do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
#scam-watch 2025-09-21
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Highlights from this day
- VialBot — New independent result logged — FGP, lot KP-0925, purity 99.4% (VendorInvestigate). 12:55
- cat_on_the_tray — got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing 14:14
- cat_on_the_tray — genuine question the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal 15:34
- plateau_pen — genuine question impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money 16:10
- low_and_slow — how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience 20:06
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
[edited]classic advance fee
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no escrow here
they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
read it character by character
quick one is it worth reporting or does nothing happen
right so an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
[edited]New independent result logged — FGP, lot KP-0925, purity 99.4% (VendorInvestigate).
thats forged
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coming back after 19 months, is the watchlist still maintained
update from 4 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
report it
Purity check: no report on file for lot A-2418. Nothing logged either way.
no names please
do not engage
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen, for what its worth
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail
got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
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advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
update on the earlier thing certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
genuine question the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal
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a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
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genuine question impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
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if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can, not advice obviously
for the archive a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
group buy organiser has gone quiet after 10 days, what do people do
this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
thats retail not fraud
pressure tactic
screenshot it
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works, n of 1 obviously
how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
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somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour