Is prefontaineapparel.shop safe?

http://prefontaineapparel.shop/

High RiskStatus

Coveragecomplete6 of 6 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Two-day-old "boutique" storefront flagged by two security vendors as phishing, with no verifiable operator behind it

prefontaineapparel.shop presents itself as "Prefontaine," a contemporary designer boutique in Waco, Texas that has been curating fashion "since 2004," complete with Shop Now buttons and a cart. The domain itself, however, is only 2 days old, and two independent antivirus families (LevelBlue and Netcraft) flag the site as malicious or phishing. The captured page shows no contact email, no phone number and no operator postal address, so there is no way to verify who is actually behind the storefront. The combination of a brand-new domain, active phishing detections and a completely unverifiable operator identity places this site in the High Risk band.

Do not enter payment card details, personal information or account credentials on prefontaineapparel.shop. The domain is 2 days old, two security vendors flag it as phishing, and there is no verifiable business behind the storefront. If you have already submitted card details, contact your bank or card issuer immediately to block the transaction and request a replacement card.
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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

prefontaineapparel.shop presents itself as "Prefontaine," a contemporary designer boutique in Waco, Texas that has been curating fashion "since 2004," complete with Shop Now buttons and a cart. The domain itself, however, is only 2 days old, and two independent antivirus families (LevelBlue and Netcraft) flag the site as malicious or phishing. The captured page shows no contact email, no phone number and no operator postal address, so there is no way to verify who is actually behind the storefront. The combination of a brand-new domain, active phishing detections and a completely unverifiable operator identity places this site in the High Risk band.

Active phishing detections on a domain registered two days ago

The saved antivirus analysis reports 2 malicious detections and 0 suspicious results across 93 engines, with two independent antivirus families (LevelBlue and Netcraft) returning an adverse verdict. Netcraft in particular specialises in phishing and fraudulent-site detection, so a hit from that family is a direct warning about the site's intent rather than a generic false positive.

That warning lands on a domain that is only 2 days old. A storefront claiming nearly two decades of history while its domain was registered this week is a contradiction that no legitimate retailer would produce, and it is the classic signature of a freshly spun-up phishing or fake-shop front.

The browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, so the site is not currently blocked and does connect over HTTPS. Those are the only supportive technical facts here, and they mean "no additional blocklist hit," not that the site is trustworthy — the vendor detections above remain the decisive signal.

A Texas boutique with no email, no phone and no address

The captured page carries the marketing line "Everyday Luxury, Curated in Texas" and claims to have served customers "since 2004," but the page itself lists no direct contact email, no phone number and no operator postal address. For a physical-goods retailer that expects customers to hand over payment details, the total absence of any way to reach the business is a serious transparency failure.

The site does present a working commercial surface — "Shop Now," "Shop The Collection," and a cart counter reading "Cart (0)" — so visitors are being funnelled toward a checkout. The problem is that the entity collecting that payment cannot be identified, verified or contacted from anything on the page.

Why the score is 28

2 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. 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

2/ 93

detections

Fresh result

2 engines flagged this URL

Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.

Malicious
2
Suspicious
0
Total
93
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
LevelBlueMaliciousphishing
NetcraftMaliciousmalicious
All 93 engine results
  • LevelBlue - phishing - Malicious
  • Netcraft - Malicious
  • 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 - Clean
  • 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
  • Gridinsoft - Unrated
  • Guardpot - Unrated
  • Heimdal Security - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
  • IPsum - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - Unrated
  • Kaspersky - Unrated
  • Lionic - Clean
  • Lumu - Unrated
  • Malwared - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - Clean
  • MalwareURL - Unrated
  • Mimecast - 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

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
prefontaineapparel.shop
What our review noticed on this page
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

Everyday Luxury, Curated in Texas. Discover forward-thinking fashion and international contemporary designers curated for your modern lifestyle since 2004.

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    Everyday Luxury, Curated in Texas. Discover forward-thinking fashion and international contemporary designers curated for your modern lifestyle since 2004.

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

    Contemporary Designer Boutique in Waco, TX | Prefontaine

  2. What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 59 antivirus results.

  3. What independent research found

    The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.

  4. 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

Phishing & Impersonation

Also observed: Fake Shop & Commercial Deception

Service and business model

Shop

Transaction

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 012 malicious and 0 suspicious detections across 93 engines, with LevelBlue and Netcraft both flagging the site.
  2. 022 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result.
  3. 03The registrable domain is only 2 days old, contradicting the site's claim of operating since 2004.

Web research findings

Independent findings for prefontaineapparel.shop, 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
Not checked
This report did not include a company-registry lookup, so no registration result is claimed.
Clone check
Not checked
No site-clone comparison was run for this report, so no clean result is claimed.
Typosquat check
Not checked
No look-alike domain comparison was run for this report, so no clean result is claimed.
Web mentions
No scam reports found
The completed search returned no sourced scam reports or complaints.

No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for prefontaineapparel.shop. 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.

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. Domainprefontaineapparel.shop
  2. Redirects toprefontaineapparel.shop
  3. Hosted byBeijing Ruihao Kai Yuan Technology Co., Ltd
  4. Referencesfonts.googleapis.com · fonts.gstatic.com

Domain Timeline

  1. Oct 24, 2026
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 2 days old when this review was saved.

  2. Oct 26, 2026
    Saved security review — Rated High Risk

    The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.

prefontaineapparel.shop was registered very recently when this review was saved and was already flagged. Freshly-registered domains are disproportionately used for scams, and a young domain with active threat signals 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.

What We Found
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No direct contact email found on the captured page.
  • No phone number listed on the captured page.
  • No operator postal address visible on the captured page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age2 days old
RegistrarTuringsign Inc.
RegisteredOct 24, 2026
ExpiresOct 24, 2027
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YE2
ExpiresJan 22, 2027 (88d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingBeijing Ruihao Kai Yuan Technology Co., Ltd
Server locationUS

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://prefontaineapparel.shop/
  • 2200https://prefontaineapparel.shop/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPBeijing Ruihao Kai Yuan Technology Co., Ltd
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
  1. Antiviruscomplete
  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

suspicious

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

2 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. · The registrable domain is only 2 days old, contradicting the site's claim of operating since 2004.

Operator / customer risk

unknown

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Source coverage and freshness

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

Antivirus
Result2 of 93 engines flagged
CompletionCompleted
FindingAdverse
Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 26, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 26, 2026
Page content
ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 26, 2026
Visual evidence
Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 26, 2026
Independent research
ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 26, 2026

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 enter payment card details, personal information or account credentials on prefontaineapparel.shop. The domain is 2 days old, two security vendors flag it as phishing, and there is no verifiable business behind the storefront. If you have already submitted card details, contact your bank or card issuer immediately to block the transaction and request a replacement card.

  2. Treat prefontaineapparel.shop 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.

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  1. Amazon

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  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 prefontaineapparel.shop a scam or a legit website?
prefontaineapparel.shop looks like a likely phishing site — do not enter your login or personal details. Our review tagged it for phishing and fake shop. 2 of 93 security engines flag it (2 as outright malicious). The domain is only 2 days old through Turingsign Inc — a fresh registration is a classic scam fingerprint. 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 prefontaineapparel.shop safe to use?
prefontaineapparel.shop has a Safety Score of 28/100 (High Risk). Analysis coverage is complete at 100%. Avoid login, payment and downloads.
What should I do if I already gave my details to prefontaineapparel.shop?
If you've already paid or handed over details on prefontaineapparel.shop, 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 prefontaineapparel.shop 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 prefontaineapparel.shop?
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.
Did prefontaineapparel.shop steal my password or personal information?
If you entered anything on prefontaineapparel.shop, assume it was captured. Phishing pages exist purely to harvest what you type — usernames, passwords, card numbers, or one-time codes. Change the password immediately on the real site and anywhere you reused it, enable two-factor authentication, and if you entered card or banking details, contact your bank about the risk of fraud. Also be alert for follow-up "security" calls or emails that try to exploit the same information.
How do I report prefontaineapparel.shop?
You can report prefontaineapparel.shop 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.
Why does prefontaineapparel.shop look legitimate if it's 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 prefontaineapparel.shop been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 2 of 93 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged prefontaineapparel.shop, 2 of them as outright malicious. None of these detections came from the engines we treat as highest-confidence, so they are weighed alongside the other checks rather than on their own.
Is prefontaineapparel.shop on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — prefontaineapparel.shop 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 prefontaineapparel.shop domain?
prefontaineapparel.shop is 2 days old, registered on October 24, 2026 through Turingsign Inc. Scam sites are very often freshly registered and short-lived, so an age under six months is a reason for extra caution.
Does prefontaineapparel.shop have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — prefontaineapparel.shop presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YE2, valid for another 88 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 prefontaineapparel.shop report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on October 26, 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 prefontaineapparel.shop 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

Two-day-old "boutique" storefront flagged by two security vendors as phishing, with no verifiable operator behind it

Saved captureprefontaineapparel.shopCapture-safe
Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.
Conclusion

prefontaineapparel.shop presents itself as "Prefontaine," a contemporary designer boutique in Waco, Texas that has been curating fashion "since 2004," complete with Shop Now buttons and a cart. The domain itself, however, is only 2 days old, and two independent antivirus families (LevelBlue and Netcraft) flag the site as malicious or phishing. The captured page shows no contact email, no phone number and no operator postal address, so there is no way to verify who is actually behind the storefront. The combination of a brand-new domain, active phishing detections and a completely unverifiable operator identity places this site in the High Risk band.

Recommended actionDo not enter payment card details, personal information or account credentials on prefontaineapparel.shop. The domain is 2 days old, two security vendors flag it as phishing, and there is no verifiable business behind the storefront. If you have already submitted card details, contact your bank or card issuer immediately to block the transaction and request a replacement card.
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