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How to verify a website is who they claim to be
- 2-23-2010
- Categorized in: Blogs
.org are presumably for "non-profit organisation" in the past, and is more widely accepted as non-commercial in nature. However, that does not imply that all .org sites are who they claim to be. In fact, anybody can register a .org domain name for as cheap as $9.95, and call themselves "accredited".
Lets say there are 2 fictitious sites as follows:
- authority.gov (the authoritative site, or it can be .edu, etc)
- anothersite.org
anothersite.org approaches you to say that they belonged to authority.gov, and would like to ask for a favour from you.
Most people will go to anothersite.org and find all the references back to authority.gov.
However, the correct way of verifying is not through the links at anothersite.org, but there must be a page at authority.gov that points to anothersite.org.
Its commonsense, but some people will take it for granted, out of convenience, that as long as "anothersite.org says that it belongs to authority.gov", it's real.
What some scammers do is to "overload" you with information so that you will give up checking and believe that its real. They exploit the fact that many would not like, or does not have the time to perform due diligence to verify the facts before plunging in.
And by connecting series of cheap $9.95 sites, they are able to overload you with information, to the extent so as to convince you or a potential victim that "analysis paralysis" is kicking in and "why not you just accept its real and believe in them".
What is "analysis paralysis"? Its a saying that the more information you have may lead you to the wrong decision. However, its not how much information, but its where you get the information that matters. Research students have been told not to rely simply on information they found on the web, but to verify which are the authoritative sites. Quoting an article or comment from an unauthoritative site will not add credibility to the research.
Cheap and free stuff are the reasons for spam, and that is why its hard to stop spam mails completely. Free emails, cheap domains, free posting at social networking sites, free posting at classified ads, free blogs (wordpress, blogspot), etc. There are great stuffs from cheap and free sites, but not without the bad side-effects that can grow worse as more and more people join in the spam.
has anyone received an email from Cadbury World Promotions stating that you have won a lucky numbers, an aniversary promotion. They give a email of cadburyworldpromotions.co.cc It seems lagit but I'm weary. They dont ask for cash only tipical info such as name ,address,telephone #......no ss# or bank info. I am worried and dont want to proceed into a scam
Inregards to #51 I have contacted Cadbury World and they have informed me that their company does not have any such winning number lottery, they have advised me not to give out any personal information to the fraudulous individuals. Cadbury World has turned this over to their legal team.
Hi,
Does anyone know anything about a website named www.onlineaddclick.net/. Is this a legal site? I want to invest in there? They are claiming to be working throughout the world. I want to know more about this site and about their documents. If anyone knows this site please help me out.
Thank you
hi can anyone tell me if those website are legit or scam i wantt to invest online in those companies but but want to make sure first
ameritrade,traderoom,schwabs or your own bank are a couple places to start. DO-NOT release your s.s.n. set up a seperate bank account when you start this, make sure it not linkd to any other of your accounts. a good way to do this is to open another paypal account. good luck, i'm having the same trust problem.
Does anyone know a construction company name Powerline Construction Company Ltd (PCC) in UK, which headquarters is in Aberdeen? I have met somebody in the internet who claimed that he is a deputy project manager at the PCC. He even gave me the website, www.powerlineco.com. I've seen the website but it seems impossible to me that a multinational oil and gas company with offices around the world has a very pathetic website. However, I want to be sure that I am right, that the website is created as a background for scams that he and his friends do. Thanks.
What did they sent you? They just registered their website about a year ago.
Domain Name: powerlineco.com
Updated: 1 second ago - Refresh
Registrar: DIRECTI INTERNET SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD. D/B/A PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM
Whois Server: whois.PublicDomainRegistry.com
Referral URL: http://www.PublicDomainRegistry.com
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Expiration Date: 2012-03-25
Creation Date: 2010-03-25
Last Update Date: 2011-06-26
Dear friends
somebody from Malayasia her name jannie vanalten ask money to help to return to Belgium
any body know this person
thank you
DEAR WINNER:
KINDLY FIND IN ATTACHED COPY OF YOUR DELIVERY INFORMATION.
