Almost
two decades after closing its doors due to international pressure and concerns
at its successful activities in support of legitimate under-siege African and
other governments, Executive Outcomes (EO) continues to be used by conmen and
criminals alike to serve their purposes – and deflect blame in my/our direction.
I have
written about and exposed numerous of these conmen and criminals on countless
occasions yet they seem to continually pop-up somewhere and by virtue of their
actions, seem to imply that EO still exists and was/is involved in criminal
activities – something the company never entertained.
My
attention was today brought to a company calling themselves “Executive
Outcomes” who claim “to be the biggest
gun retailer on the Dark Net. ‘Our shops and warehouses are located in Midwest
U.S. and our international re-shippers are located in the following countries . . . ’ “
The Dark
Net, also known as the Tor Project has some interesting funders and backers who
purport to campaign for “liberty and free speech”. It is a pity these
organisations don’t campaign for honesty and truth as well. See https://www.torproject.org/about/sponsors.html.en
Some
information on this bogus company can be found on http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2512136/Its-just-child-porn-Fake-passports-guns-cocaine-hitmen-hire-clicks-away-internet.html
Also see http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/15/bitcoin-guns_n_3070828.html for more on this company.
I can only shake my head at these wannabes and conmen.
I suspect that it is no coincidence that they claim to be “Executive
Outcomes”.
10 comments:
Clumsy counter intelligence at work.
Bandy the EO name around with suspicious companies and immediately the "reporters" will tie you and EO to everything from child porn to the illicit trafficking of Lego.
The intelligence community really need to find a new angle of attack as this is becoming lame.
Try buying said guns from the website and see just how legitimate their claims are. I suspect some boob from the ATF is manning the telephone hotline.
Very unprofessional attempt at counter intelligence in my very limited knowledge of such affairs.
Mike
Operations such as the Tor Project hold immense intelligence value Mike, and its role cannot be underestimated.
However, the use of EO is, in my opinion, more of an attempt to keep the company’s name going to continue with the creation of perceptions. I suspect the use of the name will, in their feeble minds, create suspicion re the company and therefore attempts to link it to criminal activities continue. It also smacks of poor journalistic research as any journo worth his/her salt would have done some very basic research and discovered that EO no longer exists.
African governments have long seen past this deception.
Very unprofessional as you rightly point out.
Rgds,
Eeben
Spot on Eeeben,
I was actually thinking the same thing, essentially because EO surpassed its reputation in the field, others are attempting to attach themselves to a pedigree to obtain instant credibility. Unfortunately it further detracts from capacities against such pests as the RUF. Very unfortunate indeed.
Your post mentioning Bitcoins and the deep/ dark net was posted just ahead of a sudden craze that exploded in the purchasing of Bitcoins and saw the price sky rocket.
The morning show on KFM here in Cape Town were discussing it on air on Tuesday but were blissfully unaware of the cyber currency and the types of illegal things that can be purchased with the peer to peer bitcoins.
Mike.
Sadly the industry appears to be littered with con artists and bull-dusters Wareight Machine. But, sooner or later they do get caught out and compromised.
Rgds,
Eeben
It seems to me you can buy and hide anything out there, Mike. It does seem to also be a great place to spread disinformation as well as pose as something you are not.
Rgds,
Eeben
I don’t usually post comments with foul language Richard but I can understand your frustration at these conmen.
I have been warning for years on conmen referring to themselves as Executive Outcomes. Unfortunately, they seem to be popping up all the time and defrauding many hundreds of people.
I am sorry to hear of the ambush they laid for you.
Rgds,
Eeben
IMPORTANT - READ THIS!
EXECUTIVE OUTCOMES (calling itself the number one weapons store on the dark net).
ADDRESS: 5zkfuvtrpotg2nzd.onion
We can verify that this company is indeed a scam/con job/fraud.
DO NOT make a purchase from them.
This verified after having several email exchanges with the 'seller' whereby a price and item were agreed, and once payment was submitted, NOTHING was heard back.
The email they use is: execumes@safe-mail.net.
The website has a lot of info as to how they will deliver the item, payment options, and a modest selection of mainly handguns, listed with dollar ($) prices.
So again, this is a definite scam/con/fraud - do NOT purchase from them.
Thanks for your posting Darktourist.
That was exactly why I posted this as I am sick and tired of conmen, liars, thieves and cheats masquerading as EO.
Rgds,
Eeben
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