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#scam-watch 2025-11-14
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- typosquat_tay — follow up 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… 11:01
- batch_bandit — the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot 12:46
- sulphur_burp — the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal 12:55
update on the earlier thing group buy organiser has gone quiet after 23 days, what do people do
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that, still working it out
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
follow up 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
tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
do not engage
somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail
while im here update from 13 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
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screenshot it
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal
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redacting that
thats the pattern
read it character by character
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can