the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal
#scam-watch 2026-06-17
Wednesday36 messages8 participantstimes are UTC
Highlights from this day
- appetite_back — read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works, anyway a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a… 21:07
- pbs_pip — a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is 21:13
- panel_before_after — fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate, take that with a pinch of salt 21:26
- pbs_pip — someone claiming to be support for KP contacted me first, real or not 21:27
- nine_nine_one — the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves, i have it written down somewhere a chromatogram that appears on two… 22:24
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear, your mileage will differ
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby, your mileage will differ
i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
unrelated but is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
*that should say weekly
somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail
no escrow here
[edited]unrelated but is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake
coming back to this is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
panel_before_aftera second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first…
update from 24 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
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do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it, ill dig out the number
thats forged
they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted, thats just me
tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
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read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works, anyway
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
do not engage
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
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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, take that with a pinch of salt
someone claiming to be support for KP contacted me first, real or not
screenshot it
ok so relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime, thats just me
pressure tactic
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
is it worth reporting or does nothing happen
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves, i have it written down somewhere
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
coming back after 1 months, is the watchlist still maintained
group buy organiser has gone quiet after 17 days, what do people do