classic advance fee
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#scam-watch 2025-06-08
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Highlights from this day
- meal_prep_mick — is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake 10:47
- meal_prep_mick — if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can 10:48
- is_this_forever — report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case 18:49
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
thats forged
coming back to this nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot, take that with a pinch of salt
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake
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if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
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update from 14 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
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the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
do not engage
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
no escrow here
advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern
is it worth reporting or does nothing happen
no names please
added to the watchlist
report it
is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
screenshot it
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somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail
thats the pattern
thats retail not fraud
thats a bad batch not fraud
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read it character by character
certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
group buy organiser has gone quiet after 12 days, what do people do
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal
sorry to jump in coming back after 1 months, is the watchlist still maintained
right so anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
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do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
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