Is essentialscanadashop.ca safe?

http://essentialscanadashop.ca/

Moderate RiskStatus

Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Discount apparel shop warrants caution, but the evidence does not establish a fake-store scheme

This is a transactional apparel shop displaying steep markdowns, including C$460 reduced to C$114 and a “FLAT 70% OFF” sale. One saved security result marked the URL suspicious, but the current evidence does not show non-delivery, counterfeit goods, credential theft, or malware. A fresh web-safety check returned no warning, so the site is best rated Moderate Risk rather than classified as a confirmed fake shop.

Treat the store cautiously: independently verify the Toronto location and the seller’s authorization, compare prices with established retailers, and use a payment method with chargeback protection. Avoid proceeding if checkout moves to an unexpected domain or requests an irreversible payment.
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Calibrated safety spectrum

Where this site sits

  1. Dangerous1–20
  2. High Risk21–44
  3. Moderate Risk45–69
  4. Low Risk70–84
  5. Safe85–100

The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.

01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

This is a transactional apparel shop displaying steep markdowns, including C$460 reduced to C$114 and a “FLAT 70% OFF” sale. One saved security result marked the URL suspicious, but the current evidence does not show non-delivery, counterfeit goods, credential theft, or malware. A fresh web-safety check returned no warning, so the site is best rated Moderate Risk rather than classified as a confirmed fake shop.

Large discounts are the main customer-risk signal

The storefront advertises apparel at substantial reductions: one item fell from C$460 to C$114, another from C$500 to C$115, and the page promotes a 70% sale. These offers justify extra scrutiny before payment, although discounts alone do not prove that products are counterfeit or will not arrive.

The observed commercial flow remains on the target site: it presents a shop and a cart showing prices in Canadian dollars. A product-related link also leads to shopessentialshoodie.ca, but the available evidence does not show a checkout or payment transfer to that separate domain.

Technical checks are mixed but show no confirmed active threat

One saved antivirus observation marked the URL suspicious, although that result is stale and does not identify a specific malicious action. In contrast, the fresh web-safety check returned no threat warning, and the saved connection check found valid encryption.

Those clean checks reduce concern about an immediately detected technical attack, but they do not verify the seller, product authenticity, delivery, or customer service. The page claims a Toronto store address and advertises shipping in 8–12 business days; these are storefront claims rather than independent confirmation.

Why the score is 66

Observed listings show markdowns from C$460 to C$114 and from C$500 to C$115, alongside a 70% sale banner. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Collected signals and independent provider data for this URL.

Antivirus Engines

1/ 91

detections

Saved result - 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
91
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
GridinsoftSuspicioussuspicious
All 91 engine results
  • Gridinsoft - suspicious - Suspicious
  • 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
  • Abusix - clean - Clean
  • Acronis - clean - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • alphaMountain.ai - unrated - Clean
  • AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
  • Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
  • ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • AutoShun - unrated - Clean
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
  • BitDefender - clean - Clean
  • Bkav - unrated - Clean
  • BlockList - clean - Clean
  • Blueliv - clean - Clean
  • Certego - clean - Clean
  • ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
  • Chong Lua Dao - clean - Clean
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • CRDF - clean - Clean
  • Criminal IP - clean - Clean
  • CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
  • CTX AI - clean - Clean
  • Cyan - unrated - Clean
  • Cyble - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - clean - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
  • DNS8 - unrated - Clean
  • Dr.Web - clean - Clean
  • EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
  • Emsisoft - clean - Clean
  • Ermes - unrated - Clean
  • ESET - clean - Clean
  • ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - clean - Clean
  • Fortinet - clean - Clean
  • Fortra - unrated - Clean
  • G-Data - clean - Clean
  • GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
  • GreenSnow - clean - Clean
  • GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
  • Guardpot - unrated - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - unrated - Clean
  • Kaspersky - clean - Clean
  • LevelBlue - clean - Clean
  • Lionic - clean - Clean
  • Lumu - unrated - Clean
  • Malwared - clean - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
  • MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
  • Mimecast - unrated - Clean
  • Netcraft - unrated - Clean
  • OpenPhish - clean - Clean
  • PhishFort - unrated - Clean
  • Phishing Database - clean - Clean
  • Phishtank - clean - Clean
  • PREBYTES - clean - Clean
  • PrecisionSec - unrated - Clean
  • Quick Heal - clean - Clean
  • Quttera - clean - Clean
  • Rising - clean - Clean
  • SafeToOpen - unrated - Clean
  • Sangfor - clean - Clean
  • Sansec eComscan - unrated - Clean
  • Scantitan - clean - Clean
  • SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
  • Seclookup - clean - Clean
  • Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
  • SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
  • Sophos - clean - Clean
  • StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
  • ThreatHive - clean - Clean
  • URLhaus - clean - Clean
  • URLQuery - unrated - Clean
  • Viettel Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
  • VIPRE - unrated - Clean
  • ViriBack - clean - Clean
  • VX Vault - clean - Clean
  • Webroot - clean - Clean
  • Xcitium Verdict Cloud - clean - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
  • ZeroFox - unrated - Clean

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.

What we observed

CAPTURED PAGE
essentialscanadashop.ca
What our review noticed on this page
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

THANKSGIVING SALE | FLAT 70% OFF

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    THANKSGIVING SALE | FLAT 70% OFF

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.
  1. What the site claims

    Essentials Hoodie Canada - Fear Of God Essentials Shop

  2. What we observed

    Saved browser evidence recorded cross domain landing.

