read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
#scam-watch 2024-10-21
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- knees_first — read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply 18:47
- knees_first — someone claiming to be support for SWB contacted me first, real or not 19:04
- invoice_mismatch — somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works 19:29
- private_script_pri — for the archive do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it, i have it written down somewhere 19:47
someone claiming to be support for SWB contacted me first, real or not
a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over, your mileage will differ
i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour
somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
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the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
thats forged
for the archive do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it, i have it written down somewhere
how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
pressure tactic
update from 5 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake, take that with a pinch of salt
screenshot it
thats the pattern
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case, not advice obviously
how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience