Is kacob.com safe?
http://kacob.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (61 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
Kacob is a Shopify-style shop with restrictive refund terms and an adverse security reputation
Kacob presents itself as an online store selling physical goods, running a standard e-commerce storefront with 'SHOP NOW' and 'Shop all' calls to action. However, the site's own terms include refund language that treats the customer as a secondary party — reserving the right to reduce a refund to a partial amount — and the domain carries an adverse reputation from independent security sources. Two antivirus families flagged it, and a public threat listing says it may redirect visitors to suspicious or scamming pages. The domain is 521 days old and the site does publish an on-domain contact email, a phone number and a postal address, which are genuine positive signals, but they do not offset the combination of a refund-restrictive policy and a flagged domain.
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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 52/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 4 findings pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Strong2 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.-1 pts
- ModerateThe store's own terms limit refunds the way fake shops do (a token percentage refund, buyer-paid return shipping, or "keep the item").-1 pts
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Kacob.com may cause redirects to suspicious and scamming pages. Interacting with any of the content Kacob.com provides is not advisable, as it may expose you…"-1 pts
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Suspicious Shop This site is classified as Suspicious Shop based on multiple risk signals, including 3 blacklist detections and no established public…"
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 521 days old, longer than many short-lived retail fronts.
- SupportsThe site publishes an on-domain contact email, a phone number and a postal address.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning and TLS was valid, so the site is not currently flagged at the browser layer.
Points come from the saved evidence ledger: it lowered the score from 55 to 52 and split those 3 points between the findings that show points; the others carry no points in the ledger. Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
Kacob presents itself as an online store selling physical goods, running a standard e-commerce storefront with 'SHOP NOW' and 'Shop all' calls to action. However, the site's own terms include refund language that treats the customer as a secondary party — reserving the right to reduce a refund to a partial amount — and the domain carries an adverse reputation from independent security sources. Two antivirus families flagged it, and a public threat listing says it may redirect visitors to suspicious or scamming pages. The domain is 521 days old and the site does publish an on-domain contact email, a phone number and a postal address, which are genuine positive signals, but they do not offset the combination of a refund-restrictive policy and a flagged domain.
Refund terms that leave the customer exposed
The store's own refund and exchange policy states that where an issue is found, Kacob 'reserve[s] the right to reduce the refund amount (partial refund).' That is a clause that lets the merchant decide, after receiving the return, how much of the paid amount comes back.
That language matches a pattern seen in high-risk retail operations: an explicit carve-out that turns a promised refund into a discretionary partial credit. It is not proof that any specific customer lost money, but it shifts the refund decision to the seller after the buyer has already paid and shipped the goods back.
Security reputation versus the site's clean plumbing
A saved antivirus observation records that two independent antivirus families reported an adverse result against this domain, with vendors named in the detection set. Separately, an independent site-assessment listing classifies Kacob as a 'Suspicious Shop' based on multiple risk signals including three blacklist detections, and a second public write-up warns that the domain 'may cause redirects to suspicious and scamming pages.'
On the positive side, the browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. Those are hygiene signals — they show the site is not currently serving an unencrypted or browser-flagged exploit — but they do not establish that the shop is honest or that orders are fulfilled.
Contact details published, ownership not
Kacob does list real contact channels — an email on its own domain (info@kacob.com), a phone number (+48732143402), and a postal address on the page. The registrable domain is 521 days old, which is older than the short-lived domains typical of throwaway scam shops. These are legitimate counterweights.
What remains unclear is who actually operates the store: no legal entity name, no registration number and no identifiable headquarters are disclosed. Combined with an adverse security reputation and a refund clause that lets the merchant reduce payouts, the balance of evidence points to a shop a cautious buyer should approach warily rather than a confirmed safe merchant.
Why the score is 52
2 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
4/ 92
detectionsSaved analysis from October 2, 2026 - stale
4 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 2
- Suspicious
- 2
- Total
- 92
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| Chong Lua DaoMalicious | malicious |
| Criminal IPMalicious | phishing |
| alphaMountain.aiSuspicious | suspicious |
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 92 engine results
- Chong Lua Dao - Malicious
- Criminal IP - phishing - Malicious
- alphaMountain.ai - Suspicious
- Gridinsoft - Suspicious
- 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
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- 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
- alphaMountain.aiBusiness/Economy, Shopping, Suspicious
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerfinancial data and services
- 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
Kacob London
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Kacob London
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
Jacob – Kacob
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- Terms/pages/warunki-swiadczenia-uslugRead
- Refund / returns policy/pages/polityka-zwrotu-kosztowRead
- Shipping policy/pages/polityka-wysylkiRead
- Contact page/pages/kontaktRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Jacob – Kacob
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 61 antivirus results.
What independent research found
2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 6 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
Fake Shop & Commercial Deception
Service and business model
Shop
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The store's own terms limit refunds the way fake shops do (a token percentage refund, buyer-paid return shipping, or "keep the item").
- 022 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
- 032 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Suspicious Shop This site is classified as Suspicious Shop based on multiple risk signals, including 3 blacklist detections and no established public…"
Web research findings
Independent findings for kacob.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.
- Gridinsoftopen
"Suspicious Shop This site is classified as Suspicious Shop based on multiple risk signals, including 3 blacklist detections and no established public user-review history."
- CFOC.ORGopen
"Kacob.com may cause redirects to suspicious and scamming pages. Interacting with any of the content Kacob.com provides is not advisable, as it may expose you at various risks."
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.
- Domainkacob.com
- Redirects tokacob.com
- Hosted byShopify, Inc.
- Referencesmerry-cheesecake-2a29c1.netlify.app · shop.app
Domain Timeline
- May 25, 2025Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 1.4 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 28, 2026Saved security review — Rated Moderate Risk
The evidence in this saved scan is mixed or incomplete; the completed checks are detailed above.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (info@kacob.com).
- Phone number listed (+48732143402).
- Postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for kacob.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.
Chat, reviews and email
- Klaviyo
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
- 1301http://kacob.com/
- 2200https://kacob.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
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
2 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. 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 own terms limit refunds the way fake shops do (a token percentage refund, buyer-paid return shipping, or "keep the item"). · 2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Kacob.com may cause redirects to suspicious and scamming pages. Interacting with any of the content Kacob.com provides is not advisable, as it may expose you…"
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 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 28, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 28, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 28, 2026 |
| Independent research | 2 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 28, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result4 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 28, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 28, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 28, 2026
- Independent research
- Result2 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 28, 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.
Is kacob.com a scam or is it safe?
Is kacob.com safe to use?
Has kacob.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is kacob.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Kacob is a Shopify-style shop with restrictive refund terms and an adverse security reputation
Kacob presents itself as an online store selling physical goods, running a standard e-commerce storefront with 'SHOP NOW' and 'Shop all' calls to action. However, the site's own terms include refund language that treats the customer as a secondary party — reserving the right to reduce a refund to a partial amount — and the domain carries an adverse reputation from independent security sources. Two antivirus families flagged it, and a public threat listing says it may redirect visitors to suspicious or scamming pages. The domain is 521 days old and the site does publish an on-domain contact email, a phone number and a postal address, which are genuine positive signals, but they do not offset the combination of a refund-restrictive policy and a flagged domain.
09 · Community
Community
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