A fake hitman, a kill list, a darknet vigilante, and a murder

Re:A fake hitman, a kill list, a darknet vigilante, and a mu... by SCHiM on Friday December 28, 2018 @08:32AM (#18776579)

Surprisingly enough, dark market sellers have excellent customer service. Since the market is completely transparent for a seller. On a number of dark markets both a seller and a buyer have a reputation that is tracked by the market. If a seller sees that you've bought before and this is the first time you ask for a refund they'll send you your order again.

Same with the reviews, a seller that has been around for a few years on a market, has good reviews, is most likely not a scammer. If they were they would be banned from the (reputable) dark market(s).

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Re:A fake hitman, a kill list, a darknet vigilante, and a mu... by makomk on Friday December 28, 2018 @10:28AM (#18777243)

The fact that users' reputations are visible apparently lead to a widespread swindle called "selective scamming": sellers would ship as normal to buyers with an established reputation, but just outright rip off new users knowing that the buyer would be assumed to be the scammer.

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Re:A fake hitman, a kill list, a darknet vigilante, and a mu... by simion314 on Friday December 28, 2018 @11:37AM (#18777753)

But as a buyer to build a reputation I need to buy multiple things , this means I need to buy drugs from X, a gun from Y, some forbidden magazines from Z, my anonymity drops with each purchase. If I would do heavy illegal things I would not reuse same identity. I doubt that the mafia on the dark web have real reviews and fair escrows.

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