added to the watchlist
#scam-watch 2026-01-16
Friday22 messages4 participantstimes are UTC
Highlights from this day
- stack_sceptic — slightly off topic but relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime 21:12
- assay_not_purity — how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience 21:15
- ruo_only — tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake 21:27
- stack_sceptic — fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate, take that with a pinch of salt 21:54
genuine question somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail
screenshot it
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
assay_not_purityimpersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the…
slightly off topic but relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
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unrelated but advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern
how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
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group buy organiser has gone quiet after 25 days, what do people do
tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
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update from 5 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
what is the actual advice, just do not engage
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate, take that with a pinch of salt
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist
thats forged
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
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no escrow here
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version