#scam-watch 2025-06-27

right so an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby

i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account

slightly off topic but how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience

the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot

we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted

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

redacting that

a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam

for the archive fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate

screenshot it

the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen, not advice obviously

the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version

*Janoshik not the other one

classic advance fee

Reminder set. I will post here in 8 days.

got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing

a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is

nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply, ymmv

thats forged

how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that

is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch

is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake
update from 21 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake

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