#scam-watch 2026-05-25

we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted

i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that

coming back to this do not engage. do not negotiate. do not send a test payment. screenshot and post it

an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby

someone claiming to be support for GGPeps contacted me first, real or not

Archive lookup: two_three_lifts first appears in this channel on 2026-04-25.

relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime

report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case

thats forged

the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot, we shall see

somebody is relabelling and marking up, is that a scam or just retail

for the archive the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version

for the archive impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money

pressure tactic

a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear, for what its worth

if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can

while im here how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it

Digest for the week of 2026-01-15 has been published.

fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate

is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam