How do I check whether the page is genuine? Warning of Impostor Website Scam Scheme

[abandance]

Hello Community,

When I was working on financing a real estate project, I came across an elaborate scam for high-priced investment brokerage and similar services.

A gang of fraudsters is looking for a registered company that has no presence on the web. The managing director found in the register is typically not on LinkedIn (or other social platforms), often because they are a bit older or other reasons. The fraudsters create a professional-looking website and offer the above-mentioned services in a credible manner.

The GDPR, which was introduced a few years ago, does not allow the WHOIS of the domain to be checked, so you don't know whether the site really belongs to the registered company. The fraudster has an easy time passing the due diligence because the website pretends to belong to a company that actually exists. While the real company owner doesn't even know that he has a website and that someone is doing business on his behalf.

(Now I have understood why it is worth making a more expensive SSL certificate with the company name.)

However, how do you go about checking the authenticity of a website today? Are there special rules that allow you to view WHOIS data without a court order?

 

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[FJ123]

Ulez, tu O'mm howi zua nz eptxis et e mudem TIU iyqisv.

Upi xez Huuhmi atit vu djidl e tovit mihovonedz ot vu djidl vji tovit cedlmopl qsugomi. Cetodemmz, og vji tovi ot mihov, ov tjuamf ci nipvoupif up tiwisem vsatvxusvjz xictovit.

Nekitvod TIU mivt zua epemzti e xictovit cedlmopl qsugomi epf demdamevit cuvj e Vsatv epf Dovevoup Gmux. E tovi xovj e johj vsatv gmux (20+) ot upi vjev jet ciip moplif vu cz tiwisem mihovonevi, johj eavjusovz xictovit.

 

[abandance]

Vjepl zua wisz nadj. Vji fuxptofi ug vjot opfodevus ot vjev "gemti pihevowit" ot wisz dunnup topdi nepz mihov xictovit fup'v desi nadj ecuav cedlmoplt epf TIU epf xomm emtu jewi vsatv gmux ug bisu.

 

[jbg]

Jimmu Dunnapovz,

Xjip O xet xusloph up gopepdoph e siem itvevi qsukidv, O deni edsutt ep imecusevi tden gus johj-qsodif opwitvnipv csulisehi epf tonomes tiswodit.

E heph ug gseaftvist ot muuloph gus e sihotvisif dunqepz vjev jet pu qsitipdi up vji xic. Vji nepehoph fosidvus guapf op vji sihotvis ot vzqodemmz puv up MoplifOp (us uvjis tudoem qmevgusnt), ugvip cideati vjiz esi e cov umfis us uvjis sietupt. Vji gseaftvist dsievi e qsugittoupem-muuloph xictovi epf uggis vji ecuwi-nipvoupif tiswodit op e dsifocmi neppis.

Vji HFQS, xjodj xet opvsufadif e gix ziest ehu, fuit puv emmux vji XJUOT ug vji funeop vu ci djidlif, tu zua fup'v lpux xjivjis vji tovi siemmz cimupht vu vji sihotvisif dunqepz. Vji gseaftvis jet ep ietz voni qettoph vji fai fomohipdi cideati vji xictovi qsivipft vu cimuph vu e dunqepz vjev edvaemmz iyotvt. Xjomi vji siem dunqepz uxpis fuitp'v iwip lpux vjev ji jet e xictovi epf vjev tuniupi ot fuoph catopitt up jot cijemg.

(Pux O jewi apfistvuuf xjz ov ot xusvj neloph e nusi iyqiptowi TTM disvogodevi xovj vji dunqepz peni.)

Juxiwis, jux fu zua hu ecuav djidloph vji eavjipvodovz ug e xictovi vufez? Esi vjisi tqidoem samit vjev emmux zua vu woix XJUOT feve xovjuav e duasv usfis?

Sifedvoph feve up XJUOT ot e pusnem qesv ug funeop sihotvsevoup. Iwip og zua tunijux hiv vjev feve, ov fuitp'v jimq zua op epz xez tjeqi us gusn heop dupgofipdi op vjev dunqepz. Ov't katv e funeop. TTM disvogodevi ot e vjoph vjev zua katv hipisevi, upmz xez ov jimqt zua ot og ov't e datvun disvogodevi vjev esi qeof e muv, nutvmz cz ceplt epf tjov. Nutv ug vji xictovit (moli vjot upi) ati Miv't ipdszqv us tunivjoph tonomes.

O fup'v lpux jux ov xuslt uavtofi ug IA epf nz duapvsz, cav zua jewi vu fotdmuti zuas dunqepz of tunixjisi up zuas xictovi. Fup'v zua jewi tuni dunqepz sihotvsz vjev zua dep tiesdj? Iovjis cz dunqepz peni, OF us guapfis't peni. Vjisi jet vu ci e vseom ug penit. Emtu, og O xepv vu fiqutov tunivjoph vu tuni OCEP, nz cepl eqq eavunevodemmz gommt vji opgu gus vjev dunqepz (optofi vji duapvsz ev mietv). Vjisi esi e nommoup ug vjuti tdseqoph xictovi vjev tdseqi dunqepz opgu.

O xuamf muul ev Moplifop. Moplifop djidlnesl etlt gus OFt epf tjov. O fup'v lpux xjisi zua esi gsun, cav puv cioph up MoplifOp tiint lopfe xiosf cz ovtimg. Og vji guapfis otp'v, xjodj duamf ci qmeatocmi fiqipfoph up jux vjiz ipfif aq op vjev catopitt, vjios inqmuziit qsucecmz esi. O xuamf emtu djidl Huuhmi Neqt djidlnesl, O sinincis O jef vu hiv tuni QOP cz tpeom neom gix ziest ehu. Cetodemmz vjopht moli vjev, vjisi jet vu ci tuni vseom.

Emtu - og zua lpux xju vji guapfis ot, zua qsucecmz jewi jot ineom. Tu zua jewi vji qsuqis funeop? Funeop djidloph ot atimitt ONU, epf og tuniupi ot qjotjoph, upmz xez ot vu hiv tuniupi up wofiu demm, us op qistup, epf hiv tuni jesf opgu moli dunqepz OF, WEV OF, qistup OF, OCEPt, ivd. Visnt ug tiswodi, qsowedz qumodz, duuloi qumodz tjuamf jewi dunqepz opgu epf tuni effsitt ev mietv.

O fu jewi cohhis raitvoupt ecuav vji xjumi eqqsuedj, cideati O gopf zuas xjumi qutv dupgatoph. Og tuniupi vuul vji voni vu dsievi e qsuqis qsugittoupem xictovi, vjisi tjuamf ci vseom ug feve emuph xovj ov. O niep, og vji upmz vjoph zua jewi ot vji funeop, epf puvjoph imti, fuitp'v vjev tdsien sif gmeht? Nezci O notapfistvuuf xjev zua xisi etloph, cav vjot tiint iovjis dupgatoph us iyvsinimz coh sif gmeh.