Is flamespade.com safe?
http://flamespade.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (60 of 93 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
FlameSpade is a functioning online shop with material product and delivery concerns
FlameSpade operates an e-commerce checkout for physical products. The evidence does not establish a fake shop or a technical attack, but an external customer complaint describes a missing first order and two replacement lighters failing after about a week, while a security service lists the store as suspicious. Mixed review data and visible contact channels temper the concern, making this Moderate Risk rather than proven commercial fraud.
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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 59/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 4 findings pulled the score down; 2 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Moderate3 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "First of all, the first lighter I ordered never arrived, thankfully I was issued a refund but when I ordered again the two lighters i ordered both stopped…"
- Moderate3 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Flamespade.com is listed as a suspicious shop. Reports in this class often describe payment accepted first, delivery issues later."
- 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 was visible on the captured page.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe site lists an own-domain support email, a phone number, and social-profile links.
- SupportsThe saved checks found no Safe Browsing warning and confirmed a valid encrypted connection.
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.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
FlameSpade operates an e-commerce checkout for physical products. The evidence does not establish a fake shop or a technical attack, but an external customer complaint describes a missing first order and two replacement lighters failing after about a week, while a security service lists the store as suspicious. Mixed review data and visible contact channels temper the concern, making this Moderate Risk rather than proven commercial fraud.
Customer experience raises the main concern
An independent review platform complaint says the buyer's first lighter never arrived, although it was refunded, and that two lighters from a subsequent order stopped working after about a week. This directly raises concerns about delivery reliability and product durability, but the reported refund is relevant counterevidence against describing the transaction as outright theft.
A security service separately labels FlameSpade a suspicious shop and notes that reports in this class often concern payment followed by delivery problems. That classification supports caution, although its general description does not prove that every FlameSpade order fails.
A third-party store profile reports a 3.9-out-of-5 an independent review platform's rating from 46 reviews and characterizes customer experiences as mixed, so the available reputation evidence is not uniformly negative.
Technical checks are clean, but operator transparency is limited
The saved checks found no Safe Browsing threat warning and a valid encrypted connection. These findings reduce immediate malware or connection concerns, but they do not assess whether products will arrive or perform as advertised.
No operator postal address was visible on the captured page. The shop did provide an address on its own email domain and a telephone number, along with links to social profiles, which gives visitors several contact routes without fully identifying the business location.
Why the score is 59
3 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "First of all, the first lighter I ordered never arrived, thankfully I was issued a refund but when I ordered again the two lighters i ordered both stopped…". Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
1/ 93
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
- 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 - Clean
- 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
- 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
How security vendors categorise this site
- BitDefenderonlineshop
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekershopping
- Googleshopping
- Sophosonline shopping
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
FlameSpade logo, navigation menu, search icon, user account icon, cart icon
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
FlameSpade logo, navigation menu, search icon, user account icon, cart icon
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
FlameSpade - Innovative Lighters
- Meta description
FlameSpade is the premier destination for unique and innovative lighters, for all your smoking needs. From torches and electric lighters to wick lighters and more, we provide high-quality products at affordable prices. Shop with us today and experience exceptional customer service and a seamless sho
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/pages/about-usRead
- Terms/policies/terms-of-serviceRead
- Refund / returns policy/policies/refund-policyRead
- Shipping policy/pages/shipping-policyRead
- Contact page/pages/contactRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
FlameSpade - Innovative Lighters
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 60 antivirus results.
What independent research found
4 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
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
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 013 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "First of all, the first lighter I ordered never arrived, thankfully I was issued a refund but when I ordered again the two lighters i ordered both stopped…"
- 02A third-party profile reports a 3.9/5 rating from 46 an independent review platform's reviews and describes customer experiences as mixed.
- 033 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Flamespade.com is listed as a suspicious shop. Reports in this class often describe payment accepted first, delivery issues later."
If this is a scam — what it means for you
What happens when a visitor shops here
A visitor can place merchandise in the site's cart and proceed through its checkout, creating ordinary purchase and delivery exposure.
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.
The concrete reported outcome is mixed: one buyer says a missing order was refunded, but two later lighters stopped working after roughly one week.
The site also links visitors to Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok; these are cross-domain social links rather than evidence of an external payment path.
Use caution before ordering. Pay with a method that offers purchase protection, retain the product listing and order records, and avoid a large initial purchase until delivery and product quality have been verified.
Web research findings
Independent findings for flamespade.com, 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
"First of all, the first lighter I ordered never arrived, thankfully I was issued a refund but when I ordered again the two lighters i ordered both stopped working after about a week of use."
- Scamadviseropen
"system allows the owner of the website to edit, prioritize or remove reviews, We consider this less reliable than external review systems such as Trustpilot, Sitejabber or ResellerRatings."
- Gridinsoftopen
"Flamespade.com is listed as a suspicious shop. Reports in this class often describe payment accepted first, delivery issues later."
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.
- Domainflamespade.com
- Redirects toflamespade.com
- Hosted byShopify, Inc.
- Referencescdn.shopify.com · fonts.shopifycdn.com
Domain Timeline
- Jun 16, 2024Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 2 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 14, 2026Saved security review — Rated Moderate Risk
The evidence in this saved scan is mixed or incomplete; the completed checks 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.
- No operator postal address visible on the captured page.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (support@flamespade.com).
- Phone number listed (+18447524504).
- Links to 18 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for flamespade.com.
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.
Chat, reviews and email
- Klaviyo
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
The site refused our redirect check, so the chain below is the one our page reader followed.
- 1301http://flamespade.com/
- 2200https://flamespade.com/
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.
3 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "First of all, the first lighter I ordered never arrived, thankfully I was issued a refund but when I ordered again the two lighters i ordered both stopped…" · 3 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Flamespade.com is listed as a suspicious shop. Reports in this class often describe payment accepted first, delivery issues later."
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 | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 14, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 14, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 14, 2026 |
| Independent research | 4 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 14, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result1 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 14, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 14, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 14, 2026
- Independent research
- Result4 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 14, 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 flamespade.com a scam or is it safe?
Is flamespade.com safe to use?
Has flamespade.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is flamespade.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
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Does flamespade.com have a valid SSL certificate?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
FlameSpade is a functioning online shop with material product and delivery concerns
FlameSpade operates an e-commerce checkout for physical products. The evidence does not establish a fake shop or a technical attack, but an external customer complaint describes a missing first order and two replacement lighters failing after about a week, while a security service lists the store as suspicious. Mixed review data and visible contact channels temper the concern, making this Moderate Risk rather than proven commercial fraud.
09 · Community
Community
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