Hey /r/DarkNetMarkets , it is time for Moronic Monday!
Post your question - stupid or otherwise - here to get an answer. Anyone can post a question and the community as a whole is invited and encouraged to provide an answer. Many questions get submitted late each week that don't get a lot of action, so if your question didn't get answered before, feel free to post it again.
We do ask that you refrain from abusing noobs in this thread. Remember that everyone had to start somewhere.
P.S. Check out /r/DarkNetMarketsNoobs, where it is Moronic Monday everyday!
Thank god, been lurking here for a good 5 days now and could use a thread like this. I don't expect people to reply to every question, if you've got expertise enough to answer just one you will still get some karma love from me:)
I understand that PGP is for safe communication, but that's about all I understand of it. Where can I find a how-to-use guide & reliable download link?
Is it a common exercise for scammers to fake reviews and how easy is this for them? (I'm thinking Agora, but a general answer is welcome as well)
How do you indentify scammers? (Red flags)
What is this FE vendors and consumers refer to?
What are some of your hard learned lessons? (The more answers to this, the better, maybe even for the experienced reader as well)
Other than Tor, VPN, PGP, Bitwallet- what are some essential or highly recommended software I should bring with me, entering these curious markets?
In respect to, well, everyone. I will try to be as vague as possible on this last one. Obviously luck is an inevitable factor, but how big a factor is it when ordering very smelly products such as marijuana? I'm probably naive, because I'm new here, but sending weed through the mail strikes me as shady as fuck. How successful are these purchases? How many out of say 10 vendors will have bad or good stealth on average? (Guess this boils down to people's experience and not actual statistics, that's fine though)
Thanks for putting up with my newbie questions! Some hard lessons are healthy while others not so healthy