Is bonsai-onlineshop.live safe?
http://bonsai-onlineshop.live/
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How we checked
Coverage: complete · 6 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (57 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Look-alike bonsai shop on a 9-day-old domain flagged as phishing by two security vendors
bonsai-onlineshop.live presents itself as the German bonsai retailer Oyaki-Bonsai, complete with a WooCommerce-style cart, but the domain is only 9 days old and two independent antivirus engines have flagged it as phishing. The site mimics the branding of the established bonsai-onlineshop.com, and the combination of a fresh look-alike domain with active phishing detections points to credential harvesting or payment fraud rather than a genuine shop.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 22/100
High Risk covers scores 21–44. 3 findings pulled the score down; 2 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- StrongTwo antivirus engines (BitDefender and G-Data) flagged the domain as phishing.
- MinorThe domain is only 9 days old, inconsistent with the claimed 23-year history and with the established .com shop it mimics.
- MinorThe site uses the brand name 'Bonsai Fachhandel Oyaki-Bonsai', matching the legitimate bonsai-onlineshop.com business.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning for this domain.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
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01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
bonsai-onlineshop.live presents itself as the German bonsai retailer Oyaki-Bonsai, complete with a WooCommerce-style cart, but the domain is only 9 days old and two independent antivirus engines have flagged it as phishing. The site mimics the branding of the established bonsai-onlineshop.com, and the combination of a fresh look-alike domain with active phishing detections points to credential harvesting or payment fraud rather than a genuine shop.
Phishing detections on a freshly registered look-alike domain
Two antivirus engines, BitDefender and G-Data, have flagged bonsai-onlineshop.live as phishing, according to the saved scan results. This is a strong adverse signal: phishing detections on a shop domain typically indicate a page designed to harvest credentials or payment details rather than to sell goods.
The domain itself is only 9 days old, which is inconsistent with the site's claim of operating for over 23 years. A brand-new domain that copies the name and branding of an established bonsai retailer is a classic look-alike pattern used to intercept customers searching for the real shop.
Impersonation of a legitimate bonsai business
The site presents itself under the brand 'Bonsai Fachhandel Oyaki-Bonsai', matching the identity of the legitimate German bonsai shop that operates at bonsai-onlineshop.com. The .live domain is a near-identical copy of that name, which is a common tactic to deceive visitors who mistype or misremember the address.
The shopping interface includes standard WooCommerce elements such as 'Zurück zum Shop' and 'In den Warenkorb' (add to cart), giving the appearance of a real store. However, the combination of a 9-day-old domain, phishing detections, and brand impersonation means any checkout or login on this site should be treated as hostile.
Why the score is 22
Two antivirus engines (BitDefender and G-Data) flagged the domain as phishing. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
2/ 93
detectionsFresh result
2 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 2
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| BitDefenderMalicious | phishing |
| G-DataMalicious | phishing |
All 93 engine results
- BitDefender - phishing - Malicious
- G-Data - phishing - Malicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Unrated
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Unrated
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Orcapot - Unrated
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekernewly registered websites
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
Bonsai Fachhandel
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Bonsai Fachhandel
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
Bonsai - Bonsaischalen - Zubehör: Oyaki-Bonsai
- Meta description
In unserem Fachhandel kaufen Sie Bonsai, Bonsaischalen und Zubehör seit mehr als 23 Jahren. Bonsai - auch als Geschenk, hochwertiges Werkzeug für den Profi & mehr.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- Terms/allgemeine_geschaeftsbedingungenRead
- Refund / returns policy/widerrufRead
- Shipping policy/versand__lieferungRead
- Contact page/kontaktRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Bonsai - Bonsaischalen - Zubehör: Oyaki-Bonsai
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 57 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
The checks completed, but ownership, business claims, and future site behavior can still change after this snapshot.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
Phishing & Impersonation
Service and business model
Shop
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01Two antivirus engines (BitDefender and G-Data) flagged the domain as phishing.
- 02The domain is only 9 days old, inconsistent with the claimed 23-year history and with the established .com shop it mimics.
- 03The site uses the brand name 'Bonsai Fachhandel Oyaki-Bonsai', matching the legitimate bonsai-onlineshop.com business.
If this is a scam — what it means for you
What happens when a visitor tries to shop or log in
A visitor who adds an item to the cart and proceeds to checkout on this site is entering personal and payment information into a page that two security vendors have flagged as phishing. The likely outcome is that those details are captured by the operator rather than used for a legitimate purchase.
If this is a scam, how it works
The evidence-backed path
Each stage below is preserved from the grounded analysis and linked to saved evidence.
Because the domain is only 9 days old and mimics a real shop, there is no established reputation or customer history to rely on. Visitors who reach the site through a search result or a mistyped address may not realize they are on a look-alike domain until after they have submitted their information.
Do not enter any personal, login, or payment information on bonsai-onlineshop.live. If you intended to reach the real Oyaki-Bonsai shop, navigate directly to bonsai-onlineshop.com instead. Treat any email or message linking to the .live domain as suspicious.
Web research findings
Independent findings for bonsai-onlineshop.live, 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.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for bonsai-onlineshop.live. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The 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.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domainbonsai-onlineshop.live
- Redirects tobonsai-onlineshop.live
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencesgmpg.org · facebook.com
Domain Timeline
- Oct 22, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 9 days old when this review was saved.
- Nov 1, 2026Saved security review — Rated High Risk
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
bonsai-onlineshop.live was registered very recently when this review was saved and was already flagged. Freshly-registered domains are disproportionately used for scams, and a young domain with active threat signals warrants extra caution.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (mail@bonsai-onlineshop.live).
- Phone number listed (49 38737).
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Report this domain to its registrar: send the address and what happened to this contact.
A certificate issued weeks or days before the scan on a domain registered recently is common on short-lived sites, though new legitimate sites look the same.
Certificate issued for bonsai-onlineshop.live.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Analytics and ads
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://bonsai-onlineshop.live/
- 2200https://bonsai-onlineshop.live/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruscomplete
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
Two antivirus engines (BitDefender and G-Data) flagged the domain as phishing. · The domain is only 9 days old, inconsistent with the claimed 23-year history and with the established .com shop it mimics.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 2 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | Adverse | fresh · analysed Nov 1, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 1, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 1, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 1, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 1, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result2 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Nov 1, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 1, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 1, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 1, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 1, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
Is bonsai-onlineshop.live a scam or a legit website?
Is bonsai-onlineshop.live safe to use?
What should I do if I already gave my details to bonsai-onlineshop.live?
Can I get my money back from bonsai-onlineshop.live?
Did bonsai-onlineshop.live steal my password or personal information?
How do I report bonsai-onlineshop.live?
Why does bonsai-onlineshop.live look legitimate if it's a scam?
Has bonsai-onlineshop.live been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is bonsai-onlineshop.live on any phishing or malware blacklists?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Look-alike bonsai shop on a 9-day-old domain flagged as phishing by two security vendors
bonsai-onlineshop.live presents itself as the German bonsai retailer Oyaki-Bonsai, complete with a WooCommerce-style cart, but the domain is only 9 days old and two independent antivirus engines have flagged it as phishing. The site mimics the branding of the established bonsai-onlineshop.com, and the combination of a fresh look-alike domain with active phishing detections points to credential harvesting or payment fraud rather than a genuine shop.
09 · Community
Community
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