I did a really half arsed joke saying I was fronted money by IRL drug dealers and when Evo went down, I couldn't pay them back and they were going to start breaking toes, etc:
I was contacted by a journalist via PM saying:
Hi - I'm a writer for the Guardian, looking into the Evolution marketplace scam. I'm so sorry to hear about your situation. If you would like to speak to me about it - anonymously, of course - I would greatly appreciate it; want to get this story out there. Just reply to this DM if you want to tell me a bit more about your situ.
Nicky Woolf The Guardian
I decided to play along and replied:
I can't talk much vbecause i am too fucking stressed right now. The 2 dealers fronted me the money needed for the Evo bond and to buy stock of a reasearch chemical i was importing from china to sell. They had no idea about the online drug world even existing. I was in prison and had to make this work to survive and not be homless. I don't have enough money to pay them back., I can't go on the run with no cash. The 2 dealers are holding me and took the remaining product and any money as collateral while they decide what to do with me.
They didn't reply again but decided to put some of it in their article:
The scam may well have serious consequences for users. One wrote that he owed money to drug dealers in real life. "I think they will start breaking toes," the user wrote. "I'm shaking."
By the way, thanks for all the people that tried to contact me asking "Are you OK?" or similar. I was surprised just how many people were concerned with my situation.
tl;dr Newspapaers are full of shit, people are naturally good at heart.
My favorite quote from all this is still: “I have lost everything I had worked for over the past year. That was my retirement fund,” the user said..