Top Father’s Day Scam Websites May 2022
Author: Trend Micro
With it being only a little over a month away from Father’s Day, you’ve probably been searching the web for the perfect gift for your dad to show him just how much you love him! However, if you’ve come across any of the sites mentioned in this article, steer well clear because they’re all scams!
In this post, we discuss three of the currently most visited scam shopping websites with Father’s Day promotional campaigns. Keep on reading so you know which sites to avoid and how you can spot scam websites in the future!
#1 — Esesshop[.]com
Esesshop[.]com is a shopping website that appears to sell an extraordinarily wide range of goods — from Panama hats to Christmas wreaths. Better yet, EVERY item on the site is heavily discounted, with almost every one of them hovering around 50% of the original price.
However, as you might have guessed, the site is 100% A SCAM!
One of Esesshop[.]com’s Father’s Day discounts
The discounts might be tempting, but after digging a little deeper, it’s clear the site isn’t what it claims to be. When checked with ScamAdviser — which is an excellent website for verifying the legitimacy of sites — Esesshop[.]com achieves a rock bottom rating of just 1/100! It loses points for multiple reasons, including the fact that the server the site is hosted on also hosts other websites with poor reviews and because it is located in what is classed as a high-risk country.
Esesshop[.]com’s contact us page lists the company’s customer service email address as nobecat@outlook[.]com — a fairly unprofessional sounding email address. It’s also highly suspicious when websites use email addresses from large email providers such as Gmail, Outlook, and Yahoo.
Although the site promises “secure payments”, “free returns”, and “once-in-a-lifetime deals”, it’s safe to say that Esesshop[.]com is one shopping site you should stay away from!
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#2 — Hobbyclubone[.]com
Hobbyclubone[.]com is a website with lots of seemingly great Father’s Day gifts.
Great gift ideas for dads, but the website is a scam!
If you were looking to pick up one of the handsomely discounted items on Hobbyclubone[.]com this Father’s Day, we’ve got bad news because the site is a confirmed scam.
There are plenty of telltale signs, too. None more so than the contact us page — or rather, the lack of a contact us page.
If you place an order on the website and you have an issue (which you almost certainly will because the site is a scam), good luck getting any type of resolution at all with no way to contact the company!
ScamAdviser gives the website a Trustscore of just 1/100 too, marking it down because its owner is hiding his or her identity and because the server is located in a high-risk country, among other reasons.
#3 — Eamoms[.]com
Rounding out our list is Eamoms[.]com. Although this site doesn’t feature some of the outrageous discounts of the other sites, there are still some very obvious signs that it is a scam.
One dead giveaway is the misspelling of “clothes” in the “Cloth and Shoes” category name on the homepage. Typos such as this are common on scammer-controlled websites and something you should keep an eye out for.
Just like Esesshop[.]com, Eamoms[.]com lists an unusual email address on its contact us page:
service@luckyforeverr[.]com@gmail[.]com. We haven’t misspelled that email, by the way, that is the exact one listed. Not only will it not work if you try to send an email to it, but there is also the question of why is Eamoms[.]com using an email address with the domain luckyforeverr[.]com? Suspicious to say the least!
Just like the other two sites listed, Eamoms[.]com achieves an abysmal score of 1/100 on ScamAdviser, losing points for many of the same reasons as the others.
How to Stay Protected
Here are some things to watch out for when shopping online:
- The acceptance of unusual payment methods (wire transfer/mobile payment apps etc.).
- Unreasonable requests for detailed personal information.
- Typos and questionable wordings.
- Lack of genuine reviews/lots of irrelevant reviews.
- Too-good-to-be-true deals.
For more tips on spotting fake online shops, please check out this article.
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