thats a bad batch not fraud
[edited]#scam-watch 2025-12-28
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- vienna_vial — somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that 16:43
- thirty_one_g — fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate 17:44
- thirty_one_g — nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply, ask me again in a month 17:46
- thirty_one_g — 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 18:21
- sharps_bin_sid — impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money, i could be wrong 18:22
thats retail not fraud
thats forged
classic advance fee
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the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
thats the pattern
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
no escrow here
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is, for what its worth
*VendorInvestigate not the other one
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
redacting that
no names please
[edited]the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
read it character by character
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
screenshot it
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply, ask me again in a month
is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake
report it
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
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money, i could be wrong
update from 2 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern