Is coingate.com safe?

http://coingate.com/

Moderate RiskStatus

Coveragestrong2 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Crypto payment gateway with mixed signals: established domain but recurring customer complaints about order fulfillment and fund access.

CoinGate operates as a licensed crypto payment processor offering business accounts, payment links, and API services. While the domain is over 21 years old and hosted on reputable infrastructure, multiple an independent review platform reviews describe cases where orders (especially gift cards) were not fulfilled, followed by demands for identity verification or additional fees to release funds.

Businesses considering CoinGate should verify current MiCA licensing status directly with regulators and review recent an independent review platform feedback before integrating or sending significant volume. Individual users should be cautious with gift-card purchases and maintain records of all transaction IDs and communications.

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Saved site captureCaptured safely during this scan No antivirus detections across 92 engines

Calibrated safety spectrum

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

Customer complaints and support patterns

an independent review platform reviews cite instances where users accepted funds for gift-card orders that were later cancelled by the system, after which support requested identity verification for refunds.

The same reviews describe a pattern of circular support responses that ultimately involve third-party processors, leaving users without clear refund paths.

Technical and licensing indicators

The registrable domain is 7709 days old and the hosting IP shows a zero abuse confidence score, indicating long-term operation without known malicious infrastructure.

The site displays a MiCA license claim in the EU and offers standard business services such as pricing pages, payment links, and developer APIs.

Why the score is 48

Payment is demanded to release, unlock, withdraw or recover funds. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Collected signals and independent provider data for this URL.

Antivirus Engines

0/ 92

No detections

Saved result - stale

No detections across 92 engines

No antivirus engine in this saved scan raised an adverse result. This is one signal, not a guarantee.

Malicious: 0
Suspicious: 0
Total: 92

All 92 engine results

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ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
AlienVault - clean - Clean
alphaMountain.ai - clean - Clean
AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
AutoShun - unrated - Clean
Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
BitDefender - clean - Clean
Bkav - unrated - Clean
BlockList - clean - Clean
Blueliv - clean - Clean
Certego - clean - Clean
ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
Chong Lua Dao - clean - Clean
CINS Army - clean - Clean
Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
CRDF - clean - Clean
Criminal IP - unrated - Clean
CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
CTX AI - clean - Clean
Cyan - unrated - Clean
Cyble - clean - Clean
CyRadar - clean - Clean
desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
DNS8 - unrated - Clean
Dr.Web - clean - Clean
EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
Emsisoft - clean - Clean
Ermes - unrated - Clean
ESET - clean - Clean
ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - clean - Clean
Fortinet - clean - Clean
Fortra - unrated - Clean
G-Data - clean - Clean
GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
GreenSnow - clean - Clean
GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
Gridinsoft - unrated - Clean
Guardpot - unrated - Clean
Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
IPsum - clean - Clean
Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
K7AntiVirus - unrated - Clean
Kaspersky - clean - Clean
LevelBlue - clean - Clean
Lionic - clean - Clean
Lumu - unrated - Clean
Malwared - clean - Clean
MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
Mimecast - unrated - Clean
Netcraft - unrated - Clean
OpenPhish - clean - Clean
PhishFort - unrated - Clean
Phishing Database - clean - Clean
Phishtank - clean - Clean
PREBYTES - clean - Clean
PrecisionSec - unrated - Clean
Quick Heal - clean - Clean
Quttera - clean - Clean
Rising - clean - Clean
SafeToOpen - unrated - Clean
Sangfor - clean - Clean
Sansec eComscan - unrated - Clean
Scantitan - clean - Clean
SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
Seclookup - clean - Clean
Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
Sophos - clean - Clean
StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
ThreatHive - clean - Clean
URLhaus - clean - Clean
URLQuery - unrated - Clean
Viettel Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
VIPRE - unrated - Clean
ViriBack - clean - Clean
VX Vault - clean - Clean
Webroot - clean - Clean
Xcitium Verdict Cloud - unrated - Clean
Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
ZeroFox - unrated - Clean

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed

Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.

What we observed

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CAPTURED PAGE

coingate.com

1 red flag

Red flags spotted on this page

1Impersonates Coinbase 2MiCA-licensed in the EU

Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

MiCA-licensed in the EU

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation

01
MiCA-licensed in the EU

Brand impersonation signal

high confidence

The saved page presents itself in connection with Coinbase on a domain outside that brand's official property.

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.

What the site claims
Licensed Crypto Payment Gateway | Solutions for Businesses
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 92 antivirus results.
What independent research found
1 external finding were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
2 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

No threat category confirmed

Service and business model

Financial Service

Transaction

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

01Multiple user reports of unfulfilled gift-card orders followed by verification demands or fee requests.
02Domain established in 2005 with clean hosting reputation.
03Domain established in 2005 with clean hosting reputation.

Risk pattern correlation

Evidence correlation

Captured signals match known risk patterns

Moderate correlation

This 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.

Correlation score

25/100

ClearLowModerateHighCritical

Evidence (1)

Funds / crypto recovery template detected — preys on previous scam victims.

Correlated evidence (1)

Template · Recovery Scam

Web research findings

Independent findings for coingate.com, 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.

Business registration

No public record found

Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.

Clone check

No clone detected

The completed research found no supported clone indicator.

Typosquat check

No look-alike match

The completed research found no supported look-alike match.

Web mentions

1 scam report

Scam reports (1)

Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.

