benchmarkhq.shop is a fraudulent web store that calls itself Performance Running and presents itself as a retailer of running shoes, apparel and accessories. It targets runners and bargain hunters who reach it through ads, social media or search results. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-10-13. As of 2026-10-19 the site was still online and serving its shop pages.
How the scam works
Fake shops like this copy the look of a real sports retailer, list popular running products at steep discounts, and push visitors toward a quick checkout. The buyer pays by card or another method and then receives nothing, a cheap item unrelated to the order, or a fake tracking number that leads nowhere. The checkout also captures the buyer's name, address, email, phone number and payment details, which can be reused for card fraud or follow-up phishing. The site's name, benchmarkhq, has nothing to do with the Performance Running branding on its pages.
Evidence
urlscan.io rated the site malicious and specifically identified it as a fake shop. On 2026-10-17, VirusTotal showed 7 of 92 engines flagging the domain: Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, LevelBlue, Netcraft and SOCRadar. That count is modest, so many browsers and security tools may still load the site without a warning. Among blocklists, only PhishDestroy currently lists it.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Dynadot Inc. on 2026-05-23, nearly five months before PhishDestroy detected it. That gap suggests the domain was held for some time or ran quietly before drawing attention. The site is hosted in the United States on the Malakmadze Web LLC network. It uses a free Let's Encrypt certificate, so the padlock in the browser only means the connection is encrypted. It says nothing about whether the store is legitimate.
What to do
If you paid on this site, contact your bank or card issuer right away, report the transaction as fraud and request a chargeback. Ask them to cancel the card if you entered its full details. Do not pay any extra shipping, customs or release fees the seller requests. Treat emails or texts that mention your order as likely phishing. If you created an account with a password you use elsewhere, change it on those other services. Security teams should block the domain, watch for traffic to it, and report it to payment processors and ad platforms that may be sending it customers.
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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 22:44:06 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:44:06 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 22:44:06 UTC
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使用技術 · 1 identified
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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
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