How “seized shipments” turn into second profits and why the same buyers may pay twiceScams 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 communityhow buyers are funnelled into group buyshow delays and shortages are normalisedand how the narrative is already in place before anything goes wrongUsing 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.