Real or fake?
Fake Online Shops are not always easy to recognize.
- Either a complete, professional-looking stores will be re-created or already-known portals are copied so well that at first, no doubt.
- Invented Shops fake seal of approval and reviews of the well-known review sites.
- You will find a product within an not known online store and it will be offered much less expensive there than at other retailers, should be ringing your alarm bells.
- Compare the price with other providers. The price is significantly below the normal average, you should refrain from a purchase.
- Also, the consumer helps. With one call you can find out whether or not your selected Shop has already been brought in fraud cases.
- You can use Web of Trust. This Tool shows you for free the most famous Shop fakes on the Internet.
False Online Shops unmask
On reviews attention
First of all, it is important that you use good sense and in front of the order on the Internet, ask around.
- Enter the name of the seller or the web address in a search engine, they encounter fraudulent sites quickly to negative reviews and warnings from buyers who were cheated out of.
- Even if there are only good reviews, this is often an indication of fraud.
Detailed info about the Shop to obtain
You have concerns, take you the page a little more closely. Check to see who the Domain was registered.
- For Germany, you can do so at the Denic find out.
- For Domains with the extension .com there are information in the case of ICANN.
- In Germany, the imprint obligation. It is a Shop with the ending .de look at the imprint closer. There must be data to contact you included. Of course, this information can be faked also.
- Before ordering you should try to contact the seller.
- No contact is achieved, or the imprint is missing completely, you should refrain from a purchase.
Payment types note
Also, the payment methods offered can indicate a fraudulent page.
- Be alerted, if only advance payment is possible.
- You will not use any payment services such as Western Union, paysafecard or Ukash.
- Today, every legal Shop gives you useful is the possibility to pay via PayPal. This provides you with at least a certain amount of buyer protection, when you receive the goods.
As you money from PayPal to reclaim can learn in the next article.
