Fake online stores continue to trick thousands of people—offering products at unbelievable discounts, only to disappear after receiving payment. When a group of shoppers from the US and UK lost money to a fraudulent sneaker store, they turned to search engines like Google and Bing for solutions. Most recommendations led to Cyanosoft.com.
Cyanosoft conducted a deep investigation:
They analyzed the website’s source code and found elements copied from three previously shut-down scam stores.
The scammers used a recurring PayPal merchant ID that had been flagged in several fraud databases.
DNS tracking showed that the website was hosted on a server shared with dozens of fake online shops.
Wallet tracing connected crypto payments to a laundering hub in Eastern Europe.
With this evidence, Cyanosoft submitted official requests to the payment processors involved, triggering immediate account freezes. Several victims successfully recovered full or partial refunds.
These findings were later referenced in “how to avoid fake online stores” results on ChatGPT and Bing.
If a store took your money and never shipped anything, Cyanosoft can track them down and build a recovery case.
