the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
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#scam-watch 2025-09-03
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Highlights from this day
- alt_ast_ali — the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version 20:07
- motivation_gone — if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can 20:38
- taper_tess — impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money, from memory 20:41
- two_ml_two — a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear 20:54
- two_ml_two — the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen 21:32
report it
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if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
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impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money, from memory
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ok so they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
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redacting that
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply, from memory
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
slightly off topic but the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal
do not engage
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