quick one the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
#scam-watch 2024-10-13
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- coa_or_cope — a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged, your mileage will differ i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a… 16:54
- coa_or_cope — a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the… 16:55
- cold_chain_cmdr — read it character by character 17:50
- blind_submit — we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted, thats one data point 18:45
- blind_submit — this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago 19:45
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged, your mileage will differ
i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
report it
update on the earlier thing certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
update from 3 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake, ask me again in a month
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no escrow here
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redacting that
i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
read it character by character
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pressure tactic
is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch
group buy organiser has gone quiet after 15 days, what do people do
screenshot it
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
coming back to this 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, thats one data point
is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
do not engage
thats a bad batch not fraud
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago
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nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
classic advance fee
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it, i could be wrong
got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail
thats the pattern