Is foot-mania.com safe?
http://foot-mania.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (59 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
Foot Mania is a Shopify storefront flagged by multiple independent sources for refund and delivery failures.
Foot Mania presents itself as an online shop selling footwear, running on Shopify infrastructure with a valid encrypted connection and a contact address on its own domain. However, independent research found an independent review platform complaint alleging a promised refund that was never paid, a security vendor listing it as a suspicious shop with payment and delivery warnings, and a French verification service rating it unreliable. The site's own pages could not be fully reviewed for contact details, and no verifiable physical address or phone number was confirmed. The combination of unresolved refund complaints and third-party warnings places this site 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 28/100
High Risk covers scores 21–44. 4 findings pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Moderate3 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Arnaque : remboursement promis, jamais versé"
- Moderate3 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Foot-mania.com is listed as a suspicious shop. Reports in this class often describe payment accepted first, delivery issues later."
- Moderate3 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "site non fiable - basé sur 127 critères"
- 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.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe site provides a contact email on its own domain.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning.
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 foot-mania.com? 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 foot-mania.com, 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
IONOS SE takes abuse reports at abuse@ionos.com (+1.6105601459). 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
Foot Mania presents itself as an online shop selling footwear, running on Shopify infrastructure with a valid encrypted connection and a contact address on its own domain. However, independent research found an independent review platform complaint alleging a promised refund that was never paid, a security vendor listing it as a suspicious shop with payment and delivery warnings, and a French verification service rating it unreliable. The site's own pages could not be fully reviewed for contact details, and no verifiable physical address or phone number was confirmed. The combination of unresolved refund complaints and third-party warnings places this site in the High Risk band.
Independent warnings and a refund complaint
An independent review platform's review page for foot-mania.com contains a complaint titled 'Arnaque : remboursement promis, jamais versé' — a scam allegation stating a refund was promised but never paid. This is a direct customer report of financial harm.
Gridinsoft lists foot-mania.com as a suspicious shop, noting that reports in this class often describe payment accepted first and delivery issues later. FranceVerif rates the site 'non fiable' (unreliable) based on 127 criteria. These are independent third-party assessments, not the site's own claims.
Technical checks are clean, but operator transparency is limited
The saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, and the browser threat feed returned no threat warning. These are baseline technical facts: they mean no active malware or phishing was detected at scan time, not that the shop is trustworthy.
The site lists a support email on its own domain (support@foot-mania.com), which is a minor positive signal. However, the page text was not read to the end, so a missing phone number or postal address cannot be confirmed. No verifiable physical address or corporate registration was found, leaving the operator's legal identity unclear.
Why the score is 28
3 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Arnaque : remboursement promis, jamais versé". 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 - 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
- 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
- BitDefenderporn
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekersex
- 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
OBTENEZ LE VOTRE ICI
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
OBTENEZ LE VOTRE ICI
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
Foot Mania
- Meta description
Maillots de Football uniques et authentiques pour les vrais fans de foot
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
Foot Mania
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 59 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
- 013 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Arnaque : remboursement promis, jamais versé"
- 023 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Foot-mania.com is listed as a suspicious shop. Reports in this class often describe payment accepted first, delivery issues later."
- 033 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "site non fiable - basé sur 127 critères"
If this is a scam — what it means for you
What a visitor experiences
A visitor to foot-mania.com sees a 'Panier' (Cart) and an 'OBTENEZ LE VOTRE ICI' button, which lead to a checkout flow for purchasing footwear.
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.
According to a customer complaint, after a purchase and cancellation, a refund was promised but never paid. This matches the pattern described by Gridinsoft of payment accepted first and delivery issues later.
Do not shop at Foot Mania. The site has unresolved complaints about refunds and delivery, and independent services rate it as suspicious or unreliable. If you have already paid, contact your bank or payment provider immediately to dispute the charge.
Web research findings
Independent findings for foot-mania.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.
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.
- Domainfoot-mania.com
- Redirects towww.foot-mania.com
- Hosted byShopify, Inc.
- Referencesshop.app · cdn.shopify.com
Domain Timeline
- Jun 2, 2025Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 1.4 years old when this review was saved.
- Nov 1, 2026Saved security review — Rated High Risk
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.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (support@foot-mania.com).
Domain & Encryption
Report this domain to its registrar: send the address and what happened to this contact.
Certificate issued for www.foot-mania.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
- 1301http://foot-mania.com/
- 2301https://foot-mania.com/
- 3200https://www.foot-mania.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: "Arnaque : remboursement promis, jamais versé" · 3 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Foot-mania.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 92 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 1, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 1, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 1, 2026 |
| Independent research | 3 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Nov 1, 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 · Nov 1, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 1, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 1, 2026
- Independent research
- Result3 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 1, 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 foot-mania.com a scam or a legit online store?
Is foot-mania.com safe to use?
What should I do if I already gave my details to foot-mania.com?
Can I get my money back from foot-mania.com?
I ordered from foot-mania.com but nothing arrived — is it a fake shop?
How do I report foot-mania.com?
Why does foot-mania.com look legitimate if it's a scam?
Has foot-mania.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is foot-mania.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the foot-mania.com domain?
Does foot-mania.com have a valid SSL certificate?
How often is the foot-mania.com report updated?
08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Foot Mania is a Shopify storefront flagged by multiple independent sources for refund and delivery failures.
Foot Mania presents itself as an online shop selling footwear, running on Shopify infrastructure with a valid encrypted connection and a contact address on its own domain. However, independent research found an independent review platform complaint alleging a promised refund that was never paid, a security vendor listing it as a suspicious shop with payment and delivery warnings, and a French verification service rating it unreliable. The site's own pages could not be fully reviewed for contact details, and no verifiable physical address or phone number was confirmed. The combination of unresolved refund complaints and third-party warnings places this site in the High Risk band.
09 · Community
Community
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