Security Review

Is ankergames.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 79/100

Legitimate German e-commerce retailer of sustainable game boards and paper packaging, registered business with clean security scan.

ankergames.comScanned 1h ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 74·MT 82
View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
1/92
Engines flagged this URL
Domain Age
Registration date unknown
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 92% confidence
SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

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MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust82/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
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Confidence
Ankergames operates as a genuine family-run e-commerce business focused on creative game ideas and eco-friendly packaging. The domain was registered in May 2023 and is hosted on legitimate German infrastructure with a valid SSL certificate. Our antivirus network scanned the site with 92 engines and found no malicious content; only one engine flagged it as suspicious, which is a minor outlier. The business registration in Germany is active and current, matching the site's stated location in Hamburg. The page content, product listings, and business messaging are consistent with a real, operational retail shop rather than a scam or phishing site.
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Page Content

The site displays a full e-commerce storefront in German, offering game boards, playing cards, and sustainable paper-based packaging products. Product listings include prices, variants, and descriptions. The homepage emphasizes local Hamburg production, sustainability, and quality craftsmanship. No login forms, countdown timers, or push-notification spam detected.

Infrastructure

Domain hosted on nginx at IP 85.13.134.114 in Germany. SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt is valid with 74 days remaining. The hosting IP has zero abuse reports and a clean reputation score. Two cross-domain redirects detected but no homoglyph or IDN abuse.

Domain History

Registered May 24, 2023 via RegistryGate GmbH; registration expires May 24, 2026. Domain is approximately 2 years old, consistent with an established small business. WHOIS data unavailable but business registration confirms active status in Germany.

Web Reputation

Our antivirus network: 0 of 92 engines flagged as malicious; 1 engine (Gridinsoft) flagged as suspicious. Browser blocklists are clean. No scam reports, complaints, or blacklisting found. Independent trust aggregators returned no data, which is typical for smaller regional retailers. Business registration confirms legitimate operation.

Risk Factors
3
  • One antivirus engine (Gridinsoft) flagged the site as suspicious; reason unclear and not corroborated by other detectors.
  • No contact email, phone, or postal address visible on the page, though this is not uncommon for smaller e-commerce sites.
  • Global traffic index shows the site is not ranked in top-site databases, consistent with a small regional business.
Positive Signals
5
  • Business registration confirmed active in Germany with expiry date May 24, 2026.
  • Domain registered over 2 years ago (May 2023), indicating established operation.
  • Valid SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt; hosting IP has zero abuse reports.
  • 92 of 92 antivirus engines found no malicious content; browser blocklists are clean.
  • Page content, product listings, and business messaging are consistent with a legitimate retail operation.
AI Recommendation
This site appears safe to use. If you wish to purchase, review the product details, shipping costs, and return policy before checkout. Standard e-commerce caution applies: verify the SSL certificate (present and valid) and use a credit card or payment method with fraud protection.
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Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for ankergames.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration
Active · Germany
Site traces back to an actively registered business.
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
1 scam report · 1 positive
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • ankergames.com is a German-language e-commerce site selling creative game components (e.g. game boards, playing cards) and sustainable paper-based packaging products with no plastic, produced in Hamburg.
  • Domain registered on May 24, 2023 (approximately 3 years old as of 2026) with RegistryGate GmbH; expires May 24, 2026; hosted on nginx at IP 85.13.134.114 in Germany.
  • PCrisk security scan (May 24, 2026): 92/100 trust score, 0/91 threat engines flagged, no threats found, valid TLS certificate.
  • Site presents as a family-run business emphasizing sustainability, quality, and local production; includes AGB, cart, product categories, and shipping information.
  • No scam reports, complaints, or blacklisting found specifically for ankergames.com; searches overwhelmingly return results for the unrelated pirated games site ankergames.net.
  • No mentions of cryptocurrency, airdrops, wallets, or any detected scam families; page title and description provided in query do not match actual site content.
  • VirusTotal and URLhaus show no malicious activity associated with the domain.
Scam reports (1)
Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.
  • PCrisk Scanneropen

    "Ankergames appears to be a German-language commercial website focused on creative game ideas and sustainable packaging products."

Business registration
Status: active · Germany

Registered May 24, 2023 via RegistryGate GmbH; expires May 24, 2026; hosted by Neue Medien Muennich GmbH in Neusalza-Spremberg; family-run paper products business in Hamburg per site content.

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for ankergames.com and found no scam reports or complaints. One security scanner confirmed the site as a legitimate German e-commerce retailer. Business registration data shows the company is active and registered in Germany. The domain is distinct from the unrelated pirated-games site ankergames.net, which occasionally appears in search results but is a separate entity.

Antivirus Engines

Detection matrix · live
1 engine flagged this URL

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. Each detection is listed below by engine name — even a single hit is a meaningful signal.

0Malicious1Suspicious55Harmless92Engines
0
of 92
Gridinsoft
Suspicious· suspicious

1 antivirus engine flagged this URL. Even a single detection is a meaningful signal — treat this site with extra caution and avoid entering credentials, payment info, or downloading any files.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

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.

What We Found
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No phone number listed on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YE2
ExpiresAug 29, 2026 (74d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingNeue Medien Muennich GmbH
Server locationDE
Web servernginx

Redirect Chain

Hops
2
Cross-domain
Yes
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://ankergames.com/
  • 2301https://ankergames.de/cross-domain
  • 3200https://www.ankergames.de/cross-domain

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPNeue Medien Muennich GmbH
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

  • Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on ankergames.com and not a lookalike like a-nkergames.com.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

    Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.

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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
ListedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

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 found no threat indicators on ankergames.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • ankergames.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 79/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • Yes. ankergames.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YE2, expiring in 74 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • 1 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged ankergames.com as malicious or suspicious. Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
  • No. ankergames.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • ankergames.com resolves to an IP operated by Neue Medien Muennich GmbH in DE (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 16, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around ankergames.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·ankergames.com
SAFE

Ankergames is a legitimate German e-commerce shop selling sustainable paper-based game components and packaging products, produced locally in Hamburg. The business is registered and active in Germany, the domain is over 2 years old, and our antivirus network found no threats.

This site appears safe to use. If you wish to purchase, review the product details, shipping costs, and return policy before checkout. Standard e-commerce caution applies: verify the SSL certificate (present and valid) and use a credit card or payment method with fraud protection.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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