Is cardmarketnews.com a scam?

Our automated security review marked cardmarketnews.com 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.

Is cardmarketnews.com safe to use?

cardmarketnews.com currently scores 55/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend caution. Verify the site through independent channels before entering credentials or money.

Does cardmarketnews.com have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. cardmarketnews.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 86 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

How old is the cardmarketnews.com domain?

cardmarketnews.com is 1.2 years old, registered on 3/26/2025 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.

Has cardmarketnews.com been flagged by antivirus engines?

No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report cardmarketnews.com as clean.

Is cardmarketnews.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. cardmarketnews.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is cardmarketnews.com hosted?

cardmarketnews.com 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.

How often is the cardmarketnews.com report updated?

This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 16, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around cardmarketnews.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Security Review

Is cardmarketnews.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Suspicious· 55/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

Generic content-farm site operated by Brazilian ad agency, mimicking legitimate news domain name with no transparent contact or editorial oversight.

Top reasons

Domain name closely mimics legitimate news.cardmarket.com (TCG marketplace) but content and operator are unrelated, suggesting intentional brand confusion.No direct contact email or postal address provided on the page; operator information only discoverable through WHOIS and business-registry lookup.Affiliate-compensation disclosure present but not prominently displayed; content recommendations may be influenced by financial incentives rather than editorial merit.

cardmarketnews.comScanned 2h ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SUSPICIOUS

Heuristics 87·MT 42

Category tags

content farmaffiliate marketing72% MT confidence

Positive signals (5)

Antivirus clear Not on major blacklists Domain is 1.2 years old Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

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.

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/92

All engines report clean

Domain Age

1.2 years old

Registered Mar 26, 2025

MT Intelligence

Suspicious

Moderate likelihood · 72% confidence

SUSPICIOUS

Warning signs detected

Generic content-farm site operated by Brazilian ad agency, mimicking legitimate news domain name with no transparent contact or editorial oversight. Several risk indicators suggest caution. This site might be legitimate — but treat it as unverified until you can independently confirm.

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LIVE RENDER

cardmarketnews.com

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

MT Security Analyst

Moderate scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust42/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

The site presents itself as an 'intelligent search platform' but functions as a content aggregator publishing generic articles on technology, health, and careers. While registered to an active Brazilian business (NEXI ADTECH LTDA, founded November 2022), the operator provides no direct contact email, postal address, or editorial staff information on the page itself. The domain name closely resembles news.cardmarket.com, a legitimate European trading-card marketplace, but the content and ownership are entirely unrelated — a pattern consistent with affiliate-driven content farms designed to capture search traffic. Our antivirus network and browser blocklists show no malicious flags, and no scam reports or complaints appear in public databases. However, the combination of minimal transparency, affiliate-compensation disclosure buried in fine print, and the domain-name similarity to an established brand raises moderate concern about the site's intent and reliability.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The site displays a search-platform interface with category-based article suggestions across technology, health, business, education, and science. Articles include generic titles like 'Top 15 Lucrative Medical Careers for Associate Degree Holders' and 'Navigating the Path to Electrical Engineering.' The page includes a full affiliate-compensation and advertising-support disclaimer, but no author bios, editorial board, or fact-checking methodology are visible.

Infrastructure

Hosted on IP 172.67.136.233 with clean abuse reputation (0/100). SSL certificate valid and issued by Google Trust Services, expiring in 86 days. Domain registered via GoDaddy with privacy protection disabled. External resources loaded from cdn1.vzadtech.com (matching the operator's ad-tech brand), googletagmanager.com, and Cloudflare Insights.

Domain History

Registered approximately 446 days ago (early 2025). The domain name closely mirrors news.cardmarket.com, a well-established European TCG trading platform, but the content and registered operator are unrelated. No evidence of domain hijacking or previous malicious use.

Web Reputation

Zero detections across our antivirus network (0/92 engines). No scam reports, complaints, or user reviews found in public databases. The site is listed in new-domain tracking feeds but has not triggered specific warnings. Independent trust aggregators returned no data. The operator (NEXI ADTECH LTDA) is registered as an active advertising agency in Brazil and operates multiple similar generic-content sites (momashere.com, obbyland.com, jobcalender.com).

Risk Factors

Domain name closely mimics legitimate news.cardmarket.com (TCG marketplace) but content and operator are unrelated, suggesting intentional brand confusion.
No direct contact email or postal address provided on the page; operator information only discoverable through WHOIS and business-registry lookup.
Affiliate-compensation disclosure present but not prominently displayed; content recommendations may be influenced by financial incentives rather than editorial merit.
Operates as part of a network of similar generic-content sites under the same Brazilian ad-tech operator, a pattern common in low-quality affiliate farms.
No author bylines, editorial board, or fact-checking methodology disclosed; articles lack verifiable sourcing or expertise attribution.
Site not indexed in global traffic rankings, indicating minimal organic audience or search visibility.

