u/StrangerthanFunction

So I’m sick of these scammers taking advantage and ripping people off, myself included. Of 5 purchases in the last 6 months 3 have been scammers (laikangbio, Uther, zenith jove) and I think others need to be aware of the signs and learn from others mistakes to avoid the same thing. It’s heartbreaking and frustrating.

They impersonate real companies and setup a channel often posting customer feedback and deliveries of successful orders. They have the same usernames, profile photos as real vendors and even delivery websites that claim to have shipped your order.

expresslogisticsstore.com

Is an example of a scam delivery company website. They ask for customs clearance after watching your order shipped and held at your local airport or destination.

These are some key telltale signs of a scam:

1. You will be directed or referred to a telegram, WhatsApp or other channel or community. This is the first mistake. Even searching for their channel is problematic as the scammers have setup fake accounts, channels, websites and spend hours on all platforms looking for victims.

Only find vendors via a trusted source, even the forums ‘vendor marketplace’ is compromised with impersonators as that’s one of the scams where I got done.

2. Users can’t post messages, all messages are posted by the company in their channel. This may not be obvious at first. Don’t be fooled by the large number of members or photos of feedback from ‘customers’

3. Don’t rush to pay the quote. They will msg you immediately with a price list and payment. Stop and wait. Even legit vendors will honour the price and order days or weeks later.

Hopefully this saves someone from being scammed at least as it’s really sh!t to be a victim of these f@&$!?s again and again.

Before you comment with an ignorant reply, I’ve been buying goods from chinese vendors for over 15 years for all sorts of things and this market (grey peptides) is the absolute worst for scammers and impersonators.

But once you find a legit vendor with quality service you should stick with them as it’s not worth the hassle of losing money and wasting time. As with every new vendors is just another chance to be scammed.