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Apr 27, 10, 06:40PM
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Can someone tell me how to check if a website is a US or Uk registered company Please.
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| WritersBeware |
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Edited by: WritersBeware Apr 27, 10, 07:03PM
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doggy: Can someone tell me how to check if a website is a US or Uk registered company Please.
Being "registered" in any particular country means absolutely nothing. Any foreign ripoff site (most commonly, those from Ukraine and Pakistan) can falsely claim to be based in the US after the fraudulent owner pays an online service to incorporate him for a few hundred bucks.
As safe of a bet as you can make is to choose a site that was registered in 2001 or earlier, as the landslide of fraudulent sites from Ukraine and Pakistan did not begin poisoning the market until 2002.
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Apr 27, 10, 07:28PM
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doggy: Can someone tell me how to check if a website is a US or Uk registered company Please
If you ask the companies, they will let you know. Usually, they mention it in their websites. We try to find the UK companies, being in Britain.
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| WRT |
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Apr 28, 10, 02:34AM
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Sikandar: If you ask the companies, they will let you know.
No they won't. They will lie through their teeth!
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Apr 28, 10, 05:31AM
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helpwithassignment.com has anyone here used then before? Company claim to be in the state but also have a branch in india.
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Edited by: Carly Apr 28, 10, 09:14AM
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If a company claims it is a UK LTD company you can check if they're telling the truth through the 'Web Check' service on the Government-run website: 'Companies House.'
Hope this helps.
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Edited by: WritersBeware Apr 28, 10, 01:21PM
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Carly, having a record at Companies House means absolutely nothing. As a US resident, it would take me a day or two to find/buy a PO box in London and incorporate through Companies House. Fraudulent, foreign companies do that all the time.
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| WRT |
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Apr 28, 10, 01:22PM
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Carly: If a company claims it is a UK LTD company you can check if they're telling the truth through the 'Web Check' service on the Government-run website: 'Companies House.'
The problem is online company formations ... Nowadays, anybody can form a company in the UK as long as they've got about £30 to their name. All they need to do is create an account through one of those online formation agencies, pay the fee and, within 24 hours, receive their certificate of incorporation. People who've never been to the UK, have absolutely no ties there and can barely speak the language are, suddenly, the owners of UK limited companies. When you consider that they can get away with not paying taxes, but we can't, that they are not legally accountable for violating SoGA or the Consumer Protection Act (to name but two) but we are, etc ... it is really unfair. I really don't understand the government's attitude towards this ... why are they allowing it to go on?
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| WRT |
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Apr 28, 10, 01:26PM
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WritersBeware: As a US resident, it would take me a day or two to find/buy a PO box in London and incorporate through Companies House. Fraudulent, foreign companies do that all the time.
It's not even that difficult any more ... just go to any online formation agent, pay a bit more, and buy an address in London ... I think London addresses are going to £49.99 at the moment :)
Seriously ... is this either fair or right?
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