Fake Procurement Inquiry Campaign: MerchBridge Marketing Ltd and patmg.com
A scam campaign operating under the name MerchBridge Marketing Ltd has been identified targeting manufacturers and suppliers in the United States and internationally. The campaign centers on two domains — merchbridgeltd.com and patmg.com — both registered through the same registrar, OwnRegistrar, Inc. The domain patmg.com was registered on September 11, 2025, followed by merchbridgeltd.com on January 5, 2026, suggesting a deliberate and staged infrastructure buildout by the same or closely coordinated actors.
The two domains have been flagged in community reports as co-appearing in the same scam solicitations, with a reported_together relationship recorded at a confidence level of 0.35. While that confidence score is moderate, the co-reporting pattern across multiple community submissions reinforces a functional connection between the two domains within the same operational campaign.
The scam's reported methodology involves fraudulent email outreach in which the sender poses as a Procurement Manager from MerchBridge Marketing Ltd. Recipients — likely small to mid-sized manufacturers or product suppliers — receive what appears to be a legitimate procurement inquiry. Community reports describe the emails as professionally framed but ultimately designed to deceive targets into engaging with a fabricated business entity. Three separate community submissions referencing this campaign have been recorded, each with one upvote, with geographic scope noted as US and worldwide.
The use of a fabricated corporate identity with a formal-sounding name, a recently registered domain, and procurement-themed lures is consistent with a business email compromise or advance-fee fraud pattern targeting the manufacturing and supply chain sector. The short registration window between the two domains and their shared registrar infrastructure point to a coordinated operation rather than independent actors.
The overall threat level of this campaign is moderate. While complaint volume remains low — three community reports, each with minimal engagement — the international targeting scope and the use of two coordinated domains suggest an active, scalable operation with potential to reach a broad base of manufacturing and procurement professionals. The campaign shows characteristics of an early-stage or ongoing deployment that has not yet generated high complaint volume, which may indicate it is still expanding.