Fake shop — do not order
Domain was registered only 17 days ago — brand-new sites are higher-risk by default. 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 hosehawkpro.net legit or a scam?
Bogus HoseHawk Pro pressure washer scam site loaded with fake 'Good Housekeeping' badges, star ratings, and pushy sales buttons on a 17-day-old domain.
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 promotes an invented 'HoseHawk Pro' garden hose attachment as a miracle pressure washer with 70% off deals. Our page analyzer flagged classic scam hallmarks like fake trust badges for 'Cleaning Excellence' and 'Good Housekeeping Awards', suspicious generic 5-star ratings claiming 2500+ customers, and multiple urgent 'Order Now' buttons. No real contact info appears—no own-domain email or address—which legitimate shops always provide. The domain is only 17 days old, a red flag for fly-by-night fraud pages. Clean antivirus scans don't outweigh these blatant visual scam signals.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →
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
This is a classic scam landing page for a fake pressure washer product using fake reviews, trust badges, and urgent call-to-action buttons to lure purchases.
What our vision model saw
5 signalsFake trust badges including 'Cleaning Excellence' and 'Good Housekeeping Awards & Conference' seals
Suspicious generic star ratings '★★★★ Over 250+ Happy Customers'
Multiple prominent 'Order Now' buttons creating false urgency
Repeated and misaligned text in product description indicating poor quality
Invented product brand 'HoseHawk Pro' with unprofessional generic sales layout
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for hosehawkpro.net, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
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 (+1-555-123-4567).
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 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 17 days old — very young for a shop.
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 17 days old — very young for a shop.
Fake shop — do not order
Signals common to non-delivery scam shops were detected on this site.
- Do not interact with hosehawkpro.net
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.
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 flags hosehawkpro.net as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — hosehawkpro.net scored 25/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. hosehawkpro.net presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · R13, expiring in 71 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- hosehawkpro.net is 17 days old, registered on 4/20/2026 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 hosehawkpro.net as clean.
- No. hosehawkpro.net is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- hosehawkpro.net 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.
Final Verdict
This is a fake online store pushing a bogus 'HoseHawk Pro' pressure washer attachment. Our page analyzer spotted fake trust badges, invented reviews, and urgent 'Order Now' buttons designed to trick you into buying junk. Avoid it completely and don't enter any payment details.
Other Dangerous reports
User reviews & comments(0)
Share your experience — "Lost $200 on a fake checkout" is more useful than "Scam". Your review helps others avoid traps.