MSE News: Police close fake online stores targeting Christmas shoppers

78mjt

edgex wrote: »

so if they arnt very web savvy, dont shop online
or at least dont shop at sights found randomly on google

would these same people buy stuff from someone just stood in the street?


if people want to buy these sorts of items online, theres some really easy things they can do:
> look at the sites of the mainstream retailers, ie. the high st names, amazon, play etc
> look at the official site, & see if they have a list of authorised resellers
> check that there are full & proper contact details - that means a uk address, telephone number, proper email address, not a gmail or hotmail address
> if they want to check a site theyve come across elsewhere, google the actual site name to see if it appears on MSE, & do a whois search to see who owns the domain name



for some reason this link dosnt work:
Spend online without fear: Buy Safely Online

I couldn't agree more - and sure common sense tells you that if you are going to shop online and find an 'unbelievable deal' it really is unbelievable....

brettcta

did they shut down gc's pc's?

Inactive

Sadly, the only way some will ever learn, is the hard way.

TurkishDelight

zierisaver wrote: »

An interesting article, I wonder how much man-time it took and cost to do this. Ultimately, the web is a pretty lawless place - would we be better having that money spent on educating people to spot these sites? Then those that chose to waste their money on them are not also wasting tax-payers money on trying to get them closed down?

I agree, and while I am glad to see them shut down it is a drop in the infinite ocean that is the internet. Education is the only way to go.

grand_march_aida

Yet again a step in the terrible direction of the police being able to dictate who can and cannot use the internet. Nominet are complicit in 1984 activities.

Ok so the IDIOTS who didn't check for a valid SSL certificate (which when signed by a Certifying Authority proves who they are doing business with) and didn't bother to do a quick Google search for "domainname.co.uk problems" then it's their own stupid fault. I think they deserved to have their money taken away from them, may it teach them better for next time.

It'll only be a matter of time before the old-gang party political leaders at the top of the police force start getting them to demand the taking down of any website which speaks ill of the elitist who presume to rule over us.

You're all guilty of letting this happen.

DCFC79

Surely people should just use common sense when looking for ugg boots or whatever,

nellyhunt

THIS WEBSITE IS SELLING FAKE BOOTS.The web name is UGGSALE dot CC.Please be carefull because they are selling FAKE boots.I bought 2 pairs and so lucky to get my money back.It might not happen to others people.
I have reported this website to Consumer Direct and official UGG retailer in Glasgow.

1958

can anyone tell me if the website tiffany collections .co.uk is genuine as prices look a bit hookey

fermi

1958 wrote: »

can anyone tell me if the website tiffany collections .co.uk is genuine as prices look a bit hookey

The website looks to have been taken down, so presumably not?