Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
online_shopping_900_490_90_s_c1_smart_scale
Crime
online shop
fraud
online shop fraud
Consumentenbond
Openprovider
Friday, 4 January 2019 - 15:00
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

Consumers' assoc. takes down over 2,700 fake online stores

Dutch consumers' association Consumentenbond took down over 2,700 fake online stores by getting in touch with their hosting providers late last year. This brings the total of fake online stores shut down to over 4,500 in 2018, the organization announced, RTL Nieuws reports.

The association calls the fake online stores a plague for Dutch consumers. Consumentenbond tracked them down through, among other things, language errors, strange web addresses and tips from observant users.

The fake shops are mainly active from China and often use free domain names. A large proportion were registered with the Dutch provider Registrar.eu, which is known in the Netherlands for the brand Openprovider.

Consumentenbond notified hosting providers of suspicious activity. The hosting provider in turn contacted their customer. If the customer did not respond, the website was taken offline. That happened over 4,500 times last year. Some 400 fake web shops are still online, as they are out of reach of the Dutch consumer organization, according to the broadcaster.

Consumentenbond will continue its fight against fake online stores this year. Openprovider also promised to scan all incoming requests for suspicious features.

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Ministry working on new law to restrict non-compete clause
  • 500 email addresses of ABP pensioners accidentally leaked
  • Peru moves Joran van der Sloot for extradition to the US, disappearance of Natalee Holloway
  • Man injured after stabbing incident in Rotterdam, second suspect still on the run
  • Deceased can appear at funeral as digital clone thanks to AI, funeral industry requires rules
  • Suri-Change: 20,000 euros for tip leading to perpetrators of explosions

Top stories

  • Peru moves Joran van der Sloot for extradition to the US, disappearance of Natalee Holloway
  • National Witch Monuments planned in almost 20 cities in the Netherlands
  • Bakers in the Netherlands threaten to strike due to low wage offer
  • No Amsterdam-London trains for months next year due to maintenance work
  • Renewable energy rose slightly to 15% in the Netherlands in 2022; Halfway towards target
  • Jumbo stopping Max Verstappen sponsorship after this Formula 1 season

© 2012-2023, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Partner content