coming back after 11 months, is the watchlist still maintained
#scam-watch 2025-03-01
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Highlights from this day
- luerlok — somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell 21:10
- back_from_away — a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is 22:02
- back_from_away — fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate 22:12
classic advance fee
right so someone claiming to be support for QYB contacted me first, real or not
somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail
added to the watchlist
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somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
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the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
no escrow here
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no names please
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
update from 8 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
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is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
do not engage
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist
*Medutest not the other one
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
*that should say weekly
i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
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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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thats a bad batch not fraud
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
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advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern
thats retail not fraud
anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour
thats forged
sorry to jump in got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby