the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
#scam-watch 2024-11-16
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- customs_owl — how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience 12:16
- customs_owl — i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account 12:24
- mag_citrate — nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply 15:37
- mag_citrate — a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is 15:46
- customs_owl — a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam 16:05
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen, thats just me
follow up read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that, still working it out
coming back to this somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it, happy to be corrected
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
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report it
how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
while im here a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not, still working it out
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
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i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
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if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
coming back to this this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago
genuine question is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
classic advance fee
tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version, someone check my working
no names please
thats a bad batch not fraud
no escrow here
got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
[edited]the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
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a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
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a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
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