Brand impersonation — not the real site
The page visually clones tiktok.com. This page is styled as a brand but is not the brand's real site. Go to the official site directly, and treat any download, login, or payment request here as unsafe.
Is api.artistkate.com legit or a scam?
TikTok Shop clone flagged by 20 engines as phishing with stolen branding and no business records.
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
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 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.
The page visually mimics tiktok.com
The site is a clear clone attempting to impersonate TikTok Shop using stolen branding and unprofessional design elements typical of phishing or fraudulent retail sites.
What our vision model saw
6 signalsUnauthorized use of the TikTok logo and branding to mimic an official shop
Grammatical errors and awkward phrasing such as 'The shopping cart' and 'All products can enjoy a special discount'
Poor design quality with inconsistent spacing and generic stock imagery
Suspicious navigation items like 'Entrepreneurship support' and 'Join Full-Service Seller Program' on a consumer retail site
Generic '50% OFF SALE' badge and 'BUY MORE, SAVE MORE' urgency tactics
Unprofessional cookie consent banner that lacks proper branding or detailed links
Intelligence
The page impersonates TikTok Shop using the official logo and layout while offering 50% off sales and generic product claims. BitDefender, ESET, CyRadar, and three other engines all marked the URL as phishing, and major browser blocklists also flagged it for social engineering. The domain api.artistkate.com is only 1.5 years old, carries no business registration, and shows zero contact information. Visual analysis confirms poor design quality, awkward English, and urgency tactics typical of fraudulent retail sites. No legitimate company records or positive reviews appear for this domain in any search. These combined signals point to a credential-harvesting or non-delivery scam rather than a real storefront.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for api.artistkate.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain api.artistkate.com registered December 22, 2024 (age ~1.5 years as of July 2026).
- Multiple URL scanning reports exist on urlquery.net for api.artistkate.com/wap, api.artistkate.com/start/, and artistkate.com/ (scans for malware/suspicious elements).
- Page description in Chinese: '安全的购物体验，提供正品保障和优质服务' (Safe shopping experience, providing genuine product guarantees and quality service).
- No scam reports, complaints, Trustpilot, ScamAdviser, ScamDoc, or Reddit discussions found specifically for the domain.
- artistkate.com referenced in unrelated legitimate art class promotions (e.g., Kate Ryckman Creative Studios on Facebook).
- No business registration, owner details, or company records identified in searches.
- ScamAdviser, Trustpilot, and ScamDoc return N/A; no positive or negative review sites index the domain.
Domain Timeline
- Dec 21, 2024Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 1.5 years old today.
- Jul 8, 2026Latest security review — Flagged as dangerous
This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.
Threat Detection
Scam Network
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Detected threat categories: SOCIAL_ENGINEERING.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Scam-Type Likelihood
3 scam-type patterns detected
3 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.
- Visual clone of tiktok.com detected in the screenshot.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
- Google Safe Browsing flagged this as social engineering / phishing.
- AI analyst tagged this as phishing / data-harvesting.
- AI analyst tagged this as a fake shop.
- No phone number or postal address anywhere on the page.
- Multiple contact / trust-signal red flags on the page.
3 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.
- Visual clone of tiktok.com detected in the screenshot.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
- Google Safe Browsing flagged this as social engineering / phishing.
- AI analyst tagged this as phishing / data-harvesting.
- AI analyst tagged this as a fake shop.
- No phone number or postal address anywhere on the page.
- Multiple contact / trust-signal red flags on the page.
Technical Details
domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referencedContact 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
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://api.artistkate.com/
- 2200https://api.artistkate.com/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
What to do
Brand impersonation detected
This page is styled as a known brand but is not the brand's real site.
- Do not interact with api.artistkate.com
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- 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.
Safer Alternatives
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Money Back Guarantee on most purchases.
Major retailer with established returns.
Search the brand name + "official site" rather than trusting an ad or unknown store.
Suggestions for safety only — not endorsements. Always verify the address bar before signing in or paying, even on well-known sites.
Final Verdict
This is a fake TikTok Shop clone. Twenty antivirus engines flagged it as phishing, the page copies TikTok branding, and the domain has no business registration or contact details.
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 api.artistkate.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — api.artistkate.com scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. api.artistkate.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · R13, expiring in 22 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- api.artistkate.com is 1.5 years old, registered on 12/21/2024 through July Name Limited. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 20 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged api.artistkate.com as malicious or suspicious (20 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- Yes. The major browser blocklist feeds flagged api.artistkate.com with the following threat categories: SOCIAL_ENGINEERING. This protects billions of browser users from visiting the site.
- api.artistkate.com resolves to an IP operated by Tencent Building, Kejizhongyi Avenue in TH (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 July 8, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around api.artistkate.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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