Is recurbate.com legit or a scam?
Seized domain that operated as an unauthorized paid archive of stolen performer content, now displays a domain-seizure notice.
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
Fake shop — do not order
Seized domain that operated as an unauthorized paid archive of stolen performer content, now displays a domain-seizure notice. The site shows patterns common to non-delivery scam shops. Don't submit payment details, and if you already paid by card or PayPal, start a chargeback today.
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 Screenshot 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 page is a legitimate-looking domain-seizure notice placed by Chaturbate following a UDRP action against a third-party site that republished content without authorization. No active scam indicators are visible on this notice page itself.
What our vision model saw
4 signalsPage displays a domain-seizure notice stating 'THIS DOMAIN HAS BEEN SEIZED' with the Chaturbate logo prominently shown.
Text explains the domain 'Recurbate' was seized by Chaturbate via the UDRP/WIPO process, indicating prior unauthorized content republishing activity.
Page is fully rendered with a clean, minimal dark-themed layout and no interactive forms, payment prompts, or urgency tactics visible.
No trust badges, countdown timers, fake chat widgets, or credential-harvesting elements are present.
MT Intelligence
Recurbate operated as a commercial replay/archive service that distributed Chaturbate broadcaster recordings without permission or compensation to the performers. Multiple performers reported on Trustpilot and Reddit that the site charged for stolen content and attempted fraudulent credit-card charges. Chaturbate successfully pursued a WIPO trademark-infringement case (D2023-3737, decided November 2, 2023) and seized the domain. The current page is a legitimate seizure notice placed by Chaturbate, not an active scam site — but the domain's history is one of systematic content theft and fraud. The operator used privacy registration via Iceland to obscure identity, and successor mirror sites (recu.me, recurbate.me) have been discussed as alternatives on piracy forums, indicating ongoing attempts to revive the scheme.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for recurbate.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain registered September 27, 2018 via NameCheap; currently shows 'This domain has been seized' page.
- Seized by Chaturbate (Multi Media, LLC) via UDRP in WIPO case D2023-3737 (decision Nov 2, 2023); transferred due to trademark infringement and unauthorized distribution of broadcaster content.
- Page explicitly states: 'Recurbate was an unauthorized publisher of independent broadcaster content, much of which was recorded without the independent broadcasters’ consent.'
- Operated as a paid Chaturbate replay/archive site; faced widespread criticism from performers for non-consensual recording and distribution.
- Trustpilot shows 2.2/5 from 55 reviews with multiple fraud and stolen content complaints; Scamadviser gives trust score 0.
- Successor/mirror sites (recu.me, recurbate.me) discussed on Reddit r/Piracy as alternatives after original domain seizure.
- WHOIS updated August 2025; status clientTransferProhibited; uses Cloudflare nameservers.
- Trustpilotopen
"This site is using stolen original content from real performers so you are paying for stolen property and ripping off actors"
- Reddit r/CamGirlProblemsopen
"Recurbate is a scam site, doesn't have recordings doesn't have privates, they will attempt to hammer any CC used from multiple shell"
- Scamadviseropen
"The trust score of recurbate.com is extremely low. This is a strong indicator that the website may be a scam."
Recurbate operated as a paid replay/archive service that republished Chaturbate broadcaster content without consent. an independent review aggregator shows 2.2/5 stars from 55 reviews, with performers reporting stolen content, non-consensual recording, and unauthorized credit-card charges. Reddit discussions in r/CamGirlProblems and r/Piracy document widespread fraud complaints and mention successor mirror sites (recu.me, recurbate.me) attempting to continue the operation. Chaturbate successfully pursued a WIPO trademark-infringement case (D2023-3737, decided November 2, 2023) and seized the domain. The operator used privacy registration via Iceland to obscure identity.
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Contact 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 phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://recurbate.com/
- 2200https://recurbate.com/
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 scam-type patterns detected
1 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- AI analyst tagged this as a fake shop.
- No phone number or postal address anywhere on the page.
- Multiple contact / trust-signal red flags on the page.
1 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- AI analyst tagged this as a fake shop.
- No phone number or postal address anywhere on the page.
- Multiple contact / trust-signal red flags on the page.
Fake shop — do not order
Signals common to non-delivery scam shops were detected on this site.
- Do not interact with recurbate.com
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- If you already paid by card or PayPal — start a chargeback
Contact your bank or card issuer and dispute the charge as "goods not received" or "merchant fraud." PayPal users can open a case in the Resolution Centre. Act within 120 days for card chargebacks in most jurisdictions.
- Save every piece of evidence
Screenshots of the checkout, order confirmation emails, any chat transcripts, and the product listing page. Chargeback and fraud reports go faster when you have receipts.
- OpenReport the shop
Report to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov), Action Fraud UK, or your local consumer-protection body. Post the URL on the MalwareTips scam forum so other buyers can find it.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
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 recurbate.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — recurbate.com scored 25/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. recurbate.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 37 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- 1 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged recurbate.com as malicious or suspicious. Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. recurbate.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- recurbate.com resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, 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 June 10, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around recurbate.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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