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Business Impersonation Scams

If you have been contacted by an individual claiming to represent morphsites Ltd, please refer to these guidelines.

Sadly, Business Impersonation scams are on the rise. Scammers will typically impersonate a business by copying logos and trademarks from their website, and set up fraudulent websites to defraud others. Often they will target victims from a different jurisdiction to the business they are impersonating, preying on the victim's lack of familiarity with the laws and procedures of another land.

Such behaviour is reprehensible and criminal - but is becoming ever more commonplace.

Read more about how to identify scams.

Check the domain name

morphsites Ltd sends email from morphsites.com and uses the domain morphsites.com for its website. We do not operate any kind of portal for contractors / freelancers.

Remember, even if an email appears to be genuine, it may not be. Whilst we use industry standard anti-spoofing measures, these are not 100% effective, so why not...

Give us a call

Our telephone number is +44 (0) 1460 984284. We will be happy to help you find out if a communication or website is genuine.

Check the language

Whilst morphsites does employ staff of different nationalities, all our staff speak English with native fluency.

Does morphsites Ltd offer work via WhatsApp or any other messaging services?

No, never!

All of our employees and contractors are interviewed in person or via video conference. All of our regular staff have a contract of employment that meets the requirements of UK laws.

We seldom use freelancers - especially those we haven't personally met - and we don't have any type of work that we can offer to individuals without specialist skills in our industry.

Only the directors of morphsites Ltd can engage workers - no other individual within our company has that authority.

Check the financials

morphsites only pays its workers in UK Pounds Sterling. We do not pay employees or freelancers in any other currency.

We NEVER use crypto currency, and we NEVER require any fees to be paid before we disburse funds to our staff and contractors.

Don't be fooled by "official documents"

Every corporation in the UK is required to file documents with Companies House and HM Revenue & Customs. Many of these documents are freely available for download in the public domain. Just because an individual has downloaded a copy of one of these documents, does not make them a representative of our business.

FAQs

I have been scammed / have sent money to a business impersonating morphsites Ltd - what should I do?

Please report the matter to the Police in your jurisdiction.

What does morphsites Ltd do to tackle Business Impersonation scams?

When we become aware of someone impersonating our business we file abuse reports to domain name authorities (NIC), domain name registrars, and every company we can find providing hosting services to the impersonators. We report individuals to the police.

How is a Business Impersonation scam possible?

Ultimately, anyone can copy and paste logos or information that has been placed in the public domain - i.e. the Internet. Anyone can register a domain name that appears similar to one that already exists, since there are very few controls in place to check that a domain name doesn't infringe upon another company's trademark. Sadly, you can't even trust secure certificates anymore, since these can be obtained by automated processes which have no checks or controls.

It is important to thoroughly check who you are dealing with before parting with any money.

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