thats retail not fraud
#scam-watch 2025-03-17
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- food_noise_off — 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 13:13
- area_percent — i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account 14:13
- marrow.mod — a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear, from memory 14:32
- same_chromato — sorry to jump in a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not 14:53
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
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a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour
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janoshik-d-0718.pdf
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the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
classic advance fee
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read it character by character
tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
update from 8 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake, ill dig out the number
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i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
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impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
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we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear, from memory
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group buy organiser has gone quiet after 19 days, what do people do
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
coming back to this the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works, ask me again in a month
got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
sorry to jump in a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
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report it
redacting that
thats the pattern
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an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby, i think
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
no escrow here
is it worth reporting or does nothing happen
how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
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
fridge-temps.csv
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no names please
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
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do not engage
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if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
slightly off topic but they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
thats a bad batch not fraud