coming back to this certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
#scam-watch 2025-07-01
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Highlights from this day
- night_pin — impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money, not advice obviously 18:54
- group_buy_gwen — ok so a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not 19:33
- group_buy_gwen — this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago 20:22
- gradient_greg — someone claiming to be support for SSA contacted me first, real or not 20:43
no escrow here
report it
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works, from memory
pressure tactic
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i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
right so anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour
is it worth reporting or does nothing happen
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impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money, not advice obviously
screenshot it
thats the pattern
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist
thats retail not fraud
added to the watchlist
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
ok so a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal
[edited]ok so how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
do not engage
classic advance fee
this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago
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redacting that
someone claiming to be support for SSA contacted me first, real or not
group buy organiser has gone quiet after 24 days, what do people do
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged