an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
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#scam-watch 2025-08-23
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- apob_over_ldl — an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby 11:11
- apob_over_ldl — the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves 11:47
- food_noise_off — a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over 13:15
- typosquat_tay — slightly off topic but report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case 13:35
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
no escrow here
thats forged
pressure tactic
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impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
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tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
[edited]classic advance fee
what is the actual advice, just do not engage
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
right so a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail
i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
for the archive a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
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*VendorInvestigate not the other one
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen, ymmv
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
genuine question somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works, we shall see
is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake
added to the watchlist
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
slightly off topic but report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
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coming back after 19 months, is the watchlist still maintained
is it worth reporting or does nothing happen
ok so 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
no names please
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
follow up update from 16 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
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read it character by character
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thats a bad batch not fraud
genuine question redacting that
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch
coming back to this thats forged
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
report it
thats retail not fraud
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i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
do not engage