thats retail not fraud
#scam-watch 2026-01-18
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- seoul_swirl — if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can 23:15
- seoul_swirl — the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot 23:34
- impersonator_ip — an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby 23:58
do not engage
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
group buy organiser has gone quiet after 4 days, what do people do
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
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is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch
thats a bad batch not fraud
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
thats the pattern
how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
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added to the watchlist
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the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
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read it character by character
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves, thats just me
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a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
what is the actual advice, just do not engage
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
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