group buy organiser has gone quiet after 20 days, what do people do
#scam-watch 2026-04-18
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Highlights from this day
- olive_orders — a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam 19:07
- secretagogue_sy — do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator… 19:31
- typosquat_tay — for the archive i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account, not advice obviously 19:50
- olive_orders — update on the earlier thing certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion 20:28
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
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thats forged
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
sorry to jump in got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
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for the archive a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is, someone check my working
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
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someone claiming to be support for BCH contacted me first, real or not
for the archive i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account, not advice obviously
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read it character by character
redacting that
thats a bad batch not fraud
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
update from 24 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
pressure tactic
sorry to jump in tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
do not engage
thats the pattern
somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
update on the earlier thing certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
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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
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
report it
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime