Toohil, R. (2025, January 15). How to identify fake websites: 11 warning signs to know. https://www.aura.com/learn/how-to-identify-fake-websites
To Start this off I chose a fake PayPal website, now this one it very convincing. There is only one actual mistake that took me a while to figure out that this one was not real. If you look at the URL it lists “.com” twice, this is where it got me, because it still said paypal.com, but the second .com not some that you will see on the real paypal website.
Šlekytė, I., & Šlekytė, I. (2024, December 30). A fake or scam website: What it is, and how to know if a website is legit. NordVPN. https://nordvpn.com/blog/fake-scam-websites/
Second, I chose one of the most popular sites on the internet Facebook. There are not many people who do not have this form of social media. Now the problem with this one is that there are 2 zeros where there should be 2 o’s, so it says faceb00k instead of facebook. At a quick glance it would be hard to spot this one.
Digital Leaders. (2018, November 8). amazon-spoof | Digital Leaders. https://digileaders.com/dont-take-the-bait-a-guide-to-online-phishing-scams/amazon-spoof/
Third this one was the second trickiest one to spot, because there is only one thing that is wrong, and the is the fact there is the letter x in-between amazon and .com. I will be honest this one who have probably have gotten me if I was trying to buy something quickly.