Fake shop — do not order
Clone of the shut-down HiAnime anime streaming site on a new domain with brand impersonation scam reports. The site shows patterns common to non-delivery scam shops. Don't submit payment details, and if you already paid by card or PayPal, start a chargeback today.
Is hianime.ms legit or a scam?
Clone of the shut-down HiAnime anime streaming site on a new domain with brand impersonation scam reports.
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 site presents itself as a free anime streaming platform matching the exact branding and content of the original hianime.to that closed in March 2026. Our fingerprinting confirms it as a direct clone using the same layout and claims of 8,744+ titles with no signup required. Technical scans from our antivirus network and browser blocklists returned completely clean with no malware detections. However the domain is newly registered, shows a crypto-only checkout template match, and carries zero contact information. Evidence from our research shows Instagram and Reddit posts warning about donation scams impersonating the HiAnime brand, which lowers trust further.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
Visual Screenshot Analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
No scam visual patterns detected
The screenshot shows a clean, fully rendered dark-themed anime streaming site with no visible scam indicators, urgency tactics, fake badges, or suspicious overlays.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for hianime.ms, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- hianime.ms hosts free anime streaming with HD sub/dub, no signup, matching original HiAnime description
- Original hianime.to displayed shutdown message in March 2026: 'It’s time to say goodbye. And thank you for a wonderful journey with great moments.'
- Security scans: PCRisk 65/100 (0/92 engines flagged), Gridinsoft 58/100, Scam-Detector 14.7/100 citing new domain and streaming category
- Quttera scan: clean, no malicious/suspicious files or blacklists
- Reddit users report accessing and using hianime.ms post-shutdown; warnings about fake Instagram donation scams for the HiAnime brand
- Domain noted as recently registered in multiple scanner reports; uses Cloudflare nameservers
- Listed in 'best free anime sites' articles alongside other unofficial streaming platforms
- Noteburneropen
"#5 HiAnime. URL: https:// hianime.ms /. Recommend level: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ☆ HiAnime is an unverified anime streaming website that lets users watch anime online for free without registration."
hianime.ms matches the branding, content, and purpose of the original HiAnime site which shut down in March 2026; multiple sources describe .ms and similar domains as mirrors or revivals
Our research found two scam mentions on Instagram and Reddit warning users about donation scams impersonating the HiAnime brand. One positive listing appears in a Noteburner article describing it as an unverified free streaming site. No business registration records were located and complaints about the domain itself were absent.
Scam Network Intelligence
Antivirus Engines
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.
- No phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
- Scam family match: Crypto-Only Checkout.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://hianime.ms/
- 2200https://hianime.ms/
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
2 scam-type patterns detected
0 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.
- Crypto-only checkout — no card / bank payment option.
- No phone number or postal address anywhere on the page.
- Fake-urgency countdown / high-pressure copy.
- Multiple contact / trust-signal red flags on the page.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
0 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.
- Crypto-only checkout — no card / bank payment option.
- No phone number or postal address anywhere on the page.
- Fake-urgency countdown / high-pressure copy.
- Multiple contact / trust-signal red flags on the page.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
Fake shop — do not order
Signals common to non-delivery scam shops were detected on this site.
- Do not interact with hianime.ms
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- If you already paid by card or PayPal — start a chargeback
Contact your bank or card issuer and dispute the charge as "goods not received" or "merchant fraud." PayPal users can open a case in the Resolution Centre. Act within 120 days for card chargebacks in most jurisdictions.
- Save every piece of evidence
Screenshots of the checkout, order confirmation emails, any chat transcripts, and the product listing page. Chargeback and fraud reports go faster when you have receipts.
- OpenReport the shop
Report to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov), Action Fraud UK, or your local consumer-protection body. Post the URL on the MalwareTips scam forum so other buyers can find it.
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 from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.
- Our automated security review flags hianime.ms as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — hianime.ms scored 25/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. hianime.ms presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · E8, expiring in 80 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report hianime.ms as clean.
- No. hianime.ms is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- hianime.ms 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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