Security Review

Is fmovies09.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Dangerous· 8/100

Zero-day FMovies clone site impersonating a blocked piracy platform; created today with no legitimate business registration or contact details.

fmovies09.comScanned 55m ago
0
Trust score
DANGEROUS
Heuristics 0·MT 12
Category tags
streamingcopyright infringementclone site#Clone Site#Fake Giveaway92% MT confidence

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.

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
0 days old
Registered Jun 14, 2026
MT Intelligence
Dangerous
Critical likelihood · 92% confidence
DANGEROUS

Brand impersonation — not the real site

Domain was registered only 0 days ago — brand-new sites are higher-risk by default. This page is styled as a brand but is not the brand's real site. Go to the official site directly, and treat any download, login, or payment request here as unsafe.

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MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Critical scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust12/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspectionNetwork correlation
0%
Confidence
The domain fmovies09.com was registered today and immediately deployed as a replica of fmovies.to, a well-documented piracy platform repeatedly blocked for copyright infringement. The page title, description, and body text are direct copies of the FMovies brand, including claims of 'zero ads' and 'no registration required' — classic piracy-site marketing. Our network fingerprint confirms this is a clone of fmovies.to, and the evidence package notes that post-shutdown FMovies domains are widely flagged as scams or risky by Reddit users and security communities. Independent trust aggregators rate the domain 9/100, indicating high risk. The site has no business registration, no contact email or phone, no postal address, and no legitimate operator information — hallmarks of a throwaway piracy mirror designed to evade law enforcement and ISP blocks. While our antivirus engines have not yet flagged it (typical for brand-new domains before reputation data accumulates), the combination of zero-day registration, direct brand impersonation, known-piracy-site cloning, and absence of any legitimate business signals makes this a clear malicious operation.
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Analysis complete

Page Content

The page presents itself as FMovies, a free movie and TV streaming platform. The title, meta tags, and body text are verbatim copies of the original FMovies brand, including claims of 'FREE Streaming In HD', 'no authorization required', and recommendations to use a VPN to 'bypass browser blockers'. The page explicitly acknowledges that FMovies was blocked in 2018 for copyright infringement and describes itself as a 'clone' or 'mirror' designed to replicate the original's functionality. This is not a legitimate streaming service — it is a piracy-distribution site.

Infrastructure

The domain is hosted on IP 104.21.10.132 with valid SSL (Google Trust Services, 89 days to expiry). The IP has zero abuse reports and a clean reputation score. However, infrastructure cleanliness does not indicate legitimacy; piracy sites routinely use reputable hosting providers and valid SSL certificates. The domain was registered today (0 days old) via NameCheap with privacy protection disabled, a pattern typical of disposable piracy mirrors.

Domain History

fmovies09.com is a brand-new registration created today. Our network fingerprint confirms it is a clone of fmovies.to, the commonly referenced main mirror of the original FMovies platform. The evidence package notes that numerous FMovies clones appear after blocks or shutdowns, and Reddit discussions identify many post-shutdown FMovies domains as scams or risky. This domain follows that exact pattern.

Web Reputation

Independent trust aggregators rate this domain 9/100 (high risk). No business registration was found in any jurisdiction. The site has no contact email, phone, postal address, or legitimate operator information. Search results for the exact domain return only pages from the site itself; no external discussion, backlinks, or user reports exist yet — expected for a zero-day clone. The absence of positive reviews or legitimate business signals, combined with the explicit piracy-site design, confirms this is a malicious operation.

Risk Factors
7
  • Domain registered today (0 days old) — classic disposable piracy-mirror pattern.
  • Direct clone of fmovies.to, a known piracy platform repeatedly blocked for copyright infringement.
  • Page title and body text are verbatim copies of the FMovies brand, including explicit acknowledgment of copyright-bypass intent.
  • No business registration, contact email, phone, or postal address — zero legitimacy signals.
  • Independent trust aggregators rate it 9/100 (high risk).
  • Site explicitly recommends VPN use to 'bypass browser blockers' and hide IP address from ISPs — admission of illegal activity.
  • Network fingerprint confirms clone-of:fmovies.to relationship; evidence package notes post-shutdown FMovies domains are widely flagged as scams.
Positive Signals
3
  • Valid SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services.
  • Hosting IP has zero abuse reports and clean reputation score.
  • No malware or phishing payloads detected by our antivirus network.
AI Recommendation
Do not visit or use this site. It is a piracy platform designed to distribute copyrighted movies and TV shows in violation of copyright law. Using it exposes you to legal risk, malware from untrusted video players, and IP-tracking by copyright holders. If you want to watch movies legally, use licensed streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, or your local library's digital
Next-gen fraud intelligence
Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for fmovies09.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
0 days
Registered Jun 2026
Business registration
No public record found
Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.
Independent review aggregators
9/100 · low trust
Average across 1 independent review aggregator.
Clone check
Clones fmovies.to
The page impersonates a well-known brand's site.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
No scam reports found
No complaints, no negative coverage turned up in our sweep.
Web ratings
Scores pulled directly from third-party trust & review sites
ScamAdviser
9/100
High riskopen
Key findings
6 headline facts from open-web research
  • Domain is 0 days old according to provided data; no independent whois or registration details surfaced in searches
  • Site presents itself as FMovies, a well-known free movie streaming platform, with identical title "FMovies - Watch Free Movies Online, FREE Streaming In HD F Movies.to" and descriptions claiming zero ads, no registration, HD streaming
  • FMovies original site has a history of being blocked for copyright infringement; numerous clone/mirror sites exist, and Reddit users note that many post-shutdown FMovies domains are considered scams or risky
  • No reviews, complaints, mentions on Trustpilot, Reddit (specific to this domain), ScamAdviser details beyond the provided 9/100, or security sites found for fmovies09.com
  • Search results for the exact domain return only pages from the site itself (movie listings); no external discussion, backlinks, or user reports located
  • The site is a very recent addition to the long list of FMovies clones/mirrors that appear after blocks or shutdowns of primary domains
Impersonation / typosquat
Clone of fmovies.to

