a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
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#scam-watch 2025-07-24
Thursday35 messages8 participantstimes are UTC
Highlights from this day
pressure tactic
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no escrow here
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report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
update from 2 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
follow up a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
thats retail not fraud
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
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the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
Assay note: SSA lot B-0329 reported at 99% of label content.
added to the watchlist
thats a bad batch not fraud
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can, someone check my working
genuine question read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
thats the pattern
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
read it character by character
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
[edited]thats forged
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
do not engage
sorry to jump in i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account, not advice obviously
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
screenshot it
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follow up somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
redacting that
report it
is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake
someone claiming to be support for SSA contacted me first, real or not
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