Specific scam sites

Very often I get asked How do you know it is a scam? Usually I can tell within the first 3 Seconds. Today Moty asked me how about https://eeonstore.com/ ? Let’s start with having a look how old the website is, for that I use the HE Net WHOIS: https://bgp.he.net/dns/eeonstore.com#_whois It said: Creation Date: 2018-03-14 … Read more

Quite a few people asked on my website and our Facebook page on feedback on websites like http://maintainedplaza.com, http://postedsale.com, http://filledsale.com – do they look similar to you? Prices are low, too low to be believable. No contact, no address. They all look more or less like this one: Aim is purely to get your credit … Read more

Recently a site visitor ask me about http://hjm-light.com and they have send him their business registration. So lets have a closer look…. He received this two scans: The first is an annual Hong Kong business registration. They other one is the CR record, the record of incorporation. What is interesting the the Chinese company name， … Read more

In December 2016 I wrote a blog post about awstore.co. They are still active on Facebook and their own website. I had a look again, they have a new frontpage picture showing a cool phone store: Nice store? Yes, certainly. Problem is, it’s not their store. It’s an Apple Store in Bangkok and the image … Read more

I few days ago ‘Reda’ ask about coreofficial.com – so I had a look. The site is hosted on GoDaddy, so it’s most likely not from China. On their about page they say the company does iPhones since 2007 …. .. however, the WHOIS tells us something different: Created in December 2016 – a bit over … Read more

Let’s a have a closer look at a typical China #electronics_scam site that I reported already: http://freeshipelectronic.com What I notice first is, that websites looks similar to 100th of other China electronics sites. They have some random images of a (Apple?) store in China, and of course plenty of electronics on display. Next, check the … Read more

Many people ask the last few days “how about sz-borun?” Lets have a more detailed look at this scam: #1 > If you take a look at the WHOIS you see that the website got only created 2016-04-20 – just about 8 month old. That is not good. #2 > Look at the products, you see … Read more

A few people recently ask me about  awstore.co , and what I think about it. I am highly suspicious for a few reasons, to me it looks like it belongs in the #electronics_scams group. I give you a few reasons here: 1. The website is just about 1 month old (creation date 2016-11-10), but on … Read more