update from 8 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
#scam-watch 2025-08-24
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Highlights from this day
- patent_2026 — the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves, from memory 22:42
- void_volume — relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime 22:51
- cross_border_cam — a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam 23:05
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
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the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
while im here impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
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the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal
right so i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves, from memory
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anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
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do not engage
no names please
added to the watchlist
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
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thats forged
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fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
classic advance fee
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account, i think
pressure tactic
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
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certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
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tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
is it worth reporting or does nothing happen
somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail
a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over, from memory
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
read it character by character
[edited]is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake
report it
this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago
is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch
redacting that
how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
thats retail not fraud
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this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist
thats a bad batch not fraud
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a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear, still working it out
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works