To Detect Fake Shops

To Detect Fake Shops -The shop, which was not: at the beginning of the great offer is available, but at the end it is without goods. But look more closely and recognizes mostly before is how serious. There are several distinct characteristics.

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The extreme low price is the ultimate attraction of online predators, and because they can be identified as first. If online shoppers find an article for a fraction of the usual price of road, about a brand new iPhone 6 s for 200 euros, should ringing the alarm bells.

'Such shops send often shoddy merchandise or require an upfront payment and then don't send the ordered product', warns Andreas Mayer, Managing Director of the Central Office for police crime prevention of the States and the Federal Government in Stuttgart. "Often they fake then delivery problems, if they respond at all to requests."

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Look at the address

And who has been the fraudsters on the glue, probably never see again his money from the shop, which was none. "These shops use a fake imprint," Mayer explained. To locate the people behind it, would be difficult: "Often they sit abroad, impeding a prosecution." The best protection against fraud are a watchful eye and thorough thought before buying. The shop has a phone number with area code, where actually a competent person is available?

The fake shops are modelled on - often reputable dealer websites up to exact copies of famous sites. The first look should fall on the address bar in the browser: this is really the original address of the page, to which I wanted to or there is a difference, about a different top level domain, instead .de perhaps .com?

Western Union and Paysafe

Also the offered payment methods may be an indication. "Service providers such as Western Union or Paysafe the scammers can hiding behind without revealing their identity", Mayer warns. Ideal but that happened when a payment against invoice is offered, rarely. If an advance payment is required at least a safe payment system like PayPal should be used.

Many sites advertise with quality and security seals. These are but only images that can copy itself to everyone on his side. So you check against the seal. Well-known labels such as trusted shops or S@fer shopping list all certified shops on their websites. The you're looking for isn't here, you should ask. Often, fake shops invent your own seal of approval. There, too, a simple search on the net, helps to find out whether this seal at all exists. Known and verified seal is present on Internet guetesiegel.de.

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But away from the seal, search is useful. The Internet is full of stories, and often flies on a fake-shop by many negative comments on review sites. Even no experience reports to a shop can be found, this should be but also puzzled. At brand new shops one does better in patience, otherwise it is probably the first who finds fraud at the end.

Also the assortment can give instructions. Is the offer varied and selected thematically meaningful, what speaks for a reputable shop, or there are only a few, seemingly randomly selected article what should be skeptical.

Note portals

More rules and instructions can be found on pages Kaufenmitverstand.de and police beratung.de. The page watchlist internet.at collects fake shops and accepts new evidence. Also consumer centres are a good starting point: they also help when it is tapped in the case.

There are also technical workers who warn of fake stores. "The browser developers create lists with dangerous sites, including even fake shops", explains Frank Timmermann of the Institute for Internet security in

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