Is pinauto-store.com safe?

http://pinauto-store.com/

High RiskStatus

Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Pinauto-store.com shows repeated customer reports of non-delivery and refund refusal on a Shopify storefront selling car accessories.

The site operates as an online shop with standard product pages and checkout. Multiple reviewers describe receiving poor-quality or incorrect items, or nothing at all, while attempts to obtain refunds are frequently blocked. External scanners flag the domain as a suspicious shop.

Do not order from pinauto-store.com; choose retailers with transparent return policies and verifiable contact information.
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Calibrated safety spectrum

Where this site sits

  1. Dangerous1–20
  2. High Risk21–44
  3. Moderate Risk45–69
  4. Low Risk70–84
  5. Safe85–100

The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.

01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

The site operates as an online shop with standard product pages and checkout. Multiple reviewers describe receiving poor-quality or incorrect items, or nothing at all, while attempts to obtain refunds are frequently blocked. External scanners flag the domain as a suspicious shop.

Customer reports and external classification

an independent review platform reviews indicate widespread dissatisfaction: many customers report items that never arrived, products that did not match the description, or goods of unusable quality.

Gridinsoft labels the site a 'Suspicious Shop' after recording one blacklist detection and a 1.8/5 average rating from 223 reviews.

Hosting and technical profile

The storefront runs on Shopify with standard marketing scripts; antivirus engines have flagged the URL as suspicious.

The domain is roughly 2.3 years old, providing limited reassurance against newer scam patterns.

Why the score is 28

Hundreds of reviews cite non-delivery or unusable goods and blocked refunds. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Collected signals and independent provider data for this URL.

Antivirus Engines

1/ 92

detections

Saved result - stale

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
92
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
GridinsoftSuspicioussuspicious
All 92 engine results
  • Gridinsoft - suspicious - Suspicious
  • 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
  • Abusix - clean - Clean
  • Acronis - clean - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • alphaMountain.ai - unrated - Clean
  • AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
  • Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
  • ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • AutoShun - unrated - Clean
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
  • BitDefender - clean - Clean
  • Bkav - unrated - Clean
  • BlockList - clean - Clean
  • Blueliv - clean - Clean
  • Certego - clean - Clean
  • ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
  • Chong Lua Dao - clean - Clean
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
  • CRDF - clean - Clean
  • Criminal IP - unrated - Clean
  • CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
  • CTX AI - clean - Clean
  • Cyan - unrated - Clean
  • Cyble - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - clean - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
  • DNS8 - unrated - Clean
  • Dr.Web - clean - Clean
  • EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
  • Emsisoft - clean - Clean
  • Ermes - unrated - Clean
  • ESET - clean - Clean
  • ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - unrated - Clean
  • Fortinet - clean - Clean
  • Fortra - unrated - Clean
  • G-Data - clean - Clean
  • GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
  • GreenSnow - clean - Clean
  • GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
  • Guardpot - unrated - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - unrated - Clean
  • Kaspersky - clean - Clean
  • LevelBlue - clean - Clean
  • Lionic - clean - Clean
  • Lumu - unrated - Clean
  • Malwared - clean - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
  • MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
  • Mimecast - unrated - Clean
  • Netcraft - unrated - Clean
  • OpenPhish - clean - Clean
  • PhishFort - unrated - Clean
  • Phishing Database - clean - Clean
  • Phishtank - clean - Clean
  • PREBYTES - clean - Clean
  • PrecisionSec - unrated - Clean
  • Quick Heal - clean - Clean
  • Quttera - clean - Clean
  • Rising - clean - Clean
  • SafeToOpen - unrated - Clean
  • Sangfor - clean - Clean
  • Sansec eComscan - unrated - Clean
  • Scantitan - clean - Clean
  • SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
  • Seclookup - clean - Clean
  • Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
  • SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
  • Sophos - clean - Clean
  • StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
  • ThreatHive - clean - Clean
  • URLhaus - clean - Clean
  • URLQuery - unrated - Clean
  • Viettel Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
  • VIPRE - unrated - Clean
  • ViriBack - clean - Clean
  • VX Vault - clean - Clean
  • Webroot - clean - Clean
  • Xcitium Verdict Cloud - unrated - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
  • ZeroFox - unrated - Clean

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.

What we observed

CAPTURED PAGE
pinauto-store.com
What our review noticed on this page
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

The website features a clean, modern e-commerce layout with a hero image of a car, navigation menu, and product categories.

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    The website features a clean, modern e-commerce layout with a hero image of a car, navigation menu, and product categories.

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.
  1. What the site claims

    Pinauto - N°1 Car accessories – Pinauto WW

  2. What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 92 antivirus results.

  3. What independent research found

    2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.

  4. What remains unverified

    1 of the 4 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

Transaction

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 01Hundreds of reviews cite non-delivery or unusable goods and blocked refunds.
  2. 02Gridinsoft flags the site as a suspicious shop with a 1.8/5 rating.
  3. 031 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.

If this is a scam — what it means for you

What happens when a visitor places an order

A visitor adds an item to the cart, enters payment details at checkout, and receives an order confirmation email.

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.

  1. According to multiple reviewers, the package either never arrives or contains a product that does not match the listing.

  2. Attempts to contact support or request refunds are reported as unsuccessful or ignored.

Do not order from pinauto-store.com; choose retailers with transparent return policies and verifiable contact information.

Fake Shop & Commercial DeceptionConfidence: Moderate

Grounded in 1 saved evidence reference.

Web research findings

Independent findings for pinauto-store.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.

Business registration
No public record found
Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.
Clone check
No clone detected
The completed research found no supported clone indicator.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The completed research found no supported look-alike match.
Web mentions
2 scam reports · 1 complaint
Scam reports (2)
Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.
  • Trustpilotopen

    "Most reviewers were unhappy with their experience overall. Many people were dissatisfied with the products, often finding them to be of poor quality, not as described, or not fit for purpose. Customers frequently reported issues with orders, including items not arriving, incorrect products being sent, or significant delays in delivery, with some never receiving their purchases. The refund process was a major point of contention, with many reviewers stating they were denied refunds, offered inadequate partial refunds, or faced prolonged delays and unhelpful communication when trying to resolve issues."

  • Gridinsoftopen

    "This site is classified as Suspicious Shop based on multiple risk signals, including 1 blacklist detections and a low 1.8/5 user rating from 223 reviews."

Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
ListedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

04 · Domain & Infrastructure

Domain & infrastructure

Timeline · identity · encryption · redirects · hosting

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.

  1. Domainpinauto-store.com
  2. Redirects topinauto-store.com
  3. Hosted byShopify, Inc.
  4. Referencespixel.wetracked.io · cdn.shopify.com

Domain Timeline

  1. Apr 21, 2024
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 2.3 years old today.

  2. Aug 21, 2026
    Saved security review — Flagged as suspicious

    The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.

pinauto-store.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.

Contact Verification

Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.

What We Found
Has a contact email on its own domain
Emails on site's domaininfo@pinauto-store.com
Phone numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles2
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • Contact email on the site's own domain (info@pinauto-store.com).
  • Links to 2 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age2 years old
RegistrarTucows Domains Inc.
RegisteredApr 21, 2024
ExpiresApr 21, 2027
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YE2
ExpiresNov 4, 2026 (74d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingShopify, Inc.
Server locationCA
Web servercloudflare
Platform / CMSShopify

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://pinauto-store.com/
  • 2200https://pinauto-store.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file19
ISPShopify, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
  1. Antiviruspartial
  2. Browser threat feedcomplete
  3. Page contentcomplete
  4. Analysiscomplete
  5. Visual evidencecomplete
Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

Technical threat

unknown

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

Additional evidence review

Operator / customer risk

suspicious

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

Additional evidence review · Additional evidence review

Source coverage and freshness

Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.

Antivirus
Result1 of 92 engines flagged
CompletionLimited
FindingAdverse
Freshnessstale fallback · Aug 21, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Page content
ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Visual evidence
Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Independent research
Result2 independent findings were saved
CompletionCompleted
FindingAdverse
FreshnessNot available

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Proceed with caution

Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.

  1. Analyst recommendation

    Do not order from pinauto-store.com; choose retailers with transparent return policies and verifiable contact information.

  2. Treat pinauto-store.com as unverified

    Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Share your experience

    If you have additional context, drop a comment below or post on the MalwareTips forum.

    Open

Safer Alternatives

Trying to shop safely? Use a safe option instead

Shopping for a deal? Stick to established retailers with real buyer protection — if a price looks too good to be true on an unknown store, it usually is.

  1. Amazon

    A-to-z Guarantee covers eligible orders.

  2. eBay

    Money Back Guarantee on most purchases.

  3. Walmart

    Major retailer with established returns.

  4. The brand's official site

    Search the brand name + "official site" rather than trusting an ad or unknown store.

Suggestions for safety only — not endorsements. Always verify the address bar before signing in or paying, even on well-known sites.

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 pinauto-store.com a scam or a legit online store?
pinauto-store.com looks like a likely fake shop & commercial deception — we recommend against paying or entering card details. Our review tagged it for fake shop. 1 of 92 security engines flag it. The domain is 2.3 years old through Tucows Domains Inc.. It may not be an outright scam, but the risk is high enough that you should verify it independently before trusting it with money or data.
Is pinauto-store.com safe to use?
pinauto-store.com has a Safety Score of 28/100 (High Risk). Analysis coverage is strong at 83%. Avoid login, payment and downloads.
I already paid or entered my details on pinauto-store.com — what should I do?
If you've already paid or handed over details on pinauto-store.com, act quickly. 1) Contact your bank or card issuer immediately and ask to dispute the charge or open a chargeback — the sooner you act, the better your odds. 2) Report the site to the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov or the FBI's IC3 at ic3.gov, and in the UK to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. 3) If you entered a password, change it on pinauto-store.com and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. 4) Watch your bank and email for follow-up fraud, and keep screenshots as evidence.
Can I get my money back from pinauto-store.com?
Often yes, if you act fast. Payments made by credit or debit card can frequently be reversed through a chargeback or dispute — contact your bank right away and explain it was a fraudulent site. Bank transfers and gift-card or voucher payments are much harder to recover, but you should still report them to your bank and to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) or Action Fraud (actionfraud.police.uk). Avoid any "refund" or "recovery" service that contacts you first — it's usually a follow-up scam.
I ordered from pinauto-store.com but nothing arrived — is it a fake shop?
That's the classic pattern of a fake or non-delivery shop. These sites take payment for products that never ship, or send cheap counterfeits, then go quiet and eventually disappear. If you paid by card, contact your bank about a chargeback for "goods not received." Keep your order confirmation and any messages, don't pay extra "customs" or "release" fees they may demand, and report the store so others are warned.
How do I report pinauto-store.com?
You can report pinauto-store.com through several official channels: the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at ic3.gov, and — in the UK — Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. You can also flag it to Google Safe Browsing (safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish) so other browsers warn about it, and report it to the company being impersonated if there is one. Reporting helps get scam sites taken down faster.
pinauto-store.com looks professional — how can it still be a scam?
Modern scams are built to look convincing. A valid SSL padlock, a polished template, stock photos, fake reviews, and a trust badge can all be added in minutes and prove nothing about who runs the site. Scammers buy cheap domains, clone real designs, and copy legal pages wholesale. That's exactly why an automated review that checks the domain's age, hosting, blacklists, and behaviour — rather than just how the page looks — is more reliable than a first impression.
Has pinauto-store.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 1 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged pinauto-store.com as suspicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
Is pinauto-store.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — pinauto-store.com is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
How old is the pinauto-store.com domain?
pinauto-store.com is 2.3 years old, registered on April 21, 2024 through Tucows Domains Inc.. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
Does pinauto-store.com have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — pinauto-store.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YE2, valid for another 74 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
How often is the pinauto-store.com report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on August 21, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about pinauto-store.com has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.

08 · Final Verdict

Final verdict

The saved conclusion, decisive evidence, and practical action in one final view.
Verdict score
28/100
High Risk

Pinauto-store.com shows repeated customer reports of non-delivery and refund refusal on a Shopify storefront selling car accessories.

Saved capturepinauto-store.comCapture-safe
Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.
Conclusion

The site operates as an online shop with standard product pages and checkout. Multiple reviewers describe receiving poor-quality or incorrect items, or nothing at all, while attempts to obtain refunds are frequently blocked. External scanners flag the domain as a suspicious shop.

Recommended actionDo not order from pinauto-store.com; choose retailers with transparent return policies and verifiable contact information.
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09 · Community

Community

First-hand experiences add human context after the scanner has reached its conclusion.