Rittenhouse has discovered a fake website pretending to be the real Rittenhouse!
For those without an Instagram account, I'm quoting this posting in full so you know what to look for when you run across a fake needlepoint shop website.
"We wanted to alert you to a spoof of our website.
Our real website is rittenhouseneedlepoint.com.
Cyber scams are becoming more and more sophisticated. Please be careful and review the actual web address and cross check it from another source such as an email directly from the brand or the brand’s socials. Spoofs are often (but not always) made on less common url’s such as .shop or .global, because these urls are usually available and inexpensive. There will usually be other signs like generic icons (the icon of this fake shop is a gift box instead of our needle logo), lots of typos, lack of product descriptions, only one picture on most product pages or pictures that are slightly off (pixelated, etc), pricing that is too good to be true, lack of contact phone numbers, lots of dead links/404 errors, etc. Most anti-virus programs will protect you from fake sites, so you may want to consider getting protection.
This is much more common in fashion and other industries. It’s disheartening to see our industry now being targeted. It can be difficult to get these fake sites shut down. You can help us, and your fellow needle-pointers, by using Google’s phishing report page to report this website. This will at least stop the fake site from coming up in searches while we work to have it shut down completely.
https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/?hl=en
Do not visit this site – but please do report it: rittenhouseneedlepoi.shop
Fireside Stitchery has also been spoofed. Please also report, but do not visit: firesidestitchery.shop"
Do not visit this site – but please do report it: rittenhouseneedlepoi.shop
Fireside Stitchery has also been spoofed. Please also report, but do not visit: firesidestitchery.shop"
We'll have to work together to get rid of these scam artists. Follow Rittenhouse's recommendations and let your stitching buddies know if you find a fake version of a real LNS.
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright August 21, 2024 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
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