A fake TikTok shop is Surfshark’s most-blocked phishing scam – how to steer clear

ZDNET’s key takeaways

• Surfshark: Global phishing blocks rose 524% from April to September.
• A TikTok Shop phishing scam accounted for nearly one in five blocks.
• The counterfeit shop is still active.

TikTok Shop shoppers, beware: A counterfeit TikTok Shop generated over 320,000 phishing blocks between May and September 2026, or 19% of all global phishing domain blocks during that time, according to a Monday report from VPN provider Surfshark.

As of this month, the domain is still active — a worrisome sign as we approach the Black Friday shopping period.

Surfshark analyzed data from its web content blocker between April and September 2026, including block requests categorized by its tool as phishing, the domains associated with those requests, and the monthly number of devices with its phishing protection enabled globally.

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