Is merryunbox.com safe?

http://merryunbox.com/

High RiskStatus

Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

New 19-day-old advent-calendar shop with mismatched support email and contradictory operator addresses

merryunbox.com presents itself as MERRY UNBOX, an online store selling advent calendars and beauty products, with 'Shop all calendars', 'Shop beauty' and 'Add to cart' purchase paths. The domain is only 19 days old, the site's own legal notice names MERRY UNBOX LLC at a Dallas, Texas address, yet no contact email uses the site's own domain. A single antivirus family has flagged the domain, while the browser threat feed and the TLS check are clean. The combination of a brand-new storefront, off-domain support contact and inconsistent operator identity is the pattern of a recently stood-up commercial front rather than an established retailer, so the score sits in the High Risk band.

Do not place an order on merryunbox.com. The store is 19 days old, its support email does not use its own domain, and a single antivirus family has flagged the domain. If you have already paid, contact your card issuer or payment provider promptly and dispute the charge rather than corresponding further with the off-domain support address.
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Calibrated safety spectrum

Where this site sits

  1. Dangerous1–20
  2. High Risk21–44
  3. Moderate Risk45–69
  4. Low Risk70–84
  5. Safe85–100

The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.

01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

merryunbox.com presents itself as MERRY UNBOX, an online store selling advent calendars and beauty products, with 'Shop all calendars', 'Shop beauty' and 'Add to cart' purchase paths. The domain is only 19 days old, the site's own legal notice names MERRY UNBOX LLC at a Dallas, Texas address, yet no contact email uses the site's own domain. A single antivirus family has flagged the domain, while the browser threat feed and the TLS check are clean. The combination of a brand-new storefront, off-domain support contact and inconsistent operator identity is the pattern of a recently stood-up commercial front rather than an established retailer, so the score sits in the High Risk band.

A brand-new storefront with an inconsistent operator identity

The registrable domain is 19 days old, so there is no trading history behind this storefront. The site's own legal notice claims the shop is operated by MERRY UNBOX LLC at 11453 Newkirk St, Dallas, TX 75229, United States, and references Terms of Service, Shipping, Returns & Refund and Privacy policies.

Despite that US entity claim, no contact email on the site uses the merryunbox.com domain. The support address is hosted on a separate domain, which means customer enquiries and order correspondence are routed away from the store's own infrastructure and cannot be tied back to the claimed operator.

A single antivirus family has recorded an adverse result against the domain. That detection is a saved observation rather than a fresh submission, so it should be treated as a real but dated signal rather than a live verdict.

Clean transport checks do not offset the operator-level concerns

On the technical side the picture is quiet: the browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. Those results mean no browser-level or transport-level threat was detected at scan time; they say nothing about whether the merchant behind the checkout is trustworthy.

The operator-level signals are the ones that matter here. A 19-day-old domain, a support address that does not match the store's own domain, and a single antivirus flag together describe a storefront that has not yet established any verifiable trading identity. That is the basis for placing the site in the High Risk band rather than treating the clean technical checks as a clean bill of health.

Why the score is 42

1 independent antivirus family 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

Collected signals and independent provider data for this URL.

Antivirus Engines

1/ 90

detections

Saved analysis from October 31, 2022 - stale

1 engine flagged this URL

Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.

Malicious
1
Suspicious
0
Total
90
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
Bfore.Ai PreCrimeMaliciousmalicious
All 90 engine results
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Malicious
  • 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
  • Abusix - Clean
  • Acronis - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - Clean
  • AICC (MONITORAPP) - Clean
  • AlienVault - Clean
  • alphaMountain.ai - Clean
  • Antiy-AVL - Clean
  • Artists Against 419 - Clean
  • AutoShun - Unrated
  • Avira - Clean
  • BADWARE.INFO - Clean
  • benkow.cc - Clean
  • BitDefender - Clean
  • Bkav - Unrated
  • BlockList - Clean
  • Blueliv - Clean
  • Certego - Clean
  • Chong Lua Dao - Clean
  • CINS Army - Clean
  • CMC Threat Intelligence - Clean
  • Comodo Valkyrie Verdict - Unrated
  • CRDF - Clean
  • Cyan - Unrated
  • CyberCrime - Clean
  • Cyble - Clean
  • CyRadar - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - Clean
  • DNS8 - Clean
  • Dr.Web - Clean
  • EmergingThreats - Clean
  • Emsisoft - Clean
  • ESET - Clean
  • ESTsecurity - Clean
  • Feodo Tracker - Clean
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
  • Fortinet - Clean
  • Fortra - Unrated
  • G-Data - Clean
  • Google Safe Browsing - Clean
  • GreenSnow - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - Clean
  • Hoplite Industries - Clean
  • IPsum - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - Clean
  • Kaspersky - Unrated
  • Lionic - Clean
  • Lumu - Unrated
  • MalBeacon - Clean
  • MalSilo - Clean
  • Malwared - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - Clean
  • malwares.com URL checker - Clean
  • Netcraft - Unrated
  • Nucleon - Clean
  • OpenPhish - Clean
  • Phishing Database - Clean
  • Phishtank - Clean
  • PREBYTES - Clean
  • PrecisionSec - Unrated
  • Quick Heal - Clean
  • Quttera - Clean
  • Rising - Clean
  • SafeToOpen - Unrated
  • Sangfor - Clean
  • Scantitan - Clean
  • SCUMWARE.org - Clean
  • Seclookup - Clean
  • SecureBrain - Clean
  • securolytics - Clean
  • Snort IP sample list - Clean
  • Sophos - Clean
  • Spam404 - Clean
  • StopForumSpam - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
  • ThreatHive - Clean
  • Threatsourcing - Clean
  • Trustwave - Unrated
  • URLhaus - Clean
  • URLQuery - Unrated
  • Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
  • ViriBack - Clean
  • Virusdie External Site Scan - Clean
  • VX Vault - Clean
  • Web Security Guard - Clean
  • Webroot - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - Clean

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.

What we observed

CAPTURED PAGE
merryunbox.com
What our review noticed on this page
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

MERRY + UNBOX

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    MERRY + UNBOX

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.
  1. What the site claims

    MERRY UNBOX

  2. What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 77 antivirus results.

  3. What independent research found

    The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.

  4. What remains unverified

    1 of the 4 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

Transaction

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 01The registrable domain is only 19 days old, so the store has no trading history.
  2. 02No contact email uses the site's own domain; support is routed to a separate domain.
  3. 031 independent antivirus family 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.

If this is a scam — what it means for you

What a visitor actually does on this site

A visitor arriving at merryunbox.com is funnelled through same-site commercial calls to action: 'Shop all calendars' and 'Shop beauty' lead into product listings, and 'Add to cart' is the purchase action that moves a shopper toward checkout.

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.

  1. The site also collects email addresses through a newsletter subscription form, so personal contact data is captured alongside any order.

  2. If a buyer needs to follow up on an order, the only support route is an email address on a domain other than merryunbox.com, meaning the correspondence leaves the store's own domain and cannot be verified against the claimed MERRY UNBOX LLC operator.

Do not place an order on merryunbox.com. The store is 19 days old, its support email does not use its own domain, and a single antivirus family has flagged the domain. If you have already paid, contact your card issuer or payment provider promptly and dispute the charge rather than corresponding further with the off-domain support address.

Fake Shop & Commercial DeceptionConfidence: Moderate

Grounded in 6 saved evidence references.

Web research findings

Independent findings for merryunbox.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.

Business registration
Not checked
This report did not include a company-registry lookup, so no registration result is claimed.
Clone check
Not checked
No site-clone comparison was run for this report, so no clean result is claimed.
Typosquat check
Not checked
No look-alike domain comparison was run for this report, so no clean result is claimed.
Web mentions
No scam reports found
The completed search returned no sourced scam reports or complaints.

