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#scam-watch 2026-04-25

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Highlights from this day
  • blind_submit — someone claiming to be support for KP contacted me first, real or not 19:16
  • blind_submit — is it worth reporting or does nothing happen 19:19
  • flint_fills — a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged, from memory a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy,… 19:23
  • VialBot — On this day 2 years ago this channel logged 96 messages. 20:12
BS

for the archive 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

BS

someone claiming to be support for KP contacted me first, real or not

a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works

is it worth reporting or does nothing happen

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a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over

FF

the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves, still working it out

a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged, from memory
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged

EM

right so tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake

what is the actual advice, just do not engage

EM

i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that

EM

read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works

report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case

somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell

VB

On this day 2 years ago this channel logged 96 messages.

FA

we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted

IT

a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not

FF

if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can