somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
#scam-watch 2024-06-09
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Highlights from this day
- protein_floor — fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate 14:24
- noct.titrate — read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works, i could be wrong 15:14
- mg_per_ml — a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam 15:17
- batch_bandit — is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch 15:18
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
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do not engage
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money, we shall see
is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
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the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
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added to the watchlist
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advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works, i could be wrong
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a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
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is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch
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an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
pressure tactic
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this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
thats a bad batch not fraud
tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account, anyway
got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
for the archive report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
redacting that
[edited]*that should say weekly
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
no escrow here
screenshot it
how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
read it character by character
thats forged