got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
#scam-watch 2025-08-20
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- mood_dip_mari — we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted 14:58
- customs_owl — a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not, i could be wrong 17:38
- customs_owl — fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate 18:40
is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
classic advance fee
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
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the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
thats the pattern
is it worth reporting or does nothing happen
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago
do not engage
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a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
sorry to jump in relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
thats retail not fraud
thats a bad batch not fraud
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added to the watchlist
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
genuine question the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen, ill dig out the number
*Medutest not the other one
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
update from 14 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
report it
coming back after 24 months, is the watchlist still maintained
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
no escrow here
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch
read it character by character
screenshot it
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake
no names please
screenshot it
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not, i could be wrong
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fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
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group buy organiser has gone quiet after 10 days, what do people do
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
*PeptideMeter not the other one