Introduction[]
DiscountWatches is just another fake watch site that infringes the manufacturer's trade mark and copyright. The title line when you visit a site is randomly selected from a range, such as
- Buy Now Omega "James Bond: Quantum of Solace Edition" Seamaster Only For $324,95
- Buy Now Rolex Explorer II Only For $243
- Buy Now Tudor Date-Day Only For $330
- Gorgeous Cartier Women Watches Collection
- Legendary Breitling. Aviator`s choice
- Legendary Breitling. The Brand New Cosmonaute 2009 Collection
- Special Discount on The World Leading Watches Brands
- Special Offer on Omega "James Bond: Quantum of Solace Edition" Seamaster
- Special Offer on Rolex Explorer II
- Special Offer on The Brand New Omega Collection: $375 For Each Item
- The Best Offers on The World Leading Watches Brands
- The Best Watches Online-Shop: Free Shipping For All Orders More Than $300
- The Brand New Omega 2009 Collection
False pretenses[]
To give the impression of being a legitimate business site, the checkout operation pretends to take your identity, address and credit card over a secure link. However, it is using ordinary http (not https) and there is no security certificate indicating a secure encrypted connection.
Pretense of a secure transaction
False claim from the site's Privacy Policy:
How secure is your information? * We work to protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input.
Evidence of fraud[]
Each manufacturer whose copyright is being blatantly infringed provides warnings of these scam operations. For example, see the Breitling front page which states
BEWARE OF FRAUDS Do not buy any Breitling products on the Internet: 99% of the Breitling products for sale on the Internet are fakes. The others are second-hand watches or models of doubtful origin.
Invalid contact details[]
The trailer at the bottom of the page gives a contact number, +1(707)736-6165 but if you call it, you find there is no such number.
Sample sites[]
Site names and name server domains are usually registered in Russia or China
- scorewinner.ru with sponsoring registrar: REGRU-REG-RIPN
- feelfinal.ru with sponsoring registrar: REGRU-REG-RIPN
Name Servers
- ns1.fieldmind.com with sponsoring registrar: Regional Network Information Center, JSC dba RU-CENTER
- ns3.dimpleunit.com with sponsoring registrar: BEIJING INNOVATIVE LINKAGE TECHNOLOGY LTD. DBA DNS.COM.CN
- ns5.0ul.ru ns6.0ul.ru with sponsoring registrar: NAUNET-REG-RIPN
- clunaben.cn
Name Servers
- ns1.heavpass.com ns2.heavpass.com with sponsoring registrar: BEIJING INNOVATIVE LINKAGE TECHNOLOGY LTD. DBA DNS.COM.CN
- ns3.6sf.ru ns4.6sf.ru with sponsoring registrar: REGRU-REG-RIPN
- storewatchesheard.com
Name Servers
- ns1.wesheer.com ns2.wesheer.com
- ns3.figfelt.com ns4.figfelt.com
How to Report this Spam[]
Complainterator generates requests to the registrars to remove these sites and their name servers