a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is, n of 1 obviously
#scam-watch 2026-06-29
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Highlights from this day
- LC_MS_Lena — the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen 18:02
- vacuum_vic — the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves 18:56
- vacuum_vic — got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing 18:57
- freeze_thaw — certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion 21:50
group buy organiser has gone quiet after 14 days, what do people do
we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
report it
nobody legitimate contacts you unsolicited offering a discount. report it, do not reply
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
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is it worth reporting or does nothing happen
thats forged
report it even if nothing happens. the pattern is the value, not the individual case
right so update from 22 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake
no names please
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
read it character by character
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the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves
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got an unsolicited message offering a discount, is this a known thing
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a reply from a different address than the one you wrote to is worth stopping over
a bad batch is not a scam. an underfill is not a scam. slow support is not a scam, i could be wrong
unrelated but what is the actual advice, just do not engage
i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
thats a bad batch not fraud
this domain is one letter off the real one, adding it to the watchlist
*Medutest not the other one
is a bad batch ever grounds for calling something a scam
pressure tactic
21:08ferrous_ash pinned a message
read the domain character by character. that is the entire defence and it works
is a hyphenated version of a real domain always fake
if you cannot tell an impersonator from bad support, treat it as an impersonator until you can
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version
certificate looks recycled from another lot, second opinion
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a second payment because the first "did not clear" is the pattern. there is no first payment to clear