somebody is using the room name to sell things, who do i tell
#scam-watch 2026-05-05
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- endotoxin_ed — somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail 15:22
- endotoxin_ed — i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that 16:39
- gus_charts — we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted 17:36
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
genuine question a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
no names please
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how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
Archive lookup: transit_degrade first appears in this channel on 2026-03-26.
how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
report it
an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby, ill dig out the number
thats the pattern
ok so group buy organiser has gone quiet after 18 days, what do people do
do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it
this certificate has the same chromatogram as one from two years ago
anyone recognise this pattern, a discount that expires in an hour
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pressure tactic
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
update from 22 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
redacting that
do not engage
coming back to this a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
[edited]someone claiming to be support for GGPeps contacted me first, real or not
got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
[edited]somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail
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thats retail not fraud
screenshot it
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money
[edited]certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
ok so the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
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read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
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a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
transit-times.csv
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tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account, n of 1 obviously
a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over, thats just me
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
thats a bad batch not fraud
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not