beware of money scams in the internet, a few thoughts as I proceed 1/3

Obviously, many business models seem to be legitimate, some even arouse this impression due to good camouflage. Before logging into platforms, the following points should definitely be checked, especially when it comes to money.

Register type

Is the company the one who pretends to be? It is easy to write other addresses in the imprint. Without a registration in your official register, the company may not exist.
Many legal forms have no publicly accessible registers, because that makes the charm of the anonymity. However, most scams are usually not made in legal forms, where it is obvious - it wants to be reputable.
The most used legal form for internet scams is the UK Limited. Easy to open, fast and cheap. They usually only exist for a few weeks and then they become inactive. Due to legal changes, Ireland Limited is becoming more and more interesting

Now and then, of course, classic offshore countries are also used. Dubai and Hong Kong are popular because they exude a certain world-wide prestige.
Through it makes sense to identify owners and / or managing directors. If you look for the relevant persons in search engines, you sometimes find that the same person have done scams earlier.....

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