Is there a database of sites to avoid anywhere or reveiws of sites?
Thanks
Scamadvisor is pretty good, but I'm not sure if it lists black market sites.
However, the easiest way to avoid scams is to use your brain. A black market seller of no doubt counterfeit items (if he even actually delivers) asks for no escrow and you give him $300 in an untraceable currency? How long did you think about this? Unless you're buying drugs or child porn there's really no reason to be buying stuff off the darknet. It's much safer to use a legit site.
Wait a minute, am I missing something here? Why the hell would anyone go to the trouble of trading their standard currency - which is acceptable anywhere legitimate - into an non-traceable, anonymous electronic currency like Bitcoins unless they needed to stay anonymous or use a shop that only accepted Bitcoins - like the blackmarket sites.
As far as i have seen only sites accessed through the deepweb / tor etc demand payment in Bitcoins.
If you want to use a 'Legit' site, take your credit card and buy stuff off Amazon. It will save you an unbeleivable amount of time and effort... Forget all about bitcoins if your looking for regular, legitimate goods...