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Is this a fake website?

  • 01-12-2025 08:40PM
    #1
    A Law
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 924 ✭✭✭


    https://www.owalawaterbottlesireland.shop/ I'm fairly sure it is but don't know how to tell for sure. Any ideas on how I'd check?



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  • #2
    pjdarcy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 545 ✭✭✭pjdarcy


    You can buy some Owala water bottles on amazon if that's any help



  • #3
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 26,945 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Everything about it screams scam. That domain name is a mess, it doesn't follow the same format as their real site, it uses a different domain registrar in India, it only came into existence a few weeks ago etc etc.



  • #4
    LambshankRedemption
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,324 ✭✭✭✭LambshankRedemption


    Virustotal detects it from 6 providers as being phishing/malicious. As mentioned, the domain registrar being in India is suspicious alone. The general design of the site is quite amateurish too.

    I'd be happy to bet a few quid that this is indeed a fake website.



  • #5
    JVince
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,806 ✭✭✭JVince


    without even checking, I can say its a scam.

    Most sites that have "ireland" as part of the domain name and are .com or .shop or ,net , are scam sites

    edit - just had a look.

    How on earth could anyone this this is a genuine website? Seriously?

    NO Contact details, NO returns details , NO address, BAD grammar, Spelling errors.



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