targetsalestores.com is an impersonation phishing page. Its name is built to read like a legitimate sale storefront, and it aims at shoppers hunting for discounts. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-10-11. As of 2026-10-19 the domain was still alive and redirecting visitors onward, so it remains a live risk.
How the scam works
The page title is simply the bare domain name, with no branded heading, so the lure rests on the address itself and whatever it redirects to. urlscan.io matched the page against a generic Cloudflare-style template. That suggests a fake security or verification screen that lends the site false credibility before the victim reaches the real bait. Schemes of this type copy a trusted brand's look, then collect card numbers, account logins or personal details at a fake checkout or sign-in step. Victims lose the money charged and the credentials they typed, and those details are often reused for further fraud.
Evidence
Thirteen of 92 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain on 2026-10-12. The flagging vendors include alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Google Safe Browsing and Gridinsoft. Google Safe Browsing lists it under social engineering, which is the category for deceptive phishing pages. urlscan.io returned a malicious verdict. The domain also appears in three AlienVault OTX threat pulses, which means other researchers have tied it to tracked activity.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2025-09-22 through Cloud Yuqu LLC, about a year before PhishDestroy detected it. A gap that long can point to a domain kept in reserve or reused across campaigns. It resolves to an address on Zenlayer Inc's network in the US. The site uses a free, automatically issued certificate, so the browser padlock says nothing about whether the store is genuine.
What to do
If you paid on this site, contact your card issuer right away to dispute the charge and request a replacement card. If you entered a password, change it everywhere you reused it and turn on two-factor authentication. Watch for follow-up messages that cite your order, because they are a common next step in this fraud. Defenders should block the domain at DNS and proxy level, search mail and web logs for visits since 2026-10-11, and report it to the registrar and hosting provider for takedown.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Latest HTTP observationRedirectingHTTP redirect observed80%2026-10-19 22:40:04 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:40:04 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.
Recorded subdomains1
Hostnames retained in the domain record or Certificate Transparency cache. A hostname alone does not establish current availability or malicious activity.
www.targetsalestores.comDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
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.
