got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
#scam-watch 2026-04-17
- eight_mm — follow up this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist 20:04
- eight_mm — fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate 21:18
- first_and_last_four — is it worth reporting or does nothing happen 22:02
- dark_for_ten_days — right so the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves, ill dig out the number 22:38
follow up this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist
certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
advance payment for a "reservation", has anyone seen this pattern
report it
genuine question 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 second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account, for what its worth
is it worth reporting or does nothing happen
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged, thats just me
coming back to this do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it, ask me again in a month
right so the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves, ill dig out the number
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted