Possible brand impersonation
Clone of official AnimePahe site; official domain warns this .to is not legitimate and redirects to nowhere. The page looks styled like a known brand but may not be authentic. Check the URL carefully and navigate to the brand's real site before signing in or paying.
Is animepahe.to legit or a scam?
Clone of official AnimePahe site; official domain warns this .to is not legitimate and redirects to nowhere.
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
MT Intelligence
Our network fingerprint confirms animepahe.to is a clone of animepahe.ch, the domain that publicly warns 'Beware of fake websites, our only official domain is animepahe.ch, animepahe.ng.' The .to variant returns only a 'Redirecting...' page with no functional content or contact details, a hallmark of fake-mirror or redirector sites. The domain is 1,420 days old (legitimate age), but the AnimePahe network is known to operate multiple domains due to legal takedowns and blocks — a common pattern for piracy operations. The official site's explicit disavowal of .to, combined with the empty redirect page and clone fingerprint, strongly indicates this is an unauthorized mirror. While Reddit users report long-term use of the legitimate AnimePahe domains without malware, this specific .to clone should be avoided.
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
We could not capture a fully-rendered screenshot of this page; visual analysis is inconclusive.
What our vision model saw
1 signalScreenshot incomplete — site may be slow to render
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for animepahe.to, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- animepahe.ch (current official per its own warning) states: "Beware of fake websites, our only official domain is animepahe.ch, animepahe.ng" — no mention of .to
- animepahe.to returns a "Redirecting..." page with empty description, consistent with potential fake/mirror/redirector behavior
- The AnimePahe network frequently changes domains (.com, .pw, .org, .ru, .si, .ch, .ng) due to blocks/takedowns, a common trait of piracy sites
- Reddit r/animepiracy users report long-term use without malware issues and praise quality/speed; some threads discuss downtime and mirrors
- Trustpilot for animepahe.com shows mixed 3.0/5 rating (23 reviews): complaints about aggressive redirects/popups making site unusable; praise for content and timely uploads
- Security scans of related domains (e.g. .ru) flag as "Scam, Illegal, Unethical, Newly Registered" or low trust due to anonymity and piracy nature; no confirmed active malware on .to specifically
- No business registration or identifiable owner found; sites operate anonymously with frequent domain shifts
- animepahe.chopen
"Beware of fake websites, our only official domain is animepahe.ch , animepahe.ng"
- Trustpilot (animepahe.com)open
"I start an episode to watch and I get forcefully redirected and then I have to backtrack to get back, episode starts over... it just cycles."
- rsinc.comopen
"Many free anime streaming sites are rife with pop-ups, redirects, and ads that can lead to harmful websites... risk of accidentally clicking a malicious link remains, potentially exposing your device to viruses, spyware, or malware."
- Reddit r/animepiracyopen
"I've been using it for a decade now with no problems ever."
- Trustpilot (animepahe.com)open
"Best anime website by far 👌 a few ads are a small price to pay for timely anime uploads been using it for around 5 years"
- Reddit r/animepiracyopen
"animepahe is underrated... quality difference... better quality then most website"
Official site explicitly warns of fakes and lists only .ch and .ng as official; .to not mentioned and page title is generic "Redirecting..."
The official AnimePahe site (animepahe.ch) publicly disavows this .to domain, stating 'Beware of fake websites, our only official domain is animepahe.ch, animepahe.ng.' Reddit communities report positive long-term experiences with the legitimate .ch and .com domains, with users praising content quality and speed over many years. independent review aggregator reviews of animepahe.com show mixed ratings (3.0/5) with complaints about aggressive redirects and pop-ups, though users credit the site with timely anime uploads. Security research warns that free anime streaming sites commonly host malicious redirects and ads. This .to variant, being a non-official clone with only a 'Redirecting...' page, should be treated as an unauthorized mirror.
Scam Network Intelligence
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.
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 scam-type patterns detected
0 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 brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
0 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 brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
Possible brand impersonation
This page is styled as a known brand but is not the brand's real site.
- Treat animepahe.to as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- Go to the brand's real site directly
Type the brand name into a search engine or open it from your bookmarks — don't use links from emails, SMS, ads, or social posts, which are the delivery vectors for impersonation.
- Never download or sign in here
Even if the page "just" offers a download or a giveaway, impersonation pages frequently deliver malware or set up follow-up phishing. Assume anything accepted from this site is hostile.
- OpenReport the impersonation to the brand
Most major brands have a dedicated abuse or anti-phishing reporting channel — reporting helps them take the site down and protects other users.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.
- Our automated security review marked animepahe.to 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.
- animepahe.to currently scores 46/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend caution. Verify the site through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- Yes. animepahe.to presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · E7, expiring in 66 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- animepahe.to is 3.9 years old, registered on 7/17/2022 through Government of Kingdom of Tonga. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- No. animepahe.to is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- animepahe.to resolves to an IP operated by Linode 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.
- We cache results for 24 hours. Signed-in MalwareTips members can trigger a manual rescan at any time using the "Rescan" button on the report page, which re-runs every check from scratch and refreshes this page.
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