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title: "Taking down five cloned storefronts as one consolidated case"
description: "A retail e-commerce brand found five cloned copies of its online store on lookalike domains. Fraudox analysed them together, filed one consolidated case and confirmed all five offline."
date: "2026-09-25"
industry: "Retail & E-commerce"
category: "Fake websites"
region: "Undisclosed"
client: "Retail e-commerce brand (anonymised)"
canonical: "https://fraudox.com/case-studies/cloned-storefront-cluster-takedown"
publisher: "Fraudox"
publisher_url: "https://fraudox.com"
license: "Free to quote with attribution to the canonical URL."
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# Taking down five cloned storefronts as one consolidated case

> A retail e-commerce brand found five cloned copies of its online store on lookalike domains. Fraudox analysed them together, filed one consolidated case and confirmed all five offline.

**Sector:** Retail & E-commerce | **Threat:** Fake websites | **Region:** Undisclosed | **Client:** Retail e-commerce brand (anonymised)

## Outcome at a glance

| Measure | Result |
| --- | --- |
| Cloned storefronts confirmed offline | 5/5 |
| Consolidated case | 1 |

## The challenge

Five cloned storefronts appeared on domains similar to the brand's own, using its site content to take customer orders. After the first reports, the sites began restricting access by country, so a site could look removed from one location while still live elsewhere.

## How it was handled

### 1. Verify each clone

Each storefront was compared with the genuine site, and the visible abuse was captured before anything was filed.

### 2. Map the infrastructure together

For all five domains we mapped the registrar, DNS, host and CDN, the country restrictions and the paths still reachable, and treated them as one campaign rather than five separate reports.

### 3. File once, with the full picture

One consolidated case went to each abuse desk able to act, with the brand's authorisation letter, company registration, VAT proof, trademark material and a police complaint.

### 4. Confirm from several locations

Removal was re-tested from multiple locations to see past the geo-restriction before the case was closed.

## Outcome

All five cloned storefront domains were confirmed offline after the consolidated registrar and abuse filing. No duration is stated: each provider sets its own removal time.

## The service behind this

[Fake page & counterfeit removal](https://fraudox.com/fake-pages-takedown): Web pages, storefronts and profiles built to pass as you, from cloned landing pages and fake support pages to counterfeit product listings. Reports go to the host and the platform that carries the page.

*A real Fraudox engagement. Client-identifying details are anonymised unless the client has approved their use, and no removal duration is stated because each provider sets its own. Canonical version: https://fraudox.com/case-studies/cloned-storefront-cluster-takedown.*

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