Fake shop situation report
What our own database tells us about new fake shops: how many are added, where the leads come from, which domain endings and shop systems they use. Every figure is counted, not estimated.
Loading the current figures.
Where the figures come from and what they do not show
The figures are recalculated at most once per hour.
Two ways into the database
A shop is listed with us when it appears on a warning list that we match daily (including Watchlist Internet), when our own check arrived at the assessment Danger, or when we classified it by hand with a source. The chart shows warning list and own check separately.
Which date counts
We count the week in which a domain entered our database. On 8 July 2026 we took over the initial data from the warning lists, around 35,000 domains in a single day. We leave that week out of the series, otherwise it would only show the import. A domain we checked earlier and listed later counts in the week it was added.
What the figures do not mean
The figures describe our database, not every fake shop on the web. If a weekly value rises, that may be due to new fake shops or to a warning list adding many entries that week. Some of the domains are offline by now. And a domain that is missing here has not been checked and is not cleared.
What we deliberately leave out
This page only shows totals. No operator names, no account numbers, no content from reports and no details on how our check recognises a fake shop. Groups under 10 domains are combined; report reasons only appear once there are 10 approved reports. Reports are deleted after the retention period, so only stored reports count.
Look up a specific shop
The situation report shows patterns. Whether the shop in front of you raises concerns only becomes clear when you check its address.