Is anikage.cc legit or a scam?
Unlicensed anime streaming site with crypto-only payments, flagged as dangerous by six security engines and multiple scam-detection services.
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
Fake shop — do not order
4 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page as malicious. The site shows patterns common to non-delivery scam shops. Don't submit payment details, and if you already paid by card or PayPal, start a chargeback today.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →
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 page presents as an unauthorized anime streaming/torrent platform offering copyrighted titles for free, with a 'Torrents' section explicitly visible in the navigation; no payment-scam or credential-harvesting patterns are visible in this render, but the content distribution model carries inherent risk to users.
What our vision model saw
5 signalsSite explicitly lists a 'Torrents' navigation link, indicating distribution of potentially pirated content alongside streaming
Tagline 'Free Forever' combined with copyrighted anime titles (Jujutsu Kaisen, One Piece, Demon Slayer, Attack on Titan) suggests unlicensed content distribution
No visible legal disclaimers, DMCA notices, or licensing attribution anywhere on the rendered page
Anime streaming sites of this type commonly serve intrusive ad overlays or malvertising upon content interaction, though none are visible in this static render
Design is polished and consistent with no broken layout or placeholder text, reducing likelihood of a rushed phishing clone
MT Intelligence
The site presents itself as a free anime streaming platform but combines several high-risk signals: a 149-day-old domain with no public business registration, explicit torrent distribution links, and a cryptocurrency-only checkout system with zero reversible payment options. Six antivirus engines (Chong Lua Dao, CRDF, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, alphaMountain.ai, and Gridinsoft) flag it as malicious or suspicious. Independent scam-detection services consistently rate it as dangerous or high-risk, with trust scores as low as 1/100. The site offers copyrighted anime titles (Jujutsu Kaisen, One Piece, Demon Slayer) without licensing attribution or legal disclaimers, and lacks any contact information, business address, or phone number — standard evasion tactics for unlicensed content distributors and crypto-fraud operations. The combination of young domain age, crypto-only payments, missing contact details, and multiple detection flags indicates this is either a piracy operation designed to harvest cryptocurrency or a credential-harvesting clone targeting anime fans.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for anikage.cc, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain registered January 14, 2026 (approx. 5 months old at time of major scans), via Spaceship, Inc.; registrant location Iceland; no public owner details
- Multiple security scanners (Gridinsoft 1/100 trust, ScamSandbox 100/100 risk, Scam-Detector low trust, ScamAdviser low) flag it as suspicious or dangerous due to young age, blacklists (at least 6 detections noted), and lack of review histor
- Reddit r/ScamChecker post rates it high risk/unsafe; discussed in anime piracy communities (r/animepiracy, r/AniWatchZone, r/AnimeKAI) as a new free streaming alternative after AnimeKai shutdown
- Site presents as premium free anime streaming platform with HD, subs/dubs, MAL/AniList sync, watch together; PreMiD activity request exists for it
- Detected as offering movies/anime for download/streaming; ScamAdviser notes caution for such sites as fraudulent ones often mimic them
- ScamSandbox references payment form and suspicious VT flags (alphaMountain.ai, Gridinsoft); aligns with provided "Crypto-Only Checkout" scam family
- No established positive user reviews or business registration records found; flagged by some malware scanners as generic malicious object
- Gridinsoftopen
"Our system marks Anikage.cc as suspicious... 1/100 trust score... 6 blacklist detections, a very young domain (5 months), and no established public user-review history."
- ScamAdviseropen
"The trust score of anikage.cc is rather low. anikage.cc may be a scam."
- Scam-Detectoropen
"Is anikage.cc a scam ? Our low trust score leans toward "yes." ... based on 53 powerful factors we aggregated to expose high-risk activity"
- ScamSandboxopen
"anikage.cc has a risk score of 100/100 and is rated "Dangerous". Found on 1 blacklist(s)."
- Reddit r/ScamCheckeropen
"Score: 87/100 Risk Level: High Risk Domain Age: 116 days anikage.cc is likely unsafe"
Our web research found five scam reports and zero positive reviews for anikage.cc. Gridinsoft flags it as suspicious with a 1/100 trust score and notes 6 blacklist detections and a very young domain. ScamSandbox rates it 100/100 risk and 'Dangerous.' Scam-Detector reports low trust based on 53 aggregated risk factors. ScamAdviser warns the site may be a scam. Reddit r/ScamChecker rates it high-risk and unsafe. The domain is discussed in anime piracy communities as a successor to the shut-down AnimeKai site. No business registration was found in any jurisdiction, and no legitimate user reviews exist.
Scam Network Intelligence
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Contact Verification
We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
- Scam family match: Crypto-Only Checkout.
- Links to 2 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 scam-type patterns detected
1 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- AI analyst tagged this as a fake shop.
- Crypto-only checkout — no card / bank payment option.
- No phone number or postal address anywhere on the page.
- Multiple contact / trust-signal red flags on the page.
- +1 more signal
1 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- AI analyst tagged this as a fake shop.
- Crypto-only checkout — no card / bank payment option.
- No phone number or postal address anywhere on the page.
- Multiple contact / trust-signal red flags on the page.
- +1 more signal
Fake shop — do not order
Signals common to non-delivery scam shops were detected on this site.
- Do not interact with anikage.cc
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- If you already paid by card or PayPal — start a chargeback
Contact your bank or card issuer and dispute the charge as "goods not received" or "merchant fraud." PayPal users can open a case in the Resolution Centre. Act within 120 days for card chargebacks in most jurisdictions.
- Save every piece of evidence
Screenshots of the checkout, order confirmation emails, any chat transcripts, and the product listing page. Chargeback and fraud reports go faster when you have receipts.
- OpenReport the shop
Report to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov), Action Fraud UK, or your local consumer-protection body. Post the URL on the MalwareTips scam forum so other buyers can find it.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
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 flags anikage.cc as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — anikage.cc scored 11/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. anikage.cc presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 58 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- anikage.cc is 4 months old, registered on 1/14/2026 through Spaceship, Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 6 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged anikage.cc as malicious or suspicious (4 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. anikage.cc is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- anikage.cc resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). 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 12, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around anikage.cc 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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