a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
#scam-watch 2025-06-04
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Highlights from this day
- cold_chain_cmdr — how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it 09:24
- no_appetite_nia — the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version 09:43
- no_appetite_nia — the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen 09:54
a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
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thats retail not fraud
update from 1 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
*Medutest not the other one
how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
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thats forged
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
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the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
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if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can, ask me again in a month
redacting that
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
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got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
[edited]a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
pressure tactic
what is the actual advice, just do not engage
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money, n of 1 obviously
i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
thats a bad batch not fraud
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
group buy organiser has gone quiet after 4 days, what do people do