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#scam-watch 2025-12-04

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  • rezept_rolf — report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case 09:34
  • hair_month_four — coming back to this a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is, your mileage will differ a discount that expires in an… 10:53
  • rezept_rolf — fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate 11:47
  • triple_ag_tom — a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over, i have it written down somewhere 11:59
RR

report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case

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thats retail not fraud

RR

if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can, i could be wrong

an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby

somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell

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is it worth reporting or does nothing happen

we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted, for what its worth

HM

coming back to this a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is, your mileage will differ
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is

HM

a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not

update on the earlier thing how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience

thats the pattern

fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate

TA

i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that