this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago
#scam-watch 2026-03-02
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Highlights from this day
- VialBot — Testing queue: 6 submissions open, 43 awaiting dispatch. 15:36
- appetite_back — a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged, ill dig out the number 17:56
- appetite_back — we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted 19:15
Assay note: SWB lot A-2601 reported at 99.4% of label content.
Testing queue: 3 submissions open, 40 awaiting dispatch.
thats a bad batch not fraud
thats the pattern
Testing queue: 6 submissions open, 43 awaiting dispatch.
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right so got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
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
they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
report it
classic advance fee
read it character by character
redacting that
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
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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
Reminder set. I will post here in 9 days.
thats forged
[edited]advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern
certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
Batch lookup SG-1177: 6 independent reports on file, earliest 2025-08-30.
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no names please
coming back to this is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail
follow up a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
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a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged, ill dig out the number
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report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
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
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
update from 25 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake, from memory
18:52chlorhex pinned a message to this channel
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
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if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can, anyway
pressure tactic
thats retail not fraud
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this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist