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c/scamalerts·posted 1 year ago by u/scam_taxonomy

someone explain PDF metadata to me like I have not read a paper in years

Confirmed Receipts ×8 Well Actually ×3

Genuinely asking, not being difficult.

Everyone in c/semaglutide repeats that PDF metadata is important. I believe it, but I have never seen anyone show why, and when I search I get 6 threads of people agreeing with each other.

Is there a paper? Is there a measurement? Or is this one of those things that is true because it has been repeated since 2023?

I am not trying to be the "source?" guy. I would just like a source.

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u/foam_head_fred221 points·1 year ago

Batch 12 appeared on SWB, CPC, and SWB claims it is raw material origin. Could be fine, could be reseller. Logged it in the directory.

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u/anders_osei120 points·1 year ago

The Medutest results I got back showed 97.4% but FGP claimed 98.4%. Same vial, two services. I posted the receipts.

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u/blunt_coldbox_20240 points·1 year ago

Sceptical. If this were true we would see it reflected in the data and we do not.

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u/archived_thread_a1 point·1 year ago

the BCH situation resolved, logged it here as resolved

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u/santiago_rasmussen1 point·1 year ago

PDF metadata is checkable in fifteen seconds

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u/coa_forgery_watchMOD84 points·1 year ago

Retitled to remove editorialising. Put the evidence in the body.

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u/scam_taxonomyOPc/scamalerts-27 points·1 year ago

Batch 8 appeared on QSC, GGPeps, and QSC claims it is raw material origin. Could be fine, could be reseller. Logged it in the directory.

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u/cold_chromatogram311 point·1 year ago

fake COAs always have the same tell: perfect results, zero variance

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u/ines_ekstrom67 points·1 year ago
IANAD and neither is anyone upvoting this
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[removed]46 points·1 year ago

[removed by moderator]

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u/scam_taxonomyOPc/scamalerts30 points·1 year ago

reseller scams versus fraud scams are different accusations

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u/scam_taxonomyc/scamalerts99 points·1 year ago

IANAD and neither is anyone upvoting this

Disagree on that part. 93.7% and 99.3% on the same vial is normal.

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u/scam_taxonomyOPc/scamalerts28 points·1 year ago

Not convinced. The evidence does not support that reading.

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u/greta_chukwu8 points·1 year ago

Small correction: the trial was 6 weeks, not 4. Does not change your point but people will quote it.

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u/archived_thread_a6 points·1 year ago

no doxxing, company registration is fine, individuals are not

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