Comment by trollbridge
6 days ago
A side business I have is people who contact me because they just got scammed or need help knowing if something is a scam.
One of the things I tell them is to never upload financial documents containing personal information unless:
- The company they’re uploading it to is well known like a major bank and the domain in the address bar matches.
- They know the company they’re dealing with - which means a business address at a minimum and preferably a phone number.
- Avoid anything which claims to save money or be necessary which has a call to action to start uploading personal, documents.
This site fails all 3 tests. I was able to find the founder via the name and LinkedIn link. But at least put up a legitimate business name and something like a PO Box.
Registering a business name is $35 where this developer is located. A PO Box is around $80 a year. The name “closing.wtf” doesn’t seem to be registered with the state as a legitimate business. These are all red flags to “avoid”.
If you’d like a free cybersecurity analysis of your site, I’d be happy to offer a few free expert consulting hours to aain. Reply here and I’ll contact you on LinkedIn.
A DBA (doing business as) is $35. And not worth the paper its printed on if not filed by an actual entity... which cost $300+.
AND you have to give some new nebulous federal entity because "money laundering," or sometimes "OFAC enforcement."
No one should be handing out their address, mortgage information, and other sensitive details to someone who can't spend at least $300 on the bare minimum appearance of legitimacy.
Thank you for the feedback. I'm working on all the points @trollbridge and you @Arainach have mentioned.
Hi @trollbridge, thank you for the valid points.
I'm glad to take you up on your consulting offer.