Ever wonder how lucrative an FE exit scam is?

I added up only the first 3 pages of 0/5 feedbacks. I also assumed only 1 of each item was purchased ( making this a conservative estimate). I stopped once the total exceeded $10k. AND.... There is still at least another 3 pages of 0/5 feedbacks. This would probably bring to total to $15000 to $20000. This is from just one exit scam. Some things to consider,

  1. How much got out of the site before his account was frozen?

  2. Did the market keep the extra BTC once the account was locked down?


Comments


[9 Points] birbirian:

whats the fucking point in being an honest vendor then. Seems like the FE scam is the way to go.

What's a vendor account cost at ag, like less than $500, profit-->$10-50K without actually sending out packs.

Fucking hate scammers.


[7 Points] Jay-__:

Why don't you also tell us the vendor you're talking about?


[7 Points] None:

You forget that some people don't leave feedback even if they get scammed, or still have some kind of hope and are waiting. If there's $15-$20k on his profile. It's very possible that he the funds from scamming come close to $50k


[4 Points] crotch_shot:

Imagine the direct deal steals he had. That's where the real pricey orders go down


[3 Points] Vendor_BBMC:

in an anonymous environment, anybody can rip off anyone else - once. But then you lose all reputation and start again.

Seems like a no brainer, right? Not really. Im going to offer a few reasons for any vendor reading this NOT to just agree with you all and go for the voluntary redundancy lump sum instead of keeping your job:-

Your good name is all you have on the darknet. The longer you trade fairly and do what you say, the more of an asset your name becomes.

I dont know about the US, but I imagine its the same there as in the UK:- all of the massive household name supermarkets trading on the Dow Jones were founded by grocers running market stalls a century ago.

Compared to what it wii be, the "silk road model" based on the 4 cornerstones of

  1. Bitcoin
  2. Tor browser
  3. Escrow
  4. Vendor and customer feedback / reputation

is in its infancy. You and I know that it is the best way to buy and sell drugs by a mile, but nearly all of the worlds drug trade still takes place the old way. If it was a country, its GDP would be the 5th largest inthe world.

Time and again, the best way of doing something ALWAYS wins when people catch on. When Napster closed, I knew that I would never buy a record or CD again. I only traded on Ross' Silk Road for 2 months when I lost my first of many vendor deposits, but I knew I would never sell my shit through dealers again:- I'd seen the future. In the future, you Sell your shit Sunday / Wednesday, you Moron on Monday and you Tinfoil on Tuesday.

The Rolling Stones didnt think they would be touring age 70, but it was obvious in retrospect.

Vendors who dont take the quick money today will be trading on the NASDAQ of the 6th richest country in the world - drugs - in 10 years. Scammers will be on their 30th market stall, finding it harder to impersonate a megastore vendor convincingly.

A good name is a massively undervalued comodity right now. Im in favor of markets charging grocers a deposit to open a stall on their marketplace.

But Ive kept my word and done the right thing for 2 years, as marketplace after marketplace grew legs and walked off with my deposit.

Imagine me paying a deposit. When you logon to a new marketplace now and see that page of square photos of every drug imaginable, its still a thrill. But you scan down and think "sketchy...scammer....dodgy....R_C_I with a new name...". Its like a rock festival full of unsigned bands.

Small as I am, I headline the meth stage on Sunday night. If I confirm Im playing the British Meth tent, all the Indie meth vendors who were undecided confirm too. Followed by the scammers attached to my underside with suckers.

"The ambulances must wait until the fire trucks have had their fill" - Family Guy


[1 Points] Aluminum_Foil_Hat:

people were FE for a 2 month old vendor?


[1 Points] throwaway12037:

Is that really worth building up a vendors account to pull it off again? It's not a bad sum, but it seems extremely counterproductive when they can just deal legit and keep a steady clientele. Once their name is done, they'll have to start over from scratch.


[1 Points] Underthearchway:

20K ain't much. Can't live off that for long.

Unless you exit scam like Evo or Sheep then you ain't set for life. So wat is the point?

Do they come back and vend again under a different name? Loss of rep must make less money long term.


[1 Points] auto587643:

A reputable vendor exit scamming off of a once-good reputation can be very lucrative indeed. If he/she plays it smart, $15,000 to $20,000 in revenue is totally attainable from a scam, probably even significantly more. There's a sucker born every minute.


[-6 Points] throwawayscammer666:

ive pulled a couple , ive made from 1500 to 8000 done it 2 different times . The thing that most people on here dont understand , I think cause most people here are like white suburban people that have never committed a real crime and think the world is ebay ..We deiced to exit scam when there was whole racist threads praising Micheal brown being shot .SO we exited and gave half to the movement . Now we make other money by teaching local drug dealers how to sell on the net .. and push all the shit back into the suburbs where they can afford rehab .. we have trained at least 5 vendors 3 are high level