Critical risk detected
4 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page (2 outright malicious). Multiple independent checks — antivirus engines, browser safety blocklists, and threat databases — flagged this site. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.
Is pepe.com legit or a scam?
Old domain now owned by $PEPE memecoin team redirects to pepe.vip with mixed engine flags and limited reputation data.
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
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 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
The site appears to be a functional landing page for the Pepe memecoin; while it mimics the official brand's aesthetic, there are no visible mismatched URLs or overt scam indicators in this specific view.
What our vision model saw
5 signalsPage layout mimics the official pepe.vip memecoin website
Prominent 'buy now' call-to-action button in the header
Links to social media and crypto tracking platforms like Twitter, CoinMarketCap, and Uniswap
Use of Pepe the Frog branding and memecoin-specific terminology like 'tokenomics' and 'bridge'
Clean, fully-rendered UI with no immediate signs of broken elements or urgency tactics
Intelligence
The page loads a clean Wix-built landing page that promotes the Pepe memecoin with buy buttons and links to Uniswap and CoinMarketCap. Two engines flagged the URL as malicious or phishing while the rest cleared it. The domain itself is over two decades old and was purchased by the official $PEPE team earlier this year, which explains the redirect to pepe.vip. Gridinsoft flagged the redirect and lack of independent reputation data, giving the domain a 29/100 trust score. No scam reports or consumer complaints appear in our research, and the visual scan shows no fake login forms or urgency tactics. The combination of a legitimate redirect plus engine detections creates moderate uncertainty for visitors.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for pepe.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain registered 2001-10-17, age 24.7 years.
- Acquired in April 2024 by the team behind $PEPE meme coin (pepe.vip); also secured @pepe X handle.
- Currently redirects to pepe.vip (official $PEPE site per CoinGecko, CoinMarketCap).
- Gridinsoft flags pepe.com with 29/100 trust score citing redirect and limited reputation data.
- No direct scam reports or complaints tied specifically to pepe.com; many unrelated PEPE-themed scam tokens and phishing sites exist.
- No Trustpilot, ScamAdviser, or ScamDoc data available for pepe.com.
- No evidence of business registration or company filings linked to the domain.
Gridinsoft flagged pepe.com with a 29/100 trust score citing the redirect to pepe.vip and limited reputation data. DomainInvesting.com reported the domain was acquired by the $PEPE team in 2024. No direct scam reports or complaints tied to pepe.com were found.
Domain Timeline
- Oct 17, 2001Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 25 years old today.
- Jul 8, 2026Latest security review — Flagged as dangerous
This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.
pepe.com is an established domain now carrying threat signals. An older domain that starts tripping security checks is a classic pattern for an asset that was sold, repurposed, or compromised — the age alone is not reassurance.
Threat Detection
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Technical Details
domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referencedContact 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 postal address visible on the page.
- Phone number listed (269.359.207.477).
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://pepe.com/
- 2200https://www.pepe.vip/cross-domain
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
What to do
Avoid this site
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Do not interact with pepe.com
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- 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.
- 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.
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Final Verdict
pepe.com is a landing page for the $PEPE memecoin that redirects to the official pepe.vip site. The domain is 24.7 years old and was acquired by the $PEPE team in 2024, though two security engines flagged it and Gridinsoft assigned a low trust score.
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 pepe.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — pepe.com scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. pepe.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by GoDaddy.com · GoDaddy TLS Intermediate CA DV - R1v1, expiring in 150 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- pepe.com is 24.7 years old, registered on 10/17/2001 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 4 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged pepe.com as malicious or suspicious (2 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. pepe.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- pepe.com resolves to an IP operated by Amazon Technologies 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.
- This is a permanent record of the scan run on July 8, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around pepe.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.
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