ABUSE NOTICE · 72H+ 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@dynadot.com.
The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 4 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.
bighatstoreshop.shop presents itself as BigHatStore, a niche retailer of oversized hats for people with large heads. PhishDestroy classifies it as an E-Commerce Scam: a fake online shop built to take payment without delivering what was ordered. We first flagged it on 2026-10-16. When checked on 2026-10-19, the site was still online and serving its storefront.
How the scam works
The page title, "Large Hats | Buy Top-Rated Big Hats for Large Heads in Every Size | BigHatStore", is written to catch shoppers who struggle to find hats that fit and search for exactly that. Fake shops of this kind show a polished catalog, claim "top-rated" products and stock every size, then send buyers to a checkout that collects card or payment details. Victims usually lose the purchase price. They may also hand over a working card number, billing address and contact details that can be reused for fraud. Orders typically never arrive, or a cheap item unrelated to what was bought shows up instead.
Evidence
On 2026-10-19, VirusTotal showed 8 of 92 engines flagging the domain: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, LevelBlue and SOCRadar. That is a minority of engines, but the vendors are independent of each other and agree on the verdict. urlscan.io rated the site malicious and specifically marked it as a fake shop. Three AlienVault OTX pulses also reference the domain, so other researchers are tracking it too.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Dynadot Inc. on 2026-06-08, about four months before PhishDestroy detected it. That gap is common for fake stores that build up a little history before driving traffic to the site. It is hosted at 162.222.90.205 on a network operated by Malakmadze Web LLC, a company registered in Georgia, while the address itself geolocates to the United States. The free Let's Encrypt certificate gives the site a padlock, but a padlock only means the connection is encrypted and says nothing about whether the shop is honest.
What to do
If you paid on this site, contact your bank or card issuer right away to dispute the charge as merchandise not received or fraud. Ask whether the card should be cancelled and reissued. Watch your statements for small test charges, and be wary of follow-up emails or texts claiming to be about your order, because the details you entered can be used for phishing. Do not place further orders or pay any "shipping" or "customs" fees the shop requests. Security teams and payment providers should block the domain and report associated merchant accounts to the relevant acquirers.
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 22:46:22 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:46:22 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 22:46:22 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
H
HTTP/3
Miscellaneous
HTTP/3 is the third major version of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol used to exchange information on the World Wide Web.
Google PageSpeed Insights — mobile performance audit of bighatstoreshop.shop· checked Oct 16, 2026
79
Needs Work
Performance
FCP
2.9s
First Contentful Paint
LCP
4.1s
Largest Contentful Paint
CLS
0.009
Cumulative Layout Shift
TBT
110ms
Total Blocking Time
SI
4.37s
Speed Index
Powered by Google PageSpeed Insights · Mobile strategy · Scores: 90-100 Good50-89 Needs Work0-49 Poor
Stored Capture Evidence 1 snapshot
Timestamped response metadata retained by the local collection pipeline. Each value below belongs to the displayed archive time.
Archived HTTP responseHTTP 200
Requested URL:http://bighatstoreshop.shop/
Final URL:https://bighatstoreshop.shop/
Large Hats | Buy Top-Rated Big Hats for Large Heads in Every Size | BigHatStore
Browse big hats for large heads (2XL–5XL). Discover baseball, golf, fedora, bucket styles and more. Comfortable, stylish fits ranging from size 7 ½ to 9.
HSTS: not observedDNSSEC: not observedWAF / firewall: not observedCloaking flag: not observed
Open Graph title:Large Hats | Buy Top-Rated Big Hats for Large Heads in Every Size
Open Graph description:Browse big hats for large heads (2XL–5XL). Discover baseball, golf, fedora, bucket styles and more. Comfortable, stylish fits ranging from size 7 ½ to 9.
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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