someone claiming to be support for WWB contacted me first, real or not
#scam-watch 2026-04-03
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Highlights from this day
- power_through_no — fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate 17:13
- rotate_the_site — if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is… 17:22
- drawup_dee — i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account 17:38
- see_a_clinician — impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money 18:38
- pooled_sample — a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is 18:56
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
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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if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
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i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
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quick one is it worth reporting or does nothing happen
somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
added to the watchlist
coming back after 8 months, is the watchlist still maintained
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
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thats a bad batch not fraud
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a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
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do not engage
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update on the earlier thing what is the actual advice, just do not engage
[edited]they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime, ill dig out the number
classic advance fee
redacting that
thats the pattern
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the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
pressure tactic
no escrow here
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
update from 13 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it, take that with a pinch of salt
somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail