Is ratingleader.com safe?
http://ratingleader.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: partial · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (57 of 92 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Rating Leader sells paid Google reviews and review-removal services, and customers report the reviews get flagged as fraudulent and deleted.
Rating Leader is a Shopify-style storefront that advertises itself as an expert in boosting the online reputation of local businesses and sells services such as buying reviews and removing reviews. The technical side is clean — no malware or phishing was detected and the connection is encrypted — but the commercial model itself is the problem: the product being sold is paid reviews, and multiple customer reports say those reviews were tagged by Google as fraudulent and deleted, with buyers unable to get support or refunds afterwards. That combination of a deceptive service and reported non-delivery places the site in the High Risk band.
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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 38/100
High Risk covers scores 21–44. 3 findings pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- ModerateThe site openly sells paid Google reviews and review-removal services through a cart-based storefront.
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "All 15 Reviews were tagged by Google as fraudulent and deleted - Do not hire this company"
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Trustpilot listed Rating Leader with 26 reviews and a 23% one-star share when checked. Recent complaints allege review removals, pacing issues, and weak…"
What pushed the score up
- SupportsNo malware or phishing was detected and the connection is encrypted.
- SupportsThe site publishes an email on its own domain, a phone number and a postal address.
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 811 days old
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.
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01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
Rating Leader is a Shopify-style storefront that advertises itself as an expert in boosting the online reputation of local businesses and sells services such as buying reviews and removing reviews. The technical side is clean — no malware or phishing was detected and the connection is encrypted — but the commercial model itself is the problem: the product being sold is paid reviews, and multiple customer reports say those reviews were tagged by Google as fraudulent and deleted, with buyers unable to get support or refunds afterwards. That combination of a deceptive service and reported non-delivery places the site in the High Risk band.
What the site actually sells
The site presents itself as a reputation-management service for local businesses, with the tagline 'Expertos en potenciar la reputación online de tu negocio local'. Its storefront lists purchasable services including 'Eliminación Reseñas' (review removal), and a shopping cart ('Carrito') is present for placing orders. The operator identity is described as a commercial service selling Google reviews and review-removal services through a Shopify storefront.
The business does publish contact details on its own domain, including an email address, a phone number and a postal address, which is more transparency than many low-quality storefronts offer. That does not change what is being sold, but it is worth noting as context.
What customers report about the service
Independent review evidence is adverse. One customer wrote that they lost over 100 reviews they had paid for and that attempts to contact the company by email and WhatsApp were ignored, ending with 'DON'T USE THEM. Waste of TIME & MONEY'. Another report states that all 15 reviews purchased were tagged by Google as fraudulent and deleted, with the reviewer advising others not to hire the company.
A review-aggregation page recorded Rating Leader with 26 reviews and a 23% one-star share, noting recent complaints about review removals, pacing issues and weak accountability. A separate neutral review did describe clear communication about what could and could not be done, though it also mentioned slow responses — so the picture is not uniformly negative, but the adverse reports describe concrete financial loss and non-delivery.
Technical checks versus operator risk
On the technical side, the browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. The domain is 811 days old, which is not new. These facts mean the site is not distributing malware or running a phishing page — they do not make the commercial service safe or honest.
The risk here is operator and customer risk, not a technical threat. The service being sold — paid reviews — is inherently deceptive to Google and to consumers, and the customer reports describe the predictable outcome: reviews flagged as fraudulent, removed, and money lost with no effective recourse. That is the mechanism that drives the score into the High Risk band.
Why the score is 38
The site openly sells paid Google reviews and review-removal services through a cart-based storefront. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 92
No detectionsSaved analysis from July 21, 2026 - stale
No detections across 57 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 35 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 92
All 92 engine results
- 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
- Cluster25 - Unrated
- 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 - Unrated
- 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 - Clean
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- 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
- 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
- BitDefendermisc
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
Expertos en potenciar la reputación online de tu negocio local
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Expertos en potenciar la reputación online de tu negocio local
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
Mejora tu Reputacion Online para Negocios | Rating Leader
- Meta description
Impulsa la reputacion online de tu negocio con Rating Leader. Consigue más reseñas reales en Google, mejora tu SEO local y atrae a más clientes hoy.
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
Mejora tu Reputacion Online para Negocios | Rating Leader
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 57 antivirus results.
What independent research found
4 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 6 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
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The site openly sells paid Google reviews and review-removal services through a cart-based storefront.
- 02The site publishes an email on its own domain, a phone number and a postal address.
- 03No malware or phishing was detected and the connection is encrypted.
Web research findings
Independent findings for ratingleader.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.
- Trustpilotopen
"but I've lost over 100 reviews that I've paid for..... I've tried to contact via email/whatsapp but they choose to ignore me. So here we are. DON'T USE THEM. Waste of TIME & MONEY"
- OrderBoostsopen
"Trustpilot listed Rating Leader with 26 reviews and a 23% one-star share when checked. Recent complaints allege review removals, pacing issues, and weak accountability."
- Trustpilotopen
"All 15 Reviews were tagged by Google as fraudulent and deleted - Do not hire this company"
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.
- Domainratingleader.com
- Redirects toratingleader.com
- Hosted byShopify, Inc.
- Referencesgoogletagmanager.com · fonts.shopifycdn.com
Domain Timeline
- Aug 13, 2024Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 2 years old when this review was saved.
- Nov 2, 2026Saved security review — Rated High Risk
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
ratingleader.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.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (hello@ratingleader.com).
- Phone number listed (+34 653 23 85 44).
- Postal address visible on the page.
- Links to 6 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Report this domain to its registrar: send the address and what happened to this contact.
Certificate issued for ratingleader.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.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
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://ratingleader.com/
- 2200https://ratingleader.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
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
The site openly sells paid Google reviews and review-removal services through a cart-based storefront. · 2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "All 15 Reviews were tagged by Google as fraudulent and deleted - Do not hire this company"
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 92 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Jul 21, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 2, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 2, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 2, 2026 |
| Independent research | 4 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Nov 2, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Jul 21, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 2, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 2, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 2, 2026
- Independent research
- Result4 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 2, 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 ratingleader.com a scam or a legit online store?
Is ratingleader.com safe to use?
I already paid or entered my details on ratingleader.com — what should I do?
Can I get my money back from ratingleader.com?
I ordered from ratingleader.com but nothing arrived — is it a fake shop?
How do I report ratingleader.com?
ratingleader.com looks professional — how can it still be a scam?
Has ratingleader.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is ratingleader.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the ratingleader.com domain?
Does ratingleader.com have a valid SSL certificate?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Rating Leader sells paid Google reviews and review-removal services, and customers report the reviews get flagged as fraudulent and deleted.
Rating Leader is a Shopify-style storefront that advertises itself as an expert in boosting the online reputation of local businesses and sells services such as buying reviews and removing reviews. The technical side is clean — no malware or phishing was detected and the connection is encrypted — but the commercial model itself is the problem: the product being sold is paid reviews, and multiple customer reports say those reviews were tagged by Google as fraudulent and deleted, with buyers unable to get support or refunds afterwards. That combination of a deceptive service and reported non-delivery places the site in the High Risk band.
09 · Community
Community
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