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Discussion => Silk Road discussion => Topic started by: prometheus247 on August 24, 2012, 11:15 am

Title: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: prometheus247 on August 24, 2012, 11:15 am
Hi guys, has anyone else started getting annoying messages from various accounts in your forum messages that try to direct you to some bitcoin exchange (real or imaginary I don't care).. here's how they read:

฿10 bitcoin=$79.99 [ www.mtgix.com ] trade in 5 minutes accept paypal and creditcard  ฿
฿30 Bitcoin=$169.99
฿50 Bitcoin=$239.99 www.mtgix.com
฿100 Bitcoin=$449.99
http://www.mtgix.com ฿

Any way the mods can disable these accounts?

I already received these from account names:

aavrerehre
mooi34
vber3

The last two are "guest" statuses. Perhaps guests shouldn't be allowed to message members.
Title: Re: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: sara on August 24, 2012, 11:25 am
yeah, i received pms from them too, they are scamming fucking assholes, anyone that does any business with them are mugs.
this forum is getting more and more like topix every day, all the exposure silkroad has been getting lately has brought an influx of new people and a lot of the scum from topix and other shitty seedy sites, 4 or 5 months ago most of the people on the forums were always happy and polite with each other, now just look at all the bitchiness and hate going on, there are some people on the forums if you look through there posts they have nothing good to say about anyone or anything, thats what we get when silk road has been over exposed in most countries newspapers and lots of new people start using the site, just my 2 cents worth, but the forums used to be a happier place a few months back. 
Title: Re: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: wetdog on August 24, 2012, 01:06 pm
I've had the same thing!  I'm sure many others have.
Title: Re: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: BenCousins on August 24, 2012, 01:52 pm
yeah, i received pms from them too, they are scamming fucking assholes, anyone that does any business with them are mugs.
this forum is getting more and more like topix every day, all the exposure silkroad has been getting lately has brought an influx of new people and a lot of the scum from topix and other shitty seedy sites, 4 or 5 months ago most of the people on the forums were always happy and polite with each other, now just look at all the bitchiness and hate going on, there are some people on the forums if you look through there posts they have nothing good to say about anyone or anything, thats what we get when silk road has been over exposed in most countries newspapers and lots of new people start using the site, just my 2 cents worth, but the forums used to be a happier place a few months back.

The level of intelligence around here has dropped dramatically. its almost like dealing on the street again.....except theres more paranoia here! 
Title: Re: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: sara on August 24, 2012, 06:00 pm
yeah, i received pms from them too, they are scamming fucking assholes, anyone that does any business with them are mugs.
this forum is getting more and more like topix every day, all the exposure silkroad has been getting lately has brought an influx of new people and a lot of the scum from topix and other shitty seedy sites, 4 or 5 months ago most of the people on the forums were always happy and polite with each other, now just look at all the bitchiness and hate going on, there are some people on the forums if you look through there posts they have nothing good to say about anyone or anything, thats what we get when silk road has been over exposed in most countries newspapers and lots of new people start using the site, just my 2 cents worth, but the forums used to be a happier place a few months back.

The level of intelligence around here has dropped dramatically. its almost like dealing on the street again.....except theres more paranoia here!

yes mate, it seems there are a lot of kids and just basically stupid cunts, the love and the intelligence has been replaced with hate and ignorance !
Title: Re: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: kryptoz on August 24, 2012, 06:46 pm
Everyone's been getting these. Delete, move on, no biggy.
Title: Re: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: BenCousins on August 24, 2012, 09:23 pm
yeah, i received pms from them too, they are scamming fucking assholes, anyone that does any business with them are mugs.
this forum is getting more and more like topix every day, all the exposure silkroad has been getting lately has brought an influx of new people and a lot of the scum from topix and other shitty seedy sites, 4 or 5 months ago most of the people on the forums were always happy and polite with each other, now just look at all the bitchiness and hate going on, there are some people on the forums if you look through there posts they have nothing good to say about anyone or anything, thats what we get when silk road has been over exposed in most countries newspapers and lots of new people start using the site, just my 2 cents worth, but the forums used to be a happier place a few months back.

