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#scam-watch 2025-03-14

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Highlights from this day
  • food_noise_off — an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby, ill dig out the number 18:39
  • salt_bridge — impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money 19:03
  • food_noise_off — follow up do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it 19:32
  • sulphur_burp — relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime 20:41
  • sulphur_burp — the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot, i could be wrong 20:42
FN

unrelated but somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail

AB

update from 2 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake

an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby, ill dig out the number

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

SB

thats forged

fridge-temps.csv
365 rows · not retained in the public archive

added to the watchlist

got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing

impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money

FN

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

SB

relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime

the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot, i could be wrong