if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
#scam-watch 2026-03-09
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Highlights from this day
- coa_or_cope — relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime, someone check my working 17:49
- oli_orals — update from 6 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake 17:53
- marrow.mod — slightly off topic but coming back after 11 months, is the watchlist still maintained 17:59
- food_noise_off — how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it 18:44
thats forged
[edited]relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime, someone check my working
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
update from 6 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
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impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
slightly off topic but coming back after 11 months, is the watchlist still maintained
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is it worth reporting or does nothing happen
how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
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do not engage
they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"