[thayne]

> I would check the certificates

What good does that do? It is pretty rare for companies to get an EV or OV certificate, since it is more expensive and more hassle than a DV cert, and even when they do, the name on the cert isn't always what you expect since it might be the name of the owning company, not the brand you are familiar with.

Whois on DNS isn't always reliable either, since it often just points to another company that provides a dns service (such as AWS).