unrelated but tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
#scam-watch 2025-03-20
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Highlights from this day
- pooled_sample — a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged 17:57
- pooled_sample — is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam 19:23
- still_here_2024 — an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby 19:26
- still_here_2024 — for the archive a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over 19:47
- power_through_no — read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works 20:00
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screenshot it
thats retail not fraud
anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
sorry to jump in do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
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the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
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, take that with a pinch of salt
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
group buy organiser has gone quiet after 5 days, what do people do
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
update from 4 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
someone claiming to be support for ERP contacted me first, real or not
is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
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an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
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i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch
for the archive a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
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fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
thats forged
this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
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a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam