That shipping rebate offer may come with a monthly charge
ShipmentsFree-branded rebate sites enroll some customers in unexpected recurring charges of about $25 a month.
Malwarebytes examined ShipmentsFree and related shipping-rebate domains that advertise up to $100 a month in shipping and return rebates while also selling an auto-renewing paid membership. The company’s Better Business Bureau profile listed 529 complaints over three years, including 179 billing issues, with customers describing unrecognized recurring charges of about $25. Related live sites share branding, account pages, policy language, and support contacts, and a ShipmentsFree app is listed in the Apple App Store. Malwarebytes advises readers to review terms before paying and to dispute unauthorized recurring charges with the provider and their card issuer.
- ShipmentsFree offers up to $100 monthly shipping rebates plus an auto-renewing paid plan.
- BBB lists 529 complaints in three years, including 179 billing issues.
- Customers report unrecognized recurring charges of about $25 per month.
- Sister domains share account pages, policy text, and support contacts.
- A ShipmentsFree app remains listed on the Apple App Store.
- ATT&CK
- T1036 Masquerading
- Products
- ShipmentsFree
- Organizations
- Better Business BureauShipmentsFree
Indicators of compromise
auto-extracted · verify before use · export allAll| Type | Indicator | Context |
|---|---|---|
| domain | free-shipments.com | We found these shipping-themed domains during our research: free-shipments[.]com freeshipments[.]com freeshpmts[.]com myshipmentsfree[.]co |
| domain | freeshipments.com | ng-themed domains during our research: free-shipments[.]com freeshipments[.]com freeshpmts[.]com myshipmentsfree[.]com shipmentfree[.]com |
| domain | freeshpmts.com | ring our research: free-shipments[.]com freeshipments[.]com freeshpmts[.]com myshipmentsfree[.]com shipmentfree[.]com shipmentsfree[.] |
| domain | myshipmentsfree.com | : free-shipments[.]com freeshipments[.]com freeshpmts[.]com myshipmentsfree[.]com shipmentfree[.]com shipmentsfree[.]com shipmentsfreeclub[ |
| domain | shipmentfree.com | freeshipments[.]com freeshpmts[.]com myshipmentsfree[.]com shipmentfree[.]com shipmentsfree[.]com shipmentsfreeclub[.]com shipmentsfree |
| domain | shipmentsfreeclub.com | yshipmentsfree[.]com shipmentfree[.]com shipmentsfree[.]com shipmentsfreeclub[.]com shipmentsfreezone[.]com Telephone number A telephone numb |
| domain | shipmentsfree.com | m freeshpmts[.]com myshipmentsfree[.]com shipmentfree[.]com shipmentsfree[.]com shipmentsfreeclub[.]com shipmentsfreezone[.]com Telephone |
| domain | shipmentsfreezone.com | pmentfree[.]com shipmentsfree[.]com shipmentsfreeclub[.]com shipmentsfreezone[.]com Telephone number A telephone number listed for several of |
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Customers say they signed up for shipping rebates, then found recurring charges they didn’t expect.
By @MetallicaMVP · malwarebytes.com
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