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@namecheap.com.
The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 1 month 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.
oplpwqn.com is a phishing site that poses as Blackwell's, the bookseller, and uses its real tagline as the page title: "Blackwell's, books for life and for learning." The random-looking domain has no connection to the genuine retailer. It is aimed at shoppers, students and academics who expect a familiar bookstore. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-09-14. As of 2026-10-19 the domain still resolves, but its page content no longer loads.
How the scam works
Impersonation pages like this copy a trusted retailer's name and look so visitors believe they are on the real shop. The usual goal is to collect account logins at a fake sign-in form or card details at a counterfeit checkout. Some also offer discounted textbooks that are never shipped. A victim can lose their bookstore account, the payment card they enter, and any other accounts that share the same password. The convincing Blackwell's title is what makes the page look legitimate in a browser tab or search result.
Evidence
On 2026-09-16, 15 of 89 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain. They include BitDefender, ESET, Fortinet, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, G-Data, Gridinsoft, CyRadar and alphaMountain.ai. That is a meaningful spread of independent vendors, not a lone heuristic hit. The domain also appears in four AlienVault OTX threat pulses, so other researchers have tracked it as well. The PhishDestroy blocklist currently carries it.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through NAMECHEAP INC on 2026-03-31, about five and a half months before it was detected. That gap suggests it was registered in advance and activated later. Traffic runs through Cloudflare, with the edge address located in Canada, so the real origin server is hidden from view. The site uses a free Let's Encrypt certificate, which means the padlock in the address bar confirms only encryption, not that the shop is genuine.
What to do
If you entered a password on this site, change it on your real Blackwell's account and on every other service that uses the same password, then turn on two-factor authentication wherever it is offered. If you typed in card details, call your bank to cancel the card and dispute any charges you do not recognise. Watch for follow-up emails claiming to be from Blackwell's about orders or refunds, because these often come after a phishing visit. Defenders should block oplpwqn.com at DNS and the web proxy and search logs for users who visited it. Report the domain to Blackwell's and to Cloudflare so the remaining infrastructure can be taken down.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Google Tag Manager is a tag management system (TMS) that allows you to quickly and easily update measurement codes and related code fragments collectively known as tags on your website or mobile app.
Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services.
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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