report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
#scam-watch 2026-05-29
Friday16 messages5 participantstimes are UTC
Highlights from this day
- tyne_tracks — relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime, i think 20:50
- vial_ledger — slightly off topic but a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam 21:05
- vial_ledger — a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear 21:19
- vial_ledger — a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over 21:21
is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch
a fake tracking number that resolves on no carrier at all is conclusive. one that resolves and stalls is not
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime, i think
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slightly off topic but a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam
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a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear
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update from 24 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
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a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
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if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
coming back to this the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
the watchlist is pinned and maintained. add anything you find with a screenshot
is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
impersonating a real supplier support desk is the pattern that has cost members the most money