How to avoid shopping on a fraud website

As for the post about the frauds ads on Facebook, I would like to share some basic tricks to let you get rid of the fraud website.

1. Domain name is always as same as the brand name.

 The fraud website cannot use the official domain registered by the brand already. If the website represents the official website, check the domain name first. But read the domain name carefully, some fraud side will use a similar name to cheat you, such as www.leg0.com or www.Iego.com. The best way is to google the name of the shop and sees if Google can find it. Also, check the details what Google shows to you.

2. The layout(details) of the website

If the layout of the website is awful or everything mixed together, you should be careful that it must be a fraud website. For instance, this website screenshot the rating, but not to implement it. If you can not see any review on the website, it must be a fraud.

3. Do not pay by Credit Card or Bank Transfer 

 The scammers will reuse your card details to make more requests. Pay by PayPal or other organisations which can suspend/hold the payment when you make a dispute is the best choice.

4. Do more research before you place an order

 Use the keyword on the website on Google to see how many people visit this site and interacted with it. Just be careful the fraud review because the scammers are not along.

If you still cannot make sure that website is a fraud or not, just leave it alone and ignore the popup ads from the social media because it is not worth to pay the money you got by your hard working.

May the force be with you.

Useful Links: (Before clicking the link below, it's a good practice to google the title of links for avoiding phishing)

Protecting your online shopping rights

Competition & Consumer Protection Authorities Worldwide

Online Shopping scams

Beware of the fraud ads on Facebook timeline

It's not about the coding but this can save your pocket. My wife tried to buy a Christmas gift for me from an online shop which pretends as an official Lego website and advertises on Facebook. The website looks like the official one on the mobile, however, it doesn't do it well for the desktop version.

The photo of products looks like the official one. If I don't open it on my laptop, I won't find the awful design of this website. So, please check the details, such as the rating, of the product before place an order. The rating on this page is photocopied so that we cannot see the actual review or rating. This shop tries to create more new Facebook accounts and advertise on it, even someone report the fraud ads to Facebook.

I'm so so sorry for that it makes my wife lose $100. As a result, Do not buy anything from the ads on Facebook to prevent fraud ads. Just Google the name of the shop which you already knew and someone has bought something from it. Or chose the shop which accepts PayPal, then you may have a chance to get your money back if it's a fraud shop, but you still have to take a risk. In my opinion, the best way is that only buy the stuff from wherever you trust.

By the way, don't click the ads underneath this post which provided by Google if you don't know that shop. I trust Google but people make mistake as same as me. Good luck, guys.