Phishing site — do not log in
A PayPal login is shown on an unrelated domain — classic credential-harvest pattern. This page looks designed to steal credentials. Don't log in — and if you already did, change the password anywhere you reused it and turn on two-factor authentication.
Is scheppachfr.com legit or a scam?
Fake Scheppach power tools shop impersonating PayPal with a login form to harvest credentials, showing a 403 server error on load.
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
MT Intelligence
The site pretends to be a French Scheppach tools store with massive discounts up to 68% and items in a cart. It includes a login form branded as PayPal on a non-official domain, matching credential-harvest phishing patterns. No contact email or address appears, and the screenshot shows a generic nginx 403 Forbidden error, meaning the site isn't functional. Clean antivirus results don't outweigh the impersonation and theft risks. Domain age of 8 months offers minor legitimacy but not enough here.
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 screenshot displays a default nginx 403 Forbidden server error page, indicating the site is non-functional or access restricted.
What our vision model saw
1 signalGeneric nginx '403 Forbidden' error page with no functional site content
Brand Impersonation
medium confidenceThe page mentions or styles itself as PayPal, but is hosted on a domain that is not an official PayPal property. A login form was also detected — this combination is a classic credential-harvest setup.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for scheppachfr.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for scheppachfr.com and did not find scam reports, complaints, or impersonation signals. The domain age, registration record and aggregator reviews shown above are consistent with a legitimate site.
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 postal address visible on the page.
- Page impersonates PayPal on a non-official domain.
- Login form present on a page impersonating PayPal — credential-harvest pattern.
- Phone number listed (5904605903).
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301https://scheppachfr.com/
- 2200https://www.scheppachfr.com/cross-domain
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
3 scam-type patterns detected
0 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.
- Login form combined with brand impersonation (credential-harvest pattern).
- Page impersonates PayPal in a login flow.
- AI analyst tagged this as phishing.
- AI analyst tagged this as a fake shop.
- Multiple contact / trust-signal red flags on the page.
- Page mentions PayPal (non-official domain).
0 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.
- Login form combined with brand impersonation (credential-harvest pattern).
- Page impersonates PayPal in a login flow.
- AI analyst tagged this as phishing.
- AI analyst tagged this as a fake shop.
- Multiple contact / trust-signal red flags on the page.
- Page mentions PayPal (non-official domain).
Phishing site — act fast
This page shows signs of attempting to steal credentials or impersonate a trusted brand.
- Do not interact with scheppachfr.com
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- If you already typed your password — change it now
Change the password on the legitimate site and anywhere else you re-used it. Turn on two-factor authentication. Review recent account activity.
- OpenReport the phishing URL
APWG (Anti-Phishing Working Group) accepts phishing reports at reportphishing@apwg.org. Google Safe Browsing reports help protect other users.
- OpenGet help on the forum
MalwareTips members can help you assess damage and next steps.
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 from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.
- Our automated security review flags scheppachfr.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — scheppachfr.com scored 17/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. scheppachfr.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 79 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- scheppachfr.com is 8 months old, registered on 9/9/2025 through Gname.com Pte. Ltd.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- No. All 93 antivirus engines in our malware network report scheppachfr.com as clean.
- No. scheppachfr.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- scheppachfr.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.
- We cache results for 24 hours. Signed-in MalwareTips members can trigger a manual rescan at any time using the "Rescan" button on the report page, which re-runs every check from scratch and refreshes this page.
Final Verdict
This fake Scheppach tools store pushes huge discounts like 68% off while hiding a PayPal login form to steal credentials. Our analysis flags it as a credential-harvesting phishing site despite clean antivirus scans. Do not enter any login details or buy anything.
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