Someone copied my business domain. Here's what to do.
Run our free brand impersonation check to list every lookalike of your domain today. Then turn on Brand Guard so you hear about new copies before your customers do.
What happened to you?
Start with the page that fits what you found
- I spotted a domain one letter off: Run the free brand impersonation check to see every lookalike registered today.
- A customer paid an invoice I never: See how invoice and impersonation scams work and what to tell your customers.
- Scammers are emailing from my exact address: That is spoofing, not a lookalike. Check your SPF, DKIM and DMARC records.
- Someone copied my online store: Fake shops, card skimming scams and the outages that hit retailers.
- My staff keep getting fake login emails: A plain-English explanation of phishing to share with your team.
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Fake invoices and fake shops: how a copied domain gets used
A lookalike domain swaps one letter, adds a hyphen or changes .com.au to .com. Customers rarely spot it, because they read the message, not the address.
The most common use is a fake invoice. A customer gets an email from what looks like your accounts address, with new bank details. They pay, and the money goes to the scammer instead of you.
The second is a fake shop. A copy of your website sits on the lookalike domain, takes orders and card details, and never ships anything. Your name takes the blame in the reviews.
Sometimes the domain is registered and left quiet while it is set up. That quiet stretch is the best time to find it.
Otherwise you often hear about it last, when a customer calls asking why their payment hasn't been receipted.
Where we can help
Free plan
Watch up to 10 business tools by email, 1 website with uptime checks every 5 minutes, SSL and domain expiry, and one full scan. Also includes scam alerts for your country, bank and industry, the national due-date calendar with a calendar feed, a weekly digest, a monthly health report.
Free tools
Free website scan, SSL checker, domain expiry checker, email security checker (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), Is it down? website check, brand impersonation check and data breach check for an email address.
Uptime Pro
Website down alerts that go further than the free plan's uptime checks, so you hear about an outage before customers do.
Website Watch
Ongoing monitoring of your website and the software it runs, with alerts when something changes or falls out of date.
Domain & SSL Guard
Expiry monitoring for SSL certificates and domain names, including .com.au. Alerts give you time to renew before a lapse takes the website or email offline.