No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for merryunbox.com. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.

Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
ListedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

04 · Domain & Infrastructure

Domain & infrastructure

Timeline · identity · encryption · redirects · hosting

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.

  1. Domainmerryunbox.com
  2. Redirects tomerryunbox.com
  3. Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
  4. Referencesfonts.shopifycdn.com · cdn.shopify.com

Domain Timeline

  1. Oct 4, 2026
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 19 days old when this review was saved.

  2. Oct 24, 2026
    Saved security review — Rated High Risk

    The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.

merryunbox.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.

What We Found
Has contact info, but not on the site's domain
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbers+91-1234567890
Postal addressPresent
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
One contact red flag
  • No contact email uses the site's own domain.
  • Phone number listed (+91-1234567890).
  • Postal address visible on the page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age19 days old
RegistrarNameCheap, Inc.
RegisteredOct 4, 2026
ExpiresOct 4, 2027
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YE1
ExpiresJan 2, 2027 (70d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingCloudflare, Inc.
Server locationUS
Web servercloudflare
Platform / CMSShopify

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://merryunbox.com/
  • 2200https://merryunbox.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPCloudflare, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
  1. Antiviruspartial
  2. Browser threat feedcomplete
  3. Page contentcomplete
  4. Analysiscomplete
  5. Visual evidencecomplete
Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

Technical threat

suspicious

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

1 independent antivirus family 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

suspicious

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

The site's legal notice names MERRY UNBOX LLC at a Dallas, Texas address and references shipping, returns and privacy policies. · Shop all calendars

Source coverage and freshness

Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.

Antivirus
Result1 of 90 engines flagged
CompletionLimited
FindingAdverse
Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 31, 2022
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 24, 2026
Page content
ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 24, 2026
Visual evidence
Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 24, 2026
Independent research
ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 24, 2026

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Proceed with caution

Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.

  1. Analyst recommendation

    Do not place an order on merryunbox.com. The store is 19 days old, its support email does not use its own domain, and a single antivirus family has flagged the domain. If you have already paid, contact your card issuer or payment provider promptly and dispute the charge rather than corresponding further with the off-domain support address.

  2. Treat merryunbox.com as unverified

    Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.

  3. Verify the business through independent channels

    Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.

  4. Never use irreversible payment methods

    Crypto, gift cards, wire transfers, and cash apps offer zero buyer protection. Use a credit card or PayPal if you must pay.

  5. Share your experience

    If you have additional context, drop a comment below or post on the MalwareTips forum.

    Open

Safer Alternatives

Trying to shop safely? Use a safe option instead

Shopping for a deal? Stick to established retailers with real buyer protection — if a price looks too good to be true on an unknown store, it usually is.

  1. Amazon

    A-to-z Guarantee covers eligible orders.

  2. eBay

    Money Back Guarantee on most purchases.

  3. Walmart

    Major retailer with established returns.

  4. The brand's official site

    Search the brand name + "official site" rather than trusting an ad or unknown store.

Suggestions for safety only — not endorsements. Always verify the address bar before signing in or paying, even on well-known sites.

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 merryunbox.com a scam or a legit online store?
merryunbox.com raises serious red flags as a fake shop — we recommend against paying or entering card details. Our review tagged it for fake shop. 1 of 90 security engines flag it (1 as outright malicious). The domain is only 19 days old through NameCheap, Inc — a fresh registration is a classic scam fingerprint. It may not be an outright scam, but the risk is high enough that you should verify it independently before trusting it with money or data.
Is merryunbox.com safe to use?
merryunbox.com has a Safety Score of 42/100 (High Risk). Analysis coverage is strong at 83%. Avoid login, payment and downloads.
What should I do if I already gave my details to merryunbox.com?
If you've already paid or handed over details on merryunbox.com, act quickly. 1) Contact your bank or card issuer immediately and ask to dispute the charge or open a chargeback — the sooner you act, the better your odds. 2) Report the site to the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov or the FBI's IC3 at ic3.gov, and in the UK to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. 3) If you entered a password, change it on merryunbox.com and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. 4) Watch your bank and email for follow-up fraud, and keep screenshots as evidence.
Can I get my money back from merryunbox.com?
Often yes, if you act fast. Payments made by credit or debit card can frequently be reversed through a chargeback or dispute — contact your bank right away and explain it was a fraudulent site. Bank transfers and gift-card or voucher payments are much harder to recover, but you should still report them to your bank and to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) or Action Fraud (actionfraud.police.uk). Avoid any "refund" or "recovery" service that contacts you first — it's usually a follow-up scam.
I ordered from merryunbox.com but nothing arrived — is it a fake shop?
That's the classic pattern of a fake or non-delivery shop. These sites take payment for products that never ship, or send cheap counterfeits, then go quiet and eventually disappear. If you paid by card, contact your bank about a chargeback for "goods not received." Keep your order confirmation and any messages, don't pay extra "customs" or "release" fees they may demand, and report the store so others are warned.
How do I report merryunbox.com?
You can report merryunbox.com through several official channels: the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at ic3.gov, and — in the UK — Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. You can also flag it to Google Safe Browsing (safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish) so other browsers warn about it, and report it to the company being impersonated if there is one. Reporting helps get scam sites taken down faster.
Why does merryunbox.com look legitimate if it's a scam?
Modern scams are built to look convincing. A valid SSL padlock, a polished template, stock photos, fake reviews, and a trust badge can all be added in minutes and prove nothing about who runs the site. Scammers buy cheap domains, clone real designs, and copy legal pages wholesale. That's exactly why an automated review that checks the domain's age, hosting, blacklists, and behaviour — rather than just how the page looks — is more reliable than a first impression.
Has merryunbox.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 1 of 90 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged merryunbox.com, 1 of them as outright malicious in the saved analysis from October 31, 2022. None of these detections came from the engines we treat as highest-confidence, so they are weighed alongside the other checks rather than on their own.
Is merryunbox.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — merryunbox.com is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
How old is the merryunbox.com domain?
merryunbox.com is 19 days old, registered on October 4, 2026 through NameCheap, Inc. Scam sites are very often freshly registered and short-lived, so an age under six months is a reason for extra caution.
Does merryunbox.com have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — merryunbox.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YE1, valid for another 70 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
How often is the merryunbox.com report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on October 24, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about merryunbox.com has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.

08 · Final Verdict

Final verdict

The saved conclusion, decisive evidence, and practical action in one final view.
Verdict score
42/100
High Risk

New 19-day-old advent-calendar shop with mismatched support email and contradictory operator addresses

Saved capturemerryunbox.comCapture-safe
Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.
Conclusion

merryunbox.com presents itself as MERRY UNBOX, an online store selling advent calendars and beauty products, with 'Shop all calendars', 'Shop beauty' and 'Add to cart' purchase paths. The domain is only 19 days old, the site's own legal notice names MERRY UNBOX LLC at a Dallas, Texas address, yet no contact email uses the site's own domain. A single antivirus family has flagged the domain, while the browser threat feed and the TLS check are clean. The combination of a brand-new storefront, off-domain support contact and inconsistent operator identity is the pattern of a recently stood-up commercial front rather than an established retailer, so the score sits in the High Risk band.

Recommended actionDo not place an order on merryunbox.com. The store is 19 days old, its support email does not use its own domain, and a single antivirus family has flagged the domain. If you have already paid, contact your card issuer or payment provider promptly and dispute the charge rather than corresponding further with the off-domain support address.
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09 · Community

Community

First-hand experiences add human context after the scanner has reached its conclusion.