do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
#scam-watch 2025-10-04
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- power_through_no — fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate we do not name private individuals in this channel.… 21:24
- lisbon_lot — slightly off topic but relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime 21:32
- power_through_no — an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby 21:53
- amsterdam_aliquot — we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted, n of 1 obviously 22:29
- coa_or_cope — anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour 22:35
pressure tactic
classic advance fee
coming back after 5 months, is the watchlist still maintained
thats the pattern
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a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
screenshot it
no escrow here
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fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
is it worth reporting or does nothing happen
slightly off topic but relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
redacting that
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i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
added to the watchlist
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
what is the actual advice, just do not engage
they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
*Medutest not the other one
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
group buy organiser has gone quiet after 10 days, what do people do
thats a bad batch not fraud
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no names please
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted, n of 1 obviously
anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour
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do not engage
right so update from 1 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
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
report it
coming back to this a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist
[edited]read it character by character
sorry to jump in is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
[edited]this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago