온라인 상점이 AI로 합법인지 확인하는 방법

Fake online stores usually aim to take your money and ship nothing, ship a cheap counterfeit or steal your card details. They're often promoted through social media ads and search results. Red flags to look for: prices far below what major retailers charge for the same item; a domain that imitates a brand with extra words or odd spellings; a recently registered domain; no physical address or phone number you can verify; contact only through a web form or a free email address; policies copied from other sites, sometimes still naming another store; reviews that are all perfect and posted in bursts; and pressure tactics like countdown timers. One of the strongest warning signs is a request to pay by wire transfer, a payment app meant for friends, cryptocurrency or gift cards, because those payments are hard to reverse. AI has made fake shops easier to build. Generated product photos, fluent descriptions and invented 'founder stories' remove the typos that used to give scams away. So judge facts you can check, not how polished the site looks. Steps to check a store: Look up the domain's registration date with ICANN's lookup or a WHOIS service; check Google Safe Browsing's site status and a reputation checker such as ScamAdviser; Search the store's name plus 'scam' or 'reviews' on independent sites; Reverse-search the product images; and Confirm any company registration the store claims. A chatbot can help by reading policies and flagging inconsistencies, summarizing reviews you paste in and explaining what a WHOIS record means. It can't vouch for a store from its own knowledge, because new scam sites appear constantly. A common mistake is trusting the padlock. HTTPS only means the connection is encrypted, not that the seller is honest. Pay by credit card, which in the U.S. gives you dispute rights under the Fair Credit Billing Act. Report fraud to the FTC at ReportFraud.ftc.gov.