i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
#scam-watch 2026-01-09
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Highlights from this day
- gus_charts — fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate 20:37
- net_peptide — somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell 21:02
- gus_charts — quick one we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted 21:41
genuine question coming back after 11 months, is the watchlist still maintained
slightly off topic but the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
no names please
tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
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how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
follow up impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
is it worth reporting or does nothing happen
somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
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update from 9 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal
read it character by character
Reminder for net_peptide: dose day is today. Set 5 days ago.
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
group buy organiser has gone quiet after 16 days, what do people do
quick one we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
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classic advance fee
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot, ymmv
[edited]a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
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no escrow here
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
added to the watchlist
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby