MaryB
01-25-2022, 03:39 PM
A common post lately has been "Is this site legit or are they a scammer?" Here are some hints to deciding if they are legit or not.
Do they list an address under contact us or about us? Does google earth street view show them at that address or is it a run down house in the middle of a bad part of town? No address is a massive red flag! Never do business with them. If Google Earth doesn't show a business at the address listed it is another red flag to run away from.
Do a web search for the phone number listed. Does it come up different than the supposed business? Red flag! No phone number? Red flag!
Now for a website to check that business Scam Advisor www.scamadviser.com will let you put the URL of any business in and will give you a trust rating. The higher the number the better! Here is the rating for Brownells https://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/brownells.com Note the high trust rating, and we all know they are okay to deal with(if a bit over priced...)
Now for a bad example svadisile.com that came up yesterday:
Google earth the address, street view shows a run down house in a not very nice looking neighborhood, red flag!
Scam Advisor search https://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/svadisile.com run away and DO NOT do business with this site!
With the current ammo shortage a LOT of scammers are popping up with trashy looking web sites offering ammo at way to low of prices for the current market. Many are a scam. Might find a new business just starting, but they will have an actual store front on Google Earth, a phone number that comes up as that business and either an okay Scam Advisor trust rating or no rating because they are to new BUT the comments on their website also tell you more about that business. Is it registered on a legit server(good thing) or on one known for scams(red flag)? Is the owners info available or is it hidden(hidden is a red flag). Is the website design decent or just a tossed together mess that has no search engine optimization(red flag!)...
Do your own due diligence! DYODD!!!
Do they list an address under contact us or about us? Does google earth street view show them at that address or is it a run down house in the middle of a bad part of town? No address is a massive red flag! Never do business with them. If Google Earth doesn't show a business at the address listed it is another red flag to run away from.
Do a web search for the phone number listed. Does it come up different than the supposed business? Red flag! No phone number? Red flag!
Now for a website to check that business Scam Advisor www.scamadviser.com will let you put the URL of any business in and will give you a trust rating. The higher the number the better! Here is the rating for Brownells https://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/brownells.com Note the high trust rating, and we all know they are okay to deal with(if a bit over priced...)
Now for a bad example svadisile.com that came up yesterday:
Google earth the address, street view shows a run down house in a not very nice looking neighborhood, red flag!
Scam Advisor search https://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/svadisile.com run away and DO NOT do business with this site!
With the current ammo shortage a LOT of scammers are popping up with trashy looking web sites offering ammo at way to low of prices for the current market. Many are a scam. Might find a new business just starting, but they will have an actual store front on Google Earth, a phone number that comes up as that business and either an okay Scam Advisor trust rating or no rating because they are to new BUT the comments on their website also tell you more about that business. Is it registered on a legit server(good thing) or on one known for scams(red flag)? Is the owners info available or is it hidden(hidden is a red flag). Is the website design decent or just a tossed together mess that has no search engine optimization(red flag!)...
Do your own due diligence! DYODD!!!