impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
#scam-watch 2025-10-06
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- underfill_uma — relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime 06:26
- underfill_uma — if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can 06:36
- nordic_price_nils — the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves 07:35
quick one this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist
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do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
thats forged
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
report it
advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear, take that with a pinch of salt
[edited]fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate, your mileage will differ
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
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read it character by character
transit-times.csv
881 rows · not retained in the public archive
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
janoshik-sg-1177.pdf
2 pages · 336 KB · not retained in the public archive
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no escrow here
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unrelated but how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
coming back to this the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
thats retail not fraud
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a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
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classic advance fee
do not engage
they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
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got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted, take that with a pinch of salt
underfill_umaif you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until…
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
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a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
coming back after 15 months, is the watchlist still maintained
unrelated but somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
pressure tactic
redacting that
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
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screenshot it
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no names please
while im here the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen, ask me again in a month
what is the actual advice, just do not engage
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
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thats the pattern
tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
unrelated but read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works, i could be wrong
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certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
do not engage