a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
#scam-watch 2025-08-05
Tuesday12 messages4 participantstimes are UTC
Highlights from this day
- pharmac_pen — got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing 09:39
- pooled_sample — an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby 09:51
- cagri_curious — this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago 10:09
- vik_verifies — i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account 12:11
- vik_verifies — a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not 12:19
got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
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an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
pressure tactic
this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago
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coming back after 19 months, is the watchlist still maintained
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
do not engage
i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
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a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal