Guides to reporting and removing fake websites.
Everything we know about getting a fake copy of a website taken down, written for site owners rather than lawyers. The guides are free and need no sign-up.
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Guide · Reporting · 8 min read
How to report a fake website
This guide explains how to report a fake copy of your website: who to report it to (registrar, host, Cloudflare, Google, Microsoft, Netcraft, APWG and Action Fraud), what evidence to include, and how to follow up until it is removed.
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Guide · Template · 7 min read
DMCA takedown notice template
This guide provides a free, copy-and-paste DMCA takedown notice for a website that copies yours, with every element 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) requires, where to send it, and the mistakes that get notices rejected.
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Guide · Investigation · 8 min read
How to find out who hosts a website
This guide shows, step by step, how to find a website's registrar with RDAP or WHOIS, its IP address with DNS, the hosting network and abuse contact from the ASN, and what to do when the site is hiding behind Cloudflare.
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Guide · Online shops · 7 min read
What to do if someone cloned your Shopify store
This guide explains what to do when your Shopify store has been copied onto another domain: how store clones work, what to do in the first hour, who to report it to (including when the clone also runs on Shopify), and how to protect your customers.
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