Is crypto-puzzle.co safe?
http://crypto-puzzle.co/
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How we checked
Coverage: complete · 6 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Crypto-Puzzle is a 15-day-old "double your crypto" scheme whose own pages admit profits come only from new deposits.
Crypto-Puzzle presents itself as a UK-registered company and invites visitors to log in with a crypto wallet address to "double your crypto for a day." The site's own text states that "all profits are provided by new investments," which is the defining structure of a Ponzi-style scheme, and the domain is only 15 days old. A referral program pays 15% commission on deposits made by referred users, and the site's task template matches the recharge-to-withdraw pattern seen in deposit traps. One antivirus vendor flags the URL as suspicious. The combination of an impossible return promise, new-deposit funding, a brand-new domain, and a deposit-driven referral payout places this in the Dangerous band.
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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 12/100
Dangerous covers scores 1–20. 5 findings pulled the score down; 1 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- StrongPaid tasks require repeated deposits or recharges before earnings can be withdrawn.
- ModerateOne antivirus vendor marks the URL as suspicious, with a single detection across 93 engines and no consensus.
- ModerateThe site's own copy states that all profits are provided by new investments, the defining structure of a Ponzi scheme.
- ModerateThe registrable domain is only 15 days old while the site claims to be an official registered UK company.
- MinorThe page headline promises to double crypto in a day, an impossible guaranteed return.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsValid TLS, no Safe Browsing warning, and a contact email on the site's own domain.
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
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01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
Crypto-Puzzle presents itself as a UK-registered company and invites visitors to log in with a crypto wallet address to "double your crypto for a day." The site's own text states that "all profits are provided by new investments," which is the defining structure of a Ponzi-style scheme, and the domain is only 15 days old. A referral program pays 15% commission on deposits made by referred users, and the site's task template matches the recharge-to-withdraw pattern seen in deposit traps. One antivirus vendor flags the URL as suspicious. The combination of an impossible return promise, new-deposit funding, a brand-new domain, and a deposit-driven referral payout places this in the Dangerous band.
The site's own words describe a Ponzi payout model
The site's own copy states: "All profits are provided by new investments." That is not a description of trading, mining, or any real revenue source — it is the textbook definition of a Ponzi scheme, where earlier participants are paid only from money put in by later ones. The same block claims there are "no creditors and no debtors" and frames the scheme as one participant helping another, which obscures the fact that the money flow depends entirely on new deposits arriving.
The headline promise shown on the page is "DOUBLE YOUR CRYPTO FOR A DAY. FAST, SECURE, AUTOMATIC." No legitimate financial service can guarantee doubling a crypto deposit in a day; the only way such a return is paid is from other users' deposits, which is exactly what the site's own text admits.
Wallet login, referral commissions, and a recharge-to-withdraw template
The login form asks for a wallet ID with placeholders for BTC, LTC, DOGE, TRX, USDT, BNB, and BEP-20, meaning the site's entry point is a crypto wallet address rather than an email or account. Once a wallet is connected, the only visible action is to participate in the doubling scheme, which requires sending crypto to the operator.
The site also runs a referral program offering "high 15% commission instantly paid to your wallet from every referral's deposit," and its task template matches the pattern where "paid tasks require repeated deposits or recharges before earnings can be withdrawn." That combination — commission paid out of new deposits plus a recharge requirement before withdrawal — is the standard deposit-trap structure: the user is encouraged to bring in more money and to keep depositing before any payout is possible.
A 15-day-old domain claiming UK registration, with one vendor flag
The site claims to be "The official registered company in the UK. CRYPTO-PUZZLE, Company Number : #12991240," but the domain itself is only 15 days old. A brand-new domain asserting an established UK registration is a common mismatch in short-lived investment schemes, and the registration number is not independently verified here.
One antivirus vendor marks the URL as suspicious, and the saved antivirus aggregate records a single detection across 93 engines with no vendor consensus. That is a weak but adverse technical signal; it does not by itself prove fraud, but it is consistent with the operator-level evidence above.
