Is facesock.nl safe?
http://facesock.nl/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (57 of 92 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
FaceSock is a real-looking personalised sock shop with a pattern of paid orders that never arrive and refunds that stall.
facesock.nl presents itself as a Dutch personalised-gift shop selling photo socks and similar items, with a working cart, order tracking and a contact email on its own domain. The technical picture is unremarkable: a valid encrypted connection and no browser threat feed warning. What moves the score down is the customer-facing record. Three separate published reviews describe paying for orders that were never delivered, repeated requests for photos and information, and a promised refund that did not arrive. That is a commercial-deception pattern rather than a malware or phishing one, so the site sits in the High 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 38/100
High Risk covers scores 21–44. 4 findings pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "My order went completely wrong: after several months, they asked for photos again, and eventually, a year later, I had to resend everything multiple times at…"
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Ik zou hier geen bestelling plaatsen. Ruim een maand geleden een bestelling geplaatst. Bestelling werd snel verstuurd, echter vanuit de bezorgservice is…"
- Moderate1 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.
- MinorNo operator postal address is visible on the captured page.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe shop lists a contact email on its own domain and a Dutch phone number.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection and Safe Browsing returned no warning.
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 1333 days old
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.
Lost money or shared details on facesock.nl? Do this now
Act quickly: the first hours matter most for a chargeback.
- Call your bank or card issuer now
Ask them to dispute the charge or open a chargeback; the sooner you act, the better your odds. Card payments can often be reversed. Bank transfers and gift cards are harder, but report them to your bank too. Crypto payments usually cannot be reversed: report the wallet address and transaction ID to the exchange you sent from.
- Change any password you entered
If you entered a password on facesock.nl, change it there and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. Keep screenshots, order confirmations and messages as evidence.
- Report the site
Reports help get scam sites taken down faster and warn other people.
- Report the domain to its registrar
Tucows.com Co. takes abuse reports at domainabuse@tucows.com (+1.4165350123). Include the address and what happened.
- Ignore anyone offering to recover your money
"Recovery" services or agents who contact you, or ask for a fee up front, are almost always a second scam aimed at victims. Your bank's dispute process and the official reporting services never charge a fee in advance.
Full answers about refunds and reporting are in the Safety FAQ below.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
facesock.nl presents itself as a Dutch personalised-gift shop selling photo socks and similar items, with a working cart, order tracking and a contact email on its own domain. The technical picture is unremarkable: a valid encrypted connection and no browser threat feed warning. What moves the score down is the customer-facing record. Three separate published reviews describe paying for orders that were never delivered, repeated requests for photos and information, and a promised refund that did not arrive. That is a commercial-deception pattern rather than a malware or phishing one, so the site sits in the High Risk band.
What paying customers report
One reviewer describes an order that went wrong over a long period: after several months the shop asked for photos again, the customer had to resend material repeatedly, and a refund promised within five days had still not arrived ten days later.
A second reviewer says they would not order here: a month after placing an order, the parcel was never delivered by the carrier, and when they asked FaceSock for their money back the shop proposed sending a new order instead.
A third reviewer states plainly that they paid for socks on 23 July for 29.90 and had still not received them, and warns others not to order.
Clean technical checks do not clear the operator
The saved connection check found a valid encrypted connection and the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, so there is no evidence of malware, a phishing page or an unsafe download on this domain.
One saved antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious. That observation is stale and comes from a stored scan rather than a fresh submission, so it is context rather than a current detection.
The domain is over three years old, which is consistent with a shop that has been trading for a while, but age alone says nothing about whether orders are fulfilled or refunds are paid.
Why the score is 38
2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "My order went completely wrong: after several months, they asked for photos again, and eventually, a year later, I had to resend everything multiple times at…". Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
1/ 92
detectionsSaved analysis from October 2, 2026 - 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
- 92
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 92 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
- 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 - Unrated
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- 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
33% korting | Sokken met foto €19,95
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
33% korting | Sokken met foto €19,95
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
FaceSock - Gepersonaliseerde Sokken Met Foto | Het Ultieme Cadeau
- Meta description
- The same text as the page title
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- Terms/policies/terms-of-serviceRead
- Refund / returns policy/policies/refund-policyRead
- Shipping policy/policies/shipping-policyRead
- Contact page/pages/contactRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
FaceSock - Gepersonaliseerde Sokken Met Foto | Het Ultieme Cadeau
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 57 antivirus results.
