Website Owners Beware – Popular Scams

These days, there are many scams that can effect websites with their performance, quality and more. Some scams such as, website domain name scams, sweepstake scams, fraudulent SEO scams and phishing scams. If you get scammed your business can go downhill and possibly in trouble if personal info gets leaked.

Phishing is an online scam where someone receives an email that they think is from someone they trust. It usually has a link in it that they are trying to trick you into clicking so that can steal your money or identity. If you think it is a phishing scam you should not click on the link and find a way to report it then delete it.

SEO scammers will try to trick businesses into paying for fraudulent SEO services. Business owners should take their time and be careful when they are hiring an SEO specialist to make sure they are not being lied to about the services.

So domain name scams are when domain name registrars try to trick businesses into buying, selling, listing or converting a domain name. Domain locking helps prevent domain name scams. You should look up the company to make sure they are legit.

In a sweepstake scam, you will be contacted and told that you won a sweepstake or a lottery or some other kind of prize. Many people fall for this because it could look very real and legit while it not being remotely close to a real win. It mostly happens whenever you make an account or go onto a certain website that already has some data stolen or is just a scam website. You should report these scams to the FTC or your state attorney general so it can get checked out.

In conclusion most of the scams can get people often and are hard to identify if they are real or not. It is bad if you fall for one because personal data and other types of data can get stolen.