Is phorec.com safe?
http://phorec.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: complete · 4 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Four-day-old Shopify storefront with free-mail support and no verifiable operator identity
Phorec presents itself as an online shop selling physical goods through a Shopify-style storefront with a cart and checkout flow. The domain is only four days old, the only support contact is a free Gmail inbox rather than a mailbox on its own domain, and the site does not disclose a legal entity name or a phone number. A generic virtual-office-style address in Sheridan, Wyoming is listed, but no operator identity is confirmed. One antivirus engine flagged the URL as suspicious, though there is no vendor consensus, and the browser threat feed and the TLS check returned clean results. Because the store is brand new, its operator is unverified, and its own pages could not be fully reviewed, the site sits in the Moderate Risk band rather than Safe or Low Risk.
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Where 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 52/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 4 findings pulled the score down; 2 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Moderate1 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious.
- ModerateThe store's contact address is a free-mail inbox (gmail.com) rather than a mailbox on its own domain.
- ModerateNo phone number and no operator postal address are visible on the captured page, and the listed Wyoming suite is a generic virtual-office-style address.
- MinorThe store's support contact is a free Gmail inbox rather than a mailbox on its own domain.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning for this URL.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
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). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
Phorec presents itself as an online shop selling physical goods through a Shopify-style storefront with a cart and checkout flow. The domain is only four days old, the only support contact is a free Gmail inbox rather than a mailbox on its own domain, and the site does not disclose a legal entity name or a phone number. A generic virtual-office-style address in Sheridan, Wyoming is listed, but no operator identity is confirmed. One antivirus engine flagged the URL as suspicious, though there is no vendor consensus, and the browser threat feed and the TLS check returned clean results. Because the store is brand new, its operator is unverified, and its own pages could not be fully reviewed, the site sits in the Moderate Risk band rather than Safe or Low Risk.
Operator identity and contact channels are unverified
The store's only visible support channel is a free-mail inbox at gmail.com, not an address on its own domain. No contact email uses the site's own domain, and the business contact relies on a free-mail provider. This is a common pattern in transient or high-risk e-commerce operations because it lets the operator disappear without leaving a domain-linked paper trail.
The captured page lists no phone number and no operator postal address. A physical address block showing a Sheridan, Wyoming suite is present, but it is a generic virtual-office-style address and the site does not name the legal entity behind it. Without a verifiable company name, phone number, or own-domain email, a buyer has no reliable way to identify or contact the operator if an order goes wrong.
Technical checks are clean, but the domain is brand new
The browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, so there is no evidence of a broad technical compromise or an active malware distribution campaign on this URL. One antivirus engine marked the URL as suspicious, but that is an isolated detection with no vendor consensus and should not be treated as proof of malicious code.
The registrable domain is only four days old. A brand-new domain is not by itself proof of fraud, but combined with the free-mail support address and the missing operator details it means the store has no track record a buyer can check. Clean technical results only mean no detections were found; they do not establish that the operator is trustworthy or that orders will be fulfilled.
The storefront funnels visitors toward a cart and checkout
The page presents an 'Explore the Shop' call-to-action and a cart system, and a contact form collects name, email, and an optional order number. These are the standard commercial elements of a physical-goods storefront, and the same-site cart and contact links are the only monetization paths observed. There is no evidence of an affiliate funnel, a cross-domain order path, or a subscription trap in the captured material.
The shop advertises shipping to over 100 countries, 30-day easy returns, and safe and secure checkout, while also disclosing long or indirect fulfilment. Long or indirect fulfilment can increase customer-service risk because delivery timelines and return handling become harder to verify, especially for a store with no established reputation and no own-domain support channel.
Why the score is 52
1 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
1/ 93
detectionsFresh result
1 engine flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 1
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 93 engine results
- Gridinsoft - Suspicious
- 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
- CRDF - 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
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Unrated
- 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 ThreatSeekernewly registered websites
- Googleshopping
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
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Visual context from the captured page
Phorec
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Phorec
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
Phorec
- Meta description
Shop useful everyday essentials at Phorec. Well-made home and daily-use products at fair prices, with tracked worldwide shipping and easy 30-day returns.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- 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
Phorec
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
The checks completed, but ownership, business claims, and future site behavior can still change after this snapshot.
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 registrable domain is only four days old, so the store has no track record.
- 02The store's contact address is a free-mail inbox (gmail.com) rather than a mailbox on its own domain.
- 03The store's support contact is a free Gmail inbox rather than a mailbox on its own domain.
Web research findings
Independent findings for phorec.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.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for phorec.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.
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. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domainphorec.com
- Redirects tophorec.com
- Hosted byShopify, Inc.
- Referencesfonts.shopifycdn.com · cdn.jsdelivr.net
Domain Timeline
- Oct 18, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 4 days old when this review was saved.
- Oct 23, 2026Saved security review — Rated Moderate Risk
The evidence in this saved scan is mixed or incomplete; the completed checks are detailed above.
phorec.com was registered very recently when this review was saved. Freshly-registered domains are disproportionately used for scams, so a young domain whose evidence is mixed or incomplete 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 contact email uses the site's own domain.
- Business contact uses a free-mail provider (gmail.com).
- No phone number listed on the captured page.
- No operator postal address visible on the captured page.
Domain & Encryption
A certificate issued weeks or days before the scan on a domain registered recently is common on short-lived sites, though new legitimate sites look the same.
Certificate issued for phorec.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.
Chat, reviews and email
- Judge.me reviews
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- jsDelivr
Payment providers the page loads
- Shop Pay
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://phorec.com/
- 2200https://phorec.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
- Antiviruscomplete
- 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.
1 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
The store's contact address is a free-mail inbox (gmail.com) rather than a mailbox on its own domain. · No phone number and no operator postal address are visible on the captured page, and the listed Wyoming suite is a generic virtual-office-style address.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 1 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | Adverse | fresh · analysed Oct 23, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 23, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 23, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 23, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 23, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result1 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 23, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 23, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 23, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 23, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 23, 2026
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 phorec.com a scam or is it safe?
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Has phorec.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is phorec.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Four-day-old Shopify storefront with free-mail support and no verifiable operator identity
Phorec presents itself as an online shop selling physical goods through a Shopify-style storefront with a cart and checkout flow. The domain is only four days old, the only support contact is a free Gmail inbox rather than a mailbox on its own domain, and the site does not disclose a legal entity name or a phone number. A generic virtual-office-style address in Sheridan, Wyoming is listed, but no operator identity is confirmed. One antivirus engine flagged the URL as suspicious, though there is no vendor consensus, and the browser threat feed and the TLS check returned clean results. Because the store is brand new, its operator is unverified, and its own pages could not be fully reviewed, the site sits in the Moderate Risk band rather than Safe or Low Risk.
09 · Community
Community
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