someone claiming to be support for CPC contacted me first, real or not
#scam-watch 2026-04-05
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Highlights from this day
- customs_owl — sorry to jump in i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account 21:48
- drawup_dee — impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money 22:19
- protein_floor — ok so group buy organiser has gone quiet after 23 days, what do people do 23:09
sorry to jump in i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
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somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
coming back to this how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
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report it
the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal
read it character by character
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
coming back to this read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
first_and_last_fourcoming back to this how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
thats retail not fraud
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is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
classic advance fee
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what is the actual advice, just do not engage
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
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On this day 6 years ago this channel logged 101 messages.
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves, thats one data point
anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
pressure tactic
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
thats a bad batch not fraud
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime, from memory
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
do not engage
is it worth reporting or does nothing happen
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
no escrow here
Reminder for wrong_network: dose day is today. Set 7 days ago.
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch
is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake
update from 12 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
ok so group buy organiser has gone quiet after 23 days, what do people do
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sorry to jump in do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
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thats forged
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advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern
slightly off topic but no names please
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Batch lookup C-4402: 7 independent reports on file, earliest 2026-02-18.
thats the pattern
screenshot it
how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
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they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
do not engage
sorry to jump in this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist
[edited]no escrow here
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