Critical risk detected
Fake casino bonus affiliate page flagged by Fortinet as phishing, linked to malware-hosting IP, and rated very-low-trust by independent review sites. Our security stack flagged multiple threat indicators on this website. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.
Is bonus-monster.co legit or a scam?
Fake casino bonus affiliate page flagged by Fortinet as phishing, linked to malware-hosting IP, and rated very-low-trust by independent review sites.
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 operates as a casino-affiliate promoter offering '100 free spins' with no deposit required — a classic bait-and-switch pattern designed to harvest email addresses. Fortinet's antivirus engine flags it as phishing, and two additional security vendors mark it suspicious. Independent trust aggregators assign it very-low trust scores, indicating strong scam likelihood. The hosting IP (104.21.66.150) is documented in threat reports as linked to malware-flagged domains and phishing URLs. The page has zero contact information, no business registration, and protected WHOIS data — hallmarks of disposable affiliate fraud infrastructure. The site loads external tracking domains (ts77trk.com, api.pushnami.com, aweber.com) typical of email-harvesting and affiliate-commission schemes.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for bonus-monster.co, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain flagged with very low trust scores by Scamadviser and Scam-Detector, both indicating high scam likelihood.
- Linked to malware-flagged IP in GenDigital Q2 2024 Threat Report alongside other suspicious sites.
- Appears in phishing/malware analysis reports (PhishStats, JoeSandbox) with Yara Phisher detection and same-IP phishing URLs.
- Site is an affiliate marketing page promoting no-deposit free spins and casino bonuses (e.g. 100 free spins offers), with affiliate disclosure and disclaimer that it is not a gambling operator.
- WHOIS data is protected; no business registration, owner, or contact details publicly available.
- Listed in automated scam blocklists (e.g. scams_light.txt on GitHub).
- No user reviews, complaints, or positive mentions found on Reddit, Trustpilot, or independent forums.
- Scamadviseropen
"bonusmonster.co has a very low trust score which indicates that there is a strong likelyhood the website is a scam. Be very careful when using this website."
- Scam-Detectoropen
"Is bonus-monster.co a scam ? Our low trust score leans toward "yes." Our in-depth review is based on 53 powerful factors we aggregated to expose high-risk sites."
- GenDigital Q2/2024 Threat Reportopen
"The IP address 172.67.137.213 is linked to several websites, including some flagged for malware like ... Bonusmonster.co"
- PhishStats / JoeSandboxopen
"bonusmonster.co ... Phishing URLs hosted on the same IP. ... Yara detected Phisher. ... does not match the legitimate domain"
Independent trust aggregators (independent review aggregator, Scam-Detector) assign very-low trust scores to bonus-monster.co, both indicating high scam likelihood. A Q2 2024 threat report links the hosting IP (104.21.66.150) to multiple malware-flagged websites. Phishing-analysis databases (PhishStats, JoeSandbox) flag the domain with Yara phisher detection and document phishing URLs hosted on the same IP. The site appears in automated scam blocklists. No positive reviews, user complaints, or legitimate business registration were found.
Scam Network Intelligence
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 phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 scam-type patterns detected
1 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 a giveaway / airdrop / lottery scam.
1 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 a giveaway / airdrop / lottery scam.
Fake giveaway detected
This page mimics a celebrity, brand, or crypto giveaway. These are virtually always scams.
- Do not interact with bonus-monster.co
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- Elon Musk / Vitalik / MrBeast will never ask you to send crypto first
Every "send 0.1 ETH, receive 1 ETH back" giveaway is a scam. 100% of them. There is no exception.
- If you already sent funds
Funds sent to a scam wallet cannot be recovered. Report the wallet address to the relevant chain explorer and file a report at IC3 — scammers are tracked, even when recovery isn't possible.
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 directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- Our automated security review flags bonus-monster.co as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — bonus-monster.co scored 17/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. bonus-monster.co presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 35 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- 3 out of 95 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged bonus-monster.co as malicious or suspicious (1 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. bonus-monster.co is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- bonus-monster.co resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). 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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