thats retail not fraud
#scam-watch 2025-10-25
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- madrid_mg — an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby 16:27
- mhra_unlicensed — right so if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can read the domain character by character. that is the entire… 17:54
- VialBot — On this day 2 years ago this channel logged 68 messages. 17:56
- VialBot — Assay note: ERP lot B-0329 reported at 99.2% of label content. 19:07
- ferrous_ash — a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is 19:38
the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal
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ok so is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch
certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
what is the actual advice, just do not engage
tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
16:25ferrous_ash pinned a message to this channel
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
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i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
right so read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
17:01ferrous_ash pinned a message to this channel
redacting that
unrelated but a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
*Janoshik not the other one
screenshot it
sorry to jump in impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
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a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
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right so if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
janoshik-sg-1177.pdf
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On this day 2 years ago this channel logged 68 messages.
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the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot, thats just me
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i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
Assay note: ERP lot B-0329 reported at 99.2% of label content.
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
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this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist
do not engage
update from 4 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake, i have it written down somewhere
read it character by character
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version