tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
#scam-watch 2026-01-15
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- marrow.mod — right so relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime 20:11
- coa_or_cope — nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply 21:31
- marrow.mod — the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves 21:35
- VialBot — Assay note: WXT lot H-2814 reported at 97.4% of label content. 22:06
thats the pattern
update on the earlier thing i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
right so relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
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coming back after 5 months, is the watchlist still maintained
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
thats a bad batch not fraud
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
pressure tactic
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thats forged
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
screenshot it
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it, not advice obviously
right so this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged, thats just me
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour
somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
no names please
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
redacting that
do not engage
added to the watchlist
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we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
*that should say weekly
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
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the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
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update from 15 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
*that should say weekly
thats retail not fraud
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
someone claiming to be support for QST contacted me first, real or not
classic advance fee
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Assay note: WXT lot H-2814 reported at 97.4% of label content.
coming back to this the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
no escrow here
read it character by character
they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"