Is michaelfilipellisdesign.com safe?
http://michaelfilipellisdesign.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 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
A 36-day-old Shopify storefront selling $900–$3,400 made-to-order furniture, flagged by two antivirus families and a trust service, with no phone number and a brand name that matches an unrelated Dover, PA hair salon.
michaelfilipellisdesign.com describes itself as a small Dover, PA maker of handcrafted solid-wood furniture, with a full catalogue, About, Terms, Refund, Shipping and Contact pages, a support mailbox on its own domain and a postal address. Against that, the domain was registered only 36 days before capture, the site lists no phone number, and the brand name coincides with an existing Dover, PA hair salon that the site never mentions. A saved antivirus observation records two adverse engine results (one malicious, one phishing) and an independent trust service rates the store suspicious with a 3/100 trust score. Nothing in the checkout path leaves the domain and no malware, popup or download behaviour was observed, so this is a verification and identity problem rather than a confirmed technical attack — but the combination of a brand-new domain, high-ticket prepaid orders and unverifiable seller identity puts it in the High Risk band.
Saved site captureCaptured safely during this scan2 antivirus engines flagged this URLCRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeekerSaved antivirus result from Oct 29, 2026Where 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 38/100
High Risk covers scores 21–44. 5 findings pulled the score down; 2 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.
- ModerateOne public warning on a scam-warning or security site: "该网站因多个风险信号被归类为可疑商店，包括3 个黑名单命中, 一个非常新的域名（36 天）,和尚无稳定的公开用户评价历史。"
- ModerateThe domain is 36 days old while the store sells made-to-order furniture priced up to $3,380.
- MinorNo phone number is listed on the captured page, limiting independent verification of the seller.
- MinorThe brand name matches an existing Dover, PA hair salon that the furniture site does not mention.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe site publishes a support address on its own domain and a postal address.
- SupportsSafe Browsing returned no warning and the TLS connection is valid.
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor).
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- Change any password you entered
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- Report the site
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- Report the domain to its registrar
Sav.com, LLC takes abuse reports at abuse-contact@sav.com (+1.8723954105). Include the address and what happened.
- Ignore anyone offering to recover your money
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Full answers about refunds and reporting are in the Safety FAQ below.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
michaelfilipellisdesign.com describes itself as a small Dover, PA maker of handcrafted solid-wood furniture, with a full catalogue, About, Terms, Refund, Shipping and Contact pages, a support mailbox on its own domain and a postal address. Against that, the domain was registered only 36 days before capture, the site lists no phone number, and the brand name coincides with an existing Dover, PA hair salon that the site never mentions. A saved antivirus observation records two adverse engine results (one malicious, one phishing) and an independent trust service rates the store suspicious with a 3/100 trust score. Nothing in the checkout path leaves the domain and no malware, popup or download behaviour was observed, so this is a verification and identity problem rather than a confirmed technical attack — but the combination of a brand-new domain, high-ticket prepaid orders and unverifiable seller identity puts it in the High Risk band.
A new domain, an unverifiable seller and adverse vendor flags
The registrable domain is 36 days old, registered through Sav.com, LLC, and the ownership details are not publicly disclosed. A furniture business selling pieces priced from $938 to $3,380 that claims a made-to-order workshop process would normally have a longer trading footprint than five weeks.
A saved antivirus observation records two independent engine families returning adverse results — one classifying the domain as malicious, one as phishing — out of 93 engines. That observation is stale, so it is a vendor-flag signal rather than proof of a live payload, but it is not a clean result either.
An independent trust service classifies the site as a suspicious store, citing three blacklist hits, the very new domain and the absence of a stable public review history, and publishes a 3/100 trust score with advice not to enter passwords, personal details or payment data.
The brand name matches a real Dover, PA business — Michael Filipellis' Hair Design on Emig Mill Rd — which the furniture site does not mention or explain. That coincidence is not proof of impersonation on its own, but it removes the name as a way to verify the seller.
