[Evo?]Blackmail letter, dox threat.

So I just received a letter from Hawaii. It had been opened and resealed by customs (big strip of tape saying 'EXAMINED BY CUSTOMS (in my country)').

Inside was a typed letter which claimed:

Is this type of dox blackmail something anyone else has dealt with? I'm almost certain this must be related to the Evo exit scam, as the vendor BCDirect was the only recipient of my drop address and all my comms were encrypted.

Obviously I'm not going to pay a cent because there is nothing connecting my DNM activity to myself. I never received the order I made with BCDirect (1oz of cannabis) and it was just a couple weeks before the exit scam, which makes me suspect that the order was never shipped, BCD was in on the exit and now is trying to blackmail their former customers.


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[18 Points] dlthoth:

Here's photos of the return address and letter:

http://anony.ws/image/DUKf

http://anony.ws/image/DUK0


[18 Points] Satomi_Murano:

This is fake as fuck, don't fall for this shit. Their grammar is so poor in this 'letter'. I'd just toss it into the trash.


[16 Points] thebobbler33:

http://www.reddit.com/r/DarkNetMarkets/comments/321ujz/generalquestions_possible_scam_from_some_guy_that/

Similar to another poster. Do you mind posting a picture of the letter?


[8 Points] SexyCannibal:

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[7 Points] noonehear:

One can type anything on to a big strip of tape nowadays.

This is not how LEO works. If anything person demanding 5btc is guilty of extortion.


[8 Points] agentgreasy:

So, I would say two things.

  1. If the information is correct, paranoia is safer than sorry. If they can find it, anyone can find it - this most likely means you have a problem in your information loop. Work on your opsec, clean house, and move on. It doesn't matter if its a scam. Understand that, what I mean by this, is that if the information outside of the seller, is true. As in, if they have information that isn't immediately available to the vendor that sent it. The blackmail itself, like most blackmail, doesn't really come with it any real amount of measurable conditions - 5btc this week could be 10 next week once they know you fell for it. If the evidence no longer fits, then the blackmail is irrelevant.

  2. To a certain extent, the threat is a little dry. LE need probable cause, and with exception to either prior evidence, prior knowledge, active investigation, or obvious linking, none of that information (with exception to money and, if they search, items.) is unique. It only means something to you and the person with it. Unless its worth while, and, not circumstantial or easily forged, LE don't make that much money to chase down every attempt at setting someone up.

As always... use better judgement. Better to burn out than fade away.


[6 Points] None:

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[5 Points] blackflag909:

I remember reading about multiple people receiving these on the forums I think agoras. It seems the best thing is to ignore it. I would clean house and if you have tight opsec you have nothing to worry about


[5 Points] None:

I'd give him 10BTC since you know he's going to ask for another 5 when you give him the first 5.


[4 Points] None:

Fuck sake i made a order with him yesterday, but i ordered multiple times off him before evo went down and got every time. The last person i got off before evo went down was him about a week before the take down and i got my package in 4 days to uk faster than ever. In my opinion it is not him blackmailing you and i doubt he was in on the exit scam why the fuck would he be still vending if he scammed a few mill.


[2 Points] None:

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[3 Points] iLoveDNM:

Wow, this is actually kind of humorous. They mixed their scams. When they wrote the letter they were threatening to send your info to the cops, but when they addressed the envelope they put the customs tape from their other scam on it.

The bitcoin address they posted, could you look at it and see if anyone has sent money to it? I'd be interested to know if they were ever successful in their campaign. Something tells me this person would be lazy enough to reuse their blackmail BTC address.


[3 Points] _Boogie_:

Damn dude. I'm sorry you gotta go through this. But when someone is attempting to extort you, this is what you do:

First things first, never ever give a blackmailer any money. This will not end your problems by any means. Once you give them any amount of coin, they now know they can shake more out of you and will surely try. This will just make your problems worse.

Drop all communication with that person. If you haven't already, stop using all usernames affiliated with the blackmail and purge the accounts.

LE will not use this as probable cause to search you. Especially since extortion is a major felony of its own, and the only information they are given is just hearsay. Just remember to cut all communication with that asshole. Eventually, they will give up when they realize they are not receiving any money.

I hope this helps my friend. Also when possible, delete your reddit handle too. Since the asshole extorting you may try to contact you via reddit.

Stay safe!


[2 Points] gha671:

Its a bit like the ransome-ware we have all read about, except this time, snail-mail is utilized. These guys are obviously old fashioned, traditionalist sorts of blackmailers.


[2 Points] MY_IRON-LUNG:

I once got a letter like this from Florida...

laughed and threw that shit away


[2 Points] None:

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[1 Points] AirborneRanger122:

Dude, I got a letter as well. A Mr. McDonald was his name on the letter. I also used Evo frequently and if it's the owners, it's fucked up.


[1 Points] BeardFM:

I got this letter too and I have never used Evo, only Agora. Can't get on the Agora forums though, I'm coordinating with a few other people to try and identify the guy though we think we know who he is now. Anyone else having trouble loading the forums, or are there any alternative addresses or anything?


[1 Points] doubledoseopimpin:

I love how he ends the letter with an Aloha


[1 Points] None:

The scariest thing about this, is that goes to show you there are vendors that save all their info.


[1 Points] _GordonBombay:

Did you use pgp when sending your address?


[1 Points] thascarecro:

Dont give the douche money. You'll give him money one time and he'll just keep doing it whenever he needs more. Youll keep getting these letters every month. Just take you chances, be safe and send him some diarrhea in a box.


[1 Points] GoinOutWest1:

Eventually some asshole vendor is going to do that to the wrong person and they will send the vendors origin location and packaging to LE to profile. I mean, if they play dirty, I see no reason people shouldn't fight fire with fire.


[1 Points] BlueShadesTM:

Seems like a vendor who lost a bit of cash tbh.


[1 Points] throwawayonyx:

fake and gay


[1 Points] randomnumberx:

Everybody send .00001 btc with nasty messages in the memo


[0 Points] None:

Reminds me of about a month ago when I posted about how there was still the risk of blackmail from evo related activity, even though you reddit armchair detectives thought "why would they bother if they already got xyz"...