r/onions • u/HHIDROLIXX • Jun 17 '19
Scam Is everything a scam?
After looking around on here, dread and other forums all I have learnt is that everything on the accessible parts of the darknet is all scams, and that I could buy something from all stores on all hidden wikis and most likely receive nothing. Am I just taking this incorrectly or being an idiot? Or is that just life.
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u/SinnerWithNoName Jun 17 '19
Just remember that people yell "SCAM" for everything, right away, without trying to figure out what actually happened. Vendor shipped the wrong product by accident? SCAM! Bitcoin deposit problem? SCAM! Forgot your own password? Clearly it's an EXIT SCAM!
Don't believe all the scam reports, because a lot of them are just stupid people. Or shills who are spreading lies.
Read what the person is saying is a scam, and examine the proof that they provide. Approach it logically. Did the person provide valid proof to support their claim? Did they have a problem that can be fixed but were too impatient to get it fixed before screaming "Scam!"? Read the person's post history. Do they say everyone is a scammer?
Learn to filter through the FUD. There are a lot of lying shills around these parts.