read it character by character
#scam-watch 2025-09-23
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Highlights from this day
- deamidation — follow up a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with… 07:08
- VialBot — Channel stats, last 30 days: 54 messages from 16 members. 10:03
- deamidation — a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not we do not name private individuals in this channel. that… 10:24
- deamidation — tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case 10:40
classic advance fee
update from 26 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
follow up a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
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for the archive we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
thats retail not fraud
what is the actual advice, just do not engage
i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money, we shall see
no escrow here
no names please
thats forged
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
added to the watchlist
advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern
09:50ferrous_ash pinned a message
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
Channel stats, last 30 days: 54 messages from 16 members.
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam, someone check my working
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate, from memory
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
thats the pattern
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
screenshot it
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report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
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quick one how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it