how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
#scam-watch 2025-10-02
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Highlights from this day
- still_here_2024 — somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell 21:20
- still_here_2024 — right so is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam 21:21
- still_here_2024 — update from 16 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake 21:23
- month_six_me — is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake 21:32
how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
slightly off topic but the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
thats a bad batch not fraud
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
sorry to jump in fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
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a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
pressure tactic
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
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right so is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
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update from 16 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
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certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
thats the pattern
added to the watchlist
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it, ymmv
is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake
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no escrow here
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
no names please
group buy organiser has gone quiet after 5 days, what do people do
quick one is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch
redacting that
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