Trustpilotopen
"You accepted funds and then didn’t fulfill the order, saying the system disabled the invoice, only to ask for identity verification afterward for refund. Most users won’t do that for privacy reasons and that's how you basically steal money"

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 ↗

04 · Domain & Infrastructure

Domain & infrastructure

Timeline · identity · encryption · redirects · hosting

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.

Domaincoingate.com
Redirects tocoingate.com
Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
Referencesgoogletagmanager.com · gmpg.org

Domain Timeline

Jul 26, 2005
Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 21 years old today.
Sep 3, 2026
Saved security review — Flagged as suspicious
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.

coingate.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.

Contact Verification

Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.

What We Found

No clear contact details on the page

Emails on site's domainNone

Phone numbersNone

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles1

Signal Summary

Several contact red flags

No direct contact email found on the captured page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History

Age21 years old

RegistrarGoDaddy.com, LLC

RegisteredJul 26, 2005

ExpiresJul 26, 2031

Owner privacyUnknown

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1

ExpiresNov 30, 2026 (87d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingCloudflare, Inc.

Server locationUS

Web servercloudflare

Platform / CMSWPML ver:4.9.5 stt:1,32,2;

PopularityNot in popularity top list

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://coingate.com/
2200https://coingate.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPCloudflare, Inc.

Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

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

googletagmanager.com gmpg.org fonts.googleapis.com fonts.gstatic.com github.com facebook.com x.com linkedin.com instagram.com

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.

Antiviruspartial
Browser threat feedcomplete
Page contentcomplete
Analysispartial
Visual evidencecomplete

Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

Technical threat

unknown

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Operator / customer risk

malicious

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

Additional evidence review · Additional evidence review

Source coverage and freshness

Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.

Source coverage
Source	Result	Completion	Finding	Freshness
Antivirus	0 of 92 engines flagged	Limited	No saved finding	stale fallback · Sep 3, 2026
Browser protection	No browser threat-list match	Completed	No adverse finding	Not available
Page content	Observed page mechanics raised a material concern	Completed	Adverse	Not available
Visual evidence	1 visible observation saved with the page capture	Completed	No adverse finding	Not available
Independent research	1 independent finding were saved	Completed	Adverse	Not available

Antivirus: Result0 of 92 engines flagged; CompletionLimited; FindingNo saved finding; Freshnessstale fallback · Sep 3, 2026
Browser protection: ResultNo browser threat-list match; CompletionCompleted; FindingNo adverse finding; FreshnessNot available
Page content: ResultObserved page mechanics raised a material concern; CompletionCompleted; FindingAdverse; FreshnessNot available
Visual evidence: Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture; CompletionCompleted; FindingNo adverse finding; FreshnessNot available
Independent research: Result1 independent finding were saved; CompletionCompleted; FindingAdverse; FreshnessNot available

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Proceed with caution

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

Analyst recommendation
Businesses considering CoinGate should verify current MiCA licensing status directly with regulators and review recent an independent review platform feedback before integrating or sending significant volume. Individual users should be cautious with gift-card purchases and maintain records of all transaction IDs and communications.
Treat coingate.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.
Share your experience
If you have additional context, drop a comment below or post on the MalwareTips forum.
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Safer Alternatives

Trying to handle crypto? Use a safe option instead

Dealing with crypto? Use a regulated, well-established exchange rather than an unknown site — and never connect your wallet or enter a seed phrase on a page you can't verify.

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

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.

Is coingate.com a scam or is it safe?

There isn't enough evidence yet for us to give coingate.com a confident verdict, so treat it with caution. The domain is 21.1 years old. Until it can be independently verified, don't enter passwords, card details, or send money, and confirm the company through channels you find yourself rather than links on the site.

Is coingate.com safe to use?

coingate.com has a Safety Score of 48/100 (Moderate Risk). Analysis coverage is strong at 83%. Do not trust blindly; analysis may be limited.

Has coingate.com been flagged by antivirus engines?

No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report coingate.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.

Is coingate.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No — coingate.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.

How old is the coingate.com domain?

coingate.com is 21.1 years old, registered on July 26, 2005 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.

Does coingate.com have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes — coingate.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, valid for another 87 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".

Where is coingate.com hosted?

coingate.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.

How often is the coingate.com report updated?

This report is a record of the scan run on September 3, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about coingate.com has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.

08 · Final Verdict

Final verdict

The saved conclusion, decisive evidence, and practical action in one final view.

Verdict score

48/100

Moderate Risk

Crypto payment gateway with mixed signals: established domain but recurring customer complaints about order fulfillment and fund access.

Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.

Conclusion

Recommended actionBusinesses considering CoinGate should verify current MiCA licensing status directly with regulators and review recent an independent review platform feedback before integrating or sending significant volume. Individual users should be cautious with gift-card purchases and maintain records of all transaction IDs and communications.

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09 · Community

Community

First-hand experiences add human context after the scanner has reached its conclusion.

Is coingate.com safe?

Crypto payment gateway with mixed signals: established domain but recurring customer complaints about order fulfillment and fund access.

Customer complaints and support patterns

Technical and licensing indicators

Why the score is 48

What the captured page showed

Brand impersonation signal

What the site claims

What we observed

What independent research found

What remains unverified

Captured signals match known risk patterns

Technical threat

Operator / customer risk

Proceed with caution

Analyst recommendation

Treat coingate.com as unverified

Verify the business through independent channels

Never use irreversible payment methods

Share your experience

Trying to handle crypto? Use a safe option instead

Crypto payment gateway with mixed signals: established domain but recurring customer complaints about order fulfillment and fund access.

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