birdinhandonline.shop is a fake online shop that presented itself as "Downtown Chico | Bird in Hand", a gift-and-boutique style storefront aimed at bargain-hunting online shoppers. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-10-16. The site has since gone dark: its DNS stopped resolving and it has been offline since 2026-10-19. The page title reads like a genuine local Chico store, while our analysis classifies the domain as an e-commerce scam.
How the scam works
Shops like this borrow a familiar or friendly-sounding store name, here "Bird in Hand" with a Downtown Chico tag, and fill a catalogue with products at steep discounts to push quick checkouts. The victim enters a delivery address, phone number and card details, pays, and then receives nothing, a cheap substitute, or tracking that never moves. Beyond the lost payment, the card and personal data collected at checkout can be reused for further fraud or resold.
Evidence
Seven of 92 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain on 2026-10-16: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, G-Data, Gridinsoft, LevelBlue and Netcraft. That is a modest count, but it comes from vendors that independently track fraud and phishing. urlscan.io rated the site malicious and specifically marked it as a fake shop, which matches our classification. The domain also appears in four AlienVault OTX threat pulses, so other researchers had picked it up as well.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Dynadot Inc. on 2026-05-26. That is nearly five months before PhishDestroy detected it, which suggests it was either kept in reserve or traded quietly before it drew attention. It was hosted on the Malakmadze Web LLC network in Georgia, an unusual home for a store presenting itself as a Northern California boutique. Its free Let's Encrypt certificate gave shoppers the padlock icon, which proves nothing about whether a merchant is legitimate.
What to do
If you paid on this site, contact your bank or card issuer now, report the charge as fraud, and ask for a chargeback and a replacement card. Watch your statements for unfamiliar charges, and treat follow-up emails or calls about your "order" or a refund as likely phishing. If you created an account, change that password anywhere you reused it. Defenders should block the domain and its hosting IP, check proxy and payment logs for customer contact with it, and report any lookalike Bird in Hand shop domains as they appear.
Qué contabilizamos
Tiempo transcurrido desde el primer informe de abuso almacenado hasta la primera observación de que el contenido no estaba disponible. Esto no establece la causa.
Qué contiene cada informe
Los registros de informes salientes almacenados pueden hacer referencia a evidencia disponible en ese momento, como veredictos de proveedores, datos de registro, detalles de alojamiento, clasificaciones o capturas de pantalla. Esta página no infiere la carga útil entregada, el recibo, el acuse de recibo o la acción exacta por parte de un destinatario.
Detalles técnicosProvenance & timestamps
Primera detección16/10/2026
DOM Analysisanalyzed 17/10/2026score 88/100
Submitted URLhttp://birdinhandonline.shop/
Favicon Hash
ID del caso
ICANN OVERSIGHT
Acreditación y contexto RAA
Registrar accreditation and DNS abuse obligations
For this gTLD, the registrar above operates under an ICANN accreditation agreement. The links below provide the official fee schedule and current DNS abuse compliance guidance.
Accreditation is a contract, not a safety certification.
RAA §3.18 establishes abuse-contact and handling requirements. This report can document stored outbound notices and later technical observations; it does not by itself establish receipt, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Primary outcomeDNS inactivoreason: DNS NXDOMAIN80% confidence
Attributionsource: Dns Cache
Evidence layersAvailability: DNS inactiveContent: UnreachableDNS: NXDOMAINRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observationDesconocidoProbe Inconclusive20%2026-10-19 01:58:46 UTC
RDAP registrationDesconocido
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-18 10:00:21 UTClast content: 2026-10-18 10:00:21 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-10-18 20:24:26 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-10-18 10:00:21 UTC → 2026-10-18 20:24:26 UTC · 10.40hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-10-18 15:12:23 UTC · precision medium · basis bounded
Availability, content, DNS and registration are independent evidence layers. NXDOMAIN, an unreachable origin or missing content alone does not prove registrar action. A registrar or provider is credited only when a direct technical marker identifies that actor. Report causality is shown separately.
Tecnologías · 1 identified
H
HTTP/3
Miscellaneous
HTTP/3 is the third major version of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol used to exchange information on the World Wide Web.
Google PageSpeed Insights — mobile performance audit of birdinhandonline.shop· checked Oct 16, 2026
64
Needs Work
Performance
FCP
2.9s
First Contentful Paint
LCP
12.61s
Largest Contentful Paint
CLS
0.022
Cumulative Layout Shift
TBT
265ms
Total Blocking Time
SI
3.66s
Speed Index
Powered by Google PageSpeed Insights · Mobile strategy · Scores: 90-100 Good50-89 Needs Work0-49 Poor
Stored Capture Evidence 1 snapshot
Timestamped response metadata retained by the local collection pipeline. Each value below belongs to the displayed archive time.
Archived HTTP responseHTTP 200
Requested URL:http://birdinhandonline.shop/
Final URL:https://birdinhandonline.shop/
Downtown Chico | Bird in Hand
Visit Bird in Hand in Downtown Chico for classic toys, family and strategy games, men's and women's casual apparel, kids' books, plush toys, holiday ornaments, seasonal decor, jigsaw puzzles, and more.
HSTS: not observedDNSSEC: not observedWAF / firewall: not observedCloaking flag: not observed
Open Graph title:Downtown Chico
Open Graph description:Visit Bird in Hand in Downtown Chico for classic toys, family and strategy games, men's and women's casual apparel, kids' books, plush toys, holiday ornaments, seasonal decor, jigsaw puzzles, and more.
Las relaciones almacenadas se agrupan por el atributo de coincidencia exacta. Un proveedor o registrador compartido por sí solo no prueba la propiedad común.
Mapa de infraestructuras · birdinhandonline.shop
Cada línea representa un motivo por el que un dominio está vinculado a este servidor. El tamaño de los nodos indica las detecciones de VirusTotal y los nodos con línea discontinua ya están fuera de línea. A continuación se incluyen las listas completas.
El contenido coincide1
El mismo hash del favicon o el mismo título de página que este servidor.
Registrados a través del mismo proveedor de registro. Un proveedor de registro presta servicio a millones de clientes que no tienen relación entre sí, por lo que este dato solo agrupa los registros, en lugar de demostrar que exista un vínculo.
6 evidence signal groups linked1 stored notification recordsContenido no disponible
If credentials were compromised, report immediately. Do not engage with recovery scammers.
Si ingresó credenciales de cuenta, información personal o de pago, o descargó un archivo de este dominio, tome medidas inmediatas. A continuación encontrará recursos que le ayudarán a informar el incidente y protegerse.
¡Cuidado con los estafadores que se hacen pasar por empresas de recuperación de datos! Los delincuentes pueden volver a contactar a las víctimas haciéndose pasar por investigadores, abogados o agentes de recuperación. No pague tarifas por adelantado ni comparta credenciales.Más información sobre el fraude en las ayudas de recuperación →
Template-based draft · optional AI wording assistance requires separate consent
Borrador asistido por IA: el proveedor de IA procesa los detalles del incidente · Revíselo y envíelo usted mismo
After a phishing incident
Recomendaciones y consejos para las víctimas
Choose the steps that match what you shared. Keep a copy of this report alongside your own records.
¿Qué debo hacer ahora mismo?
Urgente
Stop using the suspicious site. Open the real service through its official app or an address you already trust.
Cambiar todas las contraseñas — correo electrónico, cuentas de Exchange, cualquier cosa que utilice la misma contraseña
Activar la autenticación de dos factores utilizando una aplicación de autenticación (no SMS). Desactivar la recuperación mediante SMS
Tarjetas de congelación si has introducido tus datos bancarios en la página de phishing
¿Qué información debo recopilar para mi informe?
Directrices del FBI
Keep original emails, receipts, messages and screenshots in a secure place. A factual timeline helps the receiving authority understand what happened. IC3 evidence guidance ↗
Payment records — if you paid, save the receipt, amount, date, payment provider and recipient details.
Fechas y horas exactas — de cada transacción y del primer contacto con el estafador
Capturas de pantalla — páginas web fraudulentas, mensajes de chat, correos electrónicos, transacciones con monederos electrónicos, redes sociales
Todas las URL y dominios utilizados por el estafador (incluidos birdinhandonline.shop)
Comunicaciones — correos electrónicos, mensajes de texto, números de teléfono y nombres de usuario que utilizó el estafador
Aunque no tengas todos los detalles — presenta la denuncia de todos modos. Incluso la información parcial sigue siendo útil para las investigaciones.
¿Dónde debo denunciar la estafa?
IC3 del FBI — Centro de Denuncias de Delitos en Internet (sistema federal de denuncia de EE. UU.)
Europol — Informes sobre la ciberdelincuencia en Europa (UE)
Your bank or payment provider — contact its fraud team promptly through official contact details if money or card information was exposed.
Policía local — deja constancia oficial, aunque no puedan actuar de inmediato
A report is not a guarantee of recovery or investigation, but prompt, accurate transaction data can help authorities and service providers trace the incident.
How do phishing scams typically work?
Páginas web falsas — Clones idénticos al milímetro de sitios web legítimos, con dominios ligeramente modificados
Sacrificio de cerdos — Se ganaba la confianza de las víctimas a lo largo de varias semanas a través de Telegram, WhatsApp o aplicaciones de citas, y luego les robaban el dinero.
Estafas relacionadas con la recuperación — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
Estafas basadas en la inteligencia artificial — los «deepfakes», el phishing automatizado y los sitios web generados por IA, que hacen que el fraude sea más difícil de detectar
¿Cómo puedo protegerme en el futuro?
Añadir a favoritos las páginas web oficiales — Nunca hagas clic en enlaces de correos electrónicos, mensajes directos o anuncios
Verificar dominios — comprobar si PhishDestroy antes de interactuar. Comprueba que sea HTTPS, la ortografía y la antigüedad del dominio
«Demasiado bueno para ser verdad» = estafa — rendimientos garantizados, recomendaciones de famosos, plazos urgentes
About this reportSources, observation dates and corrections
This report combines saved page captures, registration and network records, scanner results and PhishDestroy reporting history. Each source keeps its own observation date. Open a source report to inspect the original result.
The AI-assisted analysis was written on . It describes the evidence available at that time; later source checks can change.
A capture documents what was shown. A scanner result records that provider’s assessment at the time of its check. Neither a valid certificate nor a zero-detection result is a guarantee of safety.
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