Is dopebook.shop safe?
http://dopebook.shop/
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How we checked
Coverage: complete · 6 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (57 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
New Algerian book store openly sells non-original copies and hides its operator identity
dopebook.shop is a nine-day-old Algerian online bookstore that sells physical books and openly states in its own FAQ that the books are not original copies but reprints with 'Original like Covers and In-design' (research:v9:1). The site presents a local phone number and an on-domain email address (observed:page-content:positive:1, observed:page-content:positive:2), but no operator postal address is visible on the captured page (observed:page-content:issue:1). Technical checks are clean — no antivirus detections, no Safe Browsing warning, and a valid TLS certificate (observed:the multi-engine malware scan, observed:safe-browsing, observed:tls) — but the combination of a very new domain, undisclosed operator identity, and an explicit counterfeit-goods business model places this in the Moderate Risk 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 58/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 3 findings pulled the score down; 2 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- ModerateThe site's own FAQ states the books are not original copies but reprints with 'Original like Covers and In-design' (research:v9:1).-28 pts
- MinorThe registrable domain is only 9 days old (observed:domain-age).
- MinorNo operator postal address is visible on the captured page (observed:page-content:issue:1).
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe site lists a local phone number and an email address on its own domain (observed:page-content:positive:1, observed:page-content:positive:2).
- SupportsNo antivirus detections, no Safe Browsing warning, and a valid TLS certificate (observed:the multi-engine malware scan, observed:safe-browsing, observed:tls).
Points come from the saved evidence ledger: it lowered the score from 86 to 58 and split those 28 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
dopebook.shop is a nine-day-old Algerian online bookstore that sells physical books and openly states in its own FAQ that the books are not original copies but reprints with 'Original like Covers and In-design' (research:v9:1). The site presents a local phone number and an on-domain email address (observed:page-content:positive:1, observed:page-content:positive:2), but no operator postal address is visible on the captured page (observed:page-content:issue:1). Technical checks are clean — no antivirus detections, no Safe Browsing warning, and a valid TLS certificate (observed:the multi-engine malware scan, observed:safe-browsing, observed:tls) — but the combination of a very new domain, undisclosed operator identity, and an explicit counterfeit-goods business model places this in the Moderate Risk band.
What the store sells and how it presents itself
The Dope Book describes itself as an Algerian online bookstore. Its own FAQ answers the question 'Are the Books Original?' with 'No, Our Books aren't Original, They are Copies made with Good Quality and Perfect Original like Covers and In-design' (research:v9:1). This is an explicit disclosure that the merchandise consists of reprint or counterfeit copies rather than licensed editions.
The site provides a local contact phone number (06 74 72 23 69) and an email address on its own domain (admin@dopebook.shop) (observed:page-block:document:supplemental:2:block:29, observed:page-content:positive:1, observed:page-content:positive:2). However, no operator postal address is visible on the captured page (observed:page-content:issue:1), so the business entity behind the store is not fully disclosed.
The storefront includes standard e-commerce calls to action such as 'Shop Now', 'Order Now', and 'Order it Now' (observed:page-block:document:primary:block:18, observed:page-block:document:primary:block:36, observed:page-block:document:primary:block:44), and it links to a third-party shipping tracker at yalidine.com for order tracking (observed:page-block:document:supplemental:2:block:19).
Technical checks are clean, but operator transparency is weak
Automated security scans found no malicious or suspicious detections across 93 engines (observed:the multi-engine malware scan), the browser threat feed returned no threat warning (observed:safe-browsing), and the saved TLS check confirmed a valid encrypted connection (observed:tls). There is no evidence of malware, phishing, or a technical compromise on this domain.
The registrable domain is only 9 days old (observed:domain-age), and no operator postal address is visible on the captured page (observed:page-content:issue:1). A brand-new domain selling openly non-original goods with an undisclosed business address is a meaningful operator-risk signal, even when the connection itself is secure.
Why the score is 58
The site's own FAQ states the books are not original copies but reprints with 'Original like Covers and In-design' (research:v9:1). Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 93
No detectionsFresh result
No detections across 57 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 36 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
All 93 engine results
- 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 - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Unrated
- 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
How security vendors categorise this site
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekernewly registered websites
- Googleshopping
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
Dope Book Your Shelves' Partner
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Dope Book Your Shelves' Partner
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
The Dope Book – Online Bookstore
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/about/Read
- Contact page/contact/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
The Dope Book – Online Bookstore
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 57 antivirus results.
What independent research found
1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.
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
Fake Shop & Commercial Deception
Service and business model
Shop
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The site's own FAQ states the books are not original copies but reprints with 'Original like Covers and In-design' (research:v9:1).
- 02The registrable domain is only 9 days old (observed:domain-age).
- 03No operator postal address is visible on the captured page (observed:page-content:issue:1).
Web research findings
Independent findings for dopebook.shop, 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.
- Contact – The Dope Bookopen
"Are the Books Original? No, Our Books aren’t Original, They are Copies made with Good Quality and Perfect Original like Covers and In-design."
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.
- Domaindopebook.shop
- Redirects todopebook.shop
- Hosted byBrander Group Inc.
- Referencesgmpg.org · fonts.googleapis.com
Domain Timeline
- Oct 19, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 9 days old when this review was saved.
- Oct 29, 2026Saved security review — Rated Moderate Risk
The evidence in this saved scan is mixed or incomplete; the completed checks are detailed above.
dopebook.shop was registered very recently when this review was saved. Freshly-registered domains are disproportionately used for scams, so a young domain whose evidence is mixed or incomplete 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.
- No operator postal address visible on the captured page.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (admin@dopebook.shop).
- Phone number listed (06 74 72 23 69).
Domain & Encryption
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 dopebook.shop.
A shared content-delivery network address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Site platform
- BigCommerce
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- Google Fonts
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://dopebook.shop/
- 2200https://dopebook.shop/
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
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
The site's own FAQ states the books are not original copies but reprints with 'Original like Covers and In-design' (research:v9:1). · The registrable domain is only 9 days old (observed:domain-age).
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | No adverse finding | fresh · analysed Oct 29, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 29, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 29, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 29, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 29, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 29, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 29, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 29, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 29, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 29, 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
New Algerian book store openly sells non-original copies and hides its operator identity
dopebook.shop is a nine-day-old Algerian online bookstore that sells physical books and openly states in its own FAQ that the books are not original copies but reprints with 'Original like Covers and In-design' (research:v9:1). The site presents a local phone number and an on-domain email address (observed:page-content:positive:1, observed:page-content:positive:2), but no operator postal address is visible on the captured page (observed:page-content:issue:1). Technical checks are clean — no antivirus detections, no Safe Browsing warning, and a valid TLS certificate (observed:the multi-engine malware scan, observed:safe-browsing, observed:tls) — but the combination of a very new domain, undisclosed operator identity, and an explicit counterfeit-goods business model places this in the Moderate Risk band.
09 · Community
Community
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