thats the pattern
#scam-watch 2025-11-19
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Highlights from this day
- VialBot — Recon calculator: 30mg in 2ml = 2mg/ml. 16:43
- coa_or_cope — tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake 18:01
- two_eight_c — a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over 19:50
- is_this_forever — anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour 20:55
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply, ill dig out the number
how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
*VendorInvestigate not the other one
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
Recon calculator: 30mg in 2ml = 2mg/ml.
what is the actual advice, just do not engage
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version, i have it written down somewhere
do not engage
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
update on the earlier thing is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch
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genuine question a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
follow up a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
thats a bad batch not fraud
thats forged
no escrow here
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
coming back after 7 months, is the watchlist still maintained
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
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genuine question this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago
redacting that
they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
while im here certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works, thats just me
is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake
thats retail not fraud
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern
update from 25 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
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slightly off topic but a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not, n of 1 obviously
added to the watchlist
ok so the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
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report it
read it character by character
pressure tactic
i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
screenshot it
anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour
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the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal