Warning signs detected
19-year-old Indian ticketing site with 128 complaints focused on refund policies and wallet credits. Several risk indicators suggest caution. This site might be legitimate — but treat it as unverified until you can independently confirm.
Is bookmyshow.com legit or a scam?
19-year-old Indian ticketing site with 128 complaints focused on refund policies and wallet credits.
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
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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.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
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What our vision model saw
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Intelligence
The domain registered in 2007 and ranks among the top 2,000 sites globally. Our antivirus network and browser blocklists returned clean results. The company operates as a registered Indian private limited entity with active status. Evidence shows 128 complaints and three specific scam reports on Trustpilot and Reddit about cancelled bookings and refunds issued only to the BookMyShow wallet. Positive reviews exist on Justdial praising ease of use. The combination of legitimate infrastructure with documented customer-service complaints places the site in the suspicious band.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for bookmyshow.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- BookMyShow is a legitimate and highly popular Indian ticketing aggregator launched in 2007 by Bigtree Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
- The domain has a long history of over 19 years and maintains a high global traffic rank (Tranco #1,395).
- Numerous user complaints exist regarding refund policies, specifically the practice of issuing refunds to a 'BookMyShow Wallet' rather than the original payment method.
- Users have reported issues with 'Internet Handling Fees' and additional charges for 3D glasses that are sometimes not disclosed or are non-refundable.
- The company is a registered Private Limited entity in India with active status and significant annual revenue.
- Trustpilotopen
"Do not use this site. If your event is cancelled you will not get a refund. I had tickets to the New Zealand v Pakistan T20 World Cup Match in Colombo which got abandoned... no refund."
- Reddit (r/LegalAdviceIndia)open
"BOOKMYSHOW is a complete SCAMM!! ... The payment was successfully deducted... booking was later cancelled by BookMyShow, and instead of refunding... money was credited to my BookMyShow wallet."
- Reddit (r/Chandigarh)open
"Scam Alert!!! Booked a workshop via BookMyShow, reached venue… and no one showed up. Now being ghosted for refund."
- Justdialopen
"Its very reliable app which is very easy to book all type of your favorite movies with lots of discount and offer`s."
- Justdialopen
"Wooh, amazing site to book your tickets. i have booked mostly many of my movie shows and concerts tickets from book my show. best way to book your tickets."
Registered as Bigtree Entertainment Pvt. Ltd and Bookmyshow Live Private Limited (CIN: U93090MH2018PTC312123) in Mumbai.
Our research found three scam reports on Trustpilot and Reddit describing cancelled events where refunds were issued only to the BookMyShow wallet. Two positive reviews on Justdial highlight discounts and ease of use. The company is registered in India as Bigtree Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. with active status and substantial revenue.
Domain Timeline
- Feb 21, 2007Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 19 years old today.
- Jul 11, 2026Latest security review — Flagged as suspicious
This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.
bookmyshow.com 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 · referencedDomain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1302http://bookmyshow.com/
- 2302https://bookmyshow.com/
- 3302https://www.bookmyshow.com/
- 4403https://in.bookmyshow.com/
Server Reputation
What to do
Proceed with caution
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Treat bookmyshow.com as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- 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
BookMyShow is a long-established Indian ticketing platform. Multiple users report refund issues where money goes to a site wallet instead of the original payment method. Check refund terms before booking.
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- bookmyshow.com raises serious red flags as a scam site — avoid interacting with it. The domain is 19.4 years old through GoDaddy.com, LLC. It may not be an outright scam, but the risk is high enough that you should verify it independently before trusting it with money or data.
- Proceed with caution — bookmyshow.com scores 55/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend verifying it through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- If you've already paid or handed over details on bookmyshow.com, 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 bookmyshow.com 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 bookmyshow.com 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.
- No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report bookmyshow.com as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
- No — bookmyshow.com 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.
- bookmyshow.com is 19.4 years old, registered on February 21, 2007 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. 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.
- Yes — bookmyshow.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Entrust Limited · Entrust OV TLS Issuing RSA CA 2, valid for another 161 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
- bookmyshow.com resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (Content Delivery Network). 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.
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