Brand impersonation — not the real site
4 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page (4 outright malicious). 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.
Is fmoviesf.co legit or a scam?
FMovies mirror site that clones the original streaming service shut down by Vietnamese authorities in 2024.
Score breakdown
Analysis Summary
Website Preview
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Intelligence
The site operates as a free movie and TV streaming platform that directly copies the FMovies branding and layout. Four antivirus engines flagged the page as malicious, including Fortinet. The domain was registered in June 2020 through NameCheap with privacy protection and appears in lists of active FMovies mirrors after the original service was closed. Reddit users in piracy communities mention this specific mirror alongside warnings about pop-up ads and unreliable playback. No business registration exists for the domain or any associated entity. The combination of a known piracy operation, malware detections, and the post-shutdown mirror status creates moderate risk for visitors.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for fmoviesf.co, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain fmoviesf.co registered June 15, 2020 via NameCheap, Inc. (WhoisGuard privacy); listed as expired June 2021 in historical records but site remains referenced in 2025-2026 sources.
- Operates as a free movie/TV streaming site (piracy mirror) with descriptions matching FMovies branding; competitors include fmovies.hn, fmoviesto.cc.
- Original FMovies (fmovies.to et al.) shut down August 2024 by Hanoi police/ACE after billions of visits; multiple mirrors including fmoviesf.co noted as continuing or listed post-shutdown.
- Reddit users (r/Piracy) reference fmoviesf.co as one of several mirrors; some note unreliability, pop-up ads, or preference for alternatives like fmoviesto.cc.
- General risks for FMovies mirrors documented: intrusive ads, potential malware/phishing from pop-ups; no domain-specific malware reports or Trustpilot/ScamDoc entries found.
- ScamAdviser score provided as 76/100; no Trustpilot or ScamDoc data located for this exact domain.
- No scam reports, complaints, positive reviews, or business filings directly tied to fmoviesf.co in search results.
fmoviesf.co is listed among FMovies mirror/proxy sites; original FMovies operation (fmovies.to and affiliates) was shut down by Vietnamese authorities in August 2024 in coordination with ACE.
We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for fmoviesf.co and didn't find scam reports or complaints. For a low-traffic mirror site this is expected and is not by itself a sign of trust.
Threat Detection
Scam Network
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Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 scam-type patterns detected
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.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
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.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
What to do
Brand impersonation detected
This page is styled as a known brand but is not the brand's real site.
- Do not interact with fmoviesf.co
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.
- OpenReport 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.
Final Verdict
This is a mirror site for the FMovies streaming service. The domain was registered in 2020 but the original FMovies operation was shut down by authorities in 2024, and this clone carries the typical risks of intrusive ads and potential malware from pop-ups.
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 fmoviesf.co as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — fmoviesf.co scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- 4 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged fmoviesf.co as malicious or suspicious (4 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- Independent trust-rating sites currently show the following for fmoviesf.co: ScamAdviser: 76/100. Those scores come from user reviews and their own heuristics, so they are worth comparing against our verdict.
- This is a permanent record of the scan run on July 8, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around fmoviesf.co have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.
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