thats a bad batch not fraud
#scam-watch 2025-10-30
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Highlights from this day
- monoisotopic — someone claiming to be support for TFC contacted me first, real or not report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case 22:43
- two_eight_c — right so certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply 23:03
- monoisotopic — i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that 23:20
- two_eight_c — i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account 23:25
- two_eight_c — fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate 23:30
somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
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the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
someone claiming to be support for TFC contacted me first, real or not
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
do not engage
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thats the pattern
thats forged
how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail
update from 24 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
[edited]a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
right so certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago
added to the watchlist
advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
no escrow here
thats retail not fraud
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
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i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
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fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
classic advance fee
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redacting that
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
unrelated but we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
report it