The level of intelligence around here has dropped dramatically. its almost like dealing on the street again.....except theres more paranoia here!

yes mate, it seems there are a lot of kids and just basically stupid cunts, the love and the intelligence has been replaced with hate and ignorance !

Im more pissed about the paranoia. People come here, know exactly what There doing (drugs=illegal) and then concise some complicated plan where you get your gram of weed delivered to your next door neighbours/friends house under a fake name while referring to yourself as SWIM's magical rainbow unicorn. Plus the fact that SR users think there more important then they are, sure this thing is fucking awesome and has exploded in popularity, but it still only makes up something like 0.00000000001% of the worlds drug trade and suddenly everyone is LE. If Topix is still up and can be found on fucking clearweb google, why would they denote so much resources to us?
Title: Re: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: edar on August 24, 2012, 11:06 pm
had a few  >:( >:(
Title: Re: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: Tunbear on August 24, 2012, 11:13 pm
Yep same here, also the paranoia is getting stupidly irritating.

But I reckon the most annoying thing of all is the entitled few, those that think they're doing online shopping and are entitled to the same level of service as Amazon or eBay.

I wish an introduction guide was written where you can only participate on here if you accept that you're making online drug deals with a single person, not buying a book from a multinational corporation!

This week was the best one, had someone ask for a refund AND a reship because I sent him the wrong quantity, and it's my duty to take care of him as a loyal customer (it was his first purchase)...
Title: Re: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: sara on August 24, 2012, 11:30 pm
Yep same here, also the paranoia is getting stupidly irritating.

But I reckon the most annoying thing of all is the entitled few, those that think they're doing online shopping and are entitled to the same level of service as Amazon or eBay.

I wish an introduction guide was written where you can only participate on here if you accept that you're making online drug deals with a single person, not buying a book from a multinational corporation!

This week was the best one, had someone ask for a refund AND a reship because I sent him the wrong quantity, and it's my duty to take care of him as a loyal customer (it was his first purchase)...

lol, awk, pre wee child, please, lol
i bet its his last as well, hehehe
Title: Re: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: quinone on August 25, 2012, 12:17 am
Everyone's been getting these. Delete, move on, no biggy.
+1
Title: Re: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: BenCousins on August 25, 2012, 01:03 am
Yep same here, also the paranoia is getting stupidly irritating.

But I reckon the most annoying thing of all is the entitled few, those that think they're doing online shopping and are entitled to the same level of service as Amazon or eBay.

I wish an introduction guide was written where you can only participate on here if you accept that you're making online drug deals with a single person, not buying a book from a multinational corporation!

This week was the best one, had someone ask for a refund AND a reship because I sent him the wrong quantity, and it's my duty to take care of him as a loyal customer (it was his first purchase)...

Agree and Disagree. As a Vendor, and the amount of money to be made as a Vendor on here, you should seek to act as professionally as you would
in any sort of business. Forget how you would operate on the street and think how you would operate as a legitimate business and in any business customer service should take a high priority, as these people are the ones paying your bills. Professionalism in the drug trade is EVERYTHING that SR stands for. It is suppose to allow the Intelligent to operate the drug trade and not the Thugs who have done the most damage to the image of illict drugs as a whole.
However, it seems like with all the media publicity and how to guides etc the dregs of society are starting to finally filter there way in here, so in this sense i would suggest you keep some street sense about you (and by this i mean mentally, and not by threatening customers with your physical anonymous internet presence) and remember the customer is NOT always right. I think a combination of this is what will really separate the Men from the Boys in the Vendor Scene when SR (or the concept in any form) really explodes.

BC
Title: Re: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: Tunbear on August 25, 2012, 01:10 am
Oh no I don't mean to say vendor's can act like the fuckwits on the street, it was more a way to let people know they're dealing with a single person in an enviroment that is not always in control!

