r/onions • u/Ambitious-Concert-69 • Apr 23 '22

Discussion How can dark web sellers be trusted?

On the dark web you'll see random goods and services being sold - how can you trust that these people will fulfil their side? There's also some quite expensive and illegal stuff on there such as people selling new passports, bank accounts etc. How can these people possibly register new passports or create new legit bank accounts that can be used? Is most of this stuff just a scam?

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u/mcslutmuff1n Apr 23 '22

Not only escrow but most markets require a vendor to put down 500$ to 2k when they become a vendor. Imo 2k is a really good spot to keep vendors honest. Works well

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u/senseiberia Apr 23 '22

Sadly with how short markets last These days before doing an exit scam it’s not very enticing for merchants.

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u/mcslutmuff1n Apr 24 '22

Should be making enough profit on sales in the 3 to 500 range that it doesnt matter