nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
Thread · #scam-watch · 2025-01-25
when a report turns out to be a misunderstanding
Spun off from a message in #scam-watch on 2025-01-25. 15 messages, 5 participants.
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- back_from_away — told the real company when a report turns out to be a misunderstanding it stays up with the correction underneath it, a wrong name is a real harm 21:58
report it and do not engage. engaging tells them the address is live, the lab confirmed the reference does not exist
seen this wording before these sites are cheap to stand up and cheap to abandon. the same operation reappears under a new name
screenshot attached, address bar visible we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
report, document, move on. the documenting is what helps the next person, pressure is the tell
i keep screenshots of everything reported here in case somebody needs them later
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thats retail not fraud
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report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
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a brand new domain is a reason to look harder, not a verdict on its own
you read the shape
[edited]an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
the payment step is where the tells concentrate, because that is the only step the operator actually needs
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it, anyway
screenshot with the address bar visible, always. a screenshot of a page with no url is a picture of some text
domain check what does the room do when a report turns out to be a misunderstanding