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
#scam-watch 2025-05-16
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- luerlok — read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works 12:11
- subq_sy — 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 14:17
- VialBot — Purity check: no report on file for lot SG-1177. Nothing logged either way. 15:06
- luerlok — impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money 15:17
how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
pressure tactic
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
coming back after 4 months, is the watchlist still maintained
unrelated but how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
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while im here fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
thats forged
no names please
got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
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 21 days, what do people do
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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thats retail not fraud
update from 17 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is, ymmv
Purity check: no report on file for lot SG-1177. Nothing logged either way.
right so i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
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the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen, i think
a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
right so the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves