Checked online shops for electronics

Electronics is the category with the highest individual losses. Smartphones, graphics cards, televisions and large household appliances have transparent market prices, which is why fraudsters here rarely work with implausible discounts and instead use tightly calculated offers that still look just about believable. Recurring patterns are a checkout that displays every convenient payment method but ends up permitting only advance bank transfer; a supposedly German bricks-and-mortar store whose address belongs to a private house or a mailbox address; availability counters and countdown timers manufacturing artificial time pressure; and company details lifted from the legal notice of a real retailer. The resale of grey imports without manufacturer warranty also falls into this field. The shops listed here have been checked automatically against technical and formal characteristics, not for device quality or warranty handling. Before larger orders, check the commercial register entry of the company named in the legal notice, call the phone number given as a test, and insist on a payment method with buyer protection or on payment by invoice. A four-figure amount sent by instant bank transfer to an unfamiliar merchant is practically impossible to recover. Also keep the order confirmation, the payment receipt and a screenshot of the product page for as long as the goods have not arrived.

This overview currently holds 168 checked domains: 127 assessed as dangerous, 1 as suspicious and 40 with no objections. Most common domain endings in this group: .shop (49), .com (45), .de (25), .at (12).

Checked domains

By check date

Recently checked 100

By initial letter

A 963B 1174C 622D 688E 516F 593G 676H 628I 251J 163K 503L 551M 936N 325O 359P 648Q 45R 474S 1270T 651U 137V 344W 450X 39Y 73Z 1410–9 83

By assessment

Danger 9004Suspicious 2604No major warning 1695

By sector

Health & pharmacy 88Fashion & apparel 421Shoes 134Electronics 168Beauty & cosmetics 142Home & garden 159

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