On the supportive side, the site has a valid TLS certificate, the browser threat feed returned no warning, and the contact email sits on the site's own domain. These are baseline hygiene signals only; they do not offset the deposit-funded payout model described on the site's own pages.
Why the score is 12
Paid tasks require repeated deposits or recharges before earnings can be withdrawn. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
1/ 93
detectionsFresh result
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
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 93 engine results
- Gridinsoft - Suspicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Unrated
- 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 - Unrated
- 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
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
CRYPTO-PUZZLE.CO DOUBLE YOUR CRYPTO FOR A DAY. FAST, SECURE, AUTOMATIC.
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
CRYPTO-PUZZLE.CO DOUBLE YOUR CRYPTO FOR A DAY. FAST, SECURE, AUTOMATIC.
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
CRYPTO-PUZZLE
- Meta description
CRYPTO-bit is the most trusted bitcoin doubler. CRYPTO-PUZZLE is a legit U.K. registered company.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- Terms/rules/Read
- Contact page/index.htmlCould not be read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
CRYPTO-PUZZLE
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
The checks completed, but ownership, business claims, and future site behavior can still change after this snapshot.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
Investment, Crypto & Wallet Fraud
Service and business model
Financial Service
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The registrable domain is only 15 days old while the site claims to be an official registered UK company.
- 02The site's own copy states that all profits are provided by new investments, the defining structure of a Ponzi scheme.
- 03Paid tasks require repeated deposits or recharges before earnings can be withdrawn.
Web research findings
Independent findings for crypto-puzzle.co, 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.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for crypto-puzzle.co. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
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.
- Domaincrypto-puzzle.co
- Redirects tocrypto-puzzle.co
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencescdn.jsdelivr.net · code.jquery.com
Domain Timeline
- Oct 12, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 15 days old when this review was saved.
- Oct 28, 2026Saved security review — Rated Dangerous
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
crypto-puzzle.co 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.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (support@crypto-puzzle.co).
Domain & Encryption
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.
A certificate issued weeks or days before the scan on a domain registered recently is common on short-lived sites, though new legitimate sites look the same.
Certificate issued for crypto-puzzle.co.
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
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- jsDelivr
- jQuery CDN
- cdnjs
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://crypto-puzzle.co/
- 2200https://crypto-puzzle.co/
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
- Antiviruscomplete
- 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.
One antivirus vendor marks the URL as suspicious, with a single detection across 93 engines and no consensus.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
Paid tasks require repeated deposits or recharges before earnings can be withdrawn. · The site's own copy states that all profits are provided by new investments, the defining structure of a Ponzi scheme.
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 93 engines flagged | Completed | Adverse | fresh · analysed Oct 28, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 28, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 28, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 28, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 28, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result1 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 28, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 28, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 28, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 28, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 28, 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.
Is crypto-puzzle.co a scam or a legit crypto platform?
Is crypto-puzzle.co safe to use?
What should I do if I already sent funds to crypto-puzzle.co?
Can I get my money back from crypto-puzzle.co?
Is crypto-puzzle.co a Ponzi scheme or a real crypto investment?
How do I report crypto-puzzle.co?
Why does crypto-puzzle.co look legitimate if it's a scam?
Has crypto-puzzle.co been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is crypto-puzzle.co on any phishing or malware blacklists?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Crypto-Puzzle is a 15-day-old "double your crypto" scheme whose own pages admit profits come only from new deposits.
Crypto-Puzzle presents itself as a UK-registered company and invites visitors to log in with a crypto wallet address to "double your crypto for a day." The site's own text states that "all profits are provided by new investments," which is the defining structure of a Ponzi-style scheme, and the domain is only 15 days old. A referral program pays 15% commission on deposits made by referred users, and the site's task template matches the recharge-to-withdraw pattern seen in deposit traps. One antivirus vendor flags the URL as suspicious. The combination of an impossible return promise, new-deposit funding, a brand-new domain, and a deposit-driven referral payout places this in the Dangerous band.
09 · Community
Community
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