update from 26 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
#scam-watch 2026-01-07
Wednesday32 messages6 participantstimes are UTC
Highlights from this day
- marrow.mod — the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot 16:28
- reading_the_pins — a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged 18:34
- underfill_uma — update on the earlier thing i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that 18:53
a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
report it
sorry to jump in somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
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right so an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
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if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can, happy to be corrected
someone claiming to be support for MKM contacted me first, real or not
[edited]thats the pattern
for the archive report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen, we shall see
thats forged
got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
coming back after 20 months, is the watchlist still maintained
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it, ymmv
added to the watchlist
genuine question 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
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
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no escrow here
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we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted, thats just me
how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago
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i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
[edited]update on the earlier thing i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
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a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not