#scam-watch 2025-01-31

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Highlights from this day

chaser_chris — someone claiming to be support for GGPeps contacted me first, real or not 03:02
two_lifts_a_week — is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch 05:05
two_lifts_a_week — an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby, for what its worth 05:47
tenpence — a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear 05:52
tenpence — i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account 05:59

someone claiming to be support for GGPeps contacted me first, real or not

a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is

this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago

the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal

do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it

update from 13 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake

read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works, from memory

thats forged

if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can

is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch

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tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake

05:16tenpence pinned a message to this channel

do not engage

classic advance fee

i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that

while im here what is the actual advice, just do not engage

*Janoshik not the other one

anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour

an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby, for what its worth

redacting that

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the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot, n of 1 obviously

a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear

a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged

i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account

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