Fake shop — do not order
Progresszones.com is a subscription trap that hides €49 monthly renewals behind a 1-cent Apple Pay authorization.
Is progresszones.com legit or a scam?
Progresszones.com is a subscription trap that hides €49 monthly renewals behind a 1-cent Apple Pay authorization.
Progresszones.com is a deceptive subscription trap that tricks users into recurring €49 monthly charges after a small Apple Pay authorization. Multiple scam-reporting platforms flag the site as suspicious, and users report difficulty cancelling the hidden recurring payments.
Score breakdown
See the live page ↓These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.
What this means for you
You were probably about to buy something and enter your card details.
The most likely result is that you pay and nothing ever arrives (or a cheap fake does), and your card details can be reused for fraud.
How this scam works
The trap, step by step
They build a slick store with too-good-to-be-true prices on popular items.
You order and pay — often nudged toward card, bank transfer, or crypto.
Nothing ships (or a cheap counterfeit does), and “support” goes silent.
Your card details may then be resold or reused for further fraud.
Recognising the pattern is the best defence — if a site follows these steps, close it and don't enter anything.
Analysis Summary
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. Marker positions are approximate. See full visual analysis →
Visual analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
The page appears to be a standard, template-based landing page for a productivity course platform. While the content is generic, there are no overt indicators of a phishing attempt or malicious scam pattern.
What our vision model saw
3 signalsThe site features a persistent, non-interactive chat-style assistant widget
The design uses generic stock imagery and placeholder-style marketing copy
The layout is consistent with a standard template-based landing page
Intelligence
The site presents itself as a productivity-course platform but lacks any verifiable instructor details, course content, or business registration. Gridinsoft and Scam Detector both classify the domain as a suspicious shop or façade. Trustpilot reviews describe users being charged €49 per month after approving a 1-cent payment through Apple Pay. The domain is 2.7 years old, yet the page shows zero contact information and zero positive reviews across independent platforms. The combination of hidden subscription mechanics, missing business details, and consistent scam reports outweighs the clean antivirus scan.
Web Research Findings
Independent findings for progresszones.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
- Multiple security and trust platforms, including Gridinsoft and Scam Detector, classify the site as a 'suspicious shop' or 'façade'.
- Users report being tricked into recurring monthly subscriptions of €49 after authorizing small 'age verification' or similar nominal payments via Apple Pay.
- The site has a very low trust score across multiple independent review platforms (e.g., 3/100 on Gridinsoft, 17.3/100 on Scam Detector).
- Common complaints involve unexpected charges and difficulty unsubscribing from the service.
- The website uses generic marketing copy about 'productivity-focused courses' and 'expert-led training' but lacks verifiable information about its instructors or specific course content.
- Trustpilotopen
"They have a way of tricking people into a monthly subscription using the functionality of Apple pay. Without realising it, people approve a 1 cent payment after which a monthly fee of 49€ will be char"
- Gridinsoftopen
"Progresszones.com is listed as a suspicious shop. Reports in this class often describe payment accepted first, delivery issues later."
- Scam Detectoropen
"Scam Detector has determined that progresszones.com in the popular Online Learning & Courses industry is merely a façade."
Trustpilot contains user reports of being tricked into €49 monthly subscriptions after authorizing a 1-cent Apple Pay payment. Gridinsoft lists the domain as a suspicious shop with payment-first, delivery-issues patterns. Scam Detector rates the site 17.3/100 and labels it a façade in the online-learning category. No positive reviews or business-registration records were located.
Domain Timeline
- Nov 15, 2023Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 2.7 years old today.
- Jul 25, 2026Latest security review — Flagged as dangerous
This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.
progresszones.com is an established domain now carrying threat signals. An older domain that starts tripping security checks is a classic pattern for an asset that was sold, repurposed, or compromised — the age alone is not reassurance.
Threat Detection
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 scam-type patterns detected
1 of 21 categories showed signals
Each card names a specific harm pattern and the concrete facts that support it. The category score is supporting context; the report verdict above remains the final severity decision.
- Page contains e-commerce copy (cart / checkout / shipping).
- No phone number or postal address anywhere on the page.
- Multiple contact / trust-signal red flags on the page.
