How to Check a Company Is Real Before You Pay Them
An invoice arrives from a supplier you half recognise, or a website appears offering exactly what you need at a price that seems fine.
AI summary
This content is a training preview that outlines three quick, free verification methods to assess the legitimacy of an unfamiliar supplier or website before making a payment.
- Verify the age of the website domain.
- Review historical snapshots of the website from the previous year.
- Check if the site has been flagged as dangerous by any public sources.
- These checks are not individually conclusive but are effective when used together to identify potential fraud.
About this training
An invoice arrives from a supplier you half recognise, or a website appears offering exactly what you need at a price that seems fine. Before money moves, there are three free public checks that take about three minutes together.
How old is the domain. What did the site look like a year ago. And has anyone already flagged it as dangerous. None of these are conclusive on their own; together they catch most of it.
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