Is friendsnycofficial.shop safe?
http://friendsnycofficial.shop/
Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
Brand-new '.shop' storefront trading on the FRIENDS NYC name, flagged by three security vendors and hiding who runs it
friendsnycofficial.shop presents itself as the online store of FRIENDS NYC, with a shopfront, cart and checkout, but the registrable domain is only 184 days old and the page gives no phone number, no postal address and no email on its own domain — the only contact route points at a different domain, friendsnyc.com. Three independent antivirus families have flagged the domain for phishing and fraud, while the browser threat feed and the TLS check came back clean. The combination of a very new domain, an off-domain contact address, no verifiable operator identity and live phishing detections puts this in the High Risk band: the storefront may take an order and a card number, but nothing on the page lets a buyer confirm who is actually behind it.
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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.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
friendsnycofficial.shop presents itself as the online store of FRIENDS NYC, with a shopfront, cart and checkout, but the registrable domain is only 184 days old and the page gives no phone number, no postal address and no email on its own domain — the only contact route points at a different domain, friendsnyc.com. Three independent antivirus families have flagged the domain for phishing and fraud, while the browser threat feed and the TLS check came back clean. The combination of a very new domain, an off-domain contact address, no verifiable operator identity and live phishing detections puts this in the High Risk band: the storefront may take an order and a card number, but nothing on the page lets a buyer confirm who is actually behind it.
A new domain wearing an established brand's name, with active phishing flags
The page brands itself as FRIENDS NYC and the captured visual text shows the store name and the host friendsnycofficial.shop together, so the site is clearly trading on that name rather than presenting an unrelated shop.
The registrable domain is only 184 days old, which is short for a business that presents itself as an established retailer, and the saved antivirus observation records three independent antivirus families returning an adverse result naming phishing and fraud. That detection is a saved observation rather than a fresh submission, so it should be treated as real but dated.
The clean results do not cancel that out: the browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, but those only mean no blocklist hit and a working certificate — they say nothing about who operates the shop or whether an order will be honoured.
No way to verify who is behind the checkout
The captured page lists no phone number and no operator postal address, so a buyer has no independent way to reach or locate the seller if an order goes wrong.
No contact email uses the site's own domain; the only contact route observed points at friendsnyc.com, a different domain from the one taking the order. That mismatch means the storefront and the party answering messages are not the same identity, which is exactly the gap a buyer cannot close from the page itself.
Why the score is 27
3 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
6/ 93
detectionsSaved analysis from October 11, 2026 - stale
6 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 3
- Suspicious
- 3
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| LevelBlueMalicious | phishing |
| NetcraftMalicious | malicious |
| WebrootMalicious | malicious |
| alphaMountain.aiSuspicious | suspicious |
| ESETSuspicious | suspicious |
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 93 engine results
- LevelBlue - phishing - Malicious
- Netcraft - Malicious
- Webroot - Malicious
- alphaMountain.ai - Suspicious
- ESET - Suspicious
- Gridinsoft - Suspicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- 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
- 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
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - 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
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
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
FRIENDS NYC
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
FRIENDS NYC
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Home | FRIENDS NYC
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 61 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
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
Fake Shop & Commercial Deception
Service and business model
Shop
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 013 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
- 02No contact email uses the site's own domain; the observed contact route points at friendsnyc.com instead.
- 03The captured page lists no phone number and no operator postal address.
If this is a scam — what it means for you
What happens when a visitor actually shops here
A visitor arriving on the storefront is invited to 'Shop Now' and can add items to a 'Cart', which is the point at which personal and payment details would normally be handed over to the operator.
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.
At that moment the buyer has no phone number, no postal address and no email on the store's own domain to fall back on — the only contact route leads to a different domain — so if the order is not fulfilled there is no verified counterparty to pursue.
That exposure is compounded by the saved antivirus observation recording three independent families flagging the domain for phishing and fraud, meaning the checkout itself is the kind of page those detections warn about.
Do not enter payment or personal details on friendsnycofficial.shop. If you want to buy from FRIENDS NYC, reach the brand through its own established domain and channels rather than this 184-day-old '.shop' storefront, and treat any message or order confirmation coming from this host as unverified.
Web research findings
Independent findings for friendsnycofficial.shop, 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.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for friendsnycofficial.shop. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
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.
- Domainfriendsnycofficial.shop
- Redirects tofriendsnycofficial.shop
- Hosted byBeijing Ruihao Kai Yuan Technology Co., Ltd
- Referencesfonts.googleapis.com · fonts.gstatic.com
Domain Timeline
- Apr 16, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 6 months old when this review was saved.
- Oct 17, 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.
- No contact email uses the site's own domain.
- No phone number listed on the captured page.
- No operator postal address visible on the captured page.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://friendsnycofficial.shop/
- 2200https://friendsnycofficial.shop/
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
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
3 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. 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.
The page carries ordinary storefront calls to action such as 'Shop Now', 'Cart' and 'Shop New Arrivals'. · The registrable domain is only 184 days old, which is short for a storefront presenting itself as an established retailer.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 6 of 93 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 11, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 17, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 17, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 17, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 17, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result6 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimited
- FindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 11, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 17, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 17, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 17, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 17, 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 friendsnycofficial.shop a scam or a legit online store?
Is friendsnycofficial.shop safe to use?
What should I do if I already gave my details to friendsnycofficial.shop?
Can I get my money back from friendsnycofficial.shop?
I ordered from friendsnycofficial.shop but nothing arrived — is it a fake shop?
How do I report friendsnycofficial.shop?
Why does friendsnycofficial.shop look legitimate if it's a scam?
Has friendsnycofficial.shop been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is friendsnycofficial.shop on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the friendsnycofficial.shop domain?
Does friendsnycofficial.shop have a valid SSL certificate?
How often is the friendsnycofficial.shop report updated?
08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Brand-new '.shop' storefront trading on the FRIENDS NYC name, flagged by three security vendors and hiding who runs it
friendsnycofficial.shop presents itself as the online store of FRIENDS NYC, with a shopfront, cart and checkout, but the registrable domain is only 184 days old and the page gives no phone number, no postal address and no email on its own domain — the only contact route points at a different domain, friendsnyc.com. Three independent antivirus families have flagged the domain for phishing and fraud, while the browser threat feed and the TLS check came back clean. The combination of a very new domain, an off-domain contact address, no verifiable operator identity and live phishing detections puts this in the High Risk band: the storefront may take an order and a card number, but nothing on the page lets a buyer confirm who is actually behind it.
09 · Community