Is kukirin-escooters.com safe?
http://kukirin-escooters.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (61 of 93 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Kukirin e-scooter storefront carries phishing detections, a suspicious-shop listing and customer complaints of wrong or missing deliveries
kukirin-escooters.com presents itself as an authorised online store for Kukirin electric scooters, operated by Shenzhen Honglan E-commerce Co., Ltd. and claiming authorisation from the brand's manufacturer. The technical picture is mixed: the connection is encrypted and the browser threat feed shows no warning, but a saved antivirus observation records nine independent engine families returning an adverse result, and independent research lists the domain as a suspicious shop and reports phishing. Customer complaints describe receiving a different item than ordered and getting no reply, and one review bluntly warns buyers away. Because the store's own pages could not be fully reviewed for contact details and the adverse signals are consistent, the site sits in the High Risk band rather than Safe.
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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 28/100
High Risk covers scores 21–44. 7 findings pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Decisive9 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.-2 pts
- ModerateThe store uses a generic service@ mailbox as its contact address, a pattern repeated across fake-shop networks.-1 pts
- Moderate4 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Kukirin-escooters.com is listed as a suspicious shop."-1 pts
- Moderate4 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "KuKirin Escooter - Receção de artigo diferente do adquirido e ausência de resposta"-1 pts
- Moderate4 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "This website has been reported for Phishing by IPQS"-1 pts
- Moderate4 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Kukirin will betray you - DO NOT BUY HERE"
- ModerateA 'Win a GIFT!' popup asks visitors to enter an email address to 'Get Your Deal'.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning at scan time.
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 887 days old, which is context rather than a safety signal.
Points come from the saved evidence ledger: it lowered the score from 34 to 28 and split those 6 points between the findings that show points; the others carry no points in the ledger. Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
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- Report the site
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01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
kukirin-escooters.com presents itself as an authorised online store for Kukirin electric scooters, operated by Shenzhen Honglan E-commerce Co., Ltd. and claiming authorisation from the brand's manufacturer. The technical picture is mixed: the connection is encrypted and the browser threat feed shows no warning, but a saved antivirus observation records nine independent engine families returning an adverse result, and independent research lists the domain as a suspicious shop and reports phishing. Customer complaints describe receiving a different item than ordered and getting no reply, and one review bluntly warns buyers away. Because the store's own pages could not be fully reviewed for contact details and the adverse signals are consistent, the site sits in the High Risk band rather than Safe.
Phishing detections and a suspicious-shop listing
A saved antivirus observation records that nine independent antivirus families returned an adverse result for this domain, with the detection described as phishing-related. That observation is stale, so it should be treated as a real but time-limited signal rather than a live scan of the current site.
Independent research adds two more adverse records: a security vendor lists kukirin-escooters.com as a suspicious shop, and a reputation service reports the site for phishing. These are external assessments of the domain, not the site's own claims.
On the supportive side, the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection and the browser threat feed returned no threat warning. Those facts mean no active browser-level block was observed at scan time; they do not clear the operator or the storefront.
Complaints describe wrong items and no response
A complaint on a consumer portal reports receiving an item different from the one purchased and getting no response from the seller. A separate review carries the blunt warning 'Kukirin will betray you - DO NOT BUY HERE'. These are customer-side accounts of what happened after ordering, and they align with the suspicious-shop listing.
The store's own pages name Shenzhen Honglan E-commerce Co., Ltd. as the operator and state it is officially authorised by Shenzhen Kukirin Technology Co., Ltd. to sell Kukirin products. That is the site's claim about itself; it is not independently verified here, and it does not offset the adverse external records.
The store uses a generic service@ mailbox as its contact address, a pattern seen across fake-shop networks. The contact details were not fully reviewed, so a missing phone number or postal address cannot be confirmed either way.
Why the score is 28
9 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
11/ 93
detectionsSaved analysis from October 29, 2026 - stale
11 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 10
- Suspicious
- 1
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| alphaMountain.aiMalicious | phishing |
| BitDefenderMalicious | phishing |
| BkavMalicious | malicious |
| Chong Lua DaoMalicious | malicious |
| Forcepoint ThreatSeekerMalicious | phishing |
| G-DataMalicious | phishing |
| KasperskyMalicious | phishing |
| LionicMalicious | phishing |
| SophosMalicious | phishing |
| WebrootMalicious | malicious |
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 93 engine results
- alphaMountain.ai - phishing - Malicious
- BitDefender - phishing - Malicious
- Bkav - Malicious
- Chong Lua Dao - Malicious
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - phishing - Malicious
- G-Data - phishing - Malicious
- Kaspersky - phishing - Malicious
- Lionic - phishing - Malicious
- Sophos - phishing - Malicious
- Webroot - Malicious
- 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
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- 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
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- 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
- LevelBlue - 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
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiPhishing
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerphishing and other frauds
- Sophosphishing and fraud
- WebrootPhishing and Other Frauds
- BitDefenderauto
- Googleretail
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 warning signs were identified
Win a GIFT! Enter your email Get Your Deal
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Win a GIFT! Enter your email Get Your Deal
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
KuKirin Electric Scooters in Europe | Official Website
- Meta description
Explore KuKirin electric scooters in Europe – off-road electric scooters, foldable scooters, and the best foldable electric scooters for commute. Shop at the official store!
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/pages/about-usRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
KuKirin Electric Scooters in Europe | Official Website
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 61 antivirus results.
What independent research found
4 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
- 019 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.
- 02The store uses a generic service@ mailbox as its contact address, a pattern repeated across fake-shop networks.
- 034 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "This website has been reported for Phishing by IPQS"
If this is a scam — what it means for you
What a visitor actually encounters
A visitor arriving on the storefront is met with a 'Win a GIFT!' popup that asks for an email address to 'Get Your Deal'. That is an email-harvesting prompt layered on top of the shopping flow, and it collects contact data before any purchase is made.
If this is a scam, how it works
The evidence-backed path
Each stage below is preserved from the grounded analysis and linked to saved evidence.
The commercial path itself is a standard same-site e-commerce flow: a 'Buy Now' button, an order-tracking page, and a payment-information page. All three point back to the same host, so there is no cross-domain checkout redirect visible in the saved evidence.
Combined with the complaints about wrong items and unanswered messages, the practical exposure for a buyer is paying for goods that may not arrive as described, with limited recourse if the seller stops responding.
Do not enter payment or personal details on this storefront. The domain carries phishing detections from multiple antivirus families, is listed as a suspicious shop, and has customer complaints about wrong items and no response. If you want Kukirin products, buy through the manufacturer's official channel or a retailer you can verify independently, and treat the 'Win a GIFT!' email popup as a data-collection prompt rather than a real prize.
Web research findings
Independent findings for kukirin-escooters.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.
- Scamadviseropen
"This website has been reported for Phishing by IPQS"
- erfahrungen.appopen
"Kukirin will betray you - DO NOT BUY HERE"
- Portal da Queixaopen
"KuKirin Escooter - Receção de artigo diferente do adquirido e ausência de resposta"
- Gridinsoftopen
"Kukirin-escooters.com is listed as a suspicious shop."
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.
- Domainkukirin-escooters.com
- Redirects towww.kukirin-escooters.com
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencesimg.staticdj.com · static.staticdj.com
Domain Timeline
- May 27, 2024Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 2 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 31, 2026Saved security review — Rated High Risk
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
kukirin-escooters.com is an established domain now carrying threat signals. An older domain that starts tripping security checks is a classic pattern for an asset that was sold, repurposed, or compromised — the age alone is not reassurance.
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 (service@kukirin-escooters.com).
- Postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Report this domain to its registrar: send the address and what happened to this contact.
Certificate issued for www.kukirin-escooters.com.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- Google Fonts
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
- 1301http://kukirin-escooters.com/
- 2301https://kukirin-escooters.com/
- 3200https://www.kukirin-escooters.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.
9 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 uses a generic service@ mailbox as its contact address, a pattern repeated across fake-shop networks. · 4 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Kukirin-escooters.com is listed as a suspicious shop."
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 11 of 93 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 29, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 31, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 31, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 31, 2026 |
| Independent research | 4 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 31, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result11 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 29, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 31, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 31, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 31, 2026
- Independent research
- Result4 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 31, 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 kukirin-escooters.com a scam or a legit online store?
Is kukirin-escooters.com safe to use?
What should I do if I already gave my details to kukirin-escooters.com?
Can I get my money back from kukirin-escooters.com?
I ordered from kukirin-escooters.com but nothing arrived — is it a fake shop?
How do I report kukirin-escooters.com?
Why does kukirin-escooters.com look legitimate if it's a scam?
Has kukirin-escooters.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is kukirin-escooters.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the kukirin-escooters.com domain?
Does kukirin-escooters.com have a valid SSL certificate?
How often is the kukirin-escooters.com report updated?
08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Kukirin e-scooter storefront carries phishing detections, a suspicious-shop listing and customer complaints of wrong or missing deliveries
kukirin-escooters.com presents itself as an authorised online store for Kukirin electric scooters, operated by Shenzhen Honglan E-commerce Co., Ltd. and claiming authorisation from the brand's manufacturer. The technical picture is mixed: the connection is encrypted and the browser threat feed shows no warning, but a saved antivirus observation records nine independent engine families returning an adverse result, and independent research lists the domain as a suspicious shop and reports phishing. Customer complaints describe receiving a different item than ordered and getting no reply, and one review bluntly warns buyers away. Because the store's own pages could not be fully reviewed for contact details and the adverse signals are consistent, the site sits in the High Risk band rather than Safe.
09 · Community
Community
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