#scam-watch 2025-10-26

relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime

this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist

nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply, i have it written down somewhere

the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version

a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not

the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen

do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it

pressure tactic

a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is, not advice obviously

update from 5 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake

read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works

advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern

a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear

someone claiming to be support for QYB contacted me first, real or not
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen

is it worth reporting or does nothing happen

Testing queue: 9 submissions open, 87 awaiting dispatch.

slightly off topic but is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves

we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted

anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour

a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over

if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can

the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot, ask me again in a month

an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby, i could be wrong

somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell

how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience

do not engage

thats forged

somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail

i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account

certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion

thats the pattern

how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it

added to the watchlist

no escrow here

the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal

this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago