What’s The Best Site To Check If Another Site Is Safe And Not A Scammer

[Bobbisox1]

Our friend in Lanzarote is a biker and he gets me to bring T shirts across when we go although I’d rather check if the site is kosher before getting one

[Buenchico]

Possibly the best thing to do is post a link to the site here. Then people like me will run a few checks on the business, such as checking how long the domain name has been in existence for, whether it was registered via an anonymising service (to hide the identity of the person creating it), and looking for tell-tale signs of something dodgy going on (such as there being no postal address on the site or Google Street View's image for that address showing it to be a completely different company).

I don't know of any single website that can carry out such checks. However a good starting place to look for reviews is always TrustPilot:
https://uk.trustpilot.com/
(Use it with care though. Remember it's easy for fraudsters to add fake good reviews but it's far harder for them to get genuine bad reviews deleted).

[Bobbisox1]

Thanks Chris, I looked at TP and put it in, it didn’t return anything

[THECORBYLOON]

What's the name of the site?

[Bobbisox1]

It’s this Corby

https://lugearfive.com/A-jb16-1?fbclid=IwAR08vioo80tmHtndRNncSTbEwY57YrKA2hugVlG2xhqCOwRJJruqe_ESxXc

[Buenchico]

The Lugearfive.com domain name was only registered four months ago, so it's not a well-established business. The registration was made through 'Domains By proxy', which is an anonymising service used by people who want to hide their identities.

The website as created using GoDaddy. While many perfectly respectable small businesses use GoDaddy to create their websites, it's also very popular with less ethical traders.

There's no postal address. The only email address offered uses the checkoutflow.com domain name, with Lugearfive describing CheckOutFlow as their 'agent'. CheckOutFlow's own website though consists of nothing more than a page with a logo and a bit of text on it: https://checkoutflow.com . There is a phone number given but it's a US (toll-free) one.

The range of merchandise offered by the site is somewhat eclectic and almost certainly both unofficial and unlicensed. (e.g. I'd be prepared to bet that Chelsea FC have no knowledge of goods being sold on that site using their club's name and badge).

My best guess is that the site is actually genuine (although it might well not be) and run by one guy, working from home, in the USA, who's prepared to ignore intellectual property rights. He might well provide the goods you order but you'd have no comeback at all if they failed to arrive.

[Bobbisox1]

Many thanks Chris , much appreciated

[THECORBYLOON]

There would also be duty and VAT to pay if anything turnt up.

The contact number is on a couple of other sites and as there's no physical address I'd not risk it.

[Bobbisox1]

I won’t,thank you Corby