Shop shows non-delivery red flags
Domain is only 30 days old. Several red flags typical of non-delivery shops are present. Don't pay by crypto or wire, and keep the chargeback window in mind.
Is hose-hawk.com legit or a scam?
New 30-day-old site selling an overhyped garden hose nozzle with multiple reports of unauthorized charges and scam complaints.
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 the official seller of the Hose Hawk Pro Pressure Washer, a simple hose attachment that claims high-pressure cleaning without electricity. The domain is only 30 days old and lacks any verifiable business registration or physical address. Our research uncovered scam reports on Reddit and Facebook describing unauthorized credit card charges and bonus orders after purchase. Additional complaints highlight that the product is just a basic sprayer with unrealistic marketing claims. Clean antivirus and hosting results do not outweigh the clear consumer warnings and lack of legitimacy signals.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for hose-hawk.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain hose-hawk.com (30 days old) sells 'Hose Hawk Pro Pressure Washer' as a garden hose attachment claiming high-pressure cleaning without electricity.
- Multiple YouTube review videos (e.g., 'Hose Hawk Pro Review — Does it Work or A Scam?') describe it as an overhyped basic nozzle with unrealistic claims.
- Reddit users report unauthorized credit card charges after ordering from hose-hawk.com and label the product a scam.
- Facebook group posts complain of 'bonus' unauthorized orders, poor product quality, and describe it as merely a standard garden hose sprayer.
- Walmart customer reviews (2/5 stars) note missing instructions, smaller size than advertised, and low value.
- Similar products sold on Amazon, Walmart, and Trustpilot under variants like hosehawk.net with mixed-to-negative feedback.
- No official company registration, physical address, or verifiable business information found.
- Redditopen
"Hose-Hawk Pro is a scam. Do not order it through the Hose-Hawk.com website because they make unauthorized charges on your card such as ..."
- Facebookopen
"I too was scammed! This is a terrible product. I somehow even got a "bonus" order when I did not one. ... It is basically a garden hose sprayer. Not anything near a pressure washer as their claims state."
Our research found scam reports on Reddit and Facebook describing unauthorized charges and bonus orders after purchasing from hose-hawk.com. Users report the product is merely a standard garden hose sprayer with unrealistic performance claims. Additional complaints on review platforms note missing instructions, smaller size than advertised, and low value. No business registration or positive reviews were located.
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 email uses the site's own domain — legitimate shops usually do.
- No postal address visible on the page.
- Phone number listed (555-1234).
- Links to 4 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
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.
- AI analyst tagged this as a fake shop.
- Domain is 30 days old — very young for a shop.
- AI analyst tagged this as a subscription trap.
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.
- AI analyst tagged this as a fake shop.
- Domain is 30 days old — very young for a shop.
- AI analyst tagged this as a subscription trap.
Fake-shop warning signs
Signals common to non-delivery scam shops were detected on this site.
- Treat hose-hawk.com as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- 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.
Trust History
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 marked hose-hawk.com 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.
- hose-hawk.com currently scores 43/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend caution. Verify the site through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- Yes. hose-hawk.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · R12, expiring in 59 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- hose-hawk.com is 1 month old, registered on 4/17/2026 through HOSTINGER operations, UAB. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- No. All 93 antivirus engines in our malware network report hose-hawk.com as clean.
- No. hose-hawk.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- hose-hawk.com resolves to an IP operated by Brander Group Inc. in US (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). 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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