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Infoblox Threat Intel

Who doesn't love a bargain? Security Researchers do, especially when they lead to shady stores, dodgy domains, and mysterious merchant accounts!

Recently, while perusing Facebook Marketplace, I stumbled upon some enticingly low-priced items that led me to intriguing domains promising more great bargains. Having recently schooled a family member that fell for a similar scam, I decided to dig deeper and disrupt these scammy storekeepers.

Based on my investigation, and my relative's real-world experience, here's how these scams play out:
- Scammers use compromised social media accounts to post ads directing victims to fake storefronts.
- Popular items are offered at too-good-to-be-true prices, usually under £100/$100, claiming to be excess stock or lost packages needing to be cleared from their warehouses.
- Payments are accepted via PayPal and Stripe, using various merchant accounts that seem to change with each checkout process.
- PayPal payments involve a secondary domain that also appears to be a fake storefront. The merchant account email addresses use different recently registered domains.
- Stripe payments originate from the initial domain with the merchant purporting to be a fashion store LLC that lists yet another suspicious storefront domain.
- Order confirmation and tracking details are provided by email after payment to avoid any suspicion. The scammers are also prompt to reply to any inquiries and readily apologize for shipping delays.
- Fake tracking information shows your 'package' crawling from (virtual) port to port before being returned to the supplier due to a 'Customs clearance' failure... how convenient!

This drawn-out process can last over a month, leading many victims to write off the loss and chalk it up to experience. This delaying tactic also benefits the scammers, allowing them to gather as many sales as possible and cash out before complaints are made to the payment processors.

Recent storefront domains:
- amnn[.]shop
- eorv[.]shop
- eroc[.]shop
- uing[.]shop

Secondary payment domains:
- mccjf[.]store
- fa71[.]store
- mimidai[.]store
- hu81[.]store

PayPal merchant email accounts:
- <name>@<subdomain>.alfonsoa[.]vip
- <name>@<subdomain>.gualive[.]club

Stripe merchant domains:
- alinakapparel[.]com
- biriaievyr[.]com
- laurawear[.]com

#dns#threatintel#threatintelligence
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Geriatric Gardener

“Freeports have already cost the public nearly £20bn – yet Labour want more of them?”

by David Powell in The Canary @thecanaryuk @UKLabour

“They called it ‘levelling up’ – a lifeline for left behind towns. But the reality is starkly different. New data shows freeports and SEZs [Special Economic Zones] aren’t delivering. They’re falling short on jobs and costing taxpayers billions”

thecanary.co/long-read/2025/05

Canary · Freeports have already cost the public nearly £20bn - yet Labour want more of them?Freeports and Special Economic Zones (SEZs) made huge jobs promises that they've so far failed to deliver, and cost the taxpayer a fortune.
#Press#UK#Labour
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Eva Wolfangel

Seit fünf Wochen chatte ich mit einem Scammer (und der glaubt immer noch, dass er Geld von mir bekommen kann!) Alles dazu in unserer neuen Podcast-Folge.
@sveckert und ich sprechen außerdem darüber, wie sich generative KI weiterentwickelt und wieso Chatbots ganz ähnliche Ziele wie Scammer haben - nämlich, uns von Dingen zu überzeugen, die nicht in unserem Sinne sind.
frauen-technik.podigee.io/29-n
#cybersecurity #scam #llms

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