Is carterholmes.shop safe?
http://carterholmes.shop/
Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
carterholmes.shop impersonates the real Carter & Holmes Orchids nursery and is flagged as malicious/phishing by three security vendors
carterholmes.shop presents itself as 'Carter and Holmes Orchids' and runs a shop-style storefront with 'Shop Sale', 'Shop Now', 'Your Cart (0)' and 'Shop Our Collection' controls. The genuine Carter & Holmes Orchids is a long-established nursery in Newberry, South Carolina, reachable at carterandholmes.com with a published street address, phone and fax numbers and an orchids@carterandholmes.com email. This domain is not that business: it borrows the name and branding while listing no phone number, no postal address and no email on its own domain. Three independent antivirus families additionally reported an adverse result against the domain. The combination of brand impersonation and vendor detections places this in the High Risk band.
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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.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
carterholmes.shop presents itself as 'Carter and Holmes Orchids' and runs a shop-style storefront with 'Shop Sale', 'Shop Now', 'Your Cart (0)' and 'Shop Our Collection' controls. The genuine Carter & Holmes Orchids is a long-established nursery in Newberry, South Carolina, reachable at carterandholmes.com with a published street address, phone and fax numbers and an orchids@carterandholmes.com email. This domain is not that business: it borrows the name and branding while listing no phone number, no postal address and no email on its own domain. Three independent antivirus families additionally reported an adverse result against the domain. The combination of brand impersonation and vendor detections places this in the High Risk band.
A storefront wearing another nursery's identity
The captured page brands itself 'Carter and Holmes Orchids' and the domain carterholmes.shop echoes that name. The real Carter & Holmes Orchids operates from 629 Mendenhall Rd., Newberry, SC 29108, with phone (803) 276-0579, fax (803) 276-0588 and email orchids@carterandholmes.com, and its official site is carterandholmes.com. The two identities are close enough to be confused by a shopper, but the domain is not the official one.
The page is built as a functioning shop rather than a placeholder: it shows 'Shop Sale', 'Shop Now', 'Your Cart (0)' and 'Shop Our Collection' controls, all pointing back to the same host. That means a visitor is being invited to browse and place an order on a storefront that is not the real nursery's site.
No verifiable operator behind the storefront
The captured page lists no phone number and no operator postal address, and no contact email uses the site's own domain. A legitimate nursery selling plants would normally publish at least one of these, as the real Carter & Holmes Orchids does. Their absence makes it impossible for a buyer to verify who is actually behind the checkout.
Three independent antivirus families reported an adverse result against this domain, naming it as malicious or phishing. That detection is a saved observation rather than a fresh submission, so its timing should be treated with some caution, but it is consistent with the impersonation pattern seen on the page itself.
Clean encryption does not make the operator trustworthy
The saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection and the browser threat feed returned no threat warning at the time of the scan. Those are transport-level results: they mean the connection is encrypted and no blocklist entry was returned, not that the business behind the site is genuine.
Against that, three independent antivirus families flagged the domain as malicious or phishing. The technical picture is therefore mixed, while the operator picture is not: an unverifiable storefront using another nursery's name and branding is the decisive factor here.
Why the score is 24
The page presents shop controls including 'Shop Sale', 'Shop Now', 'Your Cart (0)' and 'Shop Our Collection', all pointing back to the same host. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
3/ 91
detectionsSaved analysis from September 20, 2026 - stale
3 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 3
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 91
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| CRDFMalicious | malicious |
| LevelBlueMalicious | phishing |
| NetcraftMalicious | malicious |
All 91 engine results
- CRDF - Malicious
- LevelBlue - phishing - Malicious
- Netcraft - Malicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Clean
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- Criminal IP - Clean
- 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
- G-Data - Clean
- 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 - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- 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
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Unrated
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
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
Carter and Holmes Orchids | Carter and Holmes Orchids
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Carter and Holmes Orchids | Carter and Holmes Orchids
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Carter and Holmes Orchids | Carter and Holmes Orchids
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 60 antivirus results.
What independent research found
1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
Phishing & Impersonation
Service and business model
Shop
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 013 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
- 02The captured page lists no phone number, no postal address and no email on the site's own domain.
- 03The browser threat feed returned no threat warning at the time of the scan.
Web research findings
Independent findings for carterholmes.shop, 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.
- Carter and Holmes Orchids (Official Site)open
"Carter & Holmes Orchids 629 Mendenhall Rd. Newberry, SC 29108 (803) 276-0579 (803) 276-0588 (fax) orchids@carterandholmes.com"
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.
- Domaincarterholmes.shop
- Redirects tocarterholmes.shop
- Hosted byBeijing Ruihao Kai Yuan Technology Co., Ltd
- Referencesfonts.googleapis.com · fonts.gstatic.com
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- No contact email uses the site's own domain.
- No phone number listed on the captured page.
- No operator postal address visible on the captured page.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://carterholmes.shop/
- 2200https://carterholmes.shop/
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
- Antiviruspartial
- 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.
The page presents shop controls including 'Shop Sale', 'Shop Now', 'Your Cart (0)' and 'Shop Our Collection', all pointing back to the same host. · 3 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
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 | 3 of 91 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Sep 20, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 18, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 18, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 18, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 18, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result3 of 91 engines flagged
- CompletionLimited
- FindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Sep 20, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 18, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 18, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 18, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 18, 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.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
carterholmes.shop impersonates the real Carter & Holmes Orchids nursery and is flagged as malicious/phishing by three security vendors
carterholmes.shop presents itself as 'Carter and Holmes Orchids' and runs a shop-style storefront with 'Shop Sale', 'Shop Now', 'Your Cart (0)' and 'Shop Our Collection' controls. The genuine Carter & Holmes Orchids is a long-established nursery in Newberry, South Carolina, reachable at carterandholmes.com with a published street address, phone and fax numbers and an orchids@carterandholmes.com email. This domain is not that business: it borrows the name and branding while listing no phone number, no postal address and no email on its own domain. Three independent antivirus families additionally reported an adverse result against the domain. The combination of brand impersonation and vendor detections places this in the High Risk band.
09 · Community