Warning signs detected
Long-running hentai streaming platform with conflicting trust ratings, aggressive ad practices, and potential adware exposure. Several risk indicators suggest caution. This site might be legitimate — but treat it as unverified until you can independently confirm.
Is hanime1.me legit or a scam?
Long-running hentai streaming platform with conflicting trust ratings, aggressive ad practices, and potential adware exposure.
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.
Analysis Summary
MT Intelligence
The domain has operated since July 2020 and attracts roughly 46 million monthly visits, primarily from Taiwan and Hong Kong, suggesting it is a functional, established service rather than a short-lived scam. However, trust assessments diverge sharply: some independent review sites rate it as safe (scores 79–90/100), while others flag it as high-risk (14.4/100). The site is documented to display aggressive pop-ups (e.g. 'Claim Your Anime Girlfriend') and has been flagged for potential adware or browser-redirect vectors. Our antivirus network did not flag it for malware or phishing, and major browser blocklists show it clean. The WHOIS data is hidden via privacy service, preventing verification of legitimate business registration. The brand-impersonation flag (Fortnite) reflects that the site hosts Fortnite-themed adult content, not that it impersonates the game itself. Overall, the site appears to operate as a real adult streaming platform but carries typical risks associated with ad-heavy adult sites: intrusive ads, potential malware bundling, and privacy concerns.
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Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for hanime1.me, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain registered 23 Jul 2020 (or 24 Jul 2020) via Cloudflare, expires 2027; over 5 years old with high traffic (~46M visits/month, primarily Taiwan/HK).
- Kaspersky categorizes as Pornography/erotic; no malware verdict reported. VirusTotal and most engines show clean for phishing/malware.
- Mixed scanner scores: Scamadviser says very likely legit; Scam-Detector gives 14.4/100 (high-risk); PCRisk 82/100; Gridinsoft 79/100.
- Known for aggressive pop-ups/ads (e.g. "Claim Your Anime Girlfriend"); AdGuard GitHub issue for missed ads that trigger on clicks.
- Listed as competitor to hanime.tv and other hentai sites; has third-party Android viewer on GitHub; popular in Chinese-speaking regions for subtitled hentai.
- No specific user complaints about financial scams, wallet theft, or Fortnite impersonation found; typical adult site risks (ads, privacy) noted.
- No business entity, owner, or registration records publicly available due to WHOIS privacy.
- Scam-Detector.comopen
"it's suspicious, as it received an overall low trust score... 14.4/100... Controversial. High-Risk. Unsafe."
- SensorsTechForumopen
"Hanime1.me may look like a simple adult hentai streaming... could be tied to multiple online threats... adware or browser redirect virus."
- ThePornGuy.orgopen
"Hanime1.me isn’t squeaky clean. You might get a pop-up or two asking you to “Claim Your Anime Girlfriend”... Slightly sketchy reputation with some red-flag site checkers."
- Scamadviseropen
"In summary, hanime1.me is very likely not a scam but legit and reliable."
- Gridinsoftopen
"hanime1.me appears to be generally safe... trust score is 79/100... Favorable 4.2 / 5 ★★★★☆"
- PCRisk Scanneropen
"trust score 82/100... No major malware threats were detected... domain has been active for several years."
- EvenInsightopen
"Hanime1.me is a safe website! ... safety score of 90 out of 100... no evidence of scams."
Our web research identified three scam-report mentions and four positive trust assessments. Scam-report outlets describe the site as suspicious with a low trust score (14.4/100) and flag aggressive pop-up advertisements and potential adware or browser-redirect vectors. Independent review aggregators show mixed results: some rate the site as safe (trust scores 79–90/100), while others classify it as high-risk. No specific complaints about financial scams, wallet theft, or Fortnite impersonation were found. The site is documented as a long-running hentai streaming platform popular in Taiwan and Hong Kong, with typical adult-site risks (intrusive ads, privacy concerns) rather than fraud-specific threats.
Security Scans
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.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- Page impersonates Fortnite on a non-official domain.
- Phone number listed (2020-2025).
- Postal address visible on the page.
- Links to 2 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://hanime1.me/
- 2200https://hanime1.me/
Server Reputation
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.
- Page mentions Fortnite (non-official domain).
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.
- Page mentions Fortnite (non-official domain).
Possible brand impersonation
This page is styled as a known brand but is not the brand's real site.
- Treat hanime1.me as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- 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.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
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 marked hanime1.me as suspicious. Several warning signs were detected; it may still turn out legitimate, but you should verify it through independent channels before trusting it with money or credentials.
- hanime1.me currently scores 55/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend caution. Verify the site through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- Yes. hanime1.me presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 55 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- No. hanime1.me is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- hanime1.me 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.
- We cache results for 24 hours. Signed-in MalwareTips members can trigger a manual rescan at any time using the "Rescan" button on the report page, which re-runs every check from scratch and refreshes this page.
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