- E-commerce page with multiple non-delivery red flags (missing real contact info, very young domain, crypto-only checkout, or fake-urgency).
1 of 21 categories showed signals
Each card names a specific harm pattern and the concrete facts that support it. The category score is supporting context; the report verdict above remains the final severity decision.
- Page contains e-commerce copy (cart / checkout / shipping).
- No phone number or postal address anywhere on the page.
- Multiple contact / trust-signal red flags on the page.
- E-commerce page with multiple non-delivery red flags (missing real contact info, very young domain, crypto-only checkout, or fake-urgency).
Technical Details
domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referencedThe plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Contact Verification
We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://progresszones.com/
- 2200https://progresszones.com/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
What to do
Fake shop — do not order
Signals common to non-delivery scam shops were detected on this site.
- Do not interact with progresszones.com
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- If you already paid by card or PayPal — start a chargeback
Contact your bank or card issuer and dispute the charge as "goods not received" or "merchant fraud." PayPal users can open a case in the Resolution Centre. Act within 120 days for card chargebacks in most jurisdictions.
- Save every piece of evidence
Screenshots of the checkout, order confirmation emails, any chat transcripts, and the product listing page. Chargeback and fraud reports go faster when you have receipts.
- OpenReport the shop
Report to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov), Action Fraud UK, or your local consumer-protection body. Post the URL on the MalwareTips scam forum so other buyers can find it.
Final Verdict
Progresszones.com is a deceptive subscription trap that tricks users into recurring €49 monthly charges after a small Apple Pay authorization. Multiple scam-reporting platforms flag the site as suspicious, and users report difficulty cancelling the hidden recurring payments.
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- progresszones.com is a high-risk fake shop — we recommend against paying or entering card details. Our review tagged it for subscription trap. 1 of 92 security engines flag it. The domain is 2.7 years old through GoDaddy.com, LLC. This pattern matches throwaway sites built to take money or data and disappear.
- No — progresszones.com scored just 7/100 on our trust scale, and we detected active threat indicators. We recommend avoiding it entirely: don't log in, pay, download anything, or connect a wallet.
- If you've already paid or handed over details on progresszones.com, act quickly. 1) Contact your bank or card issuer immediately and ask to dispute the charge or open a chargeback — the sooner you act, the better your odds. 2) Report the site to the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov or the FBI's IC3 at ic3.gov, and in the UK to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. 3) If you entered a password, change it on progresszones.com and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. 4) Watch your bank and email for follow-up fraud, and keep screenshots as evidence.
- Often yes, if you act fast. Payments made by credit or debit card can frequently be reversed through a chargeback or dispute — contact your bank right away and explain it was a fraudulent site. Bank transfers and gift-card or voucher payments are much harder to recover, but you should still report them to your bank and to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) or Action Fraud (actionfraud.police.uk). Avoid any "refund" or "recovery" service that contacts you first — it's usually a follow-up scam.
- That's the classic pattern of a fake or non-delivery shop. These sites take payment for products that never ship, or send cheap counterfeits, then go quiet and eventually disappear. If you paid by card, contact your bank about a chargeback for "goods not received." Keep your order confirmation and any messages, don't pay extra "customs" or "release" fees they may demand, and report the store so others are warned.
- You can report progresszones.com through several official channels: the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at ic3.gov, and — in the UK — Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. You can also flag it to Google Safe Browsing (safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish) so other browsers warn about it, and report it to the company being impersonated if there is one. Reporting helps get scam sites taken down faster.
- Modern scams are built to look convincing. A valid SSL padlock, a polished template, stock photos, fake reviews, and a trust badge can all be added in minutes and prove nothing about who runs the site. Scammers buy cheap domains, clone real designs, and copy legal pages wholesale. That's exactly why an automated review that checks the domain's age, hosting, blacklists, and behaviour — rather than just how the page looks — is more reliable than a first impression.
- Yes. 1 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged progresszones.com as suspicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
- No — progresszones.com is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
- progresszones.com is 2.7 years old, registered on November 15, 2023 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
- progresszones.com resolves to an IP operated by DigitalOcean, LLC in DE (Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
- This report is a record of the scan run on July 25, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about progresszones.com has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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