DANGEROUS

Fake shop — do not order

20 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page (19 outright malicious). The site shows patterns common to non-delivery scam shops. Don't submit payment details, and if you already paid by card or PayPal, start a chargeback today.

Security Review

Is cityinnparis.hostel.town legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Dangerous· 1/100

Fake Paris hostel site flagged by 19 engines on a 79-day-old domain with zero contact information.

cityinnparis.hostel.townScanned 1h ago
0
Trust score
DANGEROUS
Score breakdown
Heuristics 0·MT 20
Category tags
fake accommodationphishing#fake shop85% MT confidence
Technical red flags (2)
20 of 92 engines flaggedDomain is 79 days old
Positive signals (3)
Not on major blacklistsEncrypted connectionClean 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
20/92
Engines flagged this URL
Domain Age
79 days old
Registered Apr 21, 2026
Intelligence
Dangerous
High likelihood · 85% confidence

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cityinnparis.hostel.town

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Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
Analysis
High scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust20/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspectionNetwork correlation
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Confidence
The page presents itself as a Paris hostel booking site with a real-looking address and pricing from €49 per night. Nineteen antivirus engines flagged the URL, including BitDefender, CyRadar, ESET, and Cluster25, all marking it as phishing. The domain cityinnparis.hostel.town was registered only 79 days ago through Spaceship, Inc. No email address or phone number appears anywhere on the page despite five physical addresses being listed. The site loads multiple other hostel.town subdomains, suggesting a network of similar low-trust pages rather than a single legitimate operator. These signals together point to a fake accommodation storefront designed to harvest payment details.
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Page Content

The page shows a hostel booking interface for City Inn Paris at 188 Rue De Crimee with check-in times, guest selectors, and a €49 nightly rate. It lists five physical addresses but provides zero email addresses and zero phone numbers. The meta description mentions Wi-Fi and proximity to Tuileries Garden, yet the contact section is completely empty.

Infrastructure

The site runs on IP 172.86.104.14 with a clean abuse score and no prior reports. SSL is valid from ZeroSSL with 41 days remaining until expiry. The page loads scripts and fonts from hostel.town plus several other subdomains on the same parent, including peopleparismarais.hostel.town and artyparisportedeversaillesbyriver.hostel.town.

Domain History

The domain was registered 79 days ago on 2026-04-21 through Spaceship, Inc. No privacy protection is active. The domain has no global traffic ranking and has never appeared in top-site indexes.

Web Reputation

Nineteen of 92 engines flagged the URL as malicious, with BitDefender, CyRadar, ESET, CRDF, Cluster25, and Chong Lua Dao all returning phishing or malicious verdicts. No independent review aggregators returned data for this domain.

What this means for you

Entering payment details on this page carries a high risk of card fraud. The combination of recent registration, missing contact channels, and widespread engine detections indicates the site is not a legitimate hostel operator.

Risk Factors
5
  • Nineteen of 92 engines flagged the page as phishing or malicious.
  • Domain registered only 79 days ago with no established history.
  • No email address or phone number listed anywhere on the page.
  • Multiple other hostel.town subdomains load alongside the main page.
  • Global traffic index shows the domain is not indexed.
Positive Signals
2
  • IP address shows zero abuse reports.
  • SSL certificate is currently valid.
AI Recommendation
Do not enter any payment information or personal details on this site. Book accommodation only through established, well-known booking platforms.
Scam network detected
5 linked domains correlated

The page loads content from multiple other hostel.town subdomains, indicating a cluster of similarly structured sites.

peopleparismarais.hostel.townartyparisportedeversaillesbyriver.hostel.townlevillagemontmartre.hostel.townalohaeiffeltowerbyhiphophostels.hostel.townpeopleparisbelleville.hostel.town
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Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

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

Web mentions
No scam reports found
No complaints, no negative coverage turned up in our sweep.

We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for cityinnparis.hostel.town and did not find scam reports, complaints, or impersonation signals. The domain age, registration record and aggregator reviews shown above are consistent with a legitimate site.

Domain Timeline

  1. Apr 21, 2026
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 3 months old today.

  2. Jul 9, 2026
    Latest security review — Flagged as dangerous

    This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.

cityinnparis.hostel.town was registered very recently and is already flagged. Freshly-registered domains are disproportionately used for scams, and a young domain with active threat signals warrants extra caution.

Threat Detection

Antivirus Engines

Detection matrix · live
20 engines flagged this URL

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. Each detection is listed below by engine name — even a single hit is a meaningful signal.

19Malicious1Suspicious44Harmless92Engines
0
of 92
BitDefender
Malicious· phishing
Chong Lua Dao
Malicious· malicious
Cluster25
Malicious· phishing
CRDF
Malicious· malicious
CyRadar
Malicious· phishing
ESET
Malicious· phishing
Forcepoint ThreatSeeker
Malicious· phishing
Fortinet
Malicious· phishing
G-Data
Malicious· phishing
Gridinsoft
Malicious· phishing
Kaspersky
Malicious· phishing
Lionic
Malicious· phishing
MalwareURL
Malicious· phishing
OpenPhish
Malicious· phishing
Rising
Malicious· phishing
SOCRadar
Malicious· phishing
Sophos
Malicious· phishing
VIPRE
Malicious· phishing
Webroot
Malicious· malicious
alphaMountain.ai
Suspicious· suspicious

20 antivirus engines flagged this URL. Even a single detection is a meaningful signal — treat this site with extra caution and avoid entering credentials, payment info, or downloading any files.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

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.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
ListedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

Scam-Type Likelihood

1 scam-type patterns detected
Scam-Type Likelihood

1 of 14 categories showed signals

We check every URL against 14 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.

Top match: Fake Shop
Fake Shop
Low-level signals
25/100
  • AI analyst tagged this as a fake shop.
  • Domain is 79 days old — very young for a shop.

Technical Details

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 numbersNone
Postal addressPresent
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No phone number listed on the page.
  • Postal address visible on the page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age79 days old
RegistrarSpaceship, Inc.
RegisteredApr 21, 2026
ExpiresApr 21, 2027
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerZeroSSL GmbH · ZeroSSL ECC DV SSL CA 2
ExpiresAug 19, 2026 (41d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingRouterHosting LLC
Server locationUS
Web servernginx
Platform / CMSWordPress

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPRouterHosting LLC
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Referenced Domains

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

What to do

Fake shop — do not order

Signals common to non-delivery scam shops were detected on this site.

  • Do not interact with cityinnparis.hostel.town

    Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.

  • If you already paid by card or PayPal — start a chargeback

    Contact your bank or card issuer and dispute the charge as "goods not received" or "merchant fraud." PayPal users can open a case in the Resolution Centre. Act within 120 days for card chargebacks in most jurisdictions.

  • Save every piece of evidence

    Screenshots of the checkout, order confirmation emails, any chat transcripts, and the product listing page. Chargeback and fraud reports go faster when you have receipts.

  • Report the shop

    Report to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov), Action Fraud UK, or your local consumer-protection body. Post the URL on the MalwareTips scam forum so other buyers can find it.

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Safer Alternatives

Trying to shop safely? Use a safe option instead

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Amazon

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eBay

Money Back Guarantee on most purchases.

Walmart

Major retailer with established returns.

The brand's official site

Search the brand name + "official site" rather than trusting an ad or unknown store.

Suggestions for safety only — not endorsements. Always verify the address bar before signing in or paying, even on well-known sites.

Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·cityinnparis.hostel.town
DANGEROUS

City Inn Paris hostel.town is a fake booking site. Nineteen of 92 engines flagged it as phishing and the domain is only 79 days old with no contact details listed.

Do not enter any payment information or personal details on this site. Book accommodation only through established, well-known booking platforms.

AV engines
92
Domain age
79 days
Flagged
20
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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 cityinnparis.hostel.town as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
  • No — cityinnparis.hostel.town scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
  • Yes. cityinnparis.hostel.town presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by ZeroSSL GmbH · ZeroSSL ECC DV SSL CA 2, expiring in 41 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • cityinnparis.hostel.town is 2 months old, registered on 4/21/2026 through Spaceship, Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
  • 20 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged cityinnparis.hostel.town as malicious or suspicious (19 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
  • No. cityinnparis.hostel.town is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • cityinnparis.hostel.town resolves to an IP operated by RouterHosting LLC in US (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). 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 July 9, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around cityinnparis.hostel.town have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.
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