this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist
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#scam-watch 2025-07-15
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Highlights from this day
- sulphur_burp — a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear 10:09
- underfill_uma — anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour 10:59
- freeze_thaw — the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version 11:34
- underfill_uma — an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby, not advice obviously 14:51
- underfill_uma — got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing 16:38
thats retail not fraud
no escrow here
thats the pattern
what is the actual advice, just do not engage
classic advance fee
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the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
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pressure tactic
report it
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves, ymmv
the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal
this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
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somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
medutest-report-b-0114.pdf
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a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
read it character by character
update on the earlier thing the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that, ill dig out the number
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour
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added to the watchlist
[edited]is it worth reporting or does nothing happen
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
redacting that
somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail
group buy organiser has gone quiet after 20 days, what do people do
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
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ok so impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money, thats just me
while im here a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
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update from 9 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
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i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
do not engage
tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
follow up fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby, not advice obviously
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screenshot it
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works, from memory
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do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
fridge-temps.csv
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screenshot it
is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch
got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
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