Many People keep asking if they INTERNET have done more Good than Harm.
Scammers,Fraudsters,Hacker are creeping all over the net looking for prey . There are many ways people can be scam but one of the most common and least expected way to be scam is through a website . Online Market , Ponzi Scheme, Bitcoin , Etc are type of website that you can easily be scammed on .
1. Design - Website presentation and design matters . if you run a serious business , you will make sure that your website also looks serious . Some Scammer can out beat you when it comes to design I.e some scammer will make it difficult for you to decide whether they are fake or not.So if the design looks OK fine.
there are other things you should look out for when trying to identify a scam website.
*icons , logo - some website search for random logos And icons and use in there website . well , a professional designed website created icons , favicons and logos themselves .
2. Domain Extension - Don't be confuse i am talking about domain extension not domain name a website that claims to be an NGO Site Can easily Be Identify. Most NGO , Churches , International And National Organisation Use the .ORG domain extension , But other extensions like .COM , .EU , .NG , .US ,.CO.ZA can be used but if a NGO website pose with a free domain extension like .GA , .CU.CC , .TK Etc Which is Suspicious and unprofessional you should not be spoken to before exiting the site for good.
3. Testimonials - 70% of Legit website that are based on investment and online money making ventures don't have testimony page,Why? Because they are trusted . Website with ton of positive positive convincing testimonies should not be trusted.
4. Site Ranking(Popularity) - Well , This is not considered as a way to fish out scam site but to me i find this interesting and efficient websites with low ranking are considered as not productive and decelerative . A Legitimate website will have visitors on it own originality speaks .
5. Offers - A scam website will be identify easily via there offers , A Scam website can give you 10$ per referral but you hardly get 0.1$ per successful referral from a legit site. Too good to be true offers given by sites are not to be trusted.
These are some few ways to differentiate between a legit and scam website.
Drop any one i missed via the comment box.
Scammers,Fraudsters,Hacker are creeping all over the net looking for prey . There are many ways people can be scam but one of the most common and least expected way to be scam is through a website . Online Market , Ponzi Scheme, Bitcoin , Etc are type of website that you can easily be scammed on .
Here is how To Identify A Scam Or Legit Website
1. Design - Website presentation and design matters . if you run a serious business , you will make sure that your website also looks serious . Some Scammer can out beat you when it comes to design I.e some scammer will make it difficult for you to decide whether they are fake or not.So if the design looks OK fine.
there are other things you should look out for when trying to identify a scam website.
*icons , logo - some website search for random logos And icons and use in there website . well , a professional designed website created icons , favicons and logos themselves .
2. Domain Extension - Don't be confuse i am talking about domain extension not domain name a website that claims to be an NGO Site Can easily Be Identify. Most NGO , Churches , International And National Organisation Use the .ORG domain extension , But other extensions like .COM , .EU , .NG , .US ,.CO.ZA can be used but if a NGO website pose with a free domain extension like .GA , .CU.CC , .TK Etc Which is Suspicious and unprofessional you should not be spoken to before exiting the site for good.
3. Testimonials - 70% of Legit website that are based on investment and online money making ventures don't have testimony page,Why? Because they are trusted . Website with ton of positive positive convincing testimonies should not be trusted.
4. Site Ranking(Popularity) - Well , This is not considered as a way to fish out scam site but to me i find this interesting and efficient websites with low ranking are considered as not productive and decelerative . A Legitimate website will have visitors on it own originality speaks .
5. Offers - A scam website will be identify easily via there offers , A Scam website can give you 10$ per referral but you hardly get 0.1$ per successful referral from a legit site. Too good to be true offers given by sites are not to be trusted.
These are some few ways to differentiate between a legit and scam website.
Drop any one i missed via the comment box.
This is a great content, considering all the fake sites parading online this days. Nowadays, it is very difficult to differentiate legit site from scam sites... But your tips and power aids outlined above.. we ca reassured of avoiding pit fall...
ReplyDeleteWith the rate of fake websites around, especially yahoo boys who have switched from their normal business to this. .One must be so careful
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