What independent research found
3 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 6 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
Fake Shop & Commercial Deception
Service and business model
Shop
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 012 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "My order went completely wrong: after several months, they asked for photos again, and eventually, a year later, I had to resend everything multiple times at…"
- 022 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Ik zou hier geen bestelling plaatsen. Ruim een maand geleden een bestelling geplaatst. Bestelling werd snel verstuurd, echter vanuit de bezorgservice is…"
- 03No operator postal address is visible on the captured page.
If this is a scam — what it means for you
What happens if you order
A visitor adds a personalised item to the cart and pays through the shop's own checkout, which is the point at which money leaves the customer and the shop takes on the obligation to deliver.
If this is a scam, how it works
The evidence-backed path
Each stage below is preserved from the grounded analysis and linked to saved evidence.
In the published accounts, that payment did not result in a delivered product: one customer paid 29.90 and never received the socks, and another had to chase the shop repeatedly over a long period.
When those customers asked for their money back, the outcome described was a refund promised but not paid, or a replacement order offered instead of a refund.
Do not place an order on facesock.nl unless you are willing to risk paying for goods you may never receive and then having to chase a refund. If you have already paid and the order has not arrived, keep every email and order confirmation, ask for a refund in writing rather than accepting a replacement, and if the shop stalls, escalate through your bank or card issuer's chargeback process and report the experience to the Dutch consumer authority.
Web research findings
Independent findings for facesock.nl, 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.
- Trustpilotopen
"My order went completely wrong: after several months, they asked for photos again, and eventually, a year later, I had to resend everything multiple times at their request. They now promised a refund within 5 days, but ten days later, nothing has happened."
- Erfahrungen.appopen
"Ik zou hier geen bestelling plaatsen. Ruim een maand geleden een bestelling geplaatst. Bestelling werd snel verstuurd, echter vanuit de bezorgservice is bestelling nooit bezorgd. Contact gehad met facesock, gevraagd om geld terug te storten. Facesock stelde een nieuwe bestelling voor. Hier toch in mee gegaan, maar achteraf spijt van."
- Trustpilotopen
"Niet bestellen!! Ik heb de bestelling betaald maar niet ontvangen. Ik heb op 23 juli sokken besteld voor 29,90 en tot op heden niet ontvangen."
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.
- Domainfacesock.nl
- Redirects tofacesock.nl
- Hosted byShopify, Inc.
- Referencesgoogletagmanager.com · static.widget.trengo.eu
Domain Timeline
- Mar 3, 2023Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 3 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 27, 2026Saved security review — Rated High Risk
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
facesock.nl 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.
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 (info@facesock.nl).
- Phone number listed (085 060 8470).
Domain & Encryption
Report this domain to its registrar: send the address and what happened to this contact.
Certificate issued for facesock.nl.
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.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
- Microsoft Clarity
Payment providers the page loads
- Shop Pay
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://facesock.nl/
- 2200https://facesock.nl/
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
- Antiviruspartial
- 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.
1 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.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "My order went completely wrong: after several months, they asked for photos again, and eventually, a year later, I had to resend everything multiple times at…" · 2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Ik zou hier geen bestelling plaatsen. Ruim een maand geleden een bestelling geplaatst. Bestelling werd snel verstuurd, echter vanuit de bezorgservice is…"
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 92 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
| Independent research | 3 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result1 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 2026
- Independent research
- Result3 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 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 facesock.nl a scam or a legit online store?
Is facesock.nl safe to use?
I already paid or entered my details on facesock.nl — what should I do?
Can I get my money back from facesock.nl?
I ordered from facesock.nl but nothing arrived — is it a fake shop?
How do I report facesock.nl?
facesock.nl looks professional — how can it still be a scam?
Has facesock.nl been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is facesock.nl on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the facesock.nl domain?
Does facesock.nl have a valid SSL certificate?
How often is the facesock.nl report updated?
08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
FaceSock is a real-looking personalised sock shop with a pattern of paid orders that never arrive and refunds that stall.
facesock.nl presents itself as a Dutch personalised-gift shop selling photo socks and similar items, with a working cart, order tracking and a contact email on its own domain. The technical picture is unremarkable: a valid encrypted connection and no browser threat feed warning. What moves the score down is the customer-facing record. Three separate published reviews describe paying for orders that were never delivered, repeated requests for photos and information, and a promised refund that did not arrive. That is a commercial-deception pattern rather than a malware or phishing one, so the site sits in the High Risk band.
09 · Community
Community
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