do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
#scam-watch 2025-11-03
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- meal_prep_mick — the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves, someone check my working 21:21
- meal_prep_mick — relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime 21:27
- void_volume — an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby 21:42
- void_volume — if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can 21:46
- residual_solvent — the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen, for what its worth 22:06
Purity check: no report on file for lot C-4402. Nothing logged either way.
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted, ask me again in a month
Testing queue: 8 submissions open, 108 awaiting dispatch.
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the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves, someone check my working
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classic advance fee
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
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nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
read it character by character
this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
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if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
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thats forged
how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
meal_prep_micknobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen, for what its worth
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the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
right so update from 23 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
pressure tactic
tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
report it
[edited]no escrow here
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do not engage
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
Reminder set. I will post here in 7 days.
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
thats the pattern
read it character by character
thats a bad batch not fraud
added to the watchlist
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nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply