thats the pattern
#scam-watch 2026-04-23
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Highlights from this day
- bengaluru_bac — an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby 14:30
- lot_number_lou — a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is, i have it written down somewhere 14:32
- sulphur_burp — sorry to jump in relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime 16:01
- cat_on_the_tray — impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile… 18:42
- sulphur_burp — a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam, ask me again in a month 18:44
is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake
[edited]they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
report it
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quick one how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
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a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is, i have it written down somewhere
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we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
[edited]update on the earlier thing how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
thats a bad batch not fraud
no escrow here
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sorry to jump in relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
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added to the watchlist
coming back after 25 months, is the watchlist still maintained
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that, happy to be corrected
classic advance fee
update from 12 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
group buy organiser has gone quiet after 16 days, what do people do
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
read it character by character
screenshot it
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam, ask me again in a month
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right so the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal
somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
thats retail not fraud