Possible brand impersonation
Developer portfolio domain hijacked with Japanese e-commerce content; legitimate owner claims conflict with live storefront data selling unrelated goods. The page looks styled like a known brand but may not be authentic. Check the URL carefully and navigate to the brand's real site before signing in or paying.
Is panditprogrammer.com legit or a scam?
Developer portfolio domain hijacked with Japanese e-commerce content; legitimate owner claims conflict with live storefront data selling unrelated goods.
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 panditprogrammer.com was registered 2,184 days ago (approximately 6 years) to Chandan Pandit, an Indian full-stack developer from Ara, Bihar, with active GitHub, LinkedIn, and social-media presence. The page title and meta description accurately describe a MERN/PHP/Laravel developer portfolio. However, the live site content is filled with Japanese-language e-commerce listings selling whiskey (HIBIKI), tools, anime merchandise, and other goods with phrases like '公式通販' (official mail-order) and '25周年創業祭' (25th anniversary festival) — content completely unrelated to software development services. This severe mismatch between the stated portfolio purpose and the actual storefront content indicates either a compromised site or infrastructure repurposing. Our antivirus network and browser blocklists show no malicious flags, and the hosting IP has zero abuse reports, suggesting the compromise may be recent or the injected content is not actively malicious. No scam reports or complaints were found in public databases. The presence of clone-site fingerprints linked to unknown Japanese e-commerce templates corroborates the injection pattern.
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Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for panditprogrammer.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain registered approximately 6 years ago (2184 days).
- Associated with Indian full-stack developer Chandan Pandit / Prajapati Chandan from Ara, Bihar, offering MERN, PHP, Laravel, website and mobile app development services via LinkedIn, Instagram (@panditprogrammer), Facebook, GitHub (panditpr
- Site promotes own apps like Bizmapia (ride-sharing) on Google Play and hosts chat.panditprogrammer.com.
- Current homepage and product pages (e.g. /product/...) filled with Japanese-language e-commerce content selling whiskey (HIBIKI), tools, anime/cosplay items, rings, and other goods with phrases like '公式通販' (official mail-order) and '25周年創業祭
- No reviews, complaints, or scam reports found on Reddit, Trustpilot, ScamAdviser, or general web searches.
- Page title and description claim professional developer portfolio, but live site content does not match and appears repurposed or injected with unrelated Japanese storefront data.
- Developer maintains active social media and GitHub with programming projects; no negative mentions located.
Site content heavily features Japanese text such as 'おかげさまで開設25周年 panditprogrammer.com 創業祭', '公式通販', product listings for Japanese whiskey, tools, anime goods, and power spots; mismatched with developer's Indian portfolio and services.
We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for panditprogrammer.com and did not find scam reports or complaints. The domain is associated with an Indian full-stack developer (Chandan Pandit / Prajapati Chandan) with active GitHub, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook profiles. However, the live site content displays Japanese e-commerce listings that are completely unrelated to the developer's stated services, indicating either a compromised site or repurposed infrastructure. No negative mentions or fraud allegations were located for the individual developer.
Scam Network Intelligence
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 email uses the site's own domain — legitimate shops usually do.
- Contact address uses a free-mail provider (gmail.com) — unusual for a real business.
- No postal address visible on the page.
- Page impersonates Google on a non-official domain.
- Phone number listed (+918340460297).
- Links to 16 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://panditprogrammer.com/
- 2200https://panditprogrammer.com/
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 scam-type patterns detected
1 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.
- Page claims to be Google.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
1 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.
- Page claims to be Google.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
Possible brand impersonation
This page is styled as a known brand but is not the brand's real site.
- Treat panditprogrammer.com as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- 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 marked panditprogrammer.com as suspicious. Several warning signs were detected; it may still turn out legitimate, but you should verify it through independent channels before trusting it with money or credentials.
- panditprogrammer.com currently scores 50/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend caution. Verify the site through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- Yes. panditprogrammer.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR2, expiring in 85 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- panditprogrammer.com is 6.0 years old, registered on 6/15/2020 through HOSTINGER operations, UAB. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report panditprogrammer.com as clean.
- No. panditprogrammer.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- panditprogrammer.com resolves to an IP operated by Unified Layer in US (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.
- 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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