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in this video I will give you the best
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practices on how to spot fake websites
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as well as show you a great tool that
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does the job for you if you are not
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certain this policy point I'll be your
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host while you are watching scam
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detector number one is using random
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letters as the main names as of today
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there are over 2 billion websites on the
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internet that's a lot so you can imagine
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that there are websites with all kinds
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of names let me show you a few examples
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the reason you really need to be aware
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of this red flag is because the actual
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websites can look legit and you'd have
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to look for signs that would otherwise
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tell you that it's a fake website but if
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you realize that the website URLs are
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just random letters it should be an
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alert for you and if you're not sure you
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can just jump on to the validator page
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and check out if your instincts were
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correct these domain names are not typed
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in like and be like that's a good-look
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URL name cyber criminals create these
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names automatically and they just
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duplicate websites and change the domain
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that's why these URL names are just
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random letters instead of words number
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two is different extensions there aren't
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many kinds of URL extensions obviously
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we know the best but for example each
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country has its own and there are 206 of
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them and besides those there are
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obviously the special ones likego orino
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and many others so there is no wonder
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that you might get lost in them however
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some websites use really weird looking
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URL extensions like XYZ or toop and you
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might not even get spooked by them at
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first if the actual domain name looks
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legit but you should here are a few
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examples these websites can actually
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look legit as well and you wouldn't even
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know notice that they're fake unless you
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check it out in the validator tool or if
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you do a thorough research look it up
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and look for reviews the cool thing
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about the validator tool is that you can
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actually check out the comments section
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where people talk about these websites
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because they have personal experience
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either being a victim of a scam and
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sharing their own experiences or
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actually finding out on their own that
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it was a scam website and it's good that
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they didn't fall for it so obviously not
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all websites with different extensions
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are scams but definitely more suspicious
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so make sure to raise that red flag when
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you see one and remember that you can
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always use the validator tool on scam
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detector which will immediately tell you
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whether you should trust the website or
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not number three prices are too good to
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be true if you don't have endless money
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in your bank account then you probably
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belong to most of us who always look for
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the best prices well scammers know that
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too they will not hesitate to try and
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lure you in with senselessly low prices
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but as the saying goes what looks too
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good to be true probably is here are a
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few examples that we reviewed with the
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validator tool this website for example
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is selling all sorts of stuff but if you
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check out their prices they're
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ridiculous everything they have is on
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sale another example here they're not
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really picky with what they're selling
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they have a very versatile pette of
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products and again if you check out
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their prices like a treadmill for $76
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unfortunately people are still falling
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for low prices every now and then
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because let's be honest it is very
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attractive to be able to buy something
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for half or a third the price that we
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see anywhere else on the internet but
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that is exactly why you need to double
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check everything before you actually
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move on with the purchase so scammers
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will usually try to scam you with
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products that you might not know the
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real value of such as gadgets kitchen
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stuff clothing appliances because
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obviously you won't fall for an iPhone
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12 deal that's only $199 and only today
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and if you purchase it in the next 15
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minutes and there is only one left so be
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fast before we continue to number four
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journey number four is work from home
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scams we all want to make money from the
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comfort of our home and with as little
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work as possible now cyber criminals
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love coming up with NE ideas to scam you
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such as watching videos for $16 a piece
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if you take a look at these next three
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websites they look exactly alike it's
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one of the things that I talked about in
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the number two listing how scammers
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duplicate websites and just give them
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different domain names but what you
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really need to avoid on these kinds of
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sites are these ridiculous offers to
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earn money but here is why this is a
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scam because as you can see they're
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promis promising you 60 cents per minute
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of viewing and if you just think about
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how much YouTube pays for creators per
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1,000 views then you'll immediately see
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that the prices that they State on these
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fake websites are are just ridiculous I
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mean YouTube pays $1 to $3 per 1,000
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views on average it can be a lot more
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but it can be just you know a few cents
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so nobody will pay you even the smallest
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amount for watching one single video now
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obviously there are legitimate websites
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that will pay you for the given tasks
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but when you're promised an hourly wage
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for watching a video just be suspicious
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number five is financial investment the
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crypto business is going crazy right now
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I mean Tesla is investing big bucks into
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Bitcoin Elon Musk tweets about Dogecoin
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and it goes up by 800% basically
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everyone is buying cryptocurrencies and
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all sorts of them because there are a
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lot of them so there is no surprise that
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scammers will do everything to
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everything to get a piece of this
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traffic and they try to do that by doing
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all sorts of shady stuff for example
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creating websites that are promising you
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great exchange rates and exchange deals
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what would people say about these sites
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that we reviewed with the validator tool
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so if you find yourself on this website
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for example you might not think that
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it's a scam because it looks legit but
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look at what Elliott has to say about it
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he is saying that it's a scam because he
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is an actual victim another one here
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John is talking about how he almost got
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scammed sometimes these sites require
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you to deposit a certain amount of
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Bitcoin to be able to actually withdraw
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money and in this case for example 0.01
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Bitcoin might not look that much but if
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you do the math it's actually almost
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$500 another website that looks so legit
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that you wouldn't even tell that it's
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fake but if you try to review it you
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soon realize that it's once again a scam
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website so overall it's just a great
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thing how people help each other in the
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comment section so if you have something
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to say about a website that you or
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somebody else reviewed with the
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validator tool don't hesitate to leave
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it in the comment section and again
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there are a lot of websites promising
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you great deals and they are not fake
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but if you are considering dipping your
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toe into the crypto business make sure
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to do a thorough research on the
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business itself how it works what
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platforms to use and so on we actually
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reviewed the top cryptocurrency scams so
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you can check out that video as well if
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you're interested so if you're ever
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unsure whether or not you can trust a
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cryptocurrency business just leave it or
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use the validator tool because that you
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can trust but that was the video on how
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to spot fake websites thank you so much
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