Warning signs detected
Low-quality APK site impersonating Minecraft with broken app cards, future dates, and placeholder icons on a non-official domain. Several risk indicators suggest caution. This site might be legitimate — but treat it as unverified until you can independently confirm.
Is apkcafe.es legit or a scam?
Low-quality APK site impersonating Minecraft with broken app cards, future dates, and placeholder icons on a non-official domain.
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
The site presents itself as a free Android app repository with listings for popular apps and Minecraft-related content. Strongest red flag is the visual evidence of placeholder text, impossible 2025-2026 update dates, and missing icons indicating low-effort construction. Clean antivirus results and no direct scam reports reduce the immediate threat level but do not outweigh the poor quality signals. The medium-confidence Minecraft impersonation on a non-official domain adds further concern for users seeking mods or APKs.
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
Page shows clear signs of poor quality and broken rendering typical of low-effort scam or fake APK sites.
What our vision model saw
5 signalsApp cards display literal placeholder text such as "icon YouTube" and "icon AraFlix" instead of proper images
Multiple cards list impossible future dates ("actualizado: 20 may 2026", "23 may 2025")
Broken layout with empty or missing app icons and inconsistent card formatting
Low-quality tag cloud section filled with random unrelated keywords ("tracker", "tiktok", "bitcoin", etc.)
Header uses generic stock logo and tagline with no security indicators
Brand Impersonation
medium confidenceThe page mentions or styles itself as Minecraft, but is hosted on a domain that is not an official Minecraft property.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for apkcafe.es, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- apkcafe.es operates as an APK download site with title 'Android café archivos gratis para Android' offering free Android apps, games, and mods including Minecraft-related content.
- Related domains observed: apk.cafe, apps.apkcafe.in, apps.apkcafe.es, and numerous subdomains like *.apkcafe.es hosting specific APKs (e.g., YouTube, Telegram, PUBG, Minecraft mods).
- Scamadviser rates apk.cafe as 'probably legit' with reasonable trust score; similar subdomains like pubg-mobile.apk.cafe also rated legit.
- One specific page (mobile-legends-bang-bang.apkcafe.es) flagged by 16/91 security engines as phishing/fraud-related per PCRisk scanner.
- No user complaints, scam reports, or Reddit discussions specifically naming apkcafe.es found in searches for scam/review/complaint.
- Site includes categories for apps/games, popular downloads with version/update/rating info, and adult/18+ content listings.
- General web results show broad warnings about APK download risks but none tied directly to this domain.
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 postal address visible on the page.
- Page impersonates Minecraft on a non-official domain.
- Phone number listed (21.20.402).
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://apkcafe.es/
- 2200https://apkcafe.es/
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
2 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 malware / drive-by / cracked app.
- Page mentions Minecraft (non-official domain).
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 malware / drive-by / cracked app.
- Page mentions Minecraft (non-official domain).
Possible malware risk
Signals suggest this page may deliver malicious files or exploit the browser.
- Treat apkcafe.es as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- If you downloaded or ran a file from here
Disconnect the device from the internet, run a full scan with a reputable antivirus (Malwarebytes, ESET, Bitdefender), and consider a second-opinion scanner. Change passwords on any account you used from the device afterwards — ideally from a different device.
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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 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 apkcafe.es 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.
- apkcafe.es currently scores 48/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend caution. Verify the site through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- Yes. apkcafe.es presents a valid TLSv1.2 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · E8, expiring in 66 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- No. All 93 antivirus engines in our malware network report apkcafe.es as clean.
- No. apkcafe.es is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- apkcafe.es resolves to an IP operated by UA-Hosting Amsterdam in NL (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.
- 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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