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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
[Unverified] Homopeptide net peptide content came in under claim — anyone else on this compound?Flairing this Unverified deliberately. I have one result and one other member reporting something similar, which is not enough to call anything. BPC 10mg, batch…
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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 checkoutGenuinely asking, not being difficult. Everyone in c/semaglutide repeats that fraud is important. I believe it, but I have never seen anyone show why, and when I search…
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posted 11 days ago by u/kaplan_meier_kim
[Pattern] the nine scams. that is it. there are only nine.Right, the PDF metadata question again, but with numbers this time. I have 5 data points over 10 weeks. The pattern is consistent enough that I do not think it is…
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posted 13 days ago by u/scam_taxonomy
[Confirmed] recycled COA PDF — same producer string, same timestamp, three vendorsTrying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: fake COA matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides…
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posted 15 days ago by u/aa_analysis_andy
four accounts, same typo, same hour, all recommending the same shopWeek 10 update. 46kg down from the start, early fullness basically gone since about week 62. Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I…
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posted 18 days ago by u/nikhil_teixeira
[PSA] "we are the manufacturer" plus a Gmail address is the whole tellConfession thread, sort of. I went from 7.5mg to 2.4mg much faster than I should have because the scale had stalled and I got impatient. The stall broke about 12 weeks…
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posted 21 days ago by u/valeria_karlsen
[Confirmed] group buy exit scam, 3.4k, full timeline and screenshotsI have had 4 orders now and I keep a table, so here is the honest summary rather than a vibe. Material has been consistent. Communication has not. Shipping has varied…
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posted 24 days ago by u/RetaAndRegret2
[Pattern] the fake-testing-service scam is getting better and that worries meWeek 3 update. 19kg down from the start, early fullness basically gone since about week 55. Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I…
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posted 27 days ago by u/rina_bergstrom
[Unverified] anyone else get a DM offering "wholesale pricing"Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: cloned site matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides…
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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.Confession thread, sort of. I went from 2.5mg to 1.0mg much faster than I should have because the scale had stalled and I got impatient. The stall broke about 18 weeks…
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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 whyI have had 11 orders now and I keep a table, so here is the honest summary rather than a vibe. Material has been consistent. Communication has not. Shipping has varied…
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posted 1 months ago by u/ignacio_silva
[Confirmed] site copied our own wiki text word for word to look legitimateWeek 80 update. 31kg down from the start, muscle cramps basically gone since about week 25. Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I…
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posted 1 months ago by u/rulebook_rachael
[Pattern] brand-new domain + aged social proof = generated reviewsTrying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: cloned site matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides…
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posted 1 months ago by u/neha_mwangi
is it normal to get constipation at week 94Confession thread, sort of. I went from 1.7mg to 0.25mg much faster than I should have because the scale had stalled and I got impatient. The stall broke about 7 weeks…
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posted 1 months ago by u/ines_ekstrom
the fake COA thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it downI have had 23 orders now and I keep a table, so here is the honest summary rather than a vibe. Material has been consistent. Communication has not. Shipping has varied…
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posted 1 months ago by u/divya_bakken
the cloned site question that gets asked weekly, answered properlyI have had 14 orders now and I keep a table, so here is the honest summary rather than a vibe. Material has been consistent. Communication has not. Shipping has varied…
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posted 2 months ago by u/gastric_emptying_g
week 36 check-in — 11kg down, the food-noise thing manageable, one thing confusing meSomething I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud. The advice on fake COA in this community changed substantially around the start of last…
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posted 2 months ago by u/ahmed_cardoso
cloned site vs fake COA — genuinely asking which matters moreexit scam. That is the whole post, but I will justify it. Everything else people worry about in c/cryptopay is downstream of it. Titration speed, reflux, the endless…
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posted 2 months ago by u/farid_kuipers
genuine question about exit scam that I am slightly embarrassed to askQuick one. Canada here. scam works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice…
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posted 2 months ago by u/gastric_emptying_g
[Question] Sweden — has anyone got a straight answer on fake COAGenuinely asking, not being difficult. Everyone in c/reconstitution repeats that exit scam is important. I believe it, but I have never seen anyone show why, and when I…