A copy of your website that scams in your name
Your customers call you because they have paid for an order that never arrives, or because they have received an email with your logo asking for their bank details. Someone has copied your website, set up a shop with your photos and your product listings, or registered a domain almost identical to yours to deceive people.
On top of the harm to your customers, the reputation problem is yours: the negative reviews and complaints come in under your name.
What we do
- Forensic certification. First of all, our court-appointed IT forensic expert certifies the fake website exactly as it is, with its content, its address and the technical data of the domain. If the website changes or disappears, the evidence remains. More information on our IT forensic expert page.
- Notice to the domain registrar. Registrars have abuse channels and rules that prohibit the use of domains for fraud or phishing.
- Notice to the hosting provider. We ask them to remove the content for fraud, impersonation or copyright infringement of your texts and images.
- Google Safe Browsing. We report the page so that Chrome and other browsers show a warning to anyone trying to visit it.
- Police report. We help you file it with Spain's National Police (Policía Nacional) or Civil Guard (Guardia Civil), with the certified evidence.
- Payment and advertising platforms. If the fake website takes payments or runs ads, we also notify those services.
Warn your customers
Post a notice on your website and social media with your real domain and ask your customers to be wary of any other. It is the fastest way to stop the harm while the fake website is being taken down.
If you have a registered trade mark
A registered trade mark gives you additional routes:
- Domain dispute resolution procedures. For many generic domains, such as .com, there is ICANN's Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy, which is handled, for example, by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). For .es domains there is a specific out-of-court resolution procedure.
- Trade mark infringement claims under the Spanish Trade Marks Act (Ley de Marcas), with a law firm we work with when a case requires it.
- Trade mark reports on social networks and search engines, which tend to be more effective than generic reports.
If your trade mark is not registered, action can still be taken for fraud, impersonation and copyright, although registering it will protect you in the future.
Monitoring so it does not happen again
Whoever sets up one fake website usually sets up another. With a reputation monitoring plan we detect domains similar to yours and copies of your website as soon as they appear.
We work remotely and in English, with businesses from any country that operate in Spain. If there is a fake website using your name right now, tell us in the free analysis and we will act as a priority.