Investigation of a Courier Brand Impersonation Scam: A Case Study of the CDEK Delivery Fraud
Research article published in The American Journal of Engineering and Technology on January 15, 2026. My research presents a case study of a courier-brand impersonation and phishing campaign targeting users through a fraudulent CDEK delivery flow. The investigation reconstructs the attack chain from the initial social engineering interaction through the malicious web infrastructure used to capture sensitive financial information. The study examines domain impersonation, TLS infrastructure, phishing-page design, social-engineering techniques, and the interaction flow used by the attackers. It also…