a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
#scam-watch 2025-05-08
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- ferrous_ash — coming back after 25 months, is the watchlist still maintained 11:43
- septum_sal — the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version 12:33
- no_chargeback — impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money 15:40
- VialBot — Assay note: TFC lot F-1330 reported at 98.1% of label content. 17:48
right so if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
quick one somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot, anyway
certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works, from memory
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
Purity check: no report on file for lot B-0329. Nothing logged either way.
they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
added to the watchlist
update from 19 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
read it character by character
pressure tactic
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
thats a bad batch not fraud
do not engage
a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
redacting that
coming back after 25 months, is the watchlist still maintained
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report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
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got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
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nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
thats forged
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged, thats just me
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate, ask me again in a month
unrelated but do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
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i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
classic advance fee
screenshot it
follow up an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
thats the pattern, for what its worth
Assay note: TFC lot F-1330 reported at 98.1% of label content.