ABUSE NOTICE · 7D+ OPEN
Outgoing abuse reports are recorded; the latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable.
Notification and current-status evidence
The sent-report ledger records the first outgoing report at .
The recorded recipient is abuse@rashost.com.
The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 7 days has elapsed since the first outgoing report.
ICANN RAA §3.18 describes registrar abuse-contact and handling obligations.
This section records outgoing timestamps, listed recipients, case identifiers, and later availability. It does not by itself prove receipt, acknowledgement, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.
bentclubofficial.shop is a fraudulent web store that presents itself as BENT-Club. Its German-language storefront advertises connectable sun sails, rugs and cushion rolls. It targets German-speaking shoppers looking for home and garden goods. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-10-13, and the shop was still online with its storefront live on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
The page title, "Verbindbare Sonnensegel, Teppiche, Kissenrollen & mehr | BENT-Club", is built to look like an ordinary product listing. Fake shops like this one use attractive prices and a polished catalogue to push visitors to check out quickly. Victims pay by card or another method and then receive nothing, or receive a cheap item that does not match the listing. The checkout also collects names, addresses, phone numbers and payment card details, which can be reused for further fraud.
Evidence
On 2026-10-17, 8 of 92 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, LevelBlue, SOCRadar and Webroot. That is a modest count, but it comes from several unrelated vendors. urlscan.io returned a malicious verdict and specifically identified the page as a fake shop, which matches our classification. The domain also appears in three AlienVault OTX threat pulses, so other researchers have tracked it as well.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Dynadot Inc. on 2026-05-26, about four and a half months before PhishDestroy detected it. Fake shops often run quietly for a while like this, collecting orders before they get flagged. The site is hosted in Georgia on the Malakmadze Web LLC network. It uses a free Let's Encrypt certificate, so the padlock in the browser says nothing about whether the shop is legitimate.
What to do
If you placed an order, contact your bank or card issuer right away. Ask them to dispute the charge as non-delivery fraud and to consider reissuing the card. Keep your order confirmations and any emails from the shop, because they support a chargeback claim. Watch your statements for unfamiliar charges, and treat any follow-up messages about "delivery fees" or refunds as likely phishing. Security teams should block the domain, and payment providers and marketplaces should flag transactions linked to it.
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 22:44:20 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:44:20 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 22:44:20 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.
使用技術 · 1 identified
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HTTP/3
Miscellaneous
HTTP/3 is the third major version of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol used to exchange information on the World Wide Web.
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
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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