bergbergofficial.shop is a fraudulent e-commerce site that presented itself under the page title "Berg". The doubled "bergberg" plus "official" in the domain is meant to look like an authorised brand store. It targets online shoppers looking for deals. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-10-13, and the site has been dead since 2026-10-16, with its DNS no longer resolving as of 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
Fake shops like this put a polished storefront under a brand-style name, here "Berg", and pull buyers in with steep discounts. The victim chooses items, enters a delivery address and pays by card or another method at checkout. In schemes of this type, the goods either never ship or turn out to be worthless substitutes. The operators keep the payment along with the buyer's name, address, phone number and card details, which can be reused for further fraud.
Evidence
Nine of 92 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain on 2026-10-13, among them BitDefender, ESET, G-Data, Netcraft, Gridinsoft, CRDF, LevelBlue and alphaMountain.ai. That is a modest count, but several of these vendors run dedicated fraud and phishing feeds, so the agreement carries weight. urlscan.io returned a malicious verdict and specifically tagged the page as a fake shop. The domain also appears in four AlienVault OTX threat pulses and on the PhishDestroy blocklist.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Dynadot Inc. on 2026-05-15, about five months before it was caught. That gap fits a shop that was aged or quietly run before drawing attention. It was hosted on the Malakmadze Web LLC network in Georgia, behind a free Let's Encrypt certificate. The padlock in the browser said nothing about whether the shop was legitimate. The site went offline three days after detection.
What to do
If you ordered from this site, contact your bank or card issuer now, report the transaction as fraud and request a chargeback. Cancel the card if you entered its details. Expect follow-up phishing that uses your name, address or order details, such as fake delivery or refund messages, and do not pay any further "customs" or "shipping" charges. If you created an account, change that password anywhere else you reused it. Defenders should block the domain and watch for lookalike .shop domains that pair a brand name with "official".
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Primary outcomeDNS 非アクティブreason: DNS NXDOMAIN80% confidence
Attributionsource: Dns Cache
Evidence layersAvailability: DNS inactiveContent: UnreachableDNS: NXDOMAINRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observation不明Probe Inconclusive20%2026-10-19 01:19:00 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-15 10:45:17 UTClast content: 2026-10-15 10:45:17 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-10-16 08:21:12 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-10-15 10:45:17 UTC → 2026-10-16 08:21:12 UTC · 21.60hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-10-15 21:33:14 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.
Recorded subdomains1
Hostnames retained in the domain record or Certificate Transparency cache. A hostname alone does not establish current availability or malicious activity.
img.bergbergofficial.shopDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
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
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