Clean connection, unclear operator
The technical layer looks ordinary: the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, the TLS certificate chain is valid, and the site sits on shared Shopify infrastructure whose IP carries an abuse confidence score of 0/100 across 90 saved reports. That IP score describes shared hosting, not this store specifically.
The operator layer is where the doubt sits. The site publishes a support address on its own domain and a postal address, and it carries a coherent policy set including a refund window and a photo-approval step before finishing — all consistent with a functioning small storefront. But no phone number appears on the captured page, no social profiles were located, and no legal entity or registration ID is disclosed, so a buyer has little independent way to confirm who is on the other side of a four-figure order.
Why the score is 38
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.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
2/ 93
detectionsSaved analysis from October 29, 2026 - stale
2 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 2
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| CRDFMalicious | malicious |
| Forcepoint ThreatSeekerMalicious | phishing |
All 93 engine results
- CRDF - Malicious
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - phishing - Malicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Unrated
- 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
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - 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
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Gridinsoft - 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
- 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
- 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
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerphishing and other frauds
- 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
Visual context from the captured page
Header shows a circular tree logo with 'Michael Filipellis Design' and the tagline 'HANDCRAFTED WOOD FURNITURE · DOVER, PA'. Top announcement bar reads 'FREE U.S. SHIPPING ON EVERY PIECE · MADE TO ORDER · PHOTO-APPROVED BEFORE FINISHING'. Hero headline 'Sculptural wood pieces, designed for living and made to order.' with subtext describing tables, consoles, shelving and wall art in solid wood, 'our partner artisans build it, we send you photos, then ship it to your door.' Two hero buttons: 'SHOP ALL PIECES' (dark filled) and 'TABLES & DESKS' (outlined). Overlay card 'FEATURED PIECE — Contemporary Sculptural TV Console For Living Room' over a photo of a live-edge wood console with a wall-mounted TV. Main nav: SHOP, WALL ART, TABLES, CONSOLES, GUIDES, ABOUT, CONTACT, plus search, account and cart icons.
What the captured page showed
6 observations- 01
Header shows a circular tree logo with 'Michael Filipellis Design' and the tagline 'HANDCRAFTED WOOD FURNITURE · DOVER, PA'.
- 02
Top announcement bar reads 'FREE U.S. SHIPPING ON EVERY PIECE · MADE TO ORDER · PHOTO-APPROVED BEFORE FINISHING'.
- 03
Hero headline 'Sculptural wood pieces, designed for living and made to order.' with subtext describing tables, consoles, shelving and wall art in solid wood, 'our partner artisans build it, we send you photos, then ship it to your door.'
- 04
Two hero buttons: 'SHOP ALL PIECES' (dark filled) and 'TABLES & DESKS' (outlined).
- 05
Overlay card 'FEATURED PIECE — Contemporary Sculptural TV Console For Living Room' over a photo of a live-edge wood console with a wall-mounted TV.
- 06
Main nav: SHOP, WALL ART, TABLES, CONSOLES, GUIDES, ABOUT, CONTACT, plus search, account and cart icons.
What the page says about itself
Quoted from the pages we read: the site's own words, not our findings.
- Page title
Michael Filipellis Design | Solid Wood Furniture, Dover PA
- Meta description
Made-to-order sculptural solid wood tables, consoles, shelving, seating and wall art from Michael Filipellis Design in Dover, PA - handcrafted by partner artisans. Photo approval before finishing and free U.S. shipping.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/pages/about-usRead
- Terms/policies/terms-of-serviceRead
- Refund / returns policy/policies/refund-policyRead
- Shipping policy/policies/shipping-policyRead
- Contact page/pages/contactRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Michael Filipellis Design | Solid Wood Furniture, Dover PA
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 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
- 01The domain is 36 days old while the store sells made-to-order furniture priced up to $3,380.
- 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.
- 03One public warning on a scam-warning or security site: "该网站因多个风险信号被归类为可疑商店，包括3 个黑名单命中, 一个非常新的域名（36 天）,和尚无稳定的公开用户评价历史。"
If this is a scam — what it means for you
What a buyer actually does here
A visitor clicks 'SHOP ALL PIECES' or 'TABLES & DESKS' and lands on same-site collection pages; every commercial link in the captured graph stays on michaelfilipellisdesign.com, with no cross-domain checkout or affiliate redirect observed.
