Is rssc.www.spotaka.shop legit or a scam?
A suspicious clone of the Japanese retailer Spotaka using a complex subdomain to bypass security filters and impersonate a legitimate business.
Score breakdown
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.
SUSPICIOUSrssc.www.spotaka.shop49/100
Analysis Summary
Possible brand impersonation
A suspicious clone of the Japanese retailer Spotaka using a complex subdomain to bypass security filters and impersonate a legitimate business. The page looks styled like a known brand but may not be authentic. Check the URL carefully and navigate to the brand's real site before signing in or paying.
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
We could not capture a fully-rendered screenshot of this page; visual analysis is inconclusive.
What our vision model saw
1 signalScreenshot incomplete — site may be slow to render
MT Intelligence
The site uses a highly unusual subdomain structure (rssc.www.spotaka.shop) which is a common tactic for creating 'hidden' scam pages on otherwise legitimate-looking infrastructure. Our fingerprinting analysis confirms this page is a clone of the official spotaka.shop storefront. The legitimate company, Sports Takahashi Co., Ltd., has issued public warnings specifically about fraudulent sites impersonating their brand. Furthermore, the 'rssc' prefix is linked to other domains that have received very low trust ratings and scam reports from independent review aggregators. These factors combined indicate a high risk of a fake-shop operation.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for rssc.www.spotaka.shop, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain spotaka.shop is the official online store for 株式会社スポーツタカハシ, a legitimate Japanese sports retailer founded 1922/established 1948 with physical store in Osaka's Shinsaibashi Big Step.
- Company has issued public warnings about fake/impersonating scam sites using their name and details (March 2023 announcement).
- rsscsports.com (related to 'rssc' prefix) has mixed reviews on Trustpilot (avg ~3.6/5 from 78 reviews) and ScamAdviser flags it with very low trust score (0); some Reddit users report receiving orders but note quality/shipping issues.
- No direct scam reports or complaints specifically naming 'rssc.www.spotaka.shop' found in searches.
- spotaka.shop domain referenced across official company sites, Instagram, Reddit skate communities, and local Osaka business listings with consistent contact info (phone 06-6484-7164).
- Domain age provided as 3167 days (~8.7 years); spotaka.com (related) noted as ~26 years old in one source.
- Reddit (r/bicycling)open
"I've received my RSSC bib today after a 2 week wait... The pad is great, I've done about 30 miles on it now and it's pretty comfortable."
- Trustpilotopen
"Rsscsports is run by enthusiastic cyclists for cyclists, and we have years of retail experience, we hand pick products that we use ourselves every day."
株式会社スポーツタカハシ (Sports Takahashi Co., Ltd.),法人番号 1120002038678, established 1948, address in Osaka; operates spotaka.shop as official online store.
Domain rssc.www.spotaka.shop appears to be a subdomain or prefixed variant; Spotaka company has publicly warned about fake sites impersonating them since 2023; RSSC Sports (rsscsports.com) has issued scam alerts about fraudulent sites imitating their domain.
Scam Network Intelligence
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Technical checksdomain · encryption · redirects · server reputation
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://rssc.www.spotaka.shop/
- 2404https://rssc.www.spotaka.shop/
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
2 scam-type patterns detected
2 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 brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
- AI analyst tagged this as a fake shop.
- No phone number or postal address anywhere on the page.
2 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 brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
- AI analyst tagged this as a fake shop.
- No phone number or postal address anywhere on the page.
Possible brand impersonation
This page is styled as a known brand but is not the brand's real site.
- Treat rssc.www.spotaka.shop as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- Go to the brand's real site directly
Type the brand name into a search engine or open it from your bookmarks — don't use links from emails, SMS, ads, or social posts, which are the delivery vectors for impersonation.
- Never download or sign in here
Even if the page "just" offers a download or a giveaway, impersonation pages frequently deliver malware or set up follow-up phishing. Assume anything accepted from this site is hostile.
- OpenReport the impersonation to the brand
Most major brands have a dedicated abuse or anti-phishing reporting channel — reporting helps them take the site down and protects other users.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
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 marked rssc.www.spotaka.shop as suspicious. Several warning signs were detected; it may still turn out legitimate, but you should verify it through independent channels before trusting it with money or credentials.
- rssc.www.spotaka.shop currently scores 49/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend caution. Verify the site through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- Yes. rssc.www.spotaka.shop presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Amazon · Amazon RSA 2048 M04, expiring in 112 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- rssc.www.spotaka.shop is 8.7 years old, registered on 10/31/2017 through GMO Internet, Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report rssc.www.spotaka.shop as clean.
- No. rssc.www.spotaka.shop is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- rssc.www.spotaka.shop resolves to an IP operated by Amazon.com, 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 July 3, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around rssc.www.spotaka.shop 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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