Like:
Complaints about orders not been dispatched quickly enough (I've had compaints after 12h)
Giving bad reviews because, even though the package arrived, it wasn't quite as stealthy as they would have liked (not happened to me but seen it)
Shipments not arriving for some reason, and the seller DEMANDING a free reship, unwilling to take any of the burden (I always do reships because my product is very cheap, but for people who ship large items, or expensive stuff like coke, it's painful).

etc. etc.

I try to do things as properly as possible, even going above and beyond in some areas, like reships no questions asked, and pretty much all packages are overweight, to compensate for other areas people might not quite like (my shipping methods get called on sometimes but I can't do much about that yet).
Title: Re: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: BenCousins on August 25, 2012, 01:38 am
I think most of this is the degenerate junkies who have somehow got here and the kids (teens)
Title: Re: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: kryptoz on August 25, 2012, 02:27 am
Its scammers who want your cc information to sell on the blackmarket lol (hackbb most likely)
Title: Re: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: BenCousins on August 25, 2012, 02:30 am
how the hell would they get your cc info off here lol?
Title: Re: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: kryptoz on August 25, 2012, 02:31 am
You go to the site, you order bitcoins with your CC, it logs it to a DB
Title: Re: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: BenCousins on August 25, 2012, 03:08 am
lucky im australia. no cc needed for btc
Title: Re: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: Tunbear on August 25, 2012, 03:13 am
I'm tempted to start my own BTC trading system, there is a lack of people doing it and in a few weeks I should have several hundred coins to get me started.

I've got spare bank accounts not tied to me that can be used to pay into, and addresses that can be used to send cash to so it should be pretty successful.

Just an idea for now I'm about to go to bed but I'll flesh it out in the morning.
Title: Re: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: kryptoz on August 25, 2012, 03:19 am
lucky im australia. no cc needed for btc

Well no one LEGIT will do CC for btc because you can always call the credit card company and say you didn't pay for it, get your money back, and since bitcoins are un-refundable, you'd get free coin. Only legit way is cash > bank deposit > bitcoins
Title: Re: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: BenCousins on August 25, 2012, 03:39 am
lucky im australia. no cc needed for btc

Well no one LEGIT will do CC for btc because you can always call the credit card company and say you didn't pay for it, get your money back, and since bitcoins are un-refundable, you'd get free coin. Only legit way is cash > bank deposit > bitcoins

Exactly how it works here
Title: Re: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: kryptoz on August 25, 2012, 03:50 am
Yeah,

Unfortunately, lazy and gullible people will be going to that site :s, oh well they'll learn their lesson eventually.
Title: Re: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: BenCousins on August 25, 2012, 05:45 am
Yeah,

Unfortunately, lazy and gullible people will be going to that site :s, oh well they'll learn their lesson eventually.

are you referring to spendbitcoins?
Title: Re: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: kryptoz on August 25, 2012, 07:19 pm
No, I mean the new comers to the internet/sr/bitcoin, no one in particular.
Title: Re: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: BenCousins on August 25, 2012, 09:45 pm
the newbs ( i dont hjate them for being newbs because we were all onece newbs right) are all contributing to the general tension and stupidy around here now. not to mention the paranoia. its off the chart
Title: Re: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: prometheus247 on August 27, 2012, 12:32 pm
Agreed on the level of paranoia around SR lately - seems it's the price we have to pay for finally getting a worthwhile access to substances for everyone worldwide. And I guess it's up to the more senior members of the site to incorporate the newbies and show them how we respect each other here - for example in the threads I'm participating in I recognize by now the different members and feel like I'm participating in a very nice community - instead of some random meaningless internet fad. This is what the newbies need to learn.
Title: Re: Spam in my SR forum mailbox from MTGIX.com
Post by: peels4u on August 27, 2012, 11:04 pm
I agree that guests should not be allowed to pm, but that really won't stop anything, as it is very easy to create accounts.  I seem to get more PMs after posting recently.  It is annoying, but a quick delete fixes it.  I feel bad for those who fall for the scams though.