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.
From there the path is a normal high-ticket purchase: pick a piece priced in the hundreds to low thousands, then pay in advance for an item the site says is built to order and shipped free within the U.S. after photo approval. The exposure is the prepayment itself, made to a seller whose identity cannot be independently confirmed.
The site also collects contact details through a newsletter field and contact forms asking for name, email, phone and message, so personal data is handed over before any order is placed.
Do not send payment for a made-to-order piece here until the seller can be verified independently. Ask for a phone number and a verifiable workshop address, check whether the product photos appear on other furniture sellers' sites, and pay only by a method that can be reversed if the item never arrives. Given the 36-day-old domain, the two adverse engine results and the unexplained name overlap with an unrelated Dover, PA salon, treat any prepayment as money at risk.
Web research findings
Independent findings for michaelfilipellisdesign.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence.
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.
Infrastructure map
- Domainmichaelfilipellisdesign.com
- Redirects tomichaelfilipellisdesign.com
- Hosted byShopify, Inc.
- Referencescdn.shopify.com · monorail-edge.shopifysvc.com
Domain Timeline
- Oct 2, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 36 days old when this review was saved.
- Nov 8, 2026Saved security review — Rated High Risk
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
michaelfilipellisdesign.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.
- No phone number listed on the captured page.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (support@michaelfilipellisdesign.com).
- Postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Report this domain to its registrar: send the address and what happened to this contact.
Certificate issued for michaelfilipellisdesign.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.
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://michaelfilipellisdesign.com/
- 2200https://michaelfilipellisdesign.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.
One public warning on a scam-warning or security site: "该网站因多个风险信号被归类为可疑商店，包括3 个黑名单命中, 一个非常新的域名（36 天）,和尚无稳定的公开用户评价历史。" · The domain is 36 days old while the store sells made-to-order furniture priced up to $3,380.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 2 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 · Nov 8, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 8, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 6 visible observations saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 8, 2026 |
| Independent research | 4 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Nov 8, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result2 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 29, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 8, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 8, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result6 visible observations saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 8, 2026
- Independent research
- Result4 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 8, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Answered from the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
Is michaelfilipellisdesign.com a scam or a legit online store?
Is michaelfilipellisdesign.com safe to use?
I already paid or entered my details on michaelfilipellisdesign.com — what should I do?
Can I get my money back from michaelfilipellisdesign.com?
I ordered from michaelfilipellisdesign.com but nothing arrived — is it a fake shop?
How do I report michaelfilipellisdesign.com?
michaelfilipellisdesign.com looks professional — how can it still be a scam?
Has michaelfilipellisdesign.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is michaelfilipellisdesign.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the michaelfilipellisdesign.com domain?
Does michaelfilipellisdesign.com have a valid SSL certificate?
How often is the michaelfilipellisdesign.com report updated?
08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
A 36-day-old Shopify storefront selling $900–$3,400 made-to-order furniture, flagged by two antivirus families and a trust service, with no phone number and a brand name that matches an unrelated Dover, PA hair salon.
michaelfilipellisdesign.com describes itself as a small Dover, PA maker of handcrafted solid-wood furniture, with a full catalogue, About, Terms, Refund, Shipping and Contact pages, a support mailbox on its own domain and a postal address. Against that, the domain was registered only 36 days before capture, the site lists no phone number, and the brand name coincides with an existing Dover, PA hair salon that the site never mentions. A saved antivirus observation records two adverse engine results (one malicious, one phishing) and an independent trust service rates the store suspicious with a 3/100 trust score. Nothing in the checkout path leaves the domain and no malware, popup or download behaviour was observed, so this is a verification and identity problem rather than a confirmed technical attack — but the combination of a brand-new domain, high-ticket prepaid orders and unverifiable seller identity puts it in the High Risk band.
09 · Community
Community
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