'Fake UK sites' trick consumers
By Brian Milligan
Business reporter, BBC News
Scammed consumer, Matthew Brown says:
"For £5, anyone can buy a "co.uk" domain name"
Trading standards officers say that consumers are being tricked into buying fake goods on the internet by companies pretending to be based in the UK.
The websites are often based in China, but use "co.uk" as part of their domain name, giving shoppers a false sense of security, they say.
It is thought that there could be as many as 480,000 websites which carry "co.uk", but which are not UK based.
The sites sell a range of goods from trainers to hair straighteners.
'Taken in'
Matthew Brown was taken in by a website called.............TO READ THE REST OF THIS VITALLY INFORMATIVE NEWS ITEM YOU CAN FOLLOW/PASTE THE LINK INTO YOUR BROWSER TO TAKE YOU TO THE BBC WEBSITE http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8178959.stm
Have YOU ever been on the receiving end of an internet buying scam?
If the answer is YES then why not add the name of the offending website who did not turn out to be who they stated.
Please don't add established, trusted sites whom you may have had a disagreement with over past purchases. This site sets out to flush out the serious scammers who make eveyones internet shopping experience a potential nightmare.
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