redacting that
#scam-watch 2025-09-06
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Highlights from this day
- no_chargeback — i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime 11:53
- first_and_last_four — group buy organiser has gone quiet after 22 days, what do people do 14:14
- advance_fee_al — got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing 16:00
unrelated but update from 6 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
On this day 9 years ago this channel logged 71 messages.
is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate, we shall see
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
for the archive do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it, thats just me
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
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thats retail not fraud
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
thats the pattern
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no escrow here
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an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
sorry to jump in a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves, your mileage will differ
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
pressure tactic
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a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
sorry to jump in i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that, happy to be corrected
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
added to the watchlist
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i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
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a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
read it character by character
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago
the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
screenshot it
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impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
group buy organiser has gone quiet after 22 days, what do people do
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if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
medutest-report-a-2418.pdf
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sorry to jump in a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case, take that with a pinch of salt
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
thats the pattern
anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour
advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern
report it
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do not engage
thats forged
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thats a bad batch not fraud
follow up tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
is it worth reporting or does nothing happen
got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
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no names please