Is e621.net legit or a scam?
Established furry art booru with valid business registration, but flagged by users for inadequate moderation of child-like anthropomorphic content.
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
Warning signs detected
Established furry art booru with valid business registration, but flagged by users for inadequate moderation of child-like anthropomorphic content. Several risk indicators suggest caution. This site might be legitimate — but treat it as unverified until you can independently confirm.
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MT Intelligence
e621.net is a legitimate, long-running business (founded 2007, owned by Dragon Fruit Ventures LLC in Arizona) with no malware detections, valid SSL, and a 19-year domain history. However, the site faces substantial user complaints — 48 total, with a 1.6/5 rating on independent review aggregators — centered on moderation of content depicting minors in anthropomorphic form. The site was blocked in Russia in December 2023 for allegedly hosting such material, and self-blocked North Carolina IPs in January 2024 due to state age-verification law. While the domain and infrastructure are legitimate, the content moderation controversies and legal actions create genuine safety concerns for users, particularly regarding what material the platform permits. The site is not a financial scam or malware vector, but the moderation issues warrant a suspicious rating.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for e621.net, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- e621.net is a long-running (launched February 10, 2007) furry-themed booru-style imageboard and art archive primarily hosting pornographic furry content (yiff), with over 5 million images as of August 2025.
- Owned by Dragon Fruit Ventures LLC in Arizona, USA; key person Jan "Varka" Mulders (also CEO of Bad Dragon sex toy company).
- Scamadviser rates it "Very Likely Safe" with average to good trust score: high traffic, long domain age (19 years), valid SSL; negatives include WHOIS privacy, shared registrar with spammers, and mainly negative reviews.
- SmartCustomer shows 1.6/5 rating from 48 reviews; complaints center on moderation, alleged tolerance of "cub"/child-like anthropomorphic content, and staff issues.
- Blocked in Russia (Dec 2023) by Roskomnadzor for allegedly hosting pornographic illustrations depicting minors; self-blocked North Carolina IPs (Jan 2024) due to age verification law.
- Has SFW mirror e926.net and separate AI art site e6ai.net (AI banned on main site); source code open-sourced in 2020.
- Reddit threads discuss safety (generally considered safe if avoiding ads/popups) but also criticism of content policies and AI scraping concerns.
- SmartCustomeropen
"This site is literally full of pedophiles and all sorts of nasty things."
- SmartCustomeropen
"This website only begun to block child porn of human characters recently, still allowing it for anthro characters to this day."
- SmartCustomeropen
"They have a tagging system... So they're fine with child porn stuff. Disgusting."
Owned by Dragon Fruit Ventures LLC (Arizona); Jan "Varka" Mulders is owner/CEO (also of Bad Dragon); domain registered 2006 via NameCheap with privacy redaction
Search results show 48 complaints on independent review aggregators, with a 1.6/5 average rating. Complaints center on content moderation, with users alleging the site tolerates child-like anthropomorphic pornography. No positive user reviews were found. Business registration confirms legitimate ownership by Dragon Fruit Ventures LLC (Arizona). Site was blocked by Russian authorities in December 2023 and self-blocked North Carolina IPs in January 2024 due to legal concerns over content policies.
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
Proceed with caution
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Treat e621.net as unverified
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- Verify the business through independent channels
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Reputation Sources
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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 marked e621.net as suspicious. Several warning signs were detected; it may still turn out legitimate, but you should verify it through independent channels before trusting it with money or credentials.
- e621.net currently scores 55/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend caution. Verify the site through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- Yes. e621.net presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 77 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- e621.net is 19.9 years old, registered on 8/1/2006 through NameCheap, Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report e621.net as clean.
- No. e621.net is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- e621.net resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). 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.
- Yes. e621.net sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.
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