the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
#scam-watch 2025-08-09
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Highlights from this day
- peak_split — while im here we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted 12:23
- peak_split — update on the earlier thing the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen 12:31
- peak_split — someone claiming to be support for ERP contacted me first, real or not 12:35
- charge_state — what is the actual advice, just do not engage 13:17
- vik_verifies — anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour 17:00
got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
report it
while im here we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
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the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case, from memory
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
update on the earlier thing the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
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*VendorInvestigate not the other one
someone claiming to be support for ERP contacted me first, real or not
right so is it worth reporting or does nothing happen
[edited]a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
what is the actual advice, just do not engage
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pressure tactic
classic advance fee
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
group buy organiser has gone quiet after 5 days, what do people do
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account, anyway
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
coming back after 12 months, is the watchlist still maintained
no escrow here
the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal
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
[edited]thats retail not fraud
added to the watchlist
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
read it character by character
genuine question they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch
thats the pattern
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anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour
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is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam