Brand impersonation — not the real site
Phishing redirector impersonating major brands in fake giveaway scams; flagged malicious by multiple vendors with 19 blacklist detections. This page is styled as a brand but is not the brand's real site. Go to the official site directly, and treat any download, login, or payment request here as unsafe.
Is linkrdr.cc legit or a scam?
Phishing redirector impersonating major brands in fake giveaway scams; flagged malicious by multiple vendors with 19 blacklist detections.
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 domain linkrdr.cc is a redirect service hosting fake prize and giveaway scams. Our scan found it registered only 6–7 months ago via a privacy-shielded registrar, with a placeholder nginx welcome page and no legitimate business presence. Multiple independent security vendors classify it as phishing or malware: Gridinsoft assigns a 1/100 trust score with 19 blacklist detections, and independent review aggregator rates it 0/100. The evidence package documents active scam campaigns using this domain to impersonate MediaMarkt (Easter egg hunts), Nike, Repsol, Copec, and Adidas, typically spreading via WhatsApp and asking victims to share links or pay €1 to claim fake prizes. Reddit users and German fact-checkers (Mimikama) have reported the same domain in active scam warnings. The .cc TLD and short name are common markers of scam-farm infrastructure.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for linkrdr.cc, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain registered November 18, 2025 (approx. 6-7 months old as of June 2026) via NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED with hidden registrant details
- Page title is "Welcome to nginx!" with no meaningful content or meta description, consistent with placeholder/redirector setup
- Flagged as phishing/malware by Gridinsoft (1/100 trust score, 19 blacklist detections), Scamadviser (trust score 0), IPQS (malicious/phishing/suspicious), SecureFeed and others
- Associated with fake giveaway, prize, and fuel rebate scams (MediaMarkt Ostereiersuche, Repsol bonocarburante, Nike kit, Copec, Adidas Copa 2026 promotions) often spread via WhatsApp
- Frequently redirects or hosts scam landing pages asking users to share links or pay small fees (e.g. 1€) to claim non-existent prizes
- Hosted on Cloudflare (US), uses DV SSL from Google Trust Services; low Tranco rank and young domain cited as risk factors by multiple scanners
- No legitimate business presence, user reviews, or positive mentions found; primarily appears in scam warning and threat intelligence sources
- SecureFeedopen
"Host has shown activity related to malware. References: https://linkrdr.cc/lesboaqy/?copec-valecombustible-2026.html, https://linkrdr.cc/xnleeojv/?nike-england-kit-2026.html"
- Gridinsoftopen
"Phishing. This site is classified as Phishing based on multiple risk signals, including 19 blacklist detections... linkrdr.cc should not be treated as a safe website. Gridinsoft gives it a 1/100 trust score, and multiple security vendors bl"
- Scamadviseropen
"linkrdr.cc has a very low trust score which indicates that there is a strong likelyhood the website is a scam. ... This website has been reported by Gridinsoft as possible malware"
- Reddit r/Report_scamsopen
"Not a real giveaway https://linkrdr.cc/TOWGJMYB/?mediamarkt.de/ostern-2026.htm asking you to share the Link they want you to pay 1€."
- Mimikamaopen
"Die angeführt URL wechselt und lautet u.a. linkrdr.cc ... Es wird eine „Ostereiersuche“ mit extrem teuren Preisen beworben."
Used in fake prize/giveaway campaigns impersonating MediaMarkt, Nike, Repsol, Copec, Adidas and others via redirect parameters (?mediamarkt.de, ?nike-england-kit-2026, ?copec-valecombustible-2026 etc.)
Our research found extensive scam documentation. Gridinsoft flags linkrdr.cc as phishing with a 1/100 trust score and 19 blacklist detections. independent review aggregator rates it 0/100 and confirms malware associations. SecureFeed reports malware activity on the domain. Reddit users in r/Report_scams document fake MediaMarkt giveaway campaigns asking for €1 payments. German fact-checker Mimikama warns of fake Easter egg hunts and fuel rebates using this domain. The domain is confirmed as a clone used to impersonate multiple legitimate brands (MediaMarkt, Nike, Repsol, Copec, Adidas) in redirect-based scam campaigns, typically spread via WhatsApp.
Scam Network Intelligence
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 phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
3 scam-type patterns detected
3 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 brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
- AI analyst tagged this as a giveaway / airdrop / lottery scam.
- AI analyst tagged this as phishing.
3 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 brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
- AI analyst tagged this as a giveaway / airdrop / lottery scam.
- AI analyst tagged this as phishing.
Brand impersonation detected
This page is styled as a known brand but is not the brand's real site.
- Do not interact with linkrdr.cc
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- Go to the brand's real site directly
Type the brand name into a search engine or open it from your bookmarks — don't use links from emails, SMS, ads, or social posts, which are the delivery vectors for impersonation.
- Never download or sign in here
Even if the page "just" offers a download or a giveaway, impersonation pages frequently deliver malware or set up follow-up phishing. Assume anything accepted from this site is hostile.
- OpenReport the impersonation to the brand
Most major brands have a dedicated abuse or anti-phishing reporting channel — reporting helps them take the site down and protects other users.
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 directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- Our automated security review flags linkrdr.cc as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — linkrdr.cc scored 25/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. linkrdr.cc presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 65 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- No. linkrdr.cc is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- linkrdr.cc resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). 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.
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