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#scam-watch 2026-01-24
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Highlights from this day
- first_and_last_four — somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case 19:47
- no_chargeback — what is the actual advice, just do not engage 19:58
- chain_of_custody — tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake 20:12
- coa_or_cope — is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam 21:31
- first_and_last_four — is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake 23:14
someone claiming to be support for GGPeps contacted me first, real or not
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern
they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
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is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch
update from 21 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake, n of 1 obviously
what is the actual advice, just do not engage
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slightly off topic but if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
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follow up i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over, ill dig out the number
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
Recon calculator: 40mg in 3ml = 4mg/ml.
thats retail not fraud
report it
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
pressure tactic
how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
On this day 2 years ago this channel logged 93 messages.
how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
Digest for the week of 2025-04-12 has been published.
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour
Batch lookup SG-1177: 7 independent reports on file, earliest 2025-07-24.
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
coming back after 25 months, is the watchlist still maintained
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is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
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the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
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thats a bad batch not fraud
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genuine question 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
redacting that
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby, happy to be corrected
somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail
this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake
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read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate