Editing to note: My Fake site identification skills are lacking and that somebody who knows loads more than me about fake sites is about, please take note of Michael's findings over mine in regards to this, he will have a much better idea
Hi Burner, fake sites is certainly not my area of expertise so hopefully somebody with more knowledge on fake sites will be along soon.
Until they do, my suggestion is not to use any suspicious site until you know.
With the above in mind, it is generally much easier to find out if they are scammers after they start sending emails (for me at least) the best things to remember during your first emails with any online company you have not previously used is to check them out before giving them any details and dont hand over money unless you are absolutely sure.
In the case of the last site you asked about, my novice opinion is that I have a feeling there is something wrong, here is the whois information;
Registrant:
crown lettings limited
Office 306,
34 Buckingham palace road
London, London SW1W 0RH
GB
Domain name: CROWNLETTINGS.COM
Administrative Contact:
Lettings, Crown
[email protected] Office 306,
34 Buckingham palace road
London, London SW1W 0RH
GB
0207730 9393
Technical Contact:
Lettings, Crown
Office 306,
34 Buckingham palace road
London, London SW1W 0RH
GB
0207730 9393
Registration Service Provider:
08712309525
08709126612 (fax)
http://www.123-reg.co.uk
There is a gmail email address listed as their contact email which I thought was odd, there is also no expiry or creation date in the records.
I may be wrong on this, I did look closer and found some things that would make me very cautions including a charity scam that used the same address.
Oh site killers, your needed
