Is ios.applecartpt.com safe?
http://ios.applecartpt.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: complete · 6 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (57 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Fake "Apple Card Portugal" page on a lookalike domain collects credit-card applications while impersonating Apple
This page is styled as Apple's own product page, shows the Apple logo and wordmark "Card", and carries the footer "© 2026 Apple Inc. Todos os direitos reservados." — but it runs on ios.applecartpt.com, a subdomain of applecardpt.com, a domain registered only 137 days ago. It advertises a pre-approved credit line of up to €25,000 with 3% daily cashback and no annual fee, "now available in Portugal", and pushes visitors into an application funnel. No bank, licensed issuer or operating company is named anywhere, and the only contact is an email address on the same lookalike domain. Four antivirus engines, including three that specifically label it phishing, flag the host. Apple Card is not offered in Portugal, and this site has no connection to Apple.
Saved site captureCaptured safely during this scan4 antivirus engines flagged this URLalphaMountain.ai, ESET, LevelBlue, SophosAt a glance
Saved with this scan; each value is explained in the sections below.
Domain age
4 months old
Registered Jun 25, 2026Expires Jun 25, 2027Certificate
Valid
Expires Jan 25, 2027 (77d)Hosting
United States (US)
Vercel, IncPopularity
Radar ranks applecartpt.com, not this subdomain
Antivirus
4/57
4 antivirus engines flagged this URLSafe Browsing
Not flagged
Not flagged on major threat listsCommunity
No reviews yet
Checked
Nov 9, 2026
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 12/100
Dangerous covers scores 1–20. 5 findings pulled the score down; 1 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Decisive4 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result.
- ModerateThe page reproduces Apple's logo, product-page styling and an "© 2026 Apple Inc." copyright line on a domain Apple does not own.
- ModerateThe page advertises a pre-approved credit line of up to €25,000 but names no bank, licensed issuer or operating company.
- ModerateOne public warning on a scam-warning or security site: "Applecardpt.com：新域名警告 (信任评分 49/100)"
- MinorIndependent reporting says Apple Card has not expanded beyond the United States, contradicting the page's claim that it is now available in Portugal.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsSafe Browsing returned no warning and the TLS connection is valid, so no interception or malware delivery was observed.
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).
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01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
This page is styled as Apple's own product page, shows the Apple logo and wordmark "Card", and carries the footer "© 2026 Apple Inc. Todos os direitos reservados." — but it runs on ios.applecartpt.com, a subdomain of applecardpt.com, a domain registered only 137 days ago. It advertises a pre-approved credit line of up to €25,000 with 3% daily cashback and no annual fee, "now available in Portugal", and pushes visitors into an application funnel. No bank, licensed issuer or operating company is named anywhere, and the only contact is an email address on the same lookalike domain. Four antivirus engines, including three that specifically label it phishing, flag the host. Apple Card is not offered in Portugal, and this site has no connection to Apple.
Apple branding on a domain Apple does not own
The header and hero reproduce Apple's product-page look: the Apple logo with the wordmark "Card", a rendered titanium card showing the Apple logo and a VISA mark, and a footer claiming Apple Inc. copyright for 2026. The page title recorded independently is "Apple Card — Portugal".
None of that branding sits on an Apple domain. The host is a subdomain of applecardpt.com, a registrable domain only 137 days old at the time of analysis, registered through a commercial registrar rather than by Apple. A brand-new lookalike domain carrying Apple's logo and copyright line is the standard shape of an impersonation campaign, not of a product launch.
Independent reporting notes that Apple Card has not expanded beyond the United States, which directly contradicts the page's claim that the card is "Agora disponível em Portugal" (now available in Portugal).
A credit application with no issuer behind it
The page's calls to action — "Pedir Apple Card", "Pedir cartão", "Pedir pré-aprovação" and "Simular o meu limite" — all lead to same-site application paths. The offer is framed as "Crédito pré-aprovado. Aprovação em minutos." with up to €25,000 of limit, up to 3% daily cashback, no annual fee, and a laser-engraved titanium card shipped by DHL within 24-48 hours of approval.
A real credit-card application names the licensed issuer and the bank behind it. This page names no financial institution, no company registration, no address and no phone number; the only support channel is an email address on the same lookalike domain. Anyone completing the application would be handing identity and income details to an unidentified party.
Phishing detections, and what the clean checks do not cover
Four of 93 antivirus engines flag this host, and three of those — ESET, LevelBlue and Sophos — classify it specifically as phishing, with alphaMountain.ai marking it malicious. A third-party reputation check of the parent domain also warns about its recent registration and thin independent reputation, scoring trust at 49/100.
Two checks came back clean: the browser threat feed returned no warning, and the connection is encrypted with a valid certificate. Neither says anything about who is behind the page — a phishing site can hold a valid certificate and stay off a blocklist for a while. The shared hosting address also shows no abuse history, but that is CDN infrastructure used by many sites and does not vouch for this one.
Why the score is 12
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
4/ 93
detectionsFresh result
4 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 4
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
- Malicious4
- Clean53
- Undetected36
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| alphaMountain.aiMalicious | malicious |
| ESETMalicious | phishing |
| LevelBlueMalicious | phishing |
| SophosMalicious | phishing |
All 93 engine results
- alphaMountain.ai - Malicious
- ESET - phishing - Malicious
- LevelBlue - phishing - Malicious
- Sophos - phishing - Malicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- 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
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Unrated
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Orcapot - Unrated
- 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
- 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 - Unrated
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiMalicious
- Sophosphishing and fraud
- Googlefinancial_services
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
Visual context from the captured page
Header and hero display the Apple logo with the wordmark "Card" and "Apple Card", styled like Apple's own product page, on host ios.applecartpt.com. Hero headline reads "Crédito pré-aprovado. Aprovação em minutos." with subtext offering up to €25.000 limit, up to 3% daily cashback, no annual fee, "Agora disponível em Portugal". Black pill buttons "Pedir Apple Card" (top right) and "Pedir pré-aprovação" (hero) plus a "Saber mais" link. A rendered titanium card image shows the Apple logo, "O SEU NOME AQUI", "APPLE CARD · TITANIUM" and a VISA mark.
What the captured page showed
4 observations- 01
Header and hero display the Apple logo with the wordmark "Card" and "Apple Card", styled like Apple's own product page, on host ios.applecartpt.com.
- 02
Hero headline reads "Crédito pré-aprovado. Aprovação em minutos." with subtext offering up to €25.000 limit, up to 3% daily cashback, no annual fee, "Agora disponível em Portugal".
- 03
Black pill buttons "Pedir Apple Card" (top right) and "Pedir pré-aprovação" (hero) plus a "Saber mais" link.
- 04
A rendered titanium card image shows the Apple logo, "O SEU NOME AQUI", "APPLE CARD · TITANIUM" and a VISA mark.
Browser behavior
What our isolated browser recorded while it loaded the page. Host names only: no full addresses are published.
- Pop-ups
- 0
- Download attempts
- 0
- Notification prompts
- 0
- Navigations
- 2
- Other hosts contacted
- 0
Where the page went
- First loadios.applecartpt.comSame site
- On its ownios.applecartpt.comSame site
Hosts on our aggressive-advertising list
None contacted.
Test clicks
No test click was made on this page.
What the page says about itself
Quoted from the pages we read: the site's own words, not our findings.
- Page title
Apple Card — Portugal
- Meta description
Daily Cash em todas as compras. Zero anuidade. Zero taxas. Agora em Portugal.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Apple Card — Portugal
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 57 antivirus results.
What independent research found
5 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
The checks completed, but ownership, business claims, and future site behavior can still change after this snapshot.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
Phishing & Impersonation
Service and business model
Financial Service
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The hosting IP has an abuse confidence score of 0/100 across 72 saved reports
- 02A rendered titanium card image shows the Apple logo, "O SEU NOME AQUI", "APPLE CARD · TITANIUM" and a VISA mark.
- Also 7 listed above
Web research findings
Independent findings for ios.applecartpt.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence.
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.
Infrastructure map
- Domainios.applecartpt.com
- Redirects toios.applecartpt.com
- Hosted byVercel, Inc
Domain Timeline
- Jun 25, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 4 months old when this review was saved.
- Nov 9, 2026Saved security review — Rated Dangerous
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
ios.applecartpt.com was registered very recently when this review was saved and was already flagged. Freshly-registered domains are disproportionately used for scams, and a young domain with active threat signals warrants extra caution.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
Domain & Encryption
At the scan on Nov 9, 2026: 38% of the registration period had passed
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Report this domain to its registrar: send the address and what happened to this contact.
At the scan on Nov 9, 2026: 14% of the validity period had passed
Certificate issued for ios.applecartpt.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.
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
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
- 1308http://ios.applecartpt.com/
- 2206https://ios.applecartpt.com/
Server Reputation
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruscomplete
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
maliciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 4 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | Adverse | fresh · analysed Nov 9, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 9, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 9, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 4 visible observations saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 9, 2026 |
| Independent research | 5 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Nov 9, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result4 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Nov 9, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 9, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 9, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result4 visible observations saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 9, 2026
- Independent research
- Result5 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 9, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Answered from the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Fake "Apple Card Portugal" page on a lookalike domain collects credit-card applications while impersonating Apple
This page is styled as Apple's own product page, shows the Apple logo and wordmark "Card", and carries the footer "© 2026 Apple Inc. Todos os direitos reservados." — but it runs on ios.applecartpt.com, a subdomain of applecardpt.com, a domain registered only 137 days ago. It advertises a pre-approved credit line of up to €25,000 with 3% daily cashback and no annual fee, "now available in Portugal", and pushes visitors into an application funnel. No bank, licensed issuer or operating company is named anywhere, and the only contact is an email address on the same lookalike domain. Four antivirus engines, including three that specifically label it phishing, flag the host. Apple Card is not offered in Portugal, and this site has no connection to Apple.
09 · Community
Community
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