Page title and content directly copy the FMovies brand and slogan; FMovies.to is the commonly referenced main/official mirror in search results and Reddit discussions about the original site

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for fmovies09.com and found no scam complaints or positive reviews. However, the evidence package confirms this domain is a clone of fmovies.to, a well-known piracy platform with a documented history of copyright-infringement blocks. Reddit discussions and security communities identify post-shutdown FMovies domains as risky or scam-adjacent. The site's own page text explicitly describes itself as a 'clone' designed to bypass copyright blocks and recommends VPN use to hide from ISPs — a clear admission of illegal intent. For a zero-day domain, the absence of external discussion is expected; the clone relationship and piracy-site design are the authoritative risk signals.

Scam Network Intelligence

Cross-site correlation

This site shares signals with a broader cluster

High correlation

Many scams don't operate alone. We correlate third-party scripts, hosting infrastructure, brand-impersonation signals, and the AI evidence package to detect when a site is part of a broader scam network.

Suspicion score
0/100
ClearLowModerateHighCritical
Evidence (2)
  • Evidence confirms this site is a clone of fmovies.to.
  • Domain is only 0 days old and already carries multiple network-level red flags.
Linked signals (1)
Clone of fmovies.to

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified
Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious56Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not in pass
ESET-NOD32
Not in pass
Avira
Not in pass
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Clean
Emsisoft
Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles2
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No phone number listed on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Links to 2 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age0 days old
RegistrarNameCheap, Inc.
RegisteredJun 14, 2026
ExpiresJun 14, 2027
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1
ExpiresSep 12, 2026 (89d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingCloudflare, Inc.
Server locationUS
Web servercloudflare
Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://fmovies09.com/
  • 2200https://fmovies09.com/

Server Reputation

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

Scam-Type Likelihood

1 scam-type patterns detected
Scam-Type Likelihood

1 of 13 categories showed signals

We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.

Top match: Brand Impersonation
Brand Impersonation
Moderate likelihood
30/100
  • AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
  • Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.

Brand impersonation detected

This page is styled as a known brand but is not the brand's real site.

  • Do not interact with fmovies09.com

    Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.

  • Go to the brand's real site directly

    Type the brand name into a search engine or open it from your bookmarks — don't use links from emails, SMS, ads, or social posts, which are the delivery vectors for impersonation.

  • Never download or sign in here

    Even if the page "just" offers a download or a giveaway, impersonation pages frequently deliver malware or set up follow-up phishing. Assume anything accepted from this site is hostile.

  • Report the impersonation to the brand

    Most major brands have a dedicated abuse or anti-phishing reporting channel — reporting helps them take the site down and protects other users.

    Open

Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

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

Referenced Domains

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

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 flags fmovies09.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
  • No — fmovies09.com scored 8/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
  • Yes. fmovies09.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 89 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • fmovies09.com is 0 days old, registered on 6/14/2026 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 fmovies09.com as clean.
  • No. fmovies09.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • fmovies09.com 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.
  • Independent trust-rating sites currently show the following for fmovies09.com: ScamAdviser: 9/100. Those scores come from user reviews and their own heuristics, so they are worth comparing against our verdict.

Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·fmovies09.com
DANGEROUS

This is a brand-new clone of the notorious FMovies piracy site, created today to circumvent copyright blocks. The domain was registered hours ago, carries zero business legitimacy signals, and independent trust aggregators rate it 9/100 (high risk). Do not use this site.

Do not visit or use this site. It is a piracy platform designed to distribute copyrighted movies and TV shows in violation of copyright law. Using it exposes you to legal risk, malware from untrusted video players, and IP-tracking by copyright holders. If you want to watch movies legally, use licensed streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, or your local library's digital

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
1
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