Critical risk detected
7 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page (5 outright malicious). Multiple independent checks — antivirus engines, browser safety blocklists, and threat databases — flagged this site. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.
Is cropped.link legit or a scam?
Minimal placeholder page on a 5.8-year-old domain flagged as phishing by five security engines.
Score breakdown
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.
Analysis Summary
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
Intelligence
The page shows only the text "CroppedLink" with no contact information, forms, or business details. Five of 92 engines flagged the URL as phishing or malicious, including alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, MalwareURL, SOCRadar, and Webroot. The domain itself is 5.8 years old with a clean hosting IP and valid SSL certificate. No scam families were triggered and the page loads no external scripts beyond Google Fonts. The combination of engine detections on an otherwise empty site raises concern even though the domain age is not recent.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for cropped.link, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for cropped.link 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
- Sep 17, 2020Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 5.8 years old today.
- Jul 8, 2026Latest security review — Flagged as dangerous
This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.
cropped.link 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.
Threat Detection
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
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.
Technical Details
domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referencedContact 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.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://cropped.link/
- 2200https://cropped.link/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
What to do
Avoid this site
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Do not interact with cropped.link
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- 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.
- OpenShare your experience
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Final Verdict
Cropped.link is a minimal page with almost no content or contact details. Five security engines flagged it as phishing or malicious despite the domain being 5.8 years old.
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 cropped.link as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — cropped.link scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. cropped.link presents a valid TLSv1.2 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR2, expiring in 55 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- cropped.link is 5.8 years old, registered on 9/17/2020 through URL Solutions, Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 7 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged cropped.link as malicious or suspicious (5 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. cropped.link is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- cropped.link resolves to an IP operated by Melbikomas UAB in DE (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 8, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around cropped.link 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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