group buy organiser has gone quiet after 25 days, what do people do
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#scam-watch 2025-04-01
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- cold_chain_cmdr — group buy organiser has gone quiet after 25 days, what do people do 21:12
- tenpence — they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear" 21:19
- marrow.mod — the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version 21:47
- underfill_uma — a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged 21:52
- underfill_uma — fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate 21:56
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
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classic advance fee
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nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
[edited]thats forged
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do not engage
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screenshot it
is it worth reporting or does nothing happen
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a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
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while im here read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
[edited]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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thats a bad batch not fraud
unrelated but the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
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redacting that
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
thats retail not fraud