Ways to make your business look less than legit on the Internet

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Wednesday, March 31. 2010

Ways to make your business look less than legit on the Internet

Whois Privacy
Many legitimate businesses buy whois privacy without really thinking about how it makes them look. Many illegitimate businesses turn it on because they have an interest in hiding.

Mailbox stores
Postal addresses in Whois that turn out to be in Mailboxes, Etc. stores are a red flag

obviously bogus postal addresses and phone numbers
Mismatching states, zip codes and area codes are a dead giveaway.

postal address in Boca Raton, FL
Are there any legitimate internet businesses in Boca?

no web site
Whether this is a blank web page or an apache "your installation worked" page, it's a clue you want to hide.

Posted by Richard Welty in spam at 12:17 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

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