the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
#scam-watch 2026-01-28
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- wrong_network — advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern 22:40
- no_chargeback — relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive.… 23:14
- wrong_network — someone claiming to be support for SWB contacted me first, real or not 23:50
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch
read it character by character
this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago
advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern
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got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
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a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour
somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
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how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
what is the actual advice, just do not engage
update from 25 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
do not engage
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
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a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not, ymmv
*that should say weekly
slightly off topic but a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
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a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over, for what its worth
someone claiming to be support for SWB contacted me first, real or not