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.
bentgohq.shop poses as the official Bentgo store. Its page title reads "Bentgo® Bento Boxes and Accessories for Children and Adults | Bentgo Official Site" to win the trust of parents and lunch-prep shoppers. PhishDestroy classifies it as an e-commerce scam and first saw it on 2026-10-13. As of 2026-10-19 the site was still online and serving its storefront.
How the scam works
Fake shops like this copy a real brand's catalogue, photos and wording, then draw buyers in with prices that undercut the genuine store. The "HQ" in the domain name is meant to suggest a head-office or official outlet. At checkout, the victim hands over card details, a billing address and contact information. Typically the item either never arrives or a cheap substitute is shipped. The card data can then be reused for further fraudulent charges, and the contact details tend to feed follow-up spam and phishing.
Evidence
On 2026-10-17, 15 of 92 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain. The vendors include BitDefender, ESET, Fortinet, G-Data, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, alphaMountain.ai, CyRadar and the Vietnamese anti-fraud project Chong Lua Dao. urlscan.io independently returned a malicious verdict and tagged the page specifically as a fake shop, which matches our classification. The domain also appears in four AlienVault OTX threat pulses, so other researchers are tracking it too.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Dynadot Inc. on 2026-05-26, roughly four and a half months before it reached our blocklist. That gap left ample time to collect orders unnoticed. The site is hosted in Georgia on the Malakmadze Web LLC network, with no connection to Bentgo's own infrastructure. A free Let's Encrypt certificate supplies the padlock icon, which only means the connection is encrypted and says nothing about whether the shop is legitimate.
What to do
If you ordered from bentgohq.shop, call your card issuer now. Ask them to block the card and dispute the charge as non-delivery or fraud, since chargeback windows are limited. Watch your statements for unfamiliar charges in the coming weeks, and treat any emails or texts about "your Bentgo order" with suspicion. If you created an account there with a password you use elsewhere, change it on those other services. Defenders and payment teams should block the domain, and sellers of Bentgo products can report the impersonation to the brand owner.
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 22:44:07 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:44:07 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 22:44:07 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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