follow up certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
#scam-watch 2025-01-25
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Highlights from this day
- hard_stop_hal — somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail 20:02
- eight_mm — advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern 20:14
- vial_ledger — a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear, still working it out an anonymous group buy organiser holding… 20:29
- mag_citrate — fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate 20:41
this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist
tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
*that should say weekly
ok so is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail
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advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern
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got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
group buy organiser has gone quiet after 22 days, what do people do
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear, still working it out
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
*Janoshik not the other one
classic advance fee
a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
no names please
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
thats forged
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
do not engage
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot, take that with a pinch of salt
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply