Episode
132: Sam the Vendor
1:19:06
Published: Tue Apr 04 2023
Description
Sam Bent, a.k.a. DoingFedTime, brings us a story of what it was like being a darknet market vendor. Learn more about Sam at https://www.doingfedtime.com/. Sponsors Support for this show comes from Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode). Akamai Connected Cloud supplies you with virtual servers. Visit linode.com/darknet and get a special offer. Support for this show comes from Thinkst Canary. Their canaries attract malicious actors in your network and then send you an alert if someone tries to access them. Great early warning system for knowing when someone is snooping around where they shouldn’t be. Check them out at https://canary.tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapters
The speaker talks about an argument over peas with their daughter and mentions the security and privacy benefits of Brave browser.
00:00 - 05:28 (05:28)
Summary
The speaker talks about an argument over peas with their daughter and mentions the security and privacy benefits of Brave browser.
Episode132: Sam the Vendor
PodcastDarknet Diaries
A transcript of a conversation that jumps between topics including dinner conversation, moving between states, computer literacy, selling drugs in Rhode Island, and posting on Hansa.
05:28 - 11:47 (06:18)
Summary
A transcript of a conversation that jumps between topics including dinner conversation, moving between states, computer literacy, selling drugs in Rhode Island, and posting on Hansa.
Episode132: Sam the Vendor
PodcastDarknet Diaries
The speaker shares how he saves money on shipping and packaging by using torn up catalogs instead of packing peanuts and ordering envelopes from USPS instead of buying bubble wrap from Amazon.
11:47 - 17:56 (06:09)
Summary
The speaker shares how he saves money on shipping and packaging by using torn up catalogs instead of packing peanuts and ordering envelopes from USPS instead of buying bubble wrap from Amazon.
Episode132: Sam the Vendor
PodcastDarknet Diaries
The use of fraudulent or fake return address, handwritten address, and not using an official USPS box could create a suspicious package leading to investigation and can result in getting caught.
17:56 - 26:45 (08:48)
Summary
The use of fraudulent or fake return address, handwritten address, and not using an official USPS box could create a suspicious package leading to investigation and can result in getting caught. While USPS requires a warrant and reasonable suspicion with probable cause before opening a package, buying supplies could be as dangerous to the individual.
Episode132: Sam the Vendor
PodcastDarknet Diaries
The dark web drug dealer known as AngelFaces used a list of sex offenders to avoid sending drugs with a return address to a location where children could be living.
26:45 - 35:41 (08:56)
Summary
The dark web drug dealer known as AngelFaces used a list of sex offenders to avoid sending drugs with a return address to a location where children could be living.
Episode132: Sam the Vendor
PodcastDarknet Diaries
The speaker argues that individuals in America have the freedom to eat fast food and potentially suffer negative consequences, similar to how a knife seller on Amazon cannot control the age of the buyer.
35:43 - 40:14 (04:30)
Summary
The speaker argues that individuals in America have the freedom to eat fast food and potentially suffer negative consequences, similar to how a knife seller on Amazon cannot control the age of the buyer.
Episode132: Sam the Vendor
PodcastDarknet Diaries
A former darknet market seller discusses the ethical considerations that prevented him from lacing drugs with fentanyl and the dangers of buying drugs from sellers who do so.
40:14 - 45:49 (05:35)
Summary
A former darknet market seller discusses the ethical considerations that prevented him from lacing drugs with fentanyl and the dangers of buying drugs from sellers who do so.
Episode132: Sam the Vendor
PodcastDarknet Diaries
This episode talks about a Reddit forum on the Darknet that serves as a fallback place for users to buy and sell items in the event of Reddit going down.
45:49 - 54:05 (08:15)
Summary
This episode talks about a Reddit forum on the Darknet that serves as a fallback place for users to buy and sell items in the event of Reddit going down.
Episode132: Sam the Vendor
PodcastDarknet Diaries
The speaker expresses concerns about police actions when they come to search his house, as well as sharing his personal experience of people trying to sell him paintings.
54:05 - 1:01:20 (07:15)
Summary
The speaker expresses concerns about police actions when they come to search his house, as well as sharing his personal experience of people trying to sell him paintings. He also talks about how he has been able to learn more about the culture and the people through his business than the police did in six years.
Episode132: Sam the Vendor
PodcastDarknet Diaries
Unable to summarize due to excessive use of filler words and unintelligible phrases.
1:01:20 - 1:05:32 (04:11)
Summary
Unable to summarize due to excessive use of filler words and unintelligible phrases.
Episode132: Sam the Vendor
PodcastDarknet Diaries
The speaker talks about how the government bought drugs from him multiple times despite the availability of cheaper options.
1:05:32 - 1:10:50 (05:18)
Summary
The speaker talks about how the government bought drugs from him multiple times despite the availability of cheaper options.
Episode132: Sam the Vendor
PodcastDarknet Diaries
In a legal setting, a proffer is when someone comes forward and reveals information about their work, who they worked with, and any knowledge they have.
1:10:50 - 1:14:51 (04:00)
Summary
In a legal setting, a proffer is when someone comes forward and reveals information about their work, who they worked with, and any knowledge they have. In this transcript, a lawyer contacts someone about a hearing and they plan on proving everything that happened with a proffer.
Episode132: Sam the Vendor
PodcastDarknet Diaries
Sam, who was supposed to serve five years in prison, was granted a compassionate release after serving only 18 months due to his education in the law library.
1:14:52 - 1:19:05 (04:12)
Summary
Sam, who was supposed to serve five years in prison, was granted a compassionate release after serving only 18 months due to his education in the law library. However, he still faced the possibility of a lengthy prison sentence if he chose to fight the conspiracy charge against him.