this channel is about impersonators, lookalike domains and forged documents. it is not about the companies in the directory
Thread · #scam-watch · 2025-12-13
a brand new domain is a reason to look
Spun off from a message in #scam-watch on 2025-12-13. 13 messages, 5 participants.
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- cagri_curious — asked the lab about a reference a brand new domain is a reason to look harder, not a verdict on its own, bank and card provider first a forged certificate usually gets one detail wrong: the lot… 18:53
watch this one the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen, do not engage
redacting that
screenshot attached, address bar visible report it and do not engage. engaging tells them the address is live
do not engage
stays up
the first thing i check is whether the domain existed a year ago, patterns not names
not naming anyone but is a brand new domain a red flag on its own
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is a brand new domain on its own enough to walk away or just a flag
the real company usually wants to know. a short email with the domain in it is enough
correcting an earlier report of mine a lifted certificate can often be confirmed by asking the lab whether the reference exists, nothing here is legal advice
these appear more around the end of the year, which is when people are ordering ahead and in a hurry
update from 16 months ago: the domain from that report is still live and still fake, the pressure is the tell