[Confirmed] group buy exit scam, 3.4k, full timeline and screenshots
group buy exit scam, 3.4k, full timeline and screenshots, and I want to be careful to separate what I measured from what I felt. Asked a new shop for a batch-specific certificate before ordering. The reply was a generic catalogue page. I did not order. The site had a decade of testimonials and a domain registered in…
Disagree with naming anyone on that basis. One person’s bad month is not a pattern and the sidebar exists for this exact reason.
Agreed on the no-names rule. It protects the board and it protects people who turn out to be wrong.
Correction: that domain is one character different from the one you posted, which is rather the point of this thread.
Group buys concentrate custody, payment and communication in one person with no structure behind it. That is not an accusation about anyone — it is a description of the risk shape.
the review page nobody can find on any other site is a warning
Do you have anything in writing from before the payment?
Domain age, registrar and certificate issuance date are all public and take about a minute to check. A site claiming years of history on a months-old domain is the cheapest signal available.