---
title: "Fake Shop Report — August 2026"
url: https://hastrust.com/fake-shop-report/2026-08
published: 2026-09-06
license: CC BY 4.0
source: HasTrust
---

# Fake Shop Report — August 2026

August 2026: 360 shops checked on HasTrust, 53% rated high risk; flagged shops were a median 571 days old at the check, trusted ones 9,666 days. 124 domains joined the blocklist. Numbers frozen at publication, CC BY 4.0.

## Shops checked

| Verdict | This month | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|
| High risk | 177 | 258 |
| Caution | 52 | 136 |
| Mixed | 35 | 308 |
| Trusted | 66 | 1,573 |

## Domain age at the check

- Flagged shops (score < 50): median 571 days
- Trusted shops (score ≥ 75): median 9,666 days
- Flagged shops under 90 days old: 24%

## Domain endings (corpus-wide, ≥ 10 shops)

| Ending | Shops | High risk | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| .com | 1,812 | 260 | 14% |
| .nl | 45 | 8 | 17% |
| .shop | 29 | 28 | 96% |
| .uk | 24 | 0 | 0% |
| .fr | 17 | 4 | 23% |
| .de | 16 | 4 | 25% |
| .ca | 15 | 0 | 0% |
| .org | 14 | 1 | 7% |
| .net | 11 | 5 | 45% |
| .au | 10 | 3 | 30% |

Cheap/new endings: 94% high risk; .com/.net/.org and country endings: 15%; cheap endings' share of all flagged shops: 13%.

## US shoppers (.com/.us)

- Shops in corpus: 1,816 (195 added this month), high risk 14%
- US brand lookalikes this month: 0 flagged, 0 confirmed (watch list: amazon, walmart, target, bestbuy, costco, homedepot, lowes, nike, wayfair, temu, shein, lululemon, carhartt)

## Blocklist

- Added this month: 124 (0 from HasTrust's own checks and radar)
- Total: 270

| Month | Added |
|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 0 |
| Apr 2026 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 0 |
| Jun 2026 | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 145 |
| Aug 2026 | 124 |

## Scam messages pasted

- Messages scanned: 606
- Without any website in them: 19%
- Pattern "Account threat scare": 3
- Pattern "Credential phishing ask": 3
- Pattern "Urgency pressure": 3
- Pattern "Generic lure link": 2
- Pattern "Impersonal mass phish greeting": 2
- Pattern "Prize / lottery lure": 1

## What people asked

- Checks typed: 7,327
- "Is this shop legit / a scam?" questions: 389
- Pasted links and domains: 111
- E-mail addresses: 18
- Other (product names, wishes): 6,809

## Method and licence

Corpus facts about shops checked on HasTrust (selection bias: people check shops they already doubt). Scores: https://hastrust.com/how-we-score. Numbers frozen at publication. CC BY 4.0 — cite as: HasTrust, "Fake Shop Report — August 2026", https://hastrust.com/fake-shop-report/2026-08. Data: https://hastrust.com/fake-shop-report/2026-08.json · Press: https://hastrust.com/press