is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
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#scam-watch 2026-04-04
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nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
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relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
thats forged
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the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
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added to the watchlist
[edited]how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
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fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
*Medutest not the other one
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
do not engage
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money, i think
[edited]do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
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screenshot it
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a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
coming back to this is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
ok so a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
thats the pattern
right so the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
no names please
report it
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*that should say weekly
thats retail not fraud
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam, ymmv
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago
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redacting that
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
update on the earlier thing i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account, i have it written down somewhere
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
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classic advance fee
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certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
coming back after 16 months, is the watchlist still maintained
follow up a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
update from 24 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
read it character by character
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advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern
somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail
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is it worth reporting or does nothing happen
pressure tactic
thats forged
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relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
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somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
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this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist
screenshot it
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam