Warning signs detected
Partsnauto.com runs an e-commerce storefront with conflicting product categories and faces scam accusations over unfulfilled orders and a fabricated address. Several risk indicators suggest caution. This site might be legitimate — but treat it as unverified until you can independently confirm.
Is partsnauto.com legit or a scam?
Partsnauto.com runs an e-commerce storefront with conflicting product categories and faces scam accusations over unfulfilled orders and a fabricated address.
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 site presents itself as a retailer of GPUs and automotive components with contact details and social links. Reddit users describe a pattern where Afterpay payments clear before buyers notice missing shipments and a nonexistent business address. Scam-Detector assigns a 12.5/100 trust score while three complaints appear in public records. Gridinsoft reports no malware but the absence of any company registration in Oregon contradicts the listed Beaverton address. The combination of an old domain with recent scam reports and unverifiable business details raises the risk level.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →
Visual Screenshot Analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
Page renders as a clean, professional e-commerce product view with standard layout and no visible scam patterns.
What our vision model saw
1 signalMild urgency indicator: "7 People watching this product now!" banner
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for partsnauto.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain partsnauto.com registered ~2.8 years ago (1017 days as of query)
- Reddit post May 2026 details alleged scam using Afterpay, fake address, no prior reviews or footprint
- Scam-Detector assigns 12.5/100 trust score citing high-risk factors
- Gridinsoft assigns 72/100 trust score, notes no malware/phishing detected
- Site claims Beaverton, OR address and phone; Instagram promotes auto parts sales
- Page title references NVIDIA GPU product but site content focuses on automotive parts
- No presence on Trustpilot, ScamAdviser, or BBB per reports and searches
- Redditopen
"⚠️ partsnauto.com / Parts 'n' Auto is a scam - don't buy from them. Uses Afterpay.com to scam you. How the scam works: The scammer uses Afterpay to look legitimate. By the time you spot the red flags, your money has already moved."
- Scam-Detectoropen
"Is partsnauto.com a scam? Our low trust score leans toward "yes." ... The Scam Detector’s algorithm gives this business the following rank: 12.5/100"
- Gridinsoftopen
"Based on current analysis, partsnauto.com appears to be generally safe . No major malware or phishing threats were detected, and strong independent trust and a domain age of 2.8 years support this assessment."
Reddit contains a detailed post describing partsnauto.com as a scam that uses Afterpay for legitimacy before failing to ship products. Scam-Detector published a 12.5/100 trust score citing high-risk factors. Gridinsoft reported the site as generally safe with no malware detected. No official business registration matches the listed Beaverton address.
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.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (sales@partsnauto.com).
- Phone number listed (+1 (503) 994-9300).
- Postal address visible on the page.
- Links to 8 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 scam-type patterns detected
0 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 fake shop.
0 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 fake shop.
Fake-shop warning signs
Signals common to non-delivery scam shops were detected on this site.
- Treat partsnauto.com as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- If you already paid by card or PayPal — start a chargeback
Contact your bank or card issuer and dispute the charge as "goods not received" or "merchant fraud." PayPal users can open a case in the Resolution Centre. Act within 120 days for card chargebacks in most jurisdictions.
- Save every piece of evidence
Screenshots of the checkout, order confirmation emails, any chat transcripts, and the product listing page. Chargeback and fraud reports go faster when you have receipts.
- OpenReport the shop
Report to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov), Action Fraud UK, or your local consumer-protection body. Post the URL on the MalwareTips scam forum so other buyers can find it.
Trust History
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 from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.
- Our automated security review marked partsnauto.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.
- partsnauto.com currently scores 55/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend caution. Verify the site through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- Yes. partsnauto.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Sectigo Limited · Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36, expiring in 169 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- partsnauto.com is 2.8 years old, registered on 8/23/2023 through Name.com, Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- No. partsnauto.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- partsnauto.com resolves to an IP operated by Namecheap, 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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