Patent ID: 8856937

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for identifying fraudulent websites, the computer-implemented method comprising: identifying a fraudulent-website toolkit, the fraudulent-website toolkit being programmed for use in creating a fraudulent website, the fraudulent-website toolkit being programmed to reproduce a plurality of different legitimate websites as fraudulent websites; determining a characteristic of the fraudulent-web site toolkit, wherein the determined characteristic of the fraudulent-website toolkit is absent from a legitimate website and comprises at least one of a script file, a log file, or a folder; using the characteristic of the fraudulent-website toolkit to identify a website created using the fraudulent-website toolkit, comprising: selecting a web search engine; creating a web search engine query using a web search engine query operator specific to the selected web search engine, the web search engine query including the characteristic of the fraudulent-website toolkit; and upon performing the web search engine query, receiving a search result indicating one or more matching websites.