discuss Is this a scam?

[DuDD]

I've noticed a couple of strange things lately
Copy the following domain name to the browser, what do you find?

х2.com
аpple.com

I'm sure there are many other domains like this,
I hope that you can identify the true and false, in case of being cheated
what do you think of these domains?

 

[NameBuyer.com]

Yeah, those are just IDN domains. They use symbols that represent the real letters.

I don't want to click on your examples since I don't know what's on the other side, but if you take the example below that I own, it shows one value to users, but to get to the domain you have to type in the Punycode.

punycode: xn--hek.net
Resulting site: ロ.net

There isn't a lot of use for these since the end users can't actually type in the website easily, but I have a few.

Most sites identify the IDN domains that are in auction or listed as a BIN.

 

[DuDD]

Yeah, those are just IDN domains. They use symbols that represent the real letters.

I don't want to click on your examples since I don't know what's on the other side, but if you take the example below that I own, it shows one value to users, but to get to the domain you have to type in the Punycode.

punycode: xn--hek.net
Resulting site: ロ.net

There isn't a lot of use for these since the end users can't actually type in the website easily, but I have a few.

Most sites identify the IDN domains that are in auction or listed as a BIN.

Yes
This is especially important for end users
Beware of being cheated
best wishes to you
thanks for your sharing

 

[pb]

I'm not going to try, but I think it's impossible to register аpple.com, because IIRC they blocked mixed-script domains after the pаypal.com scam (or was it paypаl.com?).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDN_homograph_attack

 

[DuDD]

I'm not going to try, but I think it's impossible to register аpple.com, because IIRC they blocked mixed-script domains after the pаypal.com scam (or was it paypаl.com?).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDN_homograph_attack

• I have friends who have been scammed with domain names like this
  

 

[Brian L.]

I usual manually type in important domains and then bookmark them.

 

[DuDD]

It's a good habit to have

• I usually complete it automatically in the browser
  

 

[DuDD]

I usual manually type in important domains and then bookmark them.

It's a good habit to have

• I usually complete it automatically in the browser