a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
#scam-watch 2025-04-27
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- no_escrow_nate — ok so relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime, i could be wrong 23:04
- deadspace — i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that 23:18
- freeze_thaw — impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money, thats just me 23:40
- freeze_thaw — a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not 23:44
- freeze_thaw — a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is, i have it written down somewhere 23:45
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
follow up is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
[edited]ok so relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime, i could be wrong
redacting that
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
screenshot it
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report it
this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
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do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
group buy organiser has gone quiet after 24 days, what do people do
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
[edited]*Janoshik not the other one
no escrow here
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an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist
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, thats just me
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a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is, i have it written down somewhere
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted