Silk Road forums
Market => Rumor mill => Topic started by: ferdinand96 on February 17, 2012, 05:31 am
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Yesterday I went to make my first purchase on SR and it was a disaster. I found out about moneypaks, and a guy who guys by the name "perky" on the forums and "betadvisor" on the main site messaged me saying he would give me a great deal on bitcoins in exchange for one. Long story short I got ripped out of 80 bucks. There were a few red flags that went up but I made the absolutely idiotic mistake of overlooking them, I was pretty excited and I guess I got caught up in the moment. I'm not sure if this will actually help anyone as it's probably common sense, but if somebody you don't know messages you on the forum trying to sell you something, they are likely a fraud. Perky went to borderline psychotic lengths to convince me he was legitimate, even sending me this fake message by "accident" to make it look like he just finished dealing with another customer.
Ok Mikey83 Your coins have been sent!
Please leave great feedback, since you are new if you need help locating feedback section let me know
Also since you are new please please please tell me what you plan on ordering so I can TELL YOU THE BEST VENDORS SIR!
I know this will be your first order and i want it to be a great one! SR is so safe as you know!
Thanks from ordering going via Money Pak from me so please come back :)
Thanks Perky AKA Bet Advisor
I logged out and tried to make a new account with the name Mikey83 it came as no surprise to me that it worked. No such user even existed. He also insisted that I contact "FREELIFE1", a user who he claimed to have paid for a 400 dollar MP, as he would vouch for his legitimacy, no doubt another account he made himself.
I guess this should serve as a general warning more than anything, as I did a search on the forums and there is already previous talk of perky being a scammer. Unfortunately I didn't know this at the time seeing as the forums have been down for a while. Unfortunately my first experience with SR has been a horrible one, but I guess I have nobody to blame but myself. Hopefully this will save at least one person from making the same mistake as I.