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Reports on nebty and our research into fake shops and online fraud. Further down you will find figures to quote and the press kit.

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ARD SWR / Das Erste · TV documentary · June 2026

"Die Wahrheit über Google"

Benedikt shows how fake shops get into Google Shopping ads and why reported ads stay online for days.

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Selected coverage

What the media write about our work

Most reports cover DoppelCart. With this investigation we documented about 119,000 domains of a single fake shop network in September 2026.

Fox News EN “119,000 fake shops could steal your credit card details” The CyberGuy column explains DoppelCart as a nebty discovery, uses our figures and points readers to the database. Read article (opens in a new tab)
Notebookcheck DE “FRITZ! und Dreame betroffen: 119.000 Fake-Shops greifen Karten ab” Searches our DoppelCart database for well-known brands and calls nebty a Munich security company. Also published in English and Dutch. Read article (opens in a new tab)
Mimikama DE “Fake-Shops mit .shop-Adresse stehlen Kartendaten” The Austrian fact-checkers turn our findings into a warning for consumers. Read article (opens in a new tab)
etailment DE “Doppelcart: 119.000 Fakeshops kopieren echte Händler” The e-commerce magazine of Lebensmittel Zeitung presents the brand protection experts of the Munich startup and links our database. Read article (opens in a new tab)
OnlinehändlerNews DE “Fakeshops kopieren komplette Produktkataloge: Tausende Händler betroffen” The Händlerbund news site explains to online retailers what the nebty investigation means for them. Read article (opens in a new tab)
Golem.de DE “119.000 Domains: Betrüger zocken Nutzer über riesiges Fakeshop-Netzwerk ab” The IT news site reports on the fake shop network that nebty uncovered. Read article (opens in a new tab)
Malwarebytes Labs EN “More than 100,000 fake stores are out to steal your card details” The security vendor credits nebty with the discovery and tells shoppers how to spot the copied stores. Read article (opens in a new tab)
SC Media EN “DoppelCart operation uses over 119,000 fake domains to steal payment card details” The security trade publication names the cybersecurity startup nebty as the source of the findings. Read article (opens in a new tab)
BleepingComputer EN “DoppelCart fraud network uses 119,000 fake shops to steal credit cards” The first report on DoppelCart, with an interview with Benedikt about the shop builds, the backends and the hosters that never replied. Read article (opens in a new tab)

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Picked up around the world

Republications, trade and startup media, and reports from France, Italy, Spain and Poland. Headlines appear in their original language.

Our own research

Figures you can quote

Our studies are based on our own data from monitoring and takedowns. The articles describe the method in detail. Benedikt is happy to answer questions about it.

DoppelCart · September 2026

What may be the largest documented fake shop network

domains assigned to the cluster
119,000
of the .shop domains we examined
2.72%
archived HTML pages
106,095
Read the study Open the database

Google Ads · June 2026, for the ARD documentary

Fake shops in Google Shopping ads

of ad slots led to a fake shop
3.5%
online after the report, on average
11.2 days
for the most persistent ad
48 days
Read the study

For your coverage

Press kit and interviews

Logos, portrait and company text are free to use for editorial purposes. For interviews and background talks, contact Benedikt directly.

Topics Benedikt talks about

  • Spotting fake shops and getting them taken down
  • Fraud through Google Ads and Google Shopping
  • Fake profiles on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and TikTok
  • Phishing and lookalike domains
  • How takedowns with hosters and registrars work in practice
Email Benedikt Interviews in German and English.

Key facts

Company
nebty GmbH
Based in
Munich, Germany
Co-founder & CEO
Benedikt Scheungraber
What we do
Brand protection: monitoring of domains, social media, ads and search, plus takedowns
Consumer project
Hinweishelden

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About nebty

nebty is a brand protection startup based in Munich. Its platform searches domains, social media, ads and search results for fake shops, phishing pages and fake profiles, rates every finding and gets abusive content removed through takedowns. It is built for small and mid-sized companies without their own security team. Benedikt Scheungraber is co-founder and CEO. nebty also runs Hinweishelden, a free platform where consumers report online fraud.

Press contact

Researching fake shops or online fraud?

Benedikt is available for interviews and background talks, in German and English. Write to him directly.

Email Benedikt
Benedikt Scheungraber

Benedikt Scheungraber

Co-Founder & CEO

Questions about brand protection, or want to see nebty in action? I’m happy to walk you through it myself and talk openly about whether we can help with your case.

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