Scams are nothing new in the grey market.
But this one works a little differently.
In this episode, we break down what’s being described as the “Phoenix group buy scam” a pattern where a failed or allegedly failed group buy may not be the end of the story.
Instead, it can become the starting point for something else.
We walk through how these setups typically unfold:
how trust is built inside the community
how buyers are funnelled into group buys
how delays and shortages are normalised
and how the narrative is already in place before anything goes wrong
Using the Opaline Health & Science case as a real example, Part 1 focuses on the structure, not the outcome.
Because the key question isn’t just what happened.
It’s how the system was built to begin with.
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