genuine question i tell the real company when their branding is being used. twice they already knew and once they did not, reported and screenshotted
Thread · #scam-watch · 2026-06-17
if the payment method is unusual and the pressure
Spun off from a message in #scam-watch on 2026-06-17. 5 messages, 5 participants.
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- seven_five_sweet — circling back if the payment method is unusual and the pressure is high, that is two of the three tells at once, check when the domain was registered. thats not the real address 20:46
the payment step is where the tells concentrate, because that is the only step the operator actually needs, nothing here is legal advice
keeping the screenshots
pressure is the tell that generalises. everything else changes and pressure does not, reported and screenshotted
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is