Check a brand
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Paste a brand name or website. We'll check it against our archive of documented scams — and if it's not there yet, walk you through vetting it yourself in ten minutes.
Check it yourself — 6 steps, 10 minutes
Look it up in Meta's Ad Library
Search the brand at facebook.com/ads/library. A Page created days ago, renamed several times, or blasting 40 near-identical ads is a red flag.
Check the domain's age
Run the website through a free WHOIS / domain-age lookup. A site registered days or weeks ago that claims to be an established brand is one of the most reliable tells.
Follow the payment
Crypto, wire, gift cards, or 'friends & family' only? That's money you can't claw back — walk away. A real store takes credit cards and PayPal.
Reverse-image-search the photos
Drag the product photo into Google Images or TinEye. The same image on AliExpress under a dozen other names means dropship. Stolen or AI-generated 'founder' faces are cheap.
Read reviews for the burst pattern
Ignore the star count; read timestamps. A wall of vague 5-stars posted within a few days is manufactured. Then search '[brand] scam' and read the 1-star reviews.
Find a refund policy and a real human
A real store states a return address and window and answers a pre-sale question. Silence, no address, or a nonsense reply is your answer.
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