the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
#scam-watch 2024-11-23
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Highlights from this day
- relabel_watch — ok so a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not 08:40
- VialBot — Channel stats, last 30 days: 118 messages from 43 members. 09:03
- ring_size_down — coming back after 21 months, is the watchlist still maintained 11:06
- relabel_watch — nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply 13:37
- ferrous_ash — impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money, ask me again in a month 15:50
added to the watchlist
classic advance fee
no escrow here
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
ok so a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
Channel stats, last 30 days: 118 messages from 43 members.
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coming back after 21 months, is the watchlist still maintained
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certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
what is the actual advice, just do not engage
read it character by character
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
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impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money, ask me again in a month