Is chooetle.com safe?
http://chooetle.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (60 of 93 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
chooetle.com is a 174-day-old "Walker Brothers Forge" knife shop built on a storefront platform used by a known fake-shop network
The site sells hand-forged knives and swords under the invented-sounding brand "Walker Brothers Forge", with a logo reading "EST. 2019" and hero copy claiming 30 years of manufacturing. The domain was registered only 174 days ago, has no relation to the brand name, and the storefront is built on spacegone.com, a platform used by a known fake-shop network. Contact is a generic service@ mailbox with no phone number, and independent research returned a very low trust score and a "suspicious shop" classification. Technical checks are clean, but the shop's construction and story point to a fake storefront rather than a real forge.
Saved site captureCaptured safely during this scan3 antivirus engines flagged this URLalphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, GridinsoftSaved antivirus result from Nov 1, 2026At a glance
Saved with this scan; each value is explained in the sections below.
Domain age
5 months old
Registered May 19, 2026Expires May 19, 2027Certificate
Valid
Expires Dec 19, 2026 (39d)Hosting
United States (US)
Cloudflare, Inc.Popularity
Not in the Cloudflare Radar top list
Antivirus
3/60
3 antivirus engines flagged this URLSafe Browsing
Not flagged
Not flagged on major threat listsCommunity
No reviews yet
Checked
Nov 9, 2026
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 30/100
High Risk covers scores 21–44. 11 findings pulled the score down; 2 pushed it up.
- Start32
- -2
- Score30
What pulled the score down
- StrongThe store runs on spacegone.com, a storefront platform used by a known fake-shop network, on a 174-day-old domain.
- StrongSeveral fake-shop tells appear together on a 174-day-old domain: a generic or free-mail contact, a fake-shop network platform.
- Strong2 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.-2 pts
- ModerateA fake-shop network platform and a generic service@ mailbox co-occur on a domain under a year old.
- Moderate3 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "The trust score of chooetle.com is very low."
- Moderate3 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "This site is classified as Suspicious Shop based on multiple risk signals, including 1 blacklist detections, a very young domain (53 days), and no established…"
- Moderate3 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Scammer Information Unknown Location service@spacegone.com"
- ModerateThe cart shows CNY prices while stating all orders are processed in USD.
- MinorThe storefront loads spacegone.com, a platform used by a known fake-shop network, on a 174-day-old domain.
- MinorThe logo says EST. 2019 while the hero copy claims 30 years of knife and sword manufacturing.
- MinorThe only contact channel is service@chooetle.com; no phone number is listed on the captured page.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsSafe Browsing returned no threat, TLS is valid, and the hosting IP has no abuse reports.
- SupportsThe site publishes terms, refund, shipping and contact pages with a domain-matched email and a postal address.
Points come from the saved evidence ledger: it lowered the score from 32 to 30 and split those 2 points between the findings that show points; the others carry no points in the ledger.
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- Change any password you entered
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- Report the site
Reports help get scam sites taken down faster and warn other people.
- Report the domain to its registrar
GoDaddy.com, LLC takes abuse reports at abuse@godaddy.com (480-624-2505). Include the address and what happened.
- Ignore anyone offering to recover your money
"Recovery" services or agents who contact you, or ask for a fee up front, are almost always a second scam aimed at victims. Your bank's dispute process and the official reporting services never charge a fee in advance.
Full answers about refunds and reporting are in the Safety FAQ below.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
The site sells hand-forged knives and swords under the invented-sounding brand "Walker Brothers Forge", with a logo reading "EST. 2019" and hero copy claiming 30 years of manufacturing. The domain was registered only 174 days ago, has no relation to the brand name, and the storefront is built on spacegone.com, a platform used by a known fake-shop network. Contact is a generic service@ mailbox with no phone number, and independent research returned a very low trust score and a "suspicious shop" classification. Technical checks are clean, but the shop's construction and story point to a fake storefront rather than a real forge.
The store was built on a fake-shop network platform
The page loads spacegone.com, a storefront platform used by a known fake-shop network, and the domain is only 174 days old. That combination is the operation that built the store, not a passing resemblance to generic e-commerce software.
Several fake-shop tells appear together on this young domain: the network platform plus a generic service@chooetle.com mailbox as the only contact route, with no phone number listed on the captured page.
Independent research matches that picture: a very low trust score, a Gridinsoft "Suspicious Shop" classification citing a very young domain and no established review history, and a Scam Tracker entry naming a service@spacegone.com contact.
The maker story contradicts itself
The header logo reads "WALKER BROTHERS FORGE" with "EST. 2019", while the hero headline says "Welcome to Walker Forge Co." and claims 30 years of manufacturing knives and swords. A 2019 founding and a 30-year history cannot both be true, and the domain chooetle.com has no connection to either name.
The cart reinforces the mismatch: it displays prices in CNY while telling shoppers all orders are processed in USD at the current exchange rate, a localisation pattern typical of a China-based storefront aimed at Western buyers.
The terms name a billing descriptor, "Walker Brothers Forge Daventry", but no company, registration number or jurisdiction is disclosed anywhere on the site.
Clean connection, unverified operator
The browser threat feed returned no threat warning, the TLS certificate is valid, and the hosting IP carries no abuse reports. Nothing in the live technical checks shows malware or traffic interception.
A saved antivirus observation does record two families labelling the domain as phishing and one as suspicious, but it is stale and was not re-verified in this review, so it is a vendor classification rather than demonstrated harm.
The site does publish its own terms, refund, shipping and contact pages and a domain-matched email with a postal address, which is why this is scored as a deceptive storefront rather than a confirmed fraud operation.
Why the score is 30
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
3/ 93
detectionsSaved analysis from November 1, 2026 - stale
3 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 2
- Suspicious
- 1
- Total
- 93
- Malicious2
- Suspicious1
- Clean57
- Undetected33
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| alphaMountain.aiMalicious | phishing |
| Forcepoint ThreatSeekerMalicious | phishing |
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 93 engine results
- alphaMountain.ai - phishing - Malicious
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - phishing - Malicious
- Gridinsoft - Suspicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - 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
- 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
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- 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
- alphaMountain.aiPhishing
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerphishing and other frauds
- Googleshopping
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
Visual context from the captured page
Header shows a circular 'WALKER BROTHERS FORGE' logo with 'EST. 2019' and a small US-flag motif, next to a search box and a USD currency selector with account and cart icons. Red top banner advertises volume discounts and free shipping: '2 Blades → 5% OFF | 3 → 15% OFF | 4+ → 20% OFF' and 'FREE Shipping $49+' (emoji glyphs render as empty boxes). Hero shows two men in 'WALKER' branded caps and leather aprons working at an anvil and forge, with a large 'WALKER BROTHERS FORGE — EST. 2019' sign and a US flag in the background. Hero headline reads 'Welcome to Walker Forge Co.' with subtext 'Focusing on the manufacturing and processing of knives and swords for 30 years.we are always committed to quality first' — a 30-year claim that conflicts with the 'EST. 2019' logo and the 2026 domain registration. Navigation bar lists HOME, CONTACT US, TRACK YOUR ORDER and INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.
What the captured page showed
5 observations- 01
Header shows a circular 'WALKER BROTHERS FORGE' logo with 'EST. 2019' and a small US-flag motif, next to a search box and a USD currency selector with account and cart icons.
- 02
Red top banner advertises volume discounts and free shipping: '2 Blades → 5% OFF | 3 → 15% OFF | 4+ → 20% OFF' and 'FREE Shipping $49+' (emoji glyphs render as empty boxes).
- 03
Hero shows two men in 'WALKER' branded caps and leather aprons working at an anvil and forge, with a large 'WALKER BROTHERS FORGE — EST. 2019' sign and a US flag in the background.
- 04
Hero headline reads 'Welcome to Walker Forge Co.' with subtext 'Focusing on the manufacturing and processing of knives and swords for 30 years.we are always committed to quality first' — a 30-year claim that conflicts with the 'EST. 2019' logo and the 2026 domain registration.
- 05
Navigation bar lists HOME, CONTACT US, TRACK YOUR ORDER and INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.
Browser behavior
What our isolated browser recorded while it loaded the page. Host names only: no full addresses are published.
- Pop-ups
- 0
- Download attempts
- 0
- Notification prompts
- 0
- Navigations
- 2
- Other hosts contacted
- 12
Where the page went
- First loadchooetle.comSame site
- On its ownchooetle.comSame site
Hosts on our aggressive-advertising list
None contacted.
Test clicks
No test click was made on this page.
What the page says about itself
Quoted from the pages we read: the site's own words, not our findings.
- Page title
Walker Brothers Forge | Hand Forged Knives Built to Last
- Meta description
Discover handcrafted knives forged by brothers Ethan and Caleb Walker. Built in small batches using traditional forging methods, our blades are made for real use, outdoor life, and lasting craftsmanship — no factories, no shortcuts, just honest work and hand-forged steel.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- Terms/page/custom/terms-of-serviceRead
- Refund / returns policy/page/custom/return-refund-policyRead
- Shipping policy/page/custom/shipping-informationRead
- Contact page/page/custom/contact-usRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Walker Brothers Forge | Hand Forged Knives Built to Last
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 60 antivirus results.
What independent research found
5 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 6 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
Fake Shop & Commercial Deception
Service and business model
Shop
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
If this is a scam — what it means for you
What happens if you order
A visitor who adds a blade and checks out reaches a same-site cart and checkout that advertises volume discounts and free shipping over $49, then pays through hosted PayPal, Apple Pay or Google Pay buttons.
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 storefront is built on a fake-shop network platform on a young domain with only a generic mailbox behind it, a buyer has no verifiable counterparty to hold responsible if the order never arrives or a refund is disputed.
Do not buy from chooetle.com. The knife-forge story does not hold together, the domain is months old, and the storefront is built on a platform used by a known fake-shop network with only a generic mailbox behind it. If you want hand-forged knives, buy from a maker with a verifiable workshop address, a phone number and independent reviews.
Risk pattern correlation
Independent sources support a broader risk pattern
High-confidence correlationThis view separates independent infrastructure evidence from pattern labels derived from the same captured page. Pattern matches add context, but they do not prove that the site belongs to a cross-domain scam network.
- Built on spacegone.com, the storefront platform of a known fake-shop network, on a 174-day-old domain.
Web research findings
Independent findings for chooetle.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence.
- ScamAdviseropen
"The trust score of chooetle.com is very low."
- ScamAdviseropen
"This website has been reported as possibly harmful by Gridinsoft"
- Gridinsoftopen
"This site is classified as Suspicious Shop based on multiple risk signals, including 1 blacklist detections, a very young domain (53 days), and no established public user-review history."
- Better Business Bureau Scam Trackeropen
"Scammer Information Unknown Location service@spacegone.com"
- Gridinsoftopen
"This domain was registered 1 month ago through the company GoDaddy.com, LLC and ownership information is not publicly available."
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.
Infrastructure map
- Domainchooetle.com
- Redirects towww.chooetle.com
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencescdn.spacegone.com · static.spacegone.comand 5 more
Domain Timeline
- May 19, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 5 months old when this review was saved.
- Nov 9, 2026Saved security review — Rated High Risk
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
chooetle.com 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.
- No phone number listed on the captured page.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (service@chooetle.com).
- Postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
At the scan on Nov 9, 2026: 48% of the registration period had passed
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.
At the scan on Nov 9, 2026: 56% of the validity period had passed
Certificate issued for www.chooetle.com.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Site platform
- Shop platform assets from spacegone.com
Analytics and ads
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
Payment providers the page loads
- Apple Pay
- Google Pay
- PayPal
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://chooetle.com/
- 2302https://chooetle.com/
- 3200https://www.chooetle.com/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
Grouped by what each domain is for. in page: named in the page’s HTML. contacted: the browser loaded it while rendering the page. ad list: on our aggressive-advertising list.
Analytics & tracking2
- connect.facebook.netcontacted
- static.cloudflareinsights.comin pagecontacted
Payments4
- applepay.cdn-apple.comin pagecontacted
- pay.google.comin pagecontacted
- paypal.comin pagecontacted
- paypalobjects.comcontacted
CDN & fonts3
- cdn.spacegone.comin pagecontacted
- gstatic.comcontacted
- static.spacegone.comin pagecontacted
Platform & social3
- facebook.comcontacted
- play.google.comcontacted
- schema.orgin page
Other / unknown1
- chooetle.spacegone.comcontacted
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.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
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 93 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Nov 1, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 9, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 9, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 5 visible observations saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 9, 2026 |
| Independent research | 5 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Nov 9, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result3 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Nov 1, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 9, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 9, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result5 visible observations saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 9, 2026
- Independent research
- Result5 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 9, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Answered from the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
Is chooetle.com a scam or a legit online store?
Is chooetle.com safe to use?
What should I do if I already gave my details to chooetle.com?
Can I get my money back from chooetle.com?
I ordered from chooetle.com but nothing arrived — is it a fake shop?
How do I report chooetle.com?
Why does chooetle.com look legitimate if it's a scam?
Has chooetle.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is chooetle.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the chooetle.com domain?
Does chooetle.com have a valid SSL certificate?
How often is the chooetle.com report updated?
08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
chooetle.com is a 174-day-old "Walker Brothers Forge" knife shop built on a storefront platform used by a known fake-shop network
The site sells hand-forged knives and swords under the invented-sounding brand "Walker Brothers Forge", with a logo reading "EST. 2019" and hero copy claiming 30 years of manufacturing. The domain was registered only 174 days ago, has no relation to the brand name, and the storefront is built on spacegone.com, a platform used by a known fake-shop network. Contact is a generic service@ mailbox with no phone number, and independent research returned a very low trust score and a "suspicious shop" classification. Technical checks are clean, but the shop's construction and story point to a fake storefront rather than a real forge.
09 · Community
Community
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