a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged, i have it written down somewhere
#scam-watch 2025-06-01
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- chlorhex — a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged, i have it written down somewhere 15:45
- ferritin_fay — the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen, happy to be corrected 16:12
- VialBot — Recon calculator: 15mg in 1.5ml = 8mg/ml. 17:28
- ferrous_ash — i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that, not advice obviously 17:59
a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over, thats just me
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
thats retail not fraud
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the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen, happy to be corrected
classic advance fee
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how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
update from 2 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
*that should say weekly
16:44ferrous_ash pinned a message
i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it, your mileage will differ
while im here this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist
report it
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
thats the pattern
Recon calculator: 15mg in 1.5ml = 8mg/ml.
redacting that
tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
*that should say weekly
added to the watchlist
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case, from memory
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that, not advice obviously