Andromeda Seized... Today!?

EDIT: Conclusion - they scammed, AGAIN, not seized

http://andromedam363aux.onion/

Scam indications:

  1. Orders could be paid for the usual way up til about a week ago.
  2. Then mid week - u saw a new web page note saying that "deposits arent necessary. Pay for ur order at checkout directly to a wallet!"
  3. When users finalized orders on the last few days, the withdrawals would not work for vendors.
  4. Somebody on forum then claimed they found a trick to allow them to basically send coins from their and wallet to the premium vendor upgrade wallet address which would then in turn allow the vendor wallet to function again.
  5. I dont know that number 4 is true for sure - but next day, the trick became impossible to try because vendor wallets and buyer wallets were simply gone from view so everybody had 0 coins at that stage and a new andromeda wallet addy associated with their acct.
  6. At that stage, u could then lookup ur andromeda original wallet on blockchain and u saw the coins being systematically emptied into a particular single address (30 bitcoins or so but was still ticking away upon last check). Can send u the address if u want it.
  7. U also saw vendor profiles being updated to say "do not place orders or deposit coins here! Scam warning!". But then the next day, theyd be rolled back to look like vendor was open for business. Listings too going from disabled to reenabled.

^ The above was not verified yet, but it sounds pretty similar to the things that went down with Sheep, Pandora & The pirate market before they executed their exit scam.


Comments


[19 Points] throwawayyyy23423:

100% sure a scam from the admins. Beware - the admins of diabolous/sr3 are the same people for obvious reasons (same file names, same "code", same design to name a few).


[9 Points] None:

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[12 Points] CallMePepporoniNips:

lol ive never used these sites but this sub is the best entertainment around


[8 Points] ownowfuck:

Smells like an exit scam. These are going to be common in the next month or so, especially with the smaller; less-known markets (of which there are only what, like 3 left)? Those smaller market admins may be a bit more scared given Onymous. Wouldn't expect Evo/Agora to fall victim to this though.

It's definitely possible that it was temporarily honey-potted, then once the notice on Reddit went up they were just like "Meh...we suck put up the seized banner."


[6 Points] None:

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[5 Points] deepdot:

For all the concerned people, alternate Evo urls here from Verto:

http://i25c62nvu4cgeqyz.onion/viewtopic.php?id=8741


[6 Points] Vestigium:

evo working? i cant get on it. no fbi banner though


[4 Points] None:

Im wondering if the market was scamming what was up with the free pot/address request? That seems more likely an address collection by authorites to me. If they scammed maybe that was some blackmail deal or just a diversion of some sort. Possibly the market was hacked and this has all been some hackers trying to get the coins out plus maybe a blackmail deal? If anyone has some popcorn I am willing to trade some dank ass sand.


[3 Points] sheeproadreloaded2:

Nobody can be moving bitcoin about on andromeda except the thieves.

If you can, i'd like as many of you as possible judt to deposit a few cents-worth of bitcoin in your old deposit address.

Do it now.

If it moves, it will be going tpo one of two places. The FBI, or to an exchange (possibly via a tumblr, but they are easily beatable for large quantities of bitcoins.

When ypou leave a comment on here, put your wallet address at the bottom of the post.

As we saw with Blake's arrest the other day, the FBI will get the Andromeda thief in the end. not for robbing you, of course. But for profiting from an illegal marketplace.

If they can find the initial wallet used by the thief, they have until 2140 to arrest him.

It will be a single person, like all bitcoin thefts. the admins won't know what's going on. only the site owner.


[2 Points] og_by_monsanto:

Oh shit not another one


[2 Points] sniffinforbacon:

What are the odds that Evo goes down at the same time?


[1 Points] ertzs:

Evo is not working either...


[1 Points] None:

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[1 Points] ChalupaBatman_710:

Oh yay! Another episode of DNM starts now!

Serious question: if this place just got seized the fuck out, and people are starting to scam, why still risk all this and keep ordering? It just doesn't make sense to me.


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[1 Points] ownowfuck:

Ok so re-thinking this, here is what I don't get and why I'm leaning towards this whole thing being a scam:

Definitely seems more like a scam to me.


[1 Points] None:

Shit like this makes me have trust issues with trying new DNM's.


[1 Points] None:

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[1 Points] long_wang_big_balls:

I'd drop this market quicker then a hot potato


[1 Points] cryptonut:

Its time you lot started seriously looking at decentralised markets like what Syscoin is working on. When the UI is improved and trustless escrow implemented Syscoin will kick ass. LE cant take it down and no chance of being scammed. www.syscoin.org