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[Pattern] the nine scams. that is it. there are only nine.
Three years of maintaining the pattern list. I keep expecting novel fraud and I keep getting the same nine things wearing new domains. Cloned storefront. Real shop's…
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c/scamalerts · created 21 Sep 2023
Confirmed fraud patterns, cloned shops, fake COAs. Evidence-only.
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[Resolved] i accused QYB of a fake COA. i was wrong. correcting the record.
Two weeks ago I posted that a QYB certificate had a producer string inconsistent with laboratory software and implied it was generated. It was a re-export. The original…
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posted 4 days ago by u/batch_number_bertie
[Resolved] the QST batch dispute — vendor retested at their own cost, numbers matched, my errorFull timeline, because the accusation was mine and it was loud. June: my sema 10mg tested well under the COA. I posted it as a below-spec result and named the vendor.…
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posted 5 days ago by u/receipts_or_nothing
net peptide content: i finally have a number and almost nothing to compare it againstFlairing this as a question deliberately, because I have one number in a field where there are almost no numbers and that is not enough to conclude anything about…
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posted 5 days ago by u/paper_trail_paula
SGN keeps getting reported as fake and i think it is because it looks like a normal companyFourth report in six months alleging SGN is not a real supplier. Every time, the reasoning is some version of "the site looks like a distributor rather than a peptide…
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posted 7 days ago by u/no_refunds_nr
[PSA] the "send it again and we will refund the first" message is always a scamNumber eight on the pattern list, and it has come up three times this month, so it gets its own post. The message says your payment did not arrive, or arrived short, or…
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posted 9 days ago by u/lina_bruun
[Confirmed] cloned storefront, same product photos, different checkoutcloned storefront, same product photos, different checkout. If anybody has the same lane and a different experience I would genuinely like to see it next to mine. Went…
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posted 11 days ago by u/kaplan_meier_kim
[Pattern] the nine scams. that is it. there are only nine.the nine scams. that is it. there are only nine — a position I have arrived at slowly and would like tested. The site had a decade of testimonials and a domain…
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posted 13 days ago by u/scam_taxonomy
[Confirmed] recycled COA PDF — same producer string, same timestamp, three vendorsrecycled COA PDF — same producer string, same timestamp, three vendors. Multiple orders, one buyer, which makes this a series and not a survey. Lost money once, years…
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posted 15 days ago by u/aa_analysis_andy
four accounts, same typo, same hour, all recommending the same shopPosting this as a discussion rather than a claim: four accounts, same typo, same hour, all recommending the same shop. The directory deliberately separates "we have…
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posted 18 days ago by u/nikhil_teixeira
[PSA] "we are the manufacturer" plus a Gmail address is the whole tell"we are the manufacturer" plus a Gmail address is the whole tell. Two minutes of reading now saves an argument later. Was in a group buy that went quiet for six weeks.…
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posted 21 days ago by u/valeria_karlsen
[Confirmed] group buy exit scam, 3.4k, full timeline and screenshotsgroup 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…
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posted 24 days ago by u/RetaAndRegret2
[Pattern] the fake-testing-service scam is getting better and that worries mePosting this as a discussion rather than a claim: the fake-testing-service scam is getting better and that worries me. The directory deliberately separates "we have…
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posted 27 days ago by u/rina_bergstrom
[Unverified] anyone else get a DM offering "wholesale pricing"anyone else get a DM offering "wholesale pricing". If this has been answered properly somewhere, link me and I will delete. Ask for the batch-specific certificate…
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posted 1 months ago by u/solene_ilunga
[Resolved] accused a vendor of a fake COA. i was wrong. correcting the record.Short report. accused a vendor of a fake COA. i was wrong. correcting the record. Dates and lane below. Group buys concentrate custody, payment and communication in one…
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posted 1 months ago by u/sock_puppet_spotter
[PSA] a discount code in a first comment is an instant ban and here is whyPutting this at the top of the board where it belongs: a discount code in a first comment is an instant ban and here is why. The checks I run before sending money…
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posted 1 months ago by u/ignacio_silva
[Confirmed] site copied our own wiki text word for word to look legitimateAdding to the record: site copied our own wiki text word for word to look legitimate. It matches what the source page already shows, for whatever that is worth. Why…
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posted 1 months ago by u/rulebook_rachael
[Pattern] brand-new domain + aged social proof = generated reviewsbrand-new domain + aged social proof = generated reviews. Change my mind, genuinely — I have no stake in being right about this. The group-buy structure, described…
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posted 1 months ago by u/neha_mwangi
why does nobody talk about fraudSlightly embarrassed to be asking this, but: why does nobody talk about fraud. Now I buy small from anyone new, test it, and only then commit. It has cost me a few…
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posted 1 months ago by u/farid_kuipers
[Question] how do you actually verify fake COAhow do you actually verify fake COA. I am not trying to be the "source?" guy. I would just like a source. Asked a new shop for a batch-specific certificate before…
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posted 1 months ago by u/divya_bakken
does cloned site actually matter or is it forum lore at this pointdoes cloned site actually matter or is it forum lore at this point. I am not trying to be the "source?" guy. I would just like a source. A report is useful here when it…
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posted 2 months ago by u/gastric_emptying_g
[Lab] 9th independent test on MKM — 97.7% on a claimed 97.5%, and the trend is the interesting partNumbers in the title, numbers in the post. 9th independent test on MKM — 97.7% on a claimed 97.5%, and the trend is the interesting part. Since the title puts numbers…
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posted 2 months ago by u/ahmed_cardoso
three years of cloned site threads, summarised so you do not have to read themthree years of cloned site threads, summarised so you do not have to read them. Not a hot take, just something I have not seen said plainly here. Cloned storefronts…
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posted 2 months ago by u/farid_kuipers
the exit scam question that gets asked weekly, answered properlyThe title is the argument: the exit scam question that gets asked weekly, answered properly. Here is the rest of it. Reported something here with dates and screenshots…
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reading fraud threads from 2024 and half of it aged badly
reading fraud threads from 2024 and half of it aged badly. It is the sort of thing everyone half-believes and nobody writes down. Nearly paid a cloned storefront.…