Would LE do fake buys to determine stealth methods?

Title says it all. Do you think it's possible that LE has fake/UC accounts and makes fake orders to determine different stealth methods? Could also be doing it to check for other things, such as the type of return address labels being used, packaging, etc. I'm sure I'm not the first person to think of this, but I've never seen it mentioned anywhere.


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[12 Points] None:

Well duh yes. They also do controlled buys to build evidence against the marketplace, mountains of drugs look great before a jury. Return addresses are always fake, but they do get the zip code from where the package was sent. Honestly, if your package gets tagged by dogs, or someone snitching on you, then they'll find the drugs. No matter how good the stealth is.


[10 Points] sdfhgdhjbdafcadv:

Stealth has nothing to do with LE. They are not stupid enough to be fooled by it. Stealth protects the buyer if the package gets ripped open in transit or misrouted and opened by some random civilian. Good stealth means it goes in the trash, bad stealth means someone maybe calls the cops.

LE has been known to profile packaging/return addresses though.


[3 Points] Darknet_Retard:

I remember reading Carl Force's messages to Ross once and though I don't know how true it was, Force said that LE was tracking down vendors by buying from them to determine stealth methods and shipping locations. There's a post about it on here somewhere. Probably from /u/Gwern


[3 Points] ideletethese:

When I vended SR briefly I shipped cash and pills. For awhile with 0 feedback I had no orders and then one day a flood of them came in and wiped my entire stock out. Pretty sure at least one of them was to a fed. Who creates an account buys 1 pill and doesn't log back in to leave feedback and finalize? A pig that's who.


[2 Points] thegamester:

Fuck 'em, we are many, they are few....


[2 Points] someone-who-is-me:

I'm sure I'm not the first person to think of this

You're not the first because every LE officer before you thought of it. Fucking duh.


[1 Points] deezyyyy:

I read they released docs in Ross's trail stating they did hundreds of controlled buys on SR1...


[1 Points] SmauqDrogs:

At the States yes, but in many countries they don't, this because the set up or the act of making a proof against yourself may be illegal.


[1 Points] notinthislifeanymore:

Probably they're already collecting info to come up with the vendors list to order from

https://www.reddit.com/r/AgMarketplace/comments/3chxyd/best_stealth_on_agora/


[1 Points] Lucid_Enemy:

Not trying to be rude but dnms are no secret you can bet your ass LE is investigating agora and nucleus the LEO'S that didn't catch Ross are dreaming of being the next one to bust a DNM cause it's a new crime for them and they will be famous and would land them a cushy salary and desk job and book rights and such

Edit- just reread your post same can also be held true to venders especially big ones


[1 Points] castigat0r:

Seriously?


[1 Points] OzFreelancer:

They don't make fake orders, they make real orders. (How does one make a "fake" order anyway?)

They did hundreds of them on SR1. It's all in the court documents. In fact, the original FBI Complaint against Ulbricht held one of the greatest DNM marketing phrases ever: "Lab results typically showed the drugs were of very high purity"