the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
#scam-watch 2025-02-26
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- chaser_chris — coming back to this impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money 22:46
- no_escrow_nate — someone claiming to be support for WXT contacted me first, real or not fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep… 22:58
- VialBot — Assay note: BCH lot G-0641 reported at 99% of label content. 23:10
- fake_tracking — is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate 23:48
- fake_tracking — a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over 23:58
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
coming back to this impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
thats retail not fraud
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thats a bad batch not fraud
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist
someone claiming to be support for WXT contacted me first, real or not
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
classic advance fee
follow up do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
[edited]follow up group buy organiser has gone quiet after 25 days, what do people do
coming back after 19 months, is the watchlist still maintained
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
Assay note: BCH lot G-0641 reported at 99% of label content.
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no names please
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
report it
is it worth reporting or does nothing happen
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
pressure tactic
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
screenshot it
redacting that
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that, for what its worth
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
ok so report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
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