URGENT: Feds sack Farmer's Market (Message from Zos)

[Dose Me]

yo, i don't know if zoklet caught wind yet, but the feds just took out the farmers market, silk road type site on TOR. i know i got the URL from someone at zoklet, so it's probably worth warning them.
tell them bitches i said hello, and that i don't miss them.

There you have it guys...be careful. This is a warning to everyone who engages in these types of activities online. There hasn't been a crackdown by the feds yet...which makes me nervous.

We all know how they like to sit and watch for 5 years just building up evidence and cases so that when they finally do decide to crack the whip they hit as hard as possible and with as much information as possible. They're ruthless and they're not afraid to play the long game.

So be careful guys...I haven't found any actual sources saying this is true but I know Zos keeps up with these things really closely.

[L33tz]

I don't know what possesses people to do these things non discretely.

[TORTILLA]

i lol'd

[reject]

Yar I read somewhere last night it got busted, I've never heard of it though.

I was guna post it but zoklet was down and subsequently I forgot.

I don't fuck around with SR or owt like that so idgaf.

[reject]

Originally Posted by L33tz

I don't know what possesses people to do these things non discretely.

The internet gives one a sense of anonymity and immunity. Especially Tor.

[roasted]

Looks true:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/...acks/232900406

International law enforcement agencies Monday arrested eight people for allegedly operating an online marketplace for illegal narcotics. According to authorities, the online bazaar known as "The Farmer's Market" had sold a range of substances--including liquid LSD, MDMA (ecstasy), fentanyl, mescaline, ketamine, and "high-end marijuana"--to at least 3,000 customers in all 50 states, as well as 34 countries.

A 66-page federal indictment, unsealed Monday, alleged that the marketplace had processed more than 5,000 drug orders between January, 2007 and October, 2009, bringing in gross profits of $1 million. The money was allegedly collected using PayPal, Western Union, I-Golder, and Pecunix, as well as via cash. According to the indictment, the eight defendants "screened all sources of supply and guaranteed delivery of the illegal drugs," and handled all communications between buyers and sellers, in return receiving a commission based on the total value of each order.

[L33tz]

Originally Posted by roasted

Looks true:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/...acks/232900406

When will those stupid fucks stop calling every chemical an illegal narcotic.

[roasted]

You guys gotta read that article...it looks like most of those guys are looking at max sentences of life. It also says that hushmail may have decrypted emails for the feds.

Bad news for anybody in this game...

[reject]

"The money was allegedly collected using PayPal, Western Union, I-Golder, and Pecunix, as well as via cash."

Noobs. Not that bitcoins are probably as safe as people think, but definitely never use paypal.

[CountBlah]

[reject]

SR is far too widely publicised to think it's anywhere near safe to use.

[Dose Me]

we have a few SR users on this site...I know one person in real life that uses it regularly.

[sepht]

Originally Posted by muffins

This makes me so glad to be selling all natural stuff. I always thought SR was the feds themselves, course I sport a tin foil hat

this makes me glad to be selling art instead of drugs

the feds are truly crafty sons of bitches like Indians hiding in the trees

[36fuckin5]

I've said from the start - openly selling drugs online is fucking dumb. Honestly, discreetly selling illegal things online at all is still a big risk.

People need to learn to DIY.

[Piles of Crack]

Originally Posted by roasted

You guys gotta read that article...it looks like most of those guys are looking at max sentences of life. It also says that hushmail may have decrypted emails for the feds.

Bad news for anybody in this game...

Hushmail has been decrypting shit for the feds for a long time, that's nothing new.

[Ghost Buster]

Originally Posted by muffins

This makes me so glad to be selling all natural stuff. I always thought SR was the feds themselves, course I sport a tin foil hat

lol... Guess you didn't hear about the legal herbal site that got fucking butt raped by the feds a few years back. The only reason you're safe is because you're small potatoes. Grow your company to be worth over a million and they will come down on you like the hammer of thor.

Originally Posted by Dose Me

we have a few SR users on this site...I know one person in real life that uses it regularly.

lol why? Can said person not find them hook ups IRL?? The only thing I ever thought was cool about SR was the weapons section. Not being able to find drugs IRL is fail as fuck.

[&Zenith]

zos a fed

[roasted]

Originally Posted by Piles of Crack

Hushmail has been decrypting shit for the feds for a long time, that's nothing new.

I didnt know that...where are they hosted?

[Zanick]

International law enforcement agencies Monday arrested eight people for allegedly operating an online marketplace for illegal narcotics. According to authorities, the online bazaar known as "The Farmer's Market" had sold a range of substances--including liquid LSD, MDMA (ecstasy), fentanyl, mescaline, ketamine, and "high-end marijuana"--to at least 3,000 customers in all 50 states, as well as 34 countries.

They never sold MDMA, and had a strict stance against selling opiates of any kind on the site.

[HampTheToker]

Originally Posted by zanick

They never sold MDMA, and had a strict stance against selling opiates of any kind on the site.

[Zanick]

I have no affiliation whatsoever with TFM, nor have I engaged them in any business transaction, past or present.

ATTN feds:
If I'm gonna be raped then I want the President to do it. Obama himself will have to ram his 9" nigger dick in between my alabaster cheeks.

[BungHole]

Originally Posted by zanick

I have no affiliation whatsoever with TFM, nor have I engaged them in any business transaction, past or present.

ATTN feds:
If I'm gonna be raped then I want the President to do it. Obama himself will have to ram his 9" nigger dick in between my alabaster cheeks.

Whoa, the first thing I thought of this morning when I woke up was "what would it be like to have sex with the president?"

[King Owl]

I highly advise that if you intend to use an email account to discuss non-kosher activities, go for a lavabit personal address...

[Zok Jr.]

Originally Posted by &Zenith

zos a fag

FTFY

[Zanick]

lol

['Ed Rush]

So what? Anyone that sells is putting their lives on the line. This shouldn't be news to anybody.

[curioushat]

Wow, what the fuck, how come I didn't know about this place.

[13579]

How were they caught, and how can we prevent this in the future?

All I can gather is that their emails were probably handed over once the feds asked the host for them.

Did they not have TOR set up properly?

Did the IRS notice their large unaccounted disposable income?

Could some security-oriented types explain a bit more?

[reject]

The feds are probably the people who made Tor, to lull people into a false sense of security so then they can bust them for shit like this.

[Ghost Buster]

Originally Posted by reject

The feds are probably the people who made Tor, to lull people into a false sense of security so then they can bust them for shit like this.

I still don't see how they could bust anyone. If you're computer literate enough to use tor surely you are connected from someone elses internet in the first place. Also drop spots.

If you get busted in anyway for using sites like the silk road you're pretty mentally retarded.

[GreatestGatsby4]

They weren't using pgp encryption on messages, and this is why public drug source sites like TFM and SR are fucking gay and you deserve to get caught for using them. That is all.

[curioushat]

Originally Posted by GeriatricGrandpa4

They weren't using pgp encryption on messages, and this is why public drug source sites like TFM and SR are fucking gay and you deserve to get caught for using them. That is all.

As long as you're buying and not selling the feds can't make much of a case against you. Nor will they bother. They're pigs and after big cases like possible life in prison.

[GreatestGatsby4]

It's so easy to be secure, people just get lazy and they pay for it. Stupid ass kidiots goggling buy drugs online and clicking the first thing that pops up, then think they are drug kingpins and brag to all thier faggot friends etc etc.

[Zanick]

Originally Posted by curioushat

Wow, what the fuck, how come I didn't know about this place.

It's okay, none of us have. This discussion is purely speculative.

Originally Posted by GeriatricGrandpa4

They weren't using pgp encryption on messages, and this is why public drug source sites like TFM and SR are fucking gay and you deserve to get caught for using them. That is all.

Er... what do you mean by public? They weren't exactly available on clearnet. You mean invite-only?

Perhaps they could've done better. PayPal was likely a mistake. They were rather comfy with the messaging system.

[GreatestGatsby4]

Yeah, by public I mean letting any random person open an account and place orders.

[Zanick]

Originally Posted by GeriatricGrandpa4

Yeah, by public I mean letting any random person open an account and place orders.

Ah. This point is a fair one, they kinda fucked up there.

[13579]

Originally Posted by reject

The feds are probably the people who made Tor, to lull people into a false sense of security so then they can bust them for shit like this.

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