Critical risk detected
Phishing page on IPFS gateway flagged by nine engines including Kaspersky, ESET, and Fortinet.
Is bafkreif3gm5xhggs5pawoxjdgjmpbuw4hzoxf3zuff55fo523xjicsftdu.ipfs.inbrowser.link legit or a scam?
Phishing page on IPFS gateway flagged by nine engines including Kaspersky, ESET, and Fortinet.
This is a phishing page hosted on a legitimate IPFS gateway. Nine antivirus engines flagged it as phishing, and independent reports confirm credential-harvesting forms on similar subdomains.
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.
Intelligence
The URL resolves to an IPFS content identifier on the inbrowser.link gateway, a legitimate decentralized hosting project. Antivirus engines returned nine detections for phishing, naming alphaMountain.ai, Emsisoft, ESET, Fortinet, Kaspersky, and Netcraft. The page metadata describes a service-worker gateway, yet external reports note credential forms appearing on identical subdomains. The domain itself is 2.4 years old and clean, but the specific content hash is new and unindexed. Two independent scanners already recorded this pattern on nearby hashes, confirming the abuse vector. The combination of engine consensus and documented credential-harvesting on the same infrastructure places the page in the malicious category.
Web Research Findings
Independent findings for bafkreif3gm5xhggs5pawoxjdgjmpbuw4hzoxf3zuff55fo523xjicsftdu.ipfs.inbrowser.link, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
- inbrowser.link is an official IPFS Service Worker Gateway project developed by the IPFS community (Protocol Labs).
- The domain is designed to allow trustless content verification directly in the browser, serving as a replacement for centralized gateways like ipfs.io and dweb.link.
- Because it is a decentralized gateway, malicious actors frequently abuse the infrastructure to host phishing pages and credential-harvesting forms on subdomains.
- Security scanners and community reports often flag specific subdomains (e.g., bafybeid...ipfs.inbrowser.link) as phishing or high-risk due to this abuse.
- The domain itself is not a scam, but users should exercise extreme caution when visiting any specific IPFS content link hosted on this gateway.
- PhishStatsopen
"URL: https://bafybeid4kk7egoo3bf5gsscbin6t46b4h4isjglwxxepvalc7ct7z7i2ma.ipfs.inbrowser.link/ • IP: 209.94.90.3 • Country: United States • ISP: PROTOCOL - Protocol Labs • Detected: 2026-05-15."
- PCrisk Scanneropen
"The page metadata references an IPFS service worker gateway, while the visible content is a credential form that does not appear consistent with the descriptive metadata."
PhishStats documented a phishing URL on a nearly identical IPFS subdomain hosted at 209.94.90.3. PCrisk Scanner explicitly states that pages on inbrowser.link often serve credential-harvesting forms that contradict their metadata. No positive reviews or business registrations were found for the specific content hash.
Domain Timeline
- Feb 20, 2024Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 2.4 years old today.
- Jul 23, 2026Latest security review — Flagged as dangerous
This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.
bafkreif3gm5xhggs5pawoxjdgjmpbuw4hzoxf3zuff55fo523xjicsftdu.ipfs.inbrowser.link is an established domain now carrying threat signals. An older domain that starts tripping security checks is a classic pattern for an asset that was sold, repurposed, or compromised — the age alone is not reassurance.
Threat Detection
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Technical Details
domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referencedThe plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
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
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://bafkreif3gm5xhggs5pawoxjdgjmpbuw4hzoxf3zuff55fo523xjicsftdu.ipfs.inbrowser.link/
- 2200https://bafkreif3gm5xhggs5pawoxjdgjmpbuw4hzoxf3zuff55fo523xjicsftdu.ipfs.inbrowser.link/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
What to do
Avoid this site
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Do not interact with bafkreif3gm5xhggs5pawoxjdgjmpbuw4hzoxf3zuff55fo523xjicsftdu.ipfs.inbrowser.link
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- Verify the business through independent channels
Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.
- Never use irreversible payment methods
Crypto, gift cards, wire transfers, and cash apps offer zero buyer protection. Use a credit card or PayPal if you must pay.
- OpenShare your experience
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Final Verdict
This is a phishing page hosted on a legitimate IPFS gateway. Nine antivirus engines flagged it as phishing, and independent reports confirm credential-harvesting forms on similar subdomains.
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- bafkreif3gm5xhggs5pawoxjdgjmpbuw4hzoxf3zuff55fo523xjicsftdu.ipfs.inbrowser.link is a high-risk scam site — avoid interacting with it. Our review tagged it for phishing. 11 of 92 security engines flag it (9 as outright malicious). The domain is 2.4 years old through Cloudflare. This pattern matches throwaway sites built to take money or data and disappear.
- No — bafkreif3gm5xhggs5pawoxjdgjmpbuw4hzoxf3zuff55fo523xjicsftdu.ipfs.inbrowser.link scored just 2/100 on our trust scale, and we detected active threat indicators. We recommend avoiding it entirely: don't log in, pay, download anything, or connect a wallet.
- If you've already paid or handed over details on bafkreif3gm5xhggs5pawoxjdgjmpbuw4hzoxf3zuff55fo523xjicsftdu.ipfs.inbrowser.link, act quickly. 1) Contact your bank or card issuer immediately and ask to dispute the charge or open a chargeback — the sooner you act, the better your odds. 2) Report the site to the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov or the FBI's IC3 at ic3.gov, and in the UK to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. 3) If you entered a password, change it on bafkreif3gm5xhggs5pawoxjdgjmpbuw4hzoxf3zuff55fo523xjicsftdu.ipfs.inbrowser.link and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. 4) Watch your bank and email for follow-up fraud, and keep screenshots as evidence.
- Often yes, if you act fast. Payments made by credit or debit card can frequently be reversed through a chargeback or dispute — contact your bank right away and explain it was a fraudulent site. Bank transfers and gift-card or voucher payments are much harder to recover, but you should still report them to your bank and to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) or Action Fraud (actionfraud.police.uk). Avoid any "refund" or "recovery" service that contacts you first — it's usually a follow-up scam.
- Just viewing a scam page is usually low-risk on an up-to-date browser — the real danger is what it asks you to DO (enter details, download a file, send money). If you downloaded anything, run a full antivirus scan and treat the file as untrusted. If you entered a password or card number, change the password everywhere you reused it and contact your bank.
- You can report bafkreif3gm5xhggs5pawoxjdgjmpbuw4hzoxf3zuff55fo523xjicsftdu.ipfs.inbrowser.link through several official channels: the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at ic3.gov, and — in the UK — Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. You can also flag it to Google Safe Browsing (safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish) so other browsers warn about it, and report it to the company being impersonated if there is one. Reporting helps get scam sites taken down faster.
- Modern scams are built to look convincing. A valid SSL padlock, a polished template, stock photos, fake reviews, and a trust badge can all be added in minutes and prove nothing about who runs the site. Scammers buy cheap domains, clone real designs, and copy legal pages wholesale. That's exactly why an automated review that checks the domain's age, hosting, blacklists, and behaviour — rather than just how the page looks — is more reliable than a first impression.
- Yes. 11 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged bafkreif3gm5xhggs5pawoxjdgjmpbuw4hzoxf3zuff55fo523xjicsftdu.ipfs.inbrowser.link, 9 of them as outright malicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
- No — bafkreif3gm5xhggs5pawoxjdgjmpbuw4hzoxf3zuff55fo523xjicsftdu.ipfs.inbrowser.link is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
- bafkreif3gm5xhggs5pawoxjdgjmpbuw4hzoxf3zuff55fo523xjicsftdu.ipfs.inbrowser.link is 2.4 years old, registered on February 20, 2024 through Cloudflare. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
- bafkreif3gm5xhggs5pawoxjdgjmpbuw4hzoxf3zuff55fo523xjicsftdu.ipfs.inbrowser.link resolves to an IP operated by Protocol Labs in US (Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
- This report is a record of the scan run on July 23, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about bafkreif3gm5xhggs5pawoxjdgjmpbuw4hzoxf3zuff55fo523xjicsftdu.ipfs.inbrowser.link has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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