I have started to investigate other scams to see if they might link together.
CedarTec's website looks similar in visuals to LabCoin's.
http://cedartec.nethttp://labcoin.comSome of similarities I find:
1. Strong emphasis on good looking pictures.
2. Logo placed at same top-left spot of the site.
3. Logo of same design - two graphic elements combined with company name (also two-words combined)
4. Usage of three column design of website.
5. Footers mix same elements. Use of word "Tec". Mixing different separators.
2013 | CedarTec - Kassem Mourad, Tripoli - Lebanon | All rights reserved.
Copyright labcoin / iTec Pro Limited - Hong Kong 2013 - All rights reserved
6. All devices on pictures are shown from exactly same angle.
Left device from straight front.
Middle turned clockwise, shows efficiency of cooling,
Right turned anticlockwise. Emphasis on interiors (fans, psu, leds while labcoin's show the board).
All pictures are shown from exact same angles.
Use of plastic/rubber stands at bottom of devices or round curves in both designs also match.
All those things are far from being proof of any kind, but shows that both designers had common sense of art.
This is just an observation from a previous website operator.
1. Obviously.
2. 8/10 would place their logo on the top-left as well.
3. No comment, (insert joke).
4. Yes, they're basically scamming because they've used a layout which suits their purpose.
5. It's called being professional.
6. No comment, again (insert joke).
You might've realised this already, if not then well let me briefly explain it. Most I.T. company orientated use similar concepts in advertising their site, it's called trying to be professional. Making your site look professional doesn't scare customers, it attracts customers (I'm sure you'd study this in business or marketing classes already, but this is just a simple reminder).
Again, I understand where you are coming from but as a website operator in the past. I just wanted to point out, just because something uses a similar concept in advertising their company or site does not make them necessarily a scam, it would be rather hilarious if you accused 99% of the I.T. industries website for being scam given their similarities to each other. I would call it, using another company as part of an inspiration for designing your own website or company layout, it does happen more then you think.
P.S. I am just pointing out a common misconception regarding the analysis of layout and how they link to scams when clearly it's ambigious without sufficient proofs. Using a website for a company and saying they are a scamming company just because of the website is the same thing as going for a swim at the local volcanoes, it doesn't work.
