a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
#scam-watch 2026-03-17
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Highlights from this day
- VialBot — Reminder for courier_vs_post: dose day is today. Set 6 days ago. 12:09
- oasis_ola — coming back after 18 months, is the watchlist still maintained 13:51
- coa_or_cope — relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime 13:59
- coa_or_cope — fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate 14:42
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
thats the pattern
do not engage
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
redacting that
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i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
thats forged
this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist
no names please
genuine question impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
slightly off topic but report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
screenshot it
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works, ymmv
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
Reminder for courier_vs_post: dose day is today. Set 6 days ago.
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classic advance fee
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
tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
pressure tactic
read it character by character
coming back after 18 months, is the watchlist still maintained
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got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
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an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
read it character by character
report it