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#scam-watch 2025-09-14

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Highlights from this day
  • pharmac_pen — right so tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake 17:45
  • meal_prep_mick — impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money 17:48
  • tenpence — update on the earlier thing someone claiming to be support for BCH contacted me first, real or not 18:26

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

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

TO

do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it, n of 1 obviously

MP

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

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TE

update on the earlier thing someone claiming to be support for BCH contacted me first, real or not

OO

group buy organiser has gone quiet after 7 days, what do people do

pressure tactic

PP

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

relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime, from memory