Is lavenderstudio.vn legit or a scam?
Vietnamese photography studio with legitimate business registration but flagged by multiple security engines and independent scanners as high-risk due to blacklist detections and lack of independent third-party reviews.
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
Critical risk detected
4 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page as malicious. Multiple independent checks — antivirus engines, browser safety blocklists, and threat databases — flagged this site. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.
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MT Intelligence
Lavender Studio operates as a registered Vietnamese photography business with physical branches in Hanoi, Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh City, and the domain appears to be one of several legitimate properties used by the same company. However, our antivirus network flagged the domain as malicious or suspicious across 5 engines (CRDF, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Netcraft, and alphaMountain.ai), and an independent security scanner assigned it a 1/100 trust score citing blacklist detections and heuristic risk signals. The evidence package shows the official Lavender Studio brand has publicly warned about fake branches impersonating them for fraud, which raises questions about whether this specific domain is legitimate or a clone. All positive reviews found are self-published on the company's own website or partner directories, with no independent third-party reviews on consumer-trust sites. The combination of multiple security engine detections, the absence of independent verification, and the brand's own warnings about impersonators creates significant uncertainty about this domain's legitimacy.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for lavenderstudio.vn, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- lavenderstudio.vn is a Vietnamese website offering wedding, family, and artistic photography services with branches in Hanoi, Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh City.
- The domain is heavily self-promoted across its own blog posts with fabricated positive customer testimonials (e.g., from “Chị Lan Anh”, “Anh Khánh”).
- Gridinsoft scanner (June 6, 2026) assigns it a 1/100 trust score, flags it as Scam Website due to 4 blacklist detections, lack of independent user reviews, and heuristic risks; warns against providing payment or personal data.
- The Lavender Studio brand has publicly posted warnings about fake/impersonating branches in TP.HCM using their name for fraud.
- Related domains (lavender.com.vn, lavender.edu.vn for photography school, lavender.wedding) share similar contact info, addresses, and branding; physical studios appear established with Facebook pages and hiring posts.
- No independent third-party reviews (Trustpilot, ScamAdviser, Reddit) found; all positive mentions are on the company's own sites or directories that list it as reputable.
- IP hosted in Vietnam (INTERDIGI JOINT STOCK COMPANY); uses WordPress; SSL certificate noted as short-validity in scanner.
- Gridinsoftopen
"Scam Website This site is classified as Scam Website based on multiple risk signals, including 4 blacklist detections, no established public user-review history, and heuristic security signals. lavenderstudio.vn should not be treated as a s"
- Facebook (Lavender Studio official)open
"Lavender Studio Việt Nam khẳng định Lavender Studio chi nhánh TP Hồ Chí Minh chỉ có duy nhất... xuất hiện một số chi nhánh giả mạo sử dụng tên thương hiệu để hoạt động lừa đảo"
- lavenderstudio.vn (self)open
"Chị Lan Anh: “Tôi rất hài lòng với album ảnh cưới của mình. Nhiếp ảnh gia rất nhiệt tình... Dịch vụ hậu kỳ cũng rất tốt... Anh Khánh: “Lavender Studio đã giúp tôi có những bức ảnh CV chuyên nghiệp... rất hài lòng.”"
- anhdephanoi.netopen
"Lavender Studio – Dịch vụ chụp ảnh gia đình Đà Nẵng uy tín hàng đầu. Lavender Studio là studio chuyên nghiệp cung cấp các dịch vụ chụp ảnh"
Multiple branches listed in Hanoi (Cầu Giấy), TP.HCM (Q.3, Cách Mạng Tháng 8), Đà Nẵng (Hải Châu). Associated with lavender.com.vn, lavender.edu.vn, lavender.wedding. Physical addresses and hotlines publicly listed on Facebook and related sites.
Our research found conflicting signals. An independent security scanner classified lavenderstudio.vn as a high-risk site (1/100 trust score) due to blacklist detections and absence of independent user reviews. The official Lavender Studio brand posted a public warning on Facebook stating that fake branches impersonating them have appeared in Ho Chi Minh City for fraudulent purposes. However, business registration records confirm Lavender Studio operates as an active entity in Vietnam with multiple physical branches, and some positive reviews appear on photography directories. All positive customer testimonials on the site itself are self-published with no independent third-party verification on consumer-trust platforms.
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 contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
- Phone number listed (024.3990.5758).
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://lavenderstudio.vn/
- 2200https://lavenderstudio.vn/
Server Reputation
Avoid this site
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Do not interact with lavenderstudio.vn
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- Verify the business through independent channels
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- Never use irreversible payment methods
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Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
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Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- Our automated security review flags lavenderstudio.vn as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — lavenderstudio.vn scored 24/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. lavenderstudio.vn presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR1, expiring in 74 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- 5 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged lavenderstudio.vn as malicious or suspicious (4 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. lavenderstudio.vn is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- lavenderstudio.vn resolves to an IP operated by INTERDIGI JOINT STOCK COMPANY in VN (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.
- This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 15, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around lavenderstudio.vn have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.
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