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What Happened to r/darknet_questions?

For anyone wondering, Reddit recently banned r/darknet_questions for an alleged Rule 7 violation involving illegal content or prohibited transactions.

We received no advance warning or specific examples identifying what caused the ban. Our community was focused on darknet education, harm reduction, privacy, OPSEC, Tor safety, and scam prevention. We routinely removed marketplace requests, fraud-related content, scam promotions, prohibited transactions, and other violations.

We had also been dealing with scammers who disliked our warnings and scam-prevention content. Shortly before the ban, Reddit repeatedly removed suspicious submissions before our moderators could even view them. Those posts were never approved or endorsed by our team. Retaliatory reporting or malicious submissions are possible, but we currently have no proof that either caused the ban.

An appeal has been submitted requesting a manual review of the subreddit’s approved content, moderation history, and suspicious activity. We are not creating a replacement community or asking anyone to contact Reddit on our behalf. This post is simply to let former members know what happened.

We will share an update if Reddit responds to the appeal.

##⚠️ Warning: Be Careful With “No-KYC XMR Swap” Posts Promoting Random Exchanges

A post was recently shared in another darknet-related subreddit promoting a supposed instant no-KYC XMR swap service.

Here is a screenshot of the post

The post followed a pattern people should watch out for:

“I needed a fast/private swap.”

“Nothing worked.”

“Solved — I used this specific exchange and it went fine.”

That alone is not proof of a scam, but the details were extremely suspicious.

The promoted link did not go directly to a clear, trusted exchange domain. It went through a random-looking redirect domain:

p4m92.click

That redirect eventually led to:

malgoswap.org

When checked in Chrome, malgoswap.org showed a warning that the site does not support HTTPS.

That is a major red flag. No crypto exchange or swap service should be handling deposit addresses, swap info, or payment details over an insecure connection. Without HTTPS, information shown on the page can potentially be viewed or altered in transit.

Which is known as a man in the middle attack. Which could potentially redirect your deposit to an attackers wallet address.

ScamAdviser also marked the site as “Very Likely Unsafe” with a very low trust score.

Things to watch for

Be careful with posts that:

Promote one specific exchange in a “problem solved” format
Use vague claims like “worked fine” or “super fast”
Have comments conveniently recommending the same service
Use random redirect domains
Lead to a different final website than the name being advertised
Do not support HTTPS
Have little to no independent reputation outside Reddit comments

Even if someone claims a swap worked for them, that does not prove the service is safe. Scam exchanges may process small swaps or use shill accounts to build trust before stealing larger deposits.

Bottom line

Do not send funds to random swap sites from Reddit comments or posts. Always verify the exact domain from multiple trusted sources, check HTTPS, check reputation, and be suspicious of posts that look like hidden ads.

If a site handling crypto does not even support HTTPS, that should be treated as a hard stop.

What Happened to r/darknet_questions?

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⚠️ Warning: Be Careful With “No-KYC XMR Swap” Posts Promoting Random Exchanges