nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
#scam-watch 2025-07-18
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Highlights from this day
- warsaw_vial — coming back to this the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot 20:01
- nausea_window — if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can 20:22
- fasting_insulin — a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged 21:12
- fasting_insulin — someone claiming to be support for BCH contacted me first, real or not 21:48
classic advance fee
this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist
coming back after 6 months, is the watchlist still maintained
advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
thats forged
Digest for the week of 2024-11-29 has been published.
update from 18 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
coming back to this the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
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i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
screenshot it
sorry to jump in certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
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no escrow here
added to the watchlist
got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
thats a bad batch not fraud
*that should say weekly
pressure tactic
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how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
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report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
thats the pattern
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
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they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
do not engage
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a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not, ymmv
anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour
someone claiming to be support for BCH contacted me first, real or not
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is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
what is the actual advice, just do not engage
thats retail not fraud
read it character by character
is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake
the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal
*that should say weekly