Just received this PM

The account has zero karma and looks like a clear attempt at either phishing or LE. Message is below:

hought you might be interested in this, 1000+ cannabis listings ! --free signup-- from abraxasmarket_ sent 46 minutes ago Here Is A Free Referral Link To Abraxas Market abraxasdegupusel.onion/register --removed-- WHAT IS ABRAXAS MARKET ?  Abraxas is anonymous drug market where vendors can sell their goods and services for buyers. Registrations are Free & Vendor bond is 1BTC. DOWNLOAD TORBROWSER TO ACCESS ! You need to download Tor Browser to access the market place, the link for Abraxas won't work using a normal browser ! DOWNLOAD HERE; https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en  The Tor software protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location, and it lets you access sites which are blocked. BITCOINS  Abraxas uses Bitcoins as currency, which allows for near-instant payments and total anonymity when used correctly. The market's primary focus is pharmaceuticals and chemicals, but other item categories exist as well. The Easist way to buy bitcoins is to goto Localbitcoins.com, find somebody from your country & pay using the bank transfer method. Once you have bought your coins you can then send them from your localbitcoins wallet to your Abraxas Market wallet. For more help please goto reddit.com/r/darknetmarketnoobs & reddit.com/r/abraxasmarket

Are people that stupid?


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[1 Points] Jay-__:

Can you edit out the referral? Not the whole link, just the last part of it.

It's just some sad person trying to make some cash by spreading his referral-cancer. We are aware of it, but there's little we can do about PMs.


[1 Points] thelastvirgin:

I got this too a few hours ago..


[1 Points] None:

I don't know man, this seems pretty legit. He even gave you tips on OPSEC.