Is aff.gearupglobal.com legit or a scam?
Official affiliate portal for GearUP Booster, a service with a verified business registration but significant consumer complaints regarding hidden subscription charges.
These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.
Analysis Summary
Warning signs detected
Several risk indicators suggest caution. This site might be legitimate — but treat it as unverified until you can independently confirm.
Website Preview
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Visual Screenshot Analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
The screenshot shows a standard 'Not Found' error page, providing no visual cues for a meaningful risk assessment.
What our vision model saw
1 signalPage renders a 404 error
MT Intelligence
The domain is the legitimate affiliate infrastructure for GearUP Global, a Singapore-based software company. Our analysis confirms the business is active and has a high volume of positive reviews on major aggregator sites. However, a significant number of users across multiple platforms report being charged for yearly subscriptions immediately after signing up for a 'free trial.' These reports of deceptive billing and poor refund support lower our confidence in the site's transparency. The technical infrastructure is clean, but the business model exhibits characteristics of a subscription trap.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for aff.gearupglobal.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- aff.gearupglobal.com is the official affiliate sign-up portal for GearUP (game ping/lag booster app by GearUP Global / GEARUP PORTAL PTE. LTD.), as confirmed by multiple pages on gearupbooster.com linking directly to it.
- Parent company GEARUP PORTAL PTE. LTD. (UEN 202237112N) is actively registered in Singapore since October 2022 with status Live Company; registered address at 1 Raffles Quay #49, Singapore 048583.
- GearUP has a strong Trustpilot score of ~4.8-5.0 stars from 2,900–3,300+ reviews, with the company claiming the profile.
- Multiple user complaints on Reddit, Google Play, Apple App Store, and complaint sites about misleading "free trial" leading to immediate or yearly charges, difficulties canceling subscriptions, and lack of refunds.
- ScamAdviser rates the main domain gearupbooster.com as very likely safe/legit; the affiliate subdomain inherits similar infrastructure.
- Domain age of 1356 days (~3.7 years) aligns with company registration and app presence since ~2022; no evidence of typosquatting or cloning of unrelated major brands.
- App has mixed user feedback on effectiveness for reducing ping, with some positive testimonials and influencer promotions alongside criticism.
- Reddit (r/Scams)open
"GearUP Booster is SCAM ... Their website has no account info to go through settings to "unsub", after logging in."
- Google Play Reviewsopen
"Downloaded the app, didn't work. Not only that but it advertises a "free" trial that charges your card immediately. ... I was not refunded anything upon canceling first day."
- sikayetvar.comopen
"GearUp Booster Free Trial Charged Yearly Plan Immediately ... GearUp Booster Charged Without My Consent—I Canceled and Demand a Refund"
- Apple App Storeopen
"SCAM . Don’t believe them, it’s a scam app. I payed, I tried,- my ping is same. DO NOT SPEND YOUR MONEY!!!!"
- Reddit (r/Scams)open
"If you try gearup's free trial they will charge you for yearly suscriptions and wont refund you even if you dont use it."
GEARUP PORTAL PTE. LTD. (UEN 202237112N), registered 19 Oct 2022, Live Company, address 1 Raffles Quay #49, Singapore 048583. Primary activity: publishing of software/applications (non-games).
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
Proceed with caution
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Treat aff.gearupglobal.com as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- Verify the business through independent channels
Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.
- Never use irreversible payment methods
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Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- Our automated security review marked aff.gearupglobal.com as suspicious. Several warning signs were detected; it may still turn out legitimate, but you should verify it through independent channels before trusting it with money or credentials.
- aff.gearupglobal.com currently scores 55/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend caution. Verify the site through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- Yes. aff.gearupglobal.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by DigiCert Inc · DigiCert Global G3 TLS ECC SHA384 2020 CA1, expiring in 145 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- aff.gearupglobal.com is 3.7 years old, registered on 10/10/2022 through MarkMonitor Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report aff.gearupglobal.com as clean.
- No. aff.gearupglobal.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- aff.gearupglobal.com resolves to an IP operated by Akamai Technologies, Inc. in US (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
- This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 28, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around aff.gearupglobal.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.
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