thats the pattern
#scam-watch 2025-04-21
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Highlights from this day
- HPLC_Hank — update from 9 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake 13:39
- lyophile_liv — group buy organiser has gone quiet after 19 days, what do people do 15:10
- yyz_vial — fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate 15:25
- lead_time_lars — got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing 17:15
- HPLC_Hank — if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can 18:46
update from 9 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
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no escrow here
follow up what is the actual advice, just do not engage
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over, from memory
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Inter-lab diff for lot F-1330: 98.6% vs 99.2%. Within expected range.
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
thats retail not fraud
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
group buy organiser has gone quiet after 19 days, what do people do
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is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake
thats a bad batch not fraud
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
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read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
*Medutest not the other one
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
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report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
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redacting that
somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
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follow up advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern
no names please
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
someone claiming to be support for QYB contacted me first, real or not
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classic advance fee
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
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coming back after 23 months, is the watchlist still maintained
thats forged