Astrongful.com tied to esashop.top fake-store network
MalwareTips exposed Astrongful.com on October 14, 2026 as a fake online store advertising steep discounts on social media, with buyers receiving nothing or cheap substitutes.
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Source: malwaretips.com · published
What happened
MalwareTips published an investigation on October 14, 2026 concluding that Astrongful.com is a fraudulent online store that shoppers should avoid. It advertises products at steep discounts, but buyers often receive nothing or poor-quality goods unlike those advertised.
MalwareTips found the domain was registered on April 11, 2025, and scored 15/100, rated Dangerous, on the MalwareTips URL scanner. It runs on esashop.top, a white-label storefront builder that MalwareTips says is behind hundreds of fake stores, often promoting major-brand products at unusually low prices.
How the scam works
MalwareTips describes the same pattern across this network. Polished ads on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok use hooks like "Warehouse Sale", "Limited Time" or "Going Out of Business" to push shoppers straight to checkout. The storefront looks like a normal shop, with product photos and text copied from real retailers, countdown timers and "only a few left" notices.
After payment, buyers usually get an automatic order confirmation and then little else. Either nothing arrives, or a cheap item that differs from the listing. Requests for help get scripted replies, refunds stall, and returns may require shipping the item overseas, often to China, at the buyer's cost.
When complaints build up, the operators register a new domain, rename the store and reuse the same templates and ads.
Source
MalwareTips investigation of Astrongful.com (October 14, 2026).
Red flags
- Discounts of up to 90% across a whole catalogue.
- A domain only days or weeks old.
- No verifiable phone number, address or company owner; only a contact form or generic email.
- Copied or generic policy pages and product photos found on other sites.
- Countdown timers and "low stock" warnings pushing you to buy now.
If you were targeted
- 1Do not order from the site or enter card details.
- 2If you already paid, call your bank or card issuer right away, explain the site may be fraudulent, and ask for a dispute or chargeback; for PayPal, open a dispute in its Resolution Center.
- 3Ask for a replacement card if you typed your card number into the site.
- 4Change any password you reused at checkout and turn on two-step verification.
- 5Report the store to the FTC at ReportFraud.ftc.gov.