someone claiming to be support for TFC contacted me first, real or not
#scam-watch 2025-12-03
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- LC_MS_Lena — someone claiming to be support for TFC contacted me first, real or not 22:37
- VialBot — Archive lookup: nine_nine_one first appears in this channel on 2025-07-29. 22:59
- VialBot — Testing queue: 7 submissions open, 134 awaiting dispatch. 23:22
- nine_nine_one — genuine question impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money 23:50
do not engage
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coming back to this report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago
got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
sorry to jump in the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account, thats one data point
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
Archive lookup: nine_nine_one first appears in this channel on 2025-07-29.
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted, thats one data point
screenshot it
is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake
update from 12 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
Reminder for nine_nine_one: dose day is today. Set 2 days ago.
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime, anyway
Testing queue: 7 submissions open, 134 awaiting dispatch.
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report it
certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
pressure tactic
sorry to jump in they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is, not advice obviously
classic advance fee
genuine question impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
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the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version