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Darkside — You need pay $ 2,000,000 190.363 BTC (+10%) or 22537.751 XMR

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A validated static rendering of 85 messages in source-array order. Transcript text is preserved without editorial additions.

Actor
Darkside
Record date
Aug 11, 2020
Messages
85
Participants
Darkside, Victim

Preserved messages

Actor / other Victim

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  1. Message 001 From Darkside Actor / other Date

    Are you ready for a dialog?

  2. Message 002 From Victim Victim Date

    Ready. First, please stop the time left clock. We are working fast, but we are running into issues. Need a little more time.

  3. Message 003 From Victim Victim Date

    Well?

  4. Message 004 From Darkside Actor / other Date

    This time is enough to buy bitcoin or monero.

  5. Message 005 From Victim Victim Date

    Not enough time to set up our account, send documents to exchange, go thru background check. Please change to 6 days

  6. Message 006 From Darkside Actor / other Date

    You are asking for extra time but you are not offering anything. Contact a broker and they will buy you a cryptocurrency.

  7. Message 007 From Victim Victim Date

    We are already in the process of creating our Exchange account. This is very small request. Will you please work with us so we can start a dialog?

  8. Message 008 From Darkside Actor / other Date

    We are in the dialog, you could write us 1-2 days ago, but you didn't and now you are asking for an extra time. You need to work faster.

  9. Message 009 From Victim Victim Date

    We did not know our tech went to this link. Only informed us this morning about the timer. I'm sorry we did not contact sooner

  10. Message 010 From Victim Victim Date

    It will help discussions with the management team if I can show them you are allowing 2 days more. Right now it is just fear

  11. Message 011 From Victim Victim Date

    Are you just going to ignore us? I'm here so we can talk.

  12. Message 012 From Darkside Actor / other Date

    Our other clients can pay in this time, if you want - you can not pay, we need publications for the blog.

  13. Message 013 From Darkside Actor / other Date

    Your data leak will be a good reason for other companies to pay us.

  14. Message 014 From Victim Victim Date

    Maybe other companies have more liquidity or investors to use. We do not - so please let's work together.

  15. Message 015 From Darkside Actor / other Date

    We have reviewed your accounting, your liquidity allows to pay us that amount.

  16. Message 016 From Victim Victim Date

    Approvals to release those funds take time, and we did not know timer had started until today.

  17. Message 017 From Darkside Actor / other Date

    You haven't offered a single serious proposal. To discuss additional time you need to offer us a deal.

  18. Message 018 From Victim Victim Date

    I don't have authority to offer a deal without getting written authorization from the board and the company president. As I said, they are asking me if you are a reasonable business group, and so far I do not know what to tell them.

  19. Message 019 From Darkside Actor / other Date

    We can only discuss additional time when you have an offer. If we give you extra time, we will have to stand by our word. It would be wrong to give you extra time and not to discuss the amount of the deal.

  20. Message 020 From Darkside Actor / other Date

    If we do not agree on a price, you will not need additional time.

  21. Message 021 From Victim Victim Date

    So if I understand, you are willing to discuss price negotiation?

  22. Message 022 From Darkside Actor / other Date

    The price for your company is not overpriced, so we cannot provide big discounts.

  23. Message 023 From Darkside Actor / other Date

    If you pay within 24 hours, we will give you a discount.

  24. Message 024 From Victim Victim Date

    I see. I will share this with my team and write back.

  25. Message 025 From Darkside Actor / other Date

    ok

  26. Message 026 From Victim Victim Date

    Just uploaded a file for free decrypt test. Please confirm

    [redacted] 392 B

  27. Message 027 From Darkside Actor / other Date

    File

    [redacted] 262 B

  28. Message 028 From Darkside Actor / other Date

    This Index search file so you need rename it

  29. Message 029 From Victim Victim Date

    I understand - thanks.

  30. Message 030 From Victim Victim Date

    Hi

  31. Message 031 From Victim Victim Date

    Are you there?

  32. Message 032 From Darkside Actor / other Date

    Yes.

  33. Message 033 From Victim Victim Date

    Hey I am getting error while doing payment on your bitcoin address, is your bitcoin address correct?

  34. Message 034 From Darkside Actor / other Date

    Which error do you get?

  35. Message 035 From Victim Victim Date

    "Transaction Server Response" Failed

  36. Message 036 From Darkside Actor / other Date

    Where do you get this error?

  37. Message 037 From Victim Victim Date

    while doing payment

  38. Message 038 From Darkside Actor / other Date

    This is Bech32 address (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bech32). May be you have an old wallet that does not support such addresses. You can transfer money to a new wallet that supports bech32 addresses and send it from there.

  39. Message 039 From Victim Victim Date

    I am using new one I also read it online I double check that part already might be your address is new and it's empty there is no balance and because of that I am getting the error

  40. Message 040 From Victim Victim Date

    sddsd

  41. Message 041 From Victim Victim Date

    dsdsds

    [redacted] 2.61 kB

  42. Message 042 From Victim Victim Date

    mkkm

    bin.exe 98 kB

  43. Message 043 From Victim Victim Date

    d

    bin.exe 98 kB

  44. Message 044 From Darkside Actor / other Date

    What is this?

  45. Message 045 From Victim Victim Date

    d

    bin.exe 98 kB

  46. Message 046 From Victim Victim Date

    d

    bin.exe 98 kB

  47. Message 047 From Victim Victim Date

    it's you sucking dick

  48. Message 048 From Victim Victim Date

    sorry for this

  49. Message 049 From Victim Victim Date

    someone else is using this thing

  50. Message 050 From Victim Victim Date

    someone else is pasting the items here

  51. Message 051 From Victim Victim Date

    can you please help me fast with that problem

  52. Message 052 From Victim Victim Date

    can you please send me different old btc address or add some balance. So that I will reattempt to transfer the funds again

  53. Message 053 From Victim Victim Date

    I am waiting for your reply or can we chat on your email if you don't have any problem?

  54. Message 054 From Victim Victim Date

    :DD

  55. Message 055 From Victim Victim Date

    c=====================3

  56. Message 056 From Victim Victim Date

    suck

  57. Message 057 From Victim Victim Date

    whoever else is typing and sending this nonsense please stop

  58. Message 058 From Victim Victim Date

    our system is corrupted and we are paying to this person and need help so please don't disturb us

  59. Message 059 From Victim Victim Date

    don't pay them money

  60. Message 060 From Victim Victim Date

    we have to pay our system is corrupted and need to restart our worrk

  61. Message 061 From Victim Victim Date

    Hey man are you there???? please reply us fast or send your email we will communicate there..

  62. Message 062 From Victim Victim Date

    ok but you are making a big mistake

  63. Message 063 From Darkside Actor / other Date

    We will provide a wallet here in the chat soon.

  64. Message 064 From Victim Victim Date

    ok please do it fast

  65. Message 065 From Victim Victim Date

    it's our problem, it's our money, it's our decision to pay them, it's a humble request don't advice us.

  66. Message 066 From Darkside Actor / other Date

    [redacted]

  67. Message 067 From Victim Victim Date

    Man, still I am getting the same error and it's empty https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/[redacted]

  68. Message 068 From Darkside Actor / other Date

    For further communication, you need to provide your official mail, where we will send another key.

  69. Message 069 From Victim Victim Date

    we can't share our official mail.. we will create mail id on protonmail and share with you that id

  70. Message 070 From Victim Victim Date

    is it ok with you?

  71. Message 071 From Darkside Actor / other Date

    No, provide us your official mail.

  72. Message 072 From Victim Victim Date

    we can't provide that official id on this chat

  73. Message 073 From Victim Victim Date

    why man you are wasting our time in further communication.. we are paying you

  74. Message 074 From Victim Victim Date

    kindly understand our problem & our privacy also. it's a earnest request

  75. Message 075 From Victim Victim Date

    can you please provide me different cryptoaddress

  76. Message 076 From Victim Victim Date

    I will reattempt to transfer the funds again

  77. Message 077 From Victim Victim Date

    one more request can you please delete this whole chat conversation, if you have option to delete it

  78. Message 078 From Darkside Actor / other Date

    We see 4 parallel sessions on your page. Until you confirm that you are a representative of the company, further messages will be ignored.

  79. Message 079 From Victim Victim Date

    ohh man can you please delete all those sessions

  80. Message 080 From Victim Victim Date

    or block rest of the session please

  81. Message 081 From Victim Victim Date

    Are you there??? please reply man we are waiting for you.. still we are getting the error

  82. Message 082 From Victim Victim Date

    Sir - this is the representative you spoke to earlier this week. This chat is compromised. Please do not respond further. Contact me here, and provide secure URL to continue: tgpx339@protonmail.com

  83. Message 083 From Darkside Actor / other Date

    For the safety of your data during verification, write to us at 2dsfr.minotpi@protonmail.com After we make sure that it is you, you will be given a new chat link. All next messages in this chat will be ignored.

  84. Message 084 From Victim Victim Date

    i need my files

  85. Message 085 From Victim Victim Date

    test