update on the earlier thing if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can, happy to be corrected
#scam-watch 2026-04-26
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the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal
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screenshot it
do not engage
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby, ymmv
pressure tactic
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
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no names please
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read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
redacting that
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i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
unrelated but fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
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while im here a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
thats the pattern
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
[edited]how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
[edited]a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
no escrow here
thats forged, from memory