Is hobbynix.com legit or a scam?
Hobbynix is a high-risk subscription trap flagged by BitDefender and ESET for phishing and deceptive billing practices.
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
Critical risk detected
2 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page. Multiple independent checks — antivirus engines, browser safety blocklists, and threat databases — flagged this site. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.
Website Preview
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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.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
We could not capture a fully-rendered screenshot of this page; visual analysis is inconclusive.
What our vision model saw
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MT Intelligence
Our analysis identified several critical red flags including active phishing detections from BitDefender, G-Data, and ESET. While the site presents a professional storefront for digital products, our research uncovered reports of unauthorized recurring charges and 'conditional refunds' where users are allegedly forced to leave positive reviews to get their money back. The domain is relatively new and lacks a transparent ownership history. The combination of security engine flags and predatory billing reports indicates a high risk to consumers.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for hobbynix.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain registered approximately May/July 2025 (under 1 year old at time of many scans); WHOIS owner information hidden.
- Company Zemlano Limited registered in Cyprus in July 2024 and listed as active; site provides Cyprus address, phone (+357 22 151804), and support@hobbynix.com.
- Multiple low trust scores: Scam-Detector 19.6/100 (suspicious, phishing/spam risks, "façade"), Gridinsoft 35/100 (2 blacklist detections, "Suspicious Website"), ScamDoc ~25-45% (short life expectancy).
- Trustpilot shows 4.0/5 from ~300 reviews, but complaints exist of unauthorized subscriptions and conditional refunds tied to positive Trustpilot reviews.
- Site sells digital products (yoga, self-help courses, activation by email); pages reference refund/cancellation policies.
- Reported on ScamWatcher as misleading subscription scam involving refusal of refund unless customer posts good Trustpilot review (reported ~2 days prior to scan).
- Trustpilot page exists with hundreds of reviews, but independent scanners flag high risk and advise avoidance.
- ScamWatcheropen
"Scam. Misleading. Requested money back for a subscription I didn't buy but they said I won't get my money back unless I give them a good review on trustpilot"
- ScamDocopen
"Hobbynix.com reviews | Poor Trust Score: 25% ... Short life expectancy domain no reviews have been left for this website"
- Scam-Detectoropen
"The algorithm detected high-risk activity related to phishing, spamming, and other factors noted in the New. Suspicious. Dubious. tags. Long story short, we recommend staying away from this website."
- Trustpilotopen
"hobbynix.com 4.0 Great TrustScore 4 out of 5 302 reviews"
Zemlano Limited (HE 463335), registered 29/07/2024, active per Cyprus Registrar of Companies. Domain created ~May/July 2025, owner info hidden in WHOIS.
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 postal address visible on the page.
- Phone number listed (+357) 22 151804).
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
Avoid this site
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Do not interact with hobbynix.com
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- Verify the business through independent channels
Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.
- Never use irreversible payment methods
Crypto, gift cards, wire transfers, and cash apps offer zero buyer protection. Use a credit card or PayPal if you must pay.
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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 flags hobbynix.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — hobbynix.com scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. hobbynix.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 36 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- hobbynix.com is 1.1 years old, registered on 5/7/2025 through Porkbun LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 4 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged hobbynix.com as malicious or suspicious (2 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. hobbynix.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- hobbynix.com 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.
- This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 18, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around hobbynix.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.
Final Verdict
This site operates as a subscription trap disguised as a hobby and digital product store. Multiple security engines flag it for phishing, and users report being charged for memberships they did not authorize.
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