update from 25 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
#scam-watch 2025-09-18
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- drawup_dee — i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account 19:04
- drawup_dee — i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that, someone check my working 19:59
- per_mg_pete — the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen 20:14
i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
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somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
do not engage
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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a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime, i could be wrong
got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
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do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
[edited]classic advance fee
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
read it character by character
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that, someone check my working
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they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
no escrow here
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
[edited]the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
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coming back after 17 months, is the watchlist still maintained
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail
redacting that
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
[edited]nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
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group buy organiser has gone quiet after 22 days, what do people do
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
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the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
thats a bad batch not fraud
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot, n of 1 obviously
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for the archive we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
thats the pattern, for what its worth
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam, for what its worth
is it worth reporting or does nothing happen