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#scam-watch 2025-05-04

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  • bea_reconstitutes — for the archive anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour 20:57
  • bea_reconstitutes — how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it 21:01
  • no_appetite_nia — i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version 21:12
  • deadspace — the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the… 22:28

is it worth reporting or does nothing happen

BR

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

BR

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

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they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"

how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it

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

i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version

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

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FM

report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case

DE

the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate