Shutting down a scam website ?

This website is being used to scam people, it pretends to be a real garage, but isn't. It needs to be shut down, the police will obviously be useless, so what route should be taken ?

https://www.wroxallmotors.co.uk/

NCSC probably

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/

Or the domain registrar (Godaddy). Although they are not likely to do much unless they were directly impacting you (like you owned wroxallmotors.com or something). Even then, it can be an expensive and drawn out bun fight.

don't waste your time, you won't succeed

Trading Standards or the ASA are your best bets here, police are unlikely to be useful..

GoDaddy Abuse (their accreditation with Nominet obliges them to address complaints): https://supportcenter.godaddy.com/AbuseReport

Email nominet (UK registry) to make sure it's taken seriously: abuse@nominet.uk

Contact WIX (host): https://www.wix.com/support-chatbot?nodeId=lKLN9S6dps8s0ldU4ssh&referral=abuseMainPage

Note, though, that someone sending an email saying "This is bogus because I say it is" won't get very far; you'll need to explain why.

Or the domain registrar (Godaddy). Although they are not likely to do much unless they were directly impacting you (like you owned wroxallmotors.com or something). Even then, it can be an expensive and drawn out bun fight.

Nah, registrars aren't really concerned whether you personally have been damaged, the registry-registrar agreements force a responsibility on them and for the most part it's taken seriously. Of course there are bad ones, but for the most part, it's not worth the drama of ignoring complaints as all it does is escalate and take more time.

Now, someone making a complaint with no info is a bit different as is someone complaining because they don't like the content on a website rather than it being illegal or problematic in some other legal sense.

But if you are an organisation and someone registers a lookalike domain, there are processes to have that domain taken down and reregistered with you (if you so wish). These processes involve the registrar. You just need to make the case. Hence my "not likely to do much" and "expensive and drawn" out comment.

That's a different matter; if the above is a wrong-un and the OP doesn't want the domain, it's pretty easy. I wasn't under the impression that they were Wroxall Motors and wanted the domain.

Glad someone knew what I meant.
Thanks for the ideas, I'll explore before paying for a DoS attack to get the bastards.

@stevo_com thanks, but you misinterpreted it.

No I didn't, everyone else thought I did. I gave the example of a lookalike domain as an example of where the registrar might get involved. But my first suggestion was Action Fraud, which is still a valid response.

they are not likely to do much

Everyone seems to have missed this part of my reply. A registrar absolutely can take down a domain that is serving a dodgy site, but they are unlikely to unless some of what I have already described is happening.

Whats the scam here? Garage is in a particularly rural area of the Isle of Wight so potential customers are pretty limited

I've been at Blackgang Chine all day. Can confirm it is pretty rural. Not to mention really hot.

Not much of a queue for evolution or the rollercoaster though. Water ride was a bit busier