There is no specific evidence constructive of a scam, but if a website reveals these characteristics, it’s likely a scam. Here are some of those:
1. Contacts – A good reputable transactional website, that is trading something, will have contact details, including company names, including their registered business name (“inc’, “llc”, “plc”, ltd”, etc.), a physical address, a mailing address, an email address or contact form and a phone number. They won’t hide anything.
2. Can you get in touch with them? Call the contact phone number and check whether you could reach them during normal business hours in their time zone? Did you get a person or a recording? If you reached into voicemail, were you could reach a live person?
3. Where are they located? Check their company domain name. Are they located in the U.S., UK, or another western country, or in a country that has poor consumer security laws or enforcement, such as Eastern European countries or China, Russia or Asia?
4. Private listing – A private listing is good for a personal website, a blog, or an information-website, but if your business is promoting something, the private listing entry should spot the company that owns the domain.
5. Do the links on the website function? If the majority links are broken, that may point out a website that was whacked together promptly.
6. Irrelevant Photos or Content – Do the images, links and content on the pages are related to the theme and purpose of the page and website?
7. Indistinct or Imprecise information – Reputable merchants have access to the product details and know you will want them. Scammers just cut and paste what they can quickly find.
8. Duplicated content – Are the photos and text copied from other websites?
9. Misdirection – If you type in a web address, but it redirects to a varied web address, which can be a sign of a scam.
10. Falsification – Do the terms and conditions or product and services match the advertising and content on their pages?
11. Hidden or Tough to locate terms and conditions – If the terms are basic and not probably to force the use of the product or costs, it may be a not issue. But if their terms comprise hidden necessities that cost you money or create the product or service less useful, that’s a scam!
12. Links in Search engines – If you search in Google, Yahoo and other foremost search engines but get few or no results to their domain, they are either new, not accepted or a scam.
13. No citations in related collective websites, like the Better Business Bureau, or associated website reviews (like Shopzilla, Shopping.com, Bizrate). The superior and more trustworthy firms will confirm up elsewhere in listings for their business. (tramadol)