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#scam-watch 2026-01-11
Sunday23 messages5 participantstimes are UTC
Highlights from this day
- is_this_forever — impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money 19:34
- manila_meniscus — a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not 20:22
- manila_meniscus — a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged 20:47
- igf_one_ivy — report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case, ill dig out the number 21:24
- igf_one_ivy — an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby 21:27
thats forged
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
no names please
[edited]is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
thats retail not fraud
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genuine question how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
read it character by character
the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal
added to the watchlist
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classic advance fee
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a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
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what is the actual advice, just do not engage
thats a bad batch not fraud
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while im here this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case, ill dig out the number
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
fridge-temps.csv
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unrelated but tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
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