Positive Signals

Registered to an active, verifiable Brazilian business entity (NEXI ADTECH LTDA, CNPJ 48.669.205/0001-90, founded November 2022).
Valid SSL certificate and clean antivirus reputation across all major engines.
No malware, phishing, or browser-blocklist detections.
Hosting IP has zero abuse reports and clean reputation score.
Affiliate-compensation and advertising-support disclosures are present, indicating some transparency about monetization.

AI Recommendation

Do not enter personal information or payment details on this site. If you are researching a topic covered by one of its articles, verify the information through established news outlets or academic sources. The site is likely a low-quality affiliate-content farm rather than a scam, but its lack of transparency and domain-name similarity to a legitimate brand make it unreliable for factual informat

Next-gen fraud intelligence

Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for cardmarketnews.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age

1.2 yrs

Registered Mar 2025

Business registration

Active · Brazil

Site traces back to an actively registered business.

Clone check

Not a clone

No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.

Typosquat check

No look-alike match

The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.

Web mentions

No scam reports found

No complaints, no negative coverage turned up in our sweep.

Key findings

7 headline facts from open-web research

Domain approximately 446 days old (created ~early 2025); sur.ly reports it as 1 year old with "Safe" status, HTTPS, no malicious or adult content indicators (though MYWOT and Siteadvisor N/A).
Site presents as "Your intelligent search platform offering personalized, category-based suggestions" with generic articles on technology, health, business, education, science, and careers (e.g. "Top 15 Lucrative Medical Careers for Associa
Full advertiser disclosure, disclaimer, and editorial note stating it is advertising-supported with affiliate compensation that may influence placement/order of recommendations; claims content based on research but makes no warranties on ac
Registered to NEXI ADTECH LTDA in Vitória, Brazil (CNPJ 48.669.205/0001-90, active since Nov 2022); address matches exactly across several other generic content sites.
No user reviews, complaints, scam reports, or discussions found on Reddit, Trustpilot, ScamAdviser, or elsewhere. Listed in ScamAdviser daily new domains sitemaps but no specific analysis or warnings.
Neighboring/related sites on sur.ly include pdaoo.top, magistvpc.quest, boxtikcontent.com, smrs.org (potentially low-quality or similar ad-driven domains).
No direct connection to legitimate Cardmarket (news.cardmarket.com, a major European TCG marketplace); name similarity exists but content and ownership unrelated.

Business registration

Status: active · Brazil

NEXI ADTECH LTDA (CNPJ 48.669.205/0001-90), founded 21/11/2022 in Vitória, ES. Registered as advertising agency (Agências de publicidade). Same company footer appears on multiple similar content sites (momashere.com, obbyland.com, jobcalender.com).

Research summary

Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for cardmarketnews.com and found no scam reports, complaints, or user discussions. The domain is registered to NEXI ADTECH LTDA, an active Brazilian advertising agency founded in November 2022, which also operates multiple similar generic-content sites. No evidence of cloning a specific branded site, though the domain name closely resembles the legitimate news.cardmarket.com (a European TCG trading platform). For a low-traffic content-aggregation site, the absence of reviews and complaints is expected; however, the lack of transparent contact information and the domain-name similarity to an established brand warrant caution.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified

Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious56Harmless92Engines

Clean

Kaspersky

Clean

Bitdefender

Clean

Microsoft

Not in pass

ESET-NOD32

Not in pass

Avira

Not in pass

Sophos

Clean

Fortinet

Clean

Google Safebrowsing

Clean

Emsisoft

Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check

Not flagged on major threat lists

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.

What We Found

No clear contact details on the page

Emails on site's domainNone

Phone numbers48.669.205

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles0

Signal Summary

Several contact red flags

No contact email found anywhere on the page.
No postal address visible on the page.

Phone number listed (48.669.205).

Domain & Encryption

Domain History

Age1.2 years old

RegistrarGoDaddy.com, LLC

RegisteredMar 26, 2025

ExpiresMar 26, 2027

Owner privacyVisible

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1

ExpiresSep 10, 2026 (86d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingCloudflare, Inc.

Server locationUS

Web servercloudflare

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Lookalike

Punycode

1308http://cardmarketnews.com/
2200https://cardmarketnews.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPCloudflare, Inc.

Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Proceed with caution

Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.

Treat cardmarketnews.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.
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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

Not listedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

cdn1.vzadtech.com googletagmanager.com static.cloudflareinsights.com

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 marked cardmarketnews.com 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.
cardmarketnews.com currently scores 55/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend caution. Verify the site through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
Yes. cardmarketnews.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 86 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
cardmarketnews.com is 1.2 years old, registered on 3/26/2025 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report cardmarketnews.com as clean.
No. cardmarketnews.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
cardmarketnews.com 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.
This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 16, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around cardmarketnews.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·cardmarketnews.com

SUSPICIOUS

A generic content-aggregation site registered to a Brazilian advertising agency, presenting as a news platform but offering no verifiable business presence, contact information, or editorial accountability. The domain name mimics a legitimate TCG marketplace but the content and operator are unrelated.

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