Is hiphipmahjong.com safe?
http://hiphipmahjong.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 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
Hip Hip Mahjong is a real Shopify storefront for American Mahjong sets, with a clean technical profile but a strict no-refund policy and one stale antivirus flag.
Hip Hip Mahjong (hiphipmahjong.com) is an e-commerce shop selling American Mahjong tile collections and accessories, operated under the name Hip Hip Mahjong LLC. The site runs on Shopify, publishes a contact email on its own domain and a physical postal address, and has a valid encrypted connection with no browser threat feed warning. Independent research found a 4.2/5 rating across 24 reviews on Knoji. The main concerns are a strict no-refund policy covering orders and pre-orders, and a single stale antivirus observation that flagged the URL as suspicious. No active malware, phishing, or deceptive-download behavior was observed, so the score sits in the Low Risk band rather than Safe.
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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 78/100
Low Risk covers scores 70–84. 2 findings pulled the score down; 5 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- ModerateThe store's terms include a strict no-refund policy covering orders and pre-orders, with only limited exceptions for lost or damaged items reported within specific timeframes.
- 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 runs on Shopify, a mainstream e-commerce platform, as shown by the 'Powered by Shopify' footer.
- SupportsThe site publishes a contact email on its own domain (sales@hiphipmahjong.com) and a postal address.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
- SupportsIndependent research found a 4.2 out of 5 rating based on 24 reviews on Knoji.
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 910 days old, which is inconsistent with the disposable new-domain pattern typical of fake shops.
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.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
Hip Hip Mahjong (hiphipmahjong.com) is an e-commerce shop selling American Mahjong tile collections and accessories, operated under the name Hip Hip Mahjong LLC. The site runs on Shopify, publishes a contact email on its own domain and a physical postal address, and has a valid encrypted connection with no browser threat feed warning. Independent research found a 4.2/5 rating across 24 reviews on Knoji. The main concerns are a strict no-refund policy covering orders and pre-orders, and a single stale antivirus observation that flagged the URL as suspicious. No active malware, phishing, or deceptive-download behavior was observed, so the score sits in the Low Risk band rather than Safe.
A Shopify-based Mahjong shop with verifiable contact details
The storefront is built on Shopify, as shown by the 'Powered by Shopify' footer, and its navigation is organized around 'Shop', 'Shop By Editions', and 'Shop By products' links that lead to product collections on the same domain. This is a conventional e-commerce layout for a niche retailer selling American Mahjong sets and accessories.
The site publishes a contact email on its own domain (sales@hiphipmahjong.com) and a postal address, and the captured page includes a 'Get Directions' link pointing to Google Maps. A phone number was not present on the captured page, which is a minor transparency gap but not a fraud indicator on its own.
The domain is 910 days old, which is old enough to rule out the brand-new-domain pattern common in disposable fake shops. Independent research found a 4.2 out of 5 rating based on 24 reviews on Knoji, which is a supportive reputation signal rather than a complaint record.
Clean technical checks, but a strict no-refund policy and one stale antivirus flag
The browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. These results mean no active technical threat was detected at scan time; they do not by themselves establish that the operator is trustworthy.
One antivirus engine (Gridinsoft) marked the URL as suspicious in a saved, stale observation. A single stale flag from one engine is weak adverse evidence and does not indicate an active malware or phishing campaign, but it is a reason to keep the score below the Safe band rather than treat the site as fully cleared.
The operator-side risk is the store's strict no-refund policy, which applies to orders including pre-orders and allows only limited exceptions for lost or damaged items reported within specific timeframes. This is a disclosed commercial term rather than a hidden trap, but it materially limits a buyer's recourse if an order goes wrong.
What a visitor actually experiences
A visitor arriving at the homepage sees a promotional banner offering 10% off a first order in exchange for subscribing to new-arrival and holiday offer emails. This is a standard newsletter-capture offer, not a forced advertising flow or a deceptive pop-up.
From there, the visitor navigates through 'Shop', 'Shop By Editions', and 'Shop By products' links to browse collections and reach product pages. All of these commercial links stay on hiphipmahjong.com; the only cross-site links observed are non-commercial references to Shopify, Google Maps, and hCaptcha in the footer and policy area.
Why the score is 78
The saved checks found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier. 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
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekershopping
- 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
So you wanna be a Hipster? 10% off your first order awaits. Subscribe for new arrivals and holiday offers.
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
So you wanna be a Hipster? 10% off your first order awaits. Subscribe for new arrivals and holiday offers.
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
Hip Hip Mahjong! American holiday mahjong tile collections – Hip Hip Mahjong LLC
- Meta description
Posh American Mahjong Collections. Turning your Festive Fête into the next Mahjong Moment. As if you need an excuse to Live the Mahj Life.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/pages/aboutRead
- 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
Hip Hip Mahjong! American holiday mahjong tile collections – Hip Hip Mahjong LLC
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 59 antivirus results.
What independent research found
1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.
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
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Shop
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The site runs on Shopify, a mainstream e-commerce platform, as shown by the 'Powered by Shopify' footer.
- 02The site publishes a contact email on its own domain (sales@hiphipmahjong.com) and a postal address.
- 03The browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
Web research findings
Independent findings for hiphipmahjong.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.
- Knojiopen
"Based on online research and 24 Hip Hip Mahjong reviews, Hip Hip Mahjong's overall score is 4.2 out of 5 stars."
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.
- Domainhiphipmahjong.com
- Redirects tohiphipmahjong.com
- Hosted byShopify, Inc.
- Referencescdn.shopify.com · fonts.shopifycdn.com
Domain Timeline
- Apr 22, 2024Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 2 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 20, 2026Saved security review — Rated Low Risk
This saved scan found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- No phone number listed on the captured page.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (sales@hiphipmahjong.com).
- Postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for hiphipmahjong.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.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
- Meta Pixel
Chat, reviews and email
- Judge.me reviews
Security checks
- hCaptcha
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- cdnjs
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
The site refused our redirect check, so the chain below is the one our page reader followed.
- 1301http://hiphipmahjong.com/
- 2200https://hiphipmahjong.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.
The store's terms include a strict no-refund policy covering orders and pre-orders, with only limited exceptions for lost or damaged items reported within specific timeframes.
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 · Oct 20, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 20, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 20, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 20, 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 · Oct 20, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 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.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Hip Hip Mahjong is a real Shopify storefront for American Mahjong sets, with a clean technical profile but a strict no-refund policy and one stale antivirus flag.
Hip Hip Mahjong (hiphipmahjong.com) is an e-commerce shop selling American Mahjong tile collections and accessories, operated under the name Hip Hip Mahjong LLC. The site runs on Shopify, publishes a contact email on its own domain and a physical postal address, and has a valid encrypted connection with no browser threat feed warning. Independent research found a 4.2/5 rating across 24 reviews on Knoji. The main concerns are a strict no-refund policy covering orders and pre-orders, and a single stale antivirus observation that flagged the URL as suspicious. No active malware, phishing, or deceptive-download behavior was observed, so the score sits in the Low Risk band rather than Safe.
09 · Community
Community
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