i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
#scam-watch 2026-06-22
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Highlights from this day
- VialBot — Channel stats, last 30 days: 69 messages from 33 members. 15:19
- amber_vial — is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam 16:09
- apob_over_ldl — is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake 16:20
- first_and_last_four — we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted 16:58
- apob_over_ldl — impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money 18:56
somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
Channel stats, last 30 days: 69 messages from 33 members.
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it, we shall see
no names please
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read it character by character
for the archive an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
while im here the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
[edited]is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
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nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
added to the watchlist
for the archive a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake
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ok so report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
*PeptideMeter not the other one
update from 5 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
genuine question the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
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somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail
certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
first_and_last_foura discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there…
got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
*that should say weekly
thats a bad batch not fraud
they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
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no escrow here
thats retail not fraud
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do not engage