How to Check if an Online Store Is Legit With AI Quiz

Answers and explanations appear as you take the quiz.

1. A store's checkout page shows a padlock and HTTPS. What does that tell you about the store?
   • The store is a registered business
   • A government agency has checked the seller
   • The connection is encrypted, which says nothing about whether the seller is honest
   • The store guarantees refunds
2. Why is being asked to pay by wire transfer, crypto or gift card one of the strongest warning signs?
   • Those payments are hard to reverse
   • Those methods charge higher fees
   • Those methods are illegal for online shopping
   • Those methods reveal your identity to the seller
3. A WHOIS lookup shows the owner's details are hidden by a privacy service. How does the guide say to interpret this?
   • Hidden details prove the site is a scam
   • Hidden details prove the site is legitimate
   • WHOIS never shows registration dates, so the lookup is useless
   • Many legitimate sites hide owner details too, so the domain's age is the more useful signal
4. Why have AI-built fake stores become harder to spot by appearance alone?
   • AI-built stores always have the lowest prices
   • Generated photos and fluent text remove the typos that used to give scams away
   • AI-built sites can't be looked up in WHOIS
   • AI-built sites never use HTTPS
5. What is the better way to use a chatbot to check a suspicious store?
   • Ask only 'is this site legit?'
   • Ask the chatbot to place a test order
   • Paste the actual page text, the domain and the WHOIS output for it to analyze
   • Ask it to judge the store by its name alone
6. Which U.S. law gives credit card users dispute rights if an online store never delivers?
   • Fair Credit Billing Act
   • No Surprises Act
   • Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act
   • CAN-SPAM Act
7. What can a reverse image search of a store's product photos reveal?
   • The date the store's domain was registered
   • The legal name of the store's owner
   • Which payment processor the store uses
   • That the photos were copied from the real brand's site
8. A reputation checker shows little or no data for a store. Why isn't that a green light?
   • Reputation scores are always wrong
   • A brand-new site may have no data either way
   • Reputation checkers only cover banks
   • Reputation checkers only work if you pay