Google’s John Mueller said you won’t trick Google’s spam algorithms by setting up a similar domain, building spammy links to that domain and then redirecting that domain to your main domain. It won’t work – he said “you might as well skip the detour, it’s just as obvious to the algorithms & spam team.”

The Reddit thread suggests:

John Mueller from Google responded:

We’ve covered this topic numerous ways in the past:

Google: There Is No Way To Redirect A Penalized Site Safely
Google: You Can’t Redirect A Penalty To An Existing Site But Maybe To A Site Move
Google On Can You Redirect A Penalty To Another Site
Google Penalties Might Follow You To A New Domain Name

Of course, many may feel Google doesn’t know what they are talking about.

Forum discussion at Reddit.