Fraudulent WordPress website
-
Hello!
How do I report a fraudulent WordPress website? Someone has managed to copy my own webstore (over 7000 different products) on WordPress and has set up a webstore – presumably to scan legitimate customers?
All our product images, tags and descriptions have been copied – many of these are unique to us with associated copyright infringements too!
I can see that the creator has also done the same to at least one other webstore.
Please help so that I can get this website(s) taken down.
Many thanks!
-
First check via a Whois that the site in question is hosted here at WordPress.com and not elsewhere. You do need to make sure you report the site at wherever it is hosted,
https://wordpress.com/support/report-blogs/ saysBefore reporting a site with this form please verify that the site in question is hosted by Automattic. As a reminder, we have no control over self-hosted sites built using free WordPress software which may mention “Powered by WordPress.org” or something similar. Those sites use the open-source WordPress software and aren’t hosted by us, so you should contact the appropriate web host with complaints.
-
Thank you for your reply.
Who.is isn’t giving me much info, unfortunately.
The website is:
https://www.footballjerseysforsale.infoThey also seem to be operating a similar scam here:
https://www.cheapjerseyswhloe.comAny more help would be appreciated!
-
If they are using Cloudflare I don’t know what the next step is for you apart from paying for legal assistance to take the sites down.
-
You could try to contact Cloudflare, https://www.cloudflare.com/trust-hub/reporting-abuse/
-
Thank you – I have contacted Cloudflare and reported.
Further investigation shows the user is a serial scammer with many similar websites and has been active in various guises for some time:
https://www.scamwatcher.com/scam/view/166454
https://www.scamwatcher.com/scam/view/119979 -
- The topic ‘Fraudulent WordPress website’ is closed to new replies.
WordPress.com Forums 