Is costumepartyworld.com safe?
http://costumepartyworld.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: partial · 2 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (60 of 92 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading · limited: did not fully complete
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Established costume shop, but a documented return-cost complaint warrants caution
Costume Party World appears to be an online costume retailer, and its domain has existed for 3,551 days. However, an external customer complaint says the buyer was told to return an item at their own expense and complete a customs declaration. That creates meaningful transaction and after-sales risk, although the available evidence does not establish a fake shop or prove a broader pattern of refund obstruction.
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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.
Why 56/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 2 findings pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- ModerateOne customer complaint on a public review site: "I was told to send it back but I have to pay the shipping, again. Plus, I have to fill out a customs declaration, says the postal service."-14 pts
- Moderate1 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe registrable domain has existed for 3,551 days.
- SupportsThe current saved Safe Browsing check returned no threat warning.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
Points come from the saved evidence ledger: it lowered the score from 70 to 56 and split those 14 points between the findings that show points; the others carry no points in the ledger. Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
Costume Party World appears to be an online costume retailer, and its domain has existed for 3,551 days. However, an external customer complaint says the buyer was told to return an item at their own expense and complete a customs declaration. That creates meaningful transaction and after-sales risk, although the available evidence does not establish a fake shop or prove a broader pattern of refund obstruction.
The strongest concern is the returns experience
The cited customer complaint says the buyer had to pay return shipping and fill out a customs declaration. This directly supports concern about potentially costly and inconvenient returns, but it is one complaint and does not by itself prove systematic fraud or non-delivery.
The site's contact information was not fully reviewed, so this assessment cannot verify its operator details or the return terms published on its own pages.
Current checks are reassuring, but not conclusive
The saved checks found a valid encrypted connection and no current Safe Browsing warning. These findings reduce immediate technical concern but do not establish that purchases or returns will be trouble-free.
One saved antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious, but the observation is stale and its timing should be confirmed. The long-lived domain provides some context, having existed for 3,551 days, but longevity alone does not resolve the customer-service concern.
Why the score is 56
One customer complaint on a public review site: "I was told to send it back but I have to pay the shipping, again. Plus, I have to fill out a customs declaration, says the postal service.". Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
1/ 92
detectionsSaved analysis from October 2, 2026 - stale
1 engine flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 1
- Total
- 92
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 92 engine results
- Gridinsoft - Suspicious
- 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
- 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
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - 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
- 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.aiShopping
- BitDefendermisc
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekershopping
- Googleshopping
- Sophosgeneral business
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
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Visual context from the captured page
Costume Party World logo, search bar, navigation menu (Browse All Costumes, Trending and Popular Themes, Toys, Competitions and Prizes), and promotional banners for costumes.
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Costume Party World logo, search bar, navigation menu (Browse All Costumes, Trending and Popular Themes, Toys, Competitions and Prizes), and promotional banners for costumes.
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
High Quality Costumes Delivered Directly To You | Costume Party World
- Meta description
Costume Party World is an online retailer for unique cosplay and costumes. They ship all over the world.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/about-usCould not be read
- Terms/terms/Read
- Refund / returns policy/return-policy/Could not be read
- Shipping policy/shipping-infoCould not be read
- Contact page/contact/Could not be read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
High Quality Costumes Delivered Directly To You | Costume Party World
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
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
Shop
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01One customer complaint on a public review site: "I was told to send it back but I have to pay the shipping, again. Plus, I have to fill out a customs declaration, says the postal service."
- 021 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
- 03The registrable domain has existed for 3,551 days.
Web research findings
Independent findings for costumepartyworld.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.
- Trustpilotopen
"I was told to send it back but I have to pay the shipping, again. Plus, I have to fill out a customs declaration, says the postal service."
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.
- Domaincostumepartyworld.com
- Redirects towww.costumepartyworld.com
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencesct.pinterest.com · facebook.com
Domain Timeline
- Jan 23, 2017Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 9 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 15, 2026Saved security review — Rated Moderate Risk
The evidence in this saved scan is mixed or incomplete; the completed checks are detailed above.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Certificate issued for costumepartyworld.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.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
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://costumepartyworld.com/
- 2301https://costumepartyworld.com/
- 3200https://www.costumepartyworld.com/
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 contentpartial
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
1 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious. 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
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
One customer complaint on a public review site: "I was told to send it back but I have to pay the shipping, again. Plus, I have to fill out a customs declaration, says the postal service."
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 1 of 92 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 15, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Oct 15, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 15, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 15, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result1 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 15, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 15, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 15, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 15, 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
Established costume shop, but a documented return-cost complaint warrants caution
Costume Party World appears to be an online costume retailer, and its domain has existed for 3,551 days. However, an external customer complaint says the buyer was told to return an item at their own expense and complete a customs declaration. That creates meaningful transaction and after-sales risk, although the available evidence does not establish a fake shop or prove a broader pattern of refund obstruction.
09 · Community
Community
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