is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake
#scam-watch 2026-05-27
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Highlights from this day
- hr_log_hattie — update on the earlier thing i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that 09:01
- hr_log_hattie — is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account 09:49
- snac_and_water — relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime 10:09
- relabel_watch — a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear 10:56
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update on the earlier thing 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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how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it
thats retail not fraud
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redacting that
is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch
i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
they asked for a second payment because the first one "did not clear"
unrelated but the reply came from a different address than the one i wrote to, is that normal
thats a bad batch not fraud
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tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
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right so group buy organiser has gone quiet after 18 days, what do people do
is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
genuine question read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear