anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour
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#scam-watch 2025-02-01
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Highlights from this day
- split_the_cost — anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour 08:33
- fake_tracking — update on the earlier thing nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply, your mileage will differ 10:35
- VialBot — Verification log updated: CPC — evidence added, status unchanged. 11:13
the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal
report it
redacting that
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a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not, for what its worth
what is the actual advice, just do not engage
sorry to jump in this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist
coming back to this i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
read it character by character
coming back after 3 months, is the watchlist still maintained
janoshik-f-1330.pdf
2 pages · 731 KB · not retained in the public archive
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
screenshot it
update on the earlier thing nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply, your mileage will differ
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thats forged
do not engage
Verification log updated: CPC — evidence added, status unchanged.
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how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
[edited]impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money, ymmv
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
coming back to this read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works, from memory
for the archive do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it, take that with a pinch of salt
no names please
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the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
thats the pattern
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pressure tactic
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the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version, from memory
thats a bad batch not fraud
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a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
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update from 25 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam