aroeveofficial.shop poses as an official storefront for Aroeve air purifiers. Its page title reads "Aroeve | Air Purifier Help Release Your Breathing Instinct". It targets home shoppers searching for the brand, especially anyone drawn in by a discount or a social media ad. PhishDestroy classifies it as an e-commerce scam and first saw it on 2026-10-06. As of 2026-10-19 the site was still online and serving its shop content.
How the scam works
Fake shops like this copy a real brand's product photos, descriptions and branding, then add steep price cuts to rush buyers to checkout. The word "official" in the domain is meant to convince visitors they are buying direct from the manufacturer. Victims typically pay and receive nothing, or get a cheap item that has nothing to do with what they ordered. The card number, billing address and contact details entered at checkout can also be reused for further fraud.
Evidence
On 2026-10-13, 10 of 92 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain. Vendors with detections included BitDefender, ESET, Netcraft, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, G-Data, Gridinsoft, alphaMountain.ai and LevelBlue. That is a modest share of engines, but it comes from several unrelated security companies reaching the same conclusion. urlscan.io returned a malicious verdict and specifically identified the page as a fake shop. The domain is also listed on the PhishDestroy blocklist.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-03-25 through Spaceship, Inc., more than six months before PhishDestroy detected it. That long gap suggests the shop had time to collect orders before it was flagged. It is hosted at 188.244.119.61 on the Malakmadze Web LLC network, a Georgian-registered provider, and the address geolocates to the United States. Nothing on the domain links it to the genuine Aroeve brand.
What to do
If you ordered from this site, contact your bank or card issuer right away to dispute the charge and ask for the card to be replaced. Keep your order confirmation and any emails as evidence for the claim. Watch your statements for unfamiliar charges. Expect follow-up phishing sent to the email address or phone number you used. Defenders should block the domain at DNS and web proxies, and retailers or brand owners can report it to the registrar and hosting provider for takedown.
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.
Evidence layersAvailability: Content servingContent: Content served at rootDNS: ResolvedRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observationコンテンツ公開中Ordinary HTTP content served90%2026-10-19 22:34:16 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:34:16 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 22:34:16 UTC
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.
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.
Your bank or payment provider — contact its fraud team promptly through official contact details if money or card information was exposed.
地元の警察 — たとえ直ちに行動を起こせなくても、公式な記録が残される
A report is not a guarantee of recovery or investigation, but prompt, accurate transaction data can help authorities and service providers trace the incident.
詐欺による金銭の返還を装った詐欺 — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
About this reportSources, observation dates and corrections
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