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#scam-watch 2025-09-13

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  • septum_sal — i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account 20:31
  • halifax_hplc — the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot 20:53
  • septum_sal — is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam 21:33
  • snac_and_water — while im here read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works 21:37
SS

this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago

SS

i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account

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SA

fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate

SA

a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam

HH

the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot

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HH

impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money

SA

quick one an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby

HH

the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen

HH

got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing

follow up i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that