The Farmers Market" people.  I think i read that privnote uses java script as well, which is a security no-no.

This is what Scout told me why they had to make the Newbie one.
No big deal really, was just a shock at first.
Quoted by Scout:
it is 100% due to our need for preventing those spammers from spamming everywhere with their scam websites.

Yep, it gives us a better opportunity to catch and delete the spammer's spam before it reaches the main forums.

Yikes.  That's horrible.  Has he fixed the problem now that you told him about it?