a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
#scam-watch 2025-03-30
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Highlights from this day
- ferrous_ash — relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy,… 16:10
- ferrous_ash — a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not 16:18
- ferrous_ash — an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby 16:20
- orfor_watch — update from 24 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake 16:23
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
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i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
16:12ferrous_ash pinned a message to this channel
anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
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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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is it worth reporting or does nothing happen
update from 24 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
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got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
read it character by character
no escrow here