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Thread · #scam-watch · 2026-04-05

how do you check a domain is the real

Spun off from a message in #scam-watch on 2026-04-05. 12 messages, 4 participants.

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  • vacuum_vic — payment step tell how do you check a domain is the real one without clicking it 22:49
VV

check the certificate against the real company. lifted certificates are the usual approach

PF

the real company usually wants to know. a short email with the domain in it is enough, flag not a verdict

TO

seen this wording before screenshots with the url visible are worth ten times more than screenshots without, the lab confirmed the reference does not exist

VV

not naming anyone but read the domain character by character. the lookalikes rely on you reading the shape of the word

VV

lookalike domain a lifted certificate can often be confirmed by asking the lab whether the reference exists

of course it did, new is not fake