Scams and Undercover Cops Are Denting the Dark Web Gun Trade

[SecularMotion]

With just a couple of clicks and a fistful of bitcoins, it's trivial to buy an AK-47 or a pistol on the dark web. At least, that's the idea presented when casually scrolling through the digital shelves of online markets.

But the reality is that sourcing a weapon from the dark web can actually be fairly difficult—so much so that several markets have stopped stocking weapons altogether.

One impetus for that is the heavy presence of scammers, who create fake accounts to dupe gullible gun hunters out of their money.

“I'm just kinda addicted to the scamming part. It's too easy,” one scammer told Motherboard in an email chat. The scammer used to operate under the handle “Bartsmit” on AlphaBay, a popular market that sells stolen data, weapons, and drugs, among other goods. Today the scammer is still ripping people off, but under a different identity.

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/scams-and-undercover-cops-are-denting-the-dark-web-gun-trade

[JonathanRackham]

1. Hopefully they're pursuing prosecution.

Hopefully they're pursuing prosecution of other criminal activities as well. I've seen some suggestively shady ads on Craigslist.

[Duckhunter935]

2. Still slipping SM

You have always told us it is so easy to get full auto assault rifles. Now another Google cut and pasted dump that disproves it. You might want to block yourself from the group you host.

[Eleanors38]

3. I'm gonna get on the innertubes right now and order a T-34!

[Duckhunter935]

4. They made a lot

Should be able to find one for a good price. No background check on the dark web either!!!!

[virginia mountainman]

5. OK, I can help with that..

http://www.mortarinvestments.eu/products/tanks-2/t-34-35

http://www.mortarinvestments.eu/products/tanks-2/t-72-42

http://www.milweb.net/webverts/76874/

If you have the cash, anything is possible...

http://www.wired.com/2015/06/heres-can-buy-russian-tank/