REGARDS.
COCA-COLA COMPANY HEADQUARTERS.
COCA-COLA GREAT BRITAIN
1 QUEEN CAROLINE STREET
HAMMER-SMITH
LONDON,W6 9HQ UNITED KINGDOM.
24HOURS ONLINE CUSTOMER SERVICES)
Tel:+448713152371
Fax: +447010476848.
How i know that my email is select for prize
Hi,
I also received an email from Shell Petroleum Development Company of UK London, saying i have won a lottery worth 1,000,000.00 British pounds for the 2011 Draw and they said the consignment will be courried to be paid for. I didnot Know it was a scam because they did not ask for my bank details or upfront money and they just asked for me to send details for delivery and they said it was an automated programmed raffle draw. It sounded very real but now after checking the details of the same SPDC, I have seen it should be fake.The problem is they then requested for my scan identity for identificatoin which i sent and my fear is that it may be used for dubious means by these people. Please help me on how I can stop this scam and retrieve my document from being used.
PLease help me
Wamundila
The so called Publishers Clearing House called me and told me i won 495,000 dollars and I didnt need to do anything to accept it but be at my house to receive the check with my state id. And if I didn't want the check just tell them and they would donate it to the United Nigro Fund. They gave me a price claim # and the banks name they usewhich was Loyd's Bank TSB. Again they stated that I did not need to do anything does anyone know anything about this and what can I do.
please tell me about my winning price
Does anybody know anything reported about this company being another one of those money laundering scams involving western union....?????
las grandes corporaciones que citan estos delincuentes tendrian que tomar cartas en el asunto y limpiar su "buen nombre" ya que ellos cuentan con una infinidad de recursos para encontrarlos y ponerlos tras las rejas y si no donde esta interpol? el F.B.I Y demas agencias mundiales? seudos paladines de la investigación y la justicia.
en un comentario aparte debo decirles que si te ganas un premio importante que te envíen primero el dinero y luego con esas jugosas sumas no creo que tengas problema alguno en remitirles un par de cientos en concepto de gastos y honorarios, no lo crees así? Dios los bendiga por su inocencia y confianza con mucho mas dinero y felicidad. Un amigo!
A Mr S.T Gullivar from HSBC is trying to scam my mom (I think). He says my mom has been located for an inheritance - his letters are so convincing. He is from the UK and wants her date of birth and addr. He has not asked for banking details or ID yet. He states Mr Felix Ellis has died and she could be a beneficiary if she co operates with him. He even sent her a copy of his passport. VERY CONVINCING!
I just got scammed from a Malaysian inheritance sheme. they told me a oil barren died in the tsuami & died with out a will,barrister dunbar his so called lawyer, he emailed me & said because i had the same last name as his deceased client, he would file with the bank in Malaysia to prove i was next of kin & i would be able to receive his funds, after sending him and his other buddy so called lawyer $9.000 dollars. they sent me all kinds of proof showing that i was his next of kin and i will receive his $17,5000.00. the lawyer wanted to split this fund 50-50 wihich iagreed to. they sent me all kinds of legal documents showing that i would be able to receive this money, once in my acct i should notify him to send his money.All the legal documents they sent looked very legitament, they had all the seals. stamps, letterhead indicating Malaysin Govt agenicies'. now they want me to send $51,211.00 to pay Bank Persatuan to acttivate acct because it has been dormant for 6+years. I told them i do not have that kind of money, after a lot of debate they agreed to pay $30,000 and i would pay $21,211. they think i will be sending this money tommorrow 2/18/11 by western union, i intend to let them keep thinking this until i can get these scammers with some help, i already filed a complaint with th FBI, any one have any thoughts on what i can do.
Bobby
in the past 6 month i have receved so many over a dozen letters saying the same thing but just different names and amounts and they are asking me to send them money for processing fee i kept all of copies but i want to write a book so people can ref this now i need to find out how to do this maybe i can get on the internet so people can ref this issue and stop doing it
Could someone please help me and tell me before I loose my dollars if AX GOld Club.com is any legit stuff....???