Topic: Fake website - page 3. (Read 601 times)

What you say is also true, but it's still a better step to see the extent of the website's legitimacy from there, while also carrying out a deeper screening of the website or investment service provider. If you are able to carry out your own investigation, even better and you will be able to convince yourself how appropriate it is for us to put money there.

Trustpilot reviews offer some value, but should not be the sole factor when evaluating a website's legitimacy.  Counterfeit sites have become adept at manipulating reviews to appear authentic.  Just like fake products, there are also fake reviews.  Scammers can pay for positive reviews or write them themselves to make a website seem legit.

The first thing you need to do is to use common sense. Any website that offer high returns is mist likely a scam. Remember the saying:"when it sounds too good to be true, it probably is".
Do your own research like checking how old the website is, the validity of the company's license.. You can also read reviews of other customers but do not rely too much on that as some reviews might be fake.
If you still have some doubts, you can always ask here.

If you are not good at recognizing scam sites, it is best to ask in communities like this one - before you decide to invest money.  People here can be a great resource for spotting red flags.

But a website is not made for investment, so why do you have to invest in any website? If you see anyone asking you to invest in any website, you should know it’s a scam, so you don’t even have to identify any scam websites. You can learn more about bitcoin on different websites, but you should never invest your money in any website.
 
If you want to invest, then visit any reputable exchange, purchase your bitcoin from the exchange, and send your bitcoin to a non custodial wallet. Never leave your bitcoin even on exchange, no matter how reputable the exchange is. Any exchange can fail at any moment, and if you have money in the exchange, then everything will be gone.

You can check the reputation of the website on scamadviser.com. They show a detailed analysis of the website as well as reviews of other people. You can then make an informed decision about the website. It usually comes out like this:



https://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/valhadex.com

Keep your bitcoins offline, if you have your wallet in the same device that you use to browse the internet and visit lots of websites, then you can possibly lose your money. To download crypto wallets and stuffs, do not do it through playstore or app store, download them through their original website.

Your coins is never safe if you keep it in the same device you use to browse the internet and visit different websites, such as adult sites for example. Even if you get into the correct websites, your device can be infected with malwares when you visit such sites.

Most of the newbies do not have much knowledge about cryptos and phishing sites. So for me, as a newbie, you should always DYOR and ask about the site if it's legit or not you can ask it here or bring it to Reddit and any crypto-related forums.
Because that is the best source to know if the site where you invest is legit or not.

Also, take note of the site registered date because most of the newly published sites are scams.

there are many phishing websites created by scammers to deceive potential bitcoin investors. usually they make this website very similar to the original, and therefore visitors need to be careful and always verify whether the website is really a credible and trusted website or in accordance with the platform they are visiting. users should be able to use several tools such as web advisors to see whether the website is genuine or they can check the legitimacy of the website by discussing it in forums, and there are many other ways that users can do to prevent themselves from being scammed or hacked.

If it was actually created greatly its gonna be difficult to know if it is a fake website if you just see it the first time, I mean most of the scam websites and completely running well before they would end up shutting down and running away with your money, so there was no actual way but to do some research about the website, so that you could identify some red flags and with that you could assume its risk when putting your money or investment on it. Even here in the forum I think there was a thread of fake platforms here that you could check.

The best thing to do, is just avoid suspicious websites first, just go for a trusted website already so that you can avoid getting scammed with the hack websites, Most of the time it's on the links that we click so be mindful as well with the links that you click online because there are a lot of websites that have similar links but the different domain you might end up clicking the wrong one. The next one is getting too good-to-be-true deals, most of the time if a website promises a huge amount that is already a red flag since it wasn't going to be profitable for them to run and give that much of money. Lastly is always be updated with the community, I mean hackers and scammers are trying new methods and creating new websites everytime just trying to scam you so make sure to be updated with the community, like here in the forum there are a lot of topics here for awareness of new types of scam or modus etc.

1. If you don't fundamentally understand how something works, then it's not for you, and you shouldn't invest.
2. If the profit offer is too good, it is most likely a scam.
3. Always do your research, if that's not enough, read number 1 again

There are many ways to detect for a fake website, but if you think you don't know any of these means, you can learn on others experience to be assured of being on the right platform, but know this that bitcoin is not required to be on any platform, you make use of p2p to acquire it and you may have to understand the way this operates under a decentralized network of blockchain, for you to be able to read broader, learn from this aspect on how to spot a fake website https://nordvpn.com/blog/fake-scam-websites/

Many fake platforms try to scam unsuspecting users by offering them mouth watering returns for investing their Bitcoin and other crypto assets with them. So whenever you see this, just run for your life and don't go closer. Bookmark important crypto websites to minimize the chances of visiting a cloned website and avoid unsolicited PMs from strangers, they're mostly scammers trying to deceive you to invest in a fake project or to lure you to visit a phishing website.

And that's why this great community is helping each other and giving advisories to the potential scams that we're seeing. Once you've grown your way here and gained enough knowledge, you'll start to have your own factors in determining potential scams too. As a return, you'd be helping others in spotting those likely scam platforms and schemes. A shortcut? you can always see people that are not familiar with the websites they discover ask here.

With all of the tips, you have to remember the most common ones. One of it is looking some small details if the website is professionally made and not, which means that if it doesn't look professional then it's already a red flag. But, don't be too confident about the professionally made because they're likely the ones that aren't noticed by most folks. Looking at the details as they've said through simple search through search engines will show you results. And best way if you're going to buy Bitcoin, do it on most common exchanges.

Your answer is Bitcointalk. If someone want to invest in Bitcoin and they are not sure that which site is legit and which site is a fake one or a phishing site, they should create a thread on Bitcointalk and ask about it in that thread.

On this forum you'll get genuine information about the platforms that are legit and you can also get information about the fake platforms or phishing sites. The community is always present to help out the newbies who aren't sure about Bitcoin investment.

In this forum there's a child board named Scam Accusations where people can learn about the scam platforms, but a user need to read the threads carefully because sometimes haters also create fake scam accusations against legit platforms. However, with some reading you can understand that if a platform is a legit one or a scam one.

TrustPilot is not a very reliable site to check for the legitimacy of a website - it is very easy for a scam site to buy positive feedback on TrustPilot to deceive people who don’t know how to do proper research.

If you take a look at some sites that have been reported has scam here in Bitcointalk - you’ll see that some of them still have people that constantly post positive reviews on TrustPilot meanwhile whose that have managed to maintain a good reputation here are being bombarded with negative reviews on TrustPilot - if a newbie should follow those reviews they’ll end up following a scam site.

Why would you be investing in a website at all? If you are buying Bitcoin, then that's your investment, not the site. If you are talking about some staking feature, those have a tendency to go bankrupt or run away with the invested money. You shouldn't do it. But if you understand the risks and don't care, well, don't cry when things go south.

Buying bitcoin isn't difficult.
Purchase it P2P or from a trusted CEX/DEX.
Move the coins to your wallet.
Hold it.
Sell it or spend it according to your own needs.

That's it. One does not need to be an expert or be "investing in a fake website."   

Pretty simple: only use websites(with finance in general, not only bitcoin/crypto) that are established already and have a good following with a good enough reputation. Stay away from lesser-known platforms, especially the newer ones.

Also: https://chainsec.io/scams

The easiest step is to check the fake site on the platform trustpilot. You just enter the site and see what the scores and reviews are from friends there.

If you want to be even more convincing, try to investigate yourself starting from large cryptomarkets such as CMC and CG. Phishing sites are usually very similar in appearance and so on to the original site, but the URL will not be the same. So, check the URL before you decide to enter your identity or account there.

You can verify the website's contact information. Check out the website's customer support. Check the reputation of the website. See what other reviewers have given about it. Scam websites make very tempting and unrealistic offers. If you see the website offering you an unrealistic return on investment then ignore it.