Escrow Fraud Protection

For the safety of our users we recommend you do your online escrow transactions with www.escrow.com

There are fraudalent escrow sites that have collected the buyers money and have stolen over $40,000 in one transaction alone. If you use ebay or any auction service and the seller requests a site other then www.escrow.com it is recommended you check the site for any fraud possibilities.

Here are some tips to find out if an escrow site might be a bad case of fraud. The seller tells the buyer that the site is affiliated with www.escrow.com. Escrow.com is not affiliated with ANY other escrow website.

If they claim to have their service provided by Internet Escrow Service (IES) it is owned and operated only by escrow.com It is not used to provide escrow services to any other company.

If the site is a replica of this site or escrow.com and any other site it is more then likely fraudalent. Legitimate escrow websites have a distinct brand and name.

If they claim to be recommended by popular websites like ebay and other popular auction sites.

The best way to find out if the company is legitimate is to call customer support and ask questions. If they seem uneducated about escrow and its service DON'T risk it. We highly recommend you use a popular search engine like yahoo or google to find a escrow service. The top escrow sites will generally be listed first.

You can also determine the length of operation of a website by checking the whois of a site. A popular registrar site is www.godaddy.com It will give you the date of how long the site has been active.

Also, make sure when sending payment it is to a corporation, not an indivdual. If you send money to an individual and it turns out to be fraud, the chances of ever finding your money again are less then 000.1%. To protect yourself, ask your bank where the money is being sent to.

Make sure the site uses SLL technology, you can tell if the site uses this technology by simply looking on the bottom right task bar in your browser. If you see a padlock or similar symbol this site is using SSL Technology.

Check to see prices of escrow sites. Usually low prices like $3.00 or less is a big sign of a fraudalent site. The lowest price isn't neccesarily the best value. Escrow.com is a great value and is highly trusted.

Finally, if a site has broken links, or grammatical errors, chances are the site is fraudalent. You will want to stay away, there is no sense in risking $30,000 if it means you save $5.00 versus another legitimate company.