# Fake webshops, clone sites and impersonators: how to tell

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**Category:** Scam Alerts\
**Created:** [November 14, 2026, 4:04am UTC](https://peptidecompare.net/forums/t/fake-webshops-clone-sites-and-impersonators-how-to-tell/138 "2026-11-14T04:04:04Z")\
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A large share of losses come from sites and contacts pretending to be a seller people already trust. These are the patterns to check before any money moves.

## Clone sites

- **The address is close but not the same:** an extra word, a different ending, a hyphen. Compare it letter by letter with the address on the vendor’s [review page](https://peptidecompare.net/v/).
- **The design is copied** from a known brand, including its lab reports, but the contact details differ.
- **Prices sit far below every other listing.** Check the compound’s [price guide](https://peptidecompare.net/) to see the normal range.

## Impersonators

- Someone messages you first, claiming to be a vendor’s representative, after you posted a question.
- The contact name matches a known rep but the account, number or address is new. Confirm through the channel the vendor publishes on its own site.
- Urgency: a sale that ends in an hour, a “last box”, a payment address that changed today.

## Lab reports used as bait

- A report issued to a different company, or one the lab has no record of. [How to verify a COA](https://peptidecompare.net/verify-coa/) shows the check.
- The same report reused for several products or batches.

## Payment

- Irreversible payment only, to a personal account.
- A request to mark a payment as a gift or to leave the memo blank.

## If it happened to you

Post an alert on this board following the pinned guide, and file a [verified scam report](https://peptidecompare.net/scam-reports/#report) so it shows on the vendor’s page. Stick to what you can show: dates, amounts, screenshots with personal details removed.

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