  3. What independent research found

    1 external finding were saved and compared with the page evidence.

  4. What remains unverified

    1 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

Transaction

Observed behavior

Cross Domain Landing

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 011 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.
  2. 02A fresh web-safety check returned no threat warning.
  3. 03The saved connection check found valid encryption.

Web research findings

Independent findings for essentialscanadashop.ca, 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.

Business registration
No public record found
Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.
Clone check
No clone detected
The completed research found no supported clone indicator.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The completed research found no supported look-alike match.
Web mentions
No scam reports found
The completed search returned no sourced scam reports or complaints.

No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for essentialscanadashop.ca. 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.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
ListedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

04 · Domain & Infrastructure

Domain & infrastructure

Timeline · identity · encryption · redirects · hosting

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.

  1. Domainessentialscanadashop.ca
  2. Redirects toessentialscanadashop.ca
  3. Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
  4. Referencesgmpg.org · fonts.googleapis.com

Domain Timeline

  1. Dec 26, 2024
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 1.8 years old when this review was saved.

  2. Sep 29, 2026
    Saved security review — Flagged as suspicious

    The completed checks from this saved scan 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.

What We Found
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No direct contact email found on the captured page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age1.8 years old
RegistrarGo Daddy Domains Canada, Inc
RegisteredDec 26, 2024
ExpiresDec 26, 2026
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1
ExpiresDec 12, 2026 (74d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingCloudflare, Inc.
Server locationUS
Web servercloudflare
Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://essentialscanadashop.ca/
  • 2200https://essentialscanadashop.ca/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPCloudflare, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
  1. Antiviruspartial
  2. Browser threat feedcomplete
  3. Page contentcomplete
  4. Analysiscomplete
  5. Visual evidencecomplete
Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

Technical threat

suspicious

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

Additional evidence review · Additional evidence review

Operator / customer risk

unknown

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Source coverage and freshness

Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.

Antivirus
Result1 of 91 engines flagged
CompletionLimited
FindingAdverse
Freshnessstale fallback · Sep 29, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Page content
ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Visual evidence
Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Independent research
Result1 independent finding were saved
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Proceed with caution

Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.

  1. Analyst recommendation

    Treat the store cautiously: independently verify the Toronto location and the seller’s authorization, compare prices with established retailers, and use a payment method with chargeback protection. Avoid proceeding if checkout moves to an unexpected domain or requests an irreversible payment.

  2. Treat essentialscanadashop.ca as unverified

    Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Share your experience

    If you have additional context, drop a comment below or post on the MalwareTips forum.

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Safer Alternatives

Trying to shop safely? Use a safe option instead

Shopping for a deal? Stick to established retailers with real buyer protection — if a price looks too good to be true on an unknown store, it usually is.

  1. Amazon

    A-to-z Guarantee covers eligible orders.

  2. eBay

    Money Back Guarantee on most purchases.

  3. Walmart

    Major retailer with established returns.

  4. The brand's official site

    Search the brand name + "official site" rather than trusting an ad or unknown store.

Suggestions for safety only — not endorsements. Always verify the address bar before signing in or paying, even on well-known sites.

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 essentialscanadashop.ca a scam or is it safe?
There isn't enough evidence yet for us to give essentialscanadashop.ca a confident verdict, so treat it with caution. The domain is 1.8 years old. Until it can be independently verified, don't enter passwords, card details, or send money, and confirm the company through channels you find yourself rather than links on the site.
Is essentialscanadashop.ca safe to use?
essentialscanadashop.ca has a Safety Score of 66/100 (Moderate Risk). Analysis coverage is strong at 83%. Do not trust blindly; analysis may be limited.
Has essentialscanadashop.ca been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 1 of 91 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged essentialscanadashop.ca as suspicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
Is essentialscanadashop.ca on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — essentialscanadashop.ca is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
How old is the essentialscanadashop.ca domain?
essentialscanadashop.ca is 1.8 years old, registered on December 26, 2024 through Go Daddy Domains Canada, Inc. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
Does essentialscanadashop.ca have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — essentialscanadashop.ca presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, valid for another 74 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
Where is essentialscanadashop.ca hosted?
essentialscanadashop.ca resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
How often is the essentialscanadashop.ca report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on September 29, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about essentialscanadashop.ca has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.

08 · Final Verdict

Final verdict

The saved conclusion, decisive evidence, and practical action in one final view.
Verdict score
66/100
Moderate Risk

Discount apparel shop warrants caution, but the evidence does not establish a fake-store scheme

Saved captureessentialscanadashop.caCapture-safe
Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.
Conclusion

This is a transactional apparel shop displaying steep markdowns, including C$460 reduced to C$114 and a “FLAT 70% OFF” sale. One saved security result marked the URL suspicious, but the current evidence does not show non-delivery, counterfeit goods, credential theft, or malware. A fresh web-safety check returned no warning, so the site is best rated Moderate Risk rather than classified as a confirmed fake shop.

Recommended actionTreat the store cautiously: independently verify the Toronto location and the seller’s authorization, compare prices with established retailers, and use a payment method with chargeback protection. Avoid proceeding if checkout moves to an unexpected domain or requests an irreversible payment.
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09 · Community

Community

First-hand experiences add human context after the scanner has reached its conclusion.