Is smilestore.cc safe?
http://smilestore.cc/
Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
Young AI robot toy shop shows several fake-shop warning signs
smilestore.cc presents itself as the EXQULIFE AI Robot Store, a Shopify shop selling AI toys under a Hong Kong-style company name, AIR OCEAN EXPRESS CO., LIMITED. The domain is only 177 days old, its contact address is a Gmail inbox, and its refund terms allow only a discretionary partial refund. That combination matches a pattern our checks associate with fake shops. One antivirus vendor also flags the domain. A phone number, postal address and social links are listed, but these are the site's own claims and do not independently prove the business is genuine, so the score sits in the High Risk range.
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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.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
smilestore.cc presents itself as the EXQULIFE AI Robot Store, a Shopify shop selling AI toys under a Hong Kong-style company name, AIR OCEAN EXPRESS CO., LIMITED. The domain is only 177 days old, its contact address is a Gmail inbox, and its refund terms allow only a discretionary partial refund. That combination matches a pattern our checks associate with fake shops. One antivirus vendor also flags the domain. A phone number, postal address and social links are listed, but these are the site's own claims and do not independently prove the business is genuine, so the score sits in the High Risk range.
Why this store raises concern
The store's business contact is smilestore20260414@gmail.com, a free-mail inbox. No email address on the store's own domain is listed.
The refund terms say that if a product is not in original condition or has missing parts, only a partial refund may be issued at the store's discretion. They also address who pays shipping costs. Our checks match this wording to the refund limits typical of fake shops.
These signs appear together on a domain that is about six months old, which is a recognised shell-store pattern.
Technical checks versus operator trust
The browser threat feed shows no warning, the connection is encrypted, and the hosting IP has no abuse score. One antivirus vendor does report the domain as adverse, although that result comes from a saved observation rather than a fresh check.
The site lists a Chinese phone number, a postal address and links to social profiles. It names AIR OCEAN EXPRESS CO., LIMITED as the company behind its terms. These are claims on the site's own pages, not verified registrations, and they do not outweigh the fake-shop indicators.
What visitors encounter
Visitors browse product pages with Add buttons that lead to an on-site checkout, and the page also offers an email signup form. No off-site order path was observed.
Why the score is 35
Several fake-shop tells appear together on a 177-day-old domain: a generic or free-mail contact, refund-trap terms. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
2/ 93
detectionsSaved analysis from October 16, 2026 - stale
2 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 1
- Suspicious
- 1
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| Forcepoint ThreatSeekerMalicious | malicious |
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 93 engine results
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Malicious
- Gridinsoft - Suspicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Clean
- 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 - 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
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - 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
- 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
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
Welcome to EXQULIFE AI Robot Store
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Welcome to EXQULIFE AI Robot Store
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
EXQULIFE AI Robot Store
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 60 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
1 of the 4 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
- 01Several fake-shop tells appear together on a 177-day-old domain: a generic or free-mail contact, refund-trap terms.
- 02The store's contact address is a free-mail inbox (gmail.com) rather than a mailbox on its own domain.
- 03The store's own terms limit refunds the way fake shops do (a token percentage refund, buyer-paid return shipping, or "keep the item").
Risk pattern correlation
Web research findings
Independent findings for smilestore.cc, 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.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for smilestore.cc. 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.
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.
- Domainsmilestore.cc
- Redirects tosmilestore.cc
- Hosted byShopify, Inc.
- Referencescdn.shopify.com · googletagmanager.com
Domain Timeline
- Apr 22, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 5 months old when this review was saved.
- Oct 17, 2026Saved security review — Rated High Risk
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
smilestore.cc 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.
- No contact email uses the site's own domain.
- Business contact uses a free-mail provider (gmail.com).
- Phone number listed (86)15002330715).
- Postal address visible on the page.
- Links to 24 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
The site refused our redirect check, so the chain below is the one our page reader followed.
- 1301http://smilestore.cc/
- 2200https://smilestore.cc/
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
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
Several fake-shop tells appear together on a 177-day-old domain: a generic or free-mail contact, refund-trap terms. · The store's contact address is a free-mail inbox (gmail.com) rather than a mailbox on its own domain.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 2 of 93 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 16, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 17, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 17, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 17, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 17, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result2 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimited
- FindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 16, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 17, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 17, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 17, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 17, 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 smilestore.cc a scam or a legit online store?
Is smilestore.cc safe to use?
I already paid or entered my details on smilestore.cc — what should I do?
Can I get my money back from smilestore.cc?
I ordered from smilestore.cc but nothing arrived — is it a fake shop?
How do I report smilestore.cc?
smilestore.cc looks professional — how can it still be a scam?
Has smilestore.cc been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is smilestore.cc on any phishing or malware blacklists?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Young AI robot toy shop shows several fake-shop warning signs
smilestore.cc presents itself as the EXQULIFE AI Robot Store, a Shopify shop selling AI toys under a Hong Kong-style company name, AIR OCEAN EXPRESS CO., LIMITED. The domain is only 177 days old, its contact address is a Gmail inbox, and its refund terms allow only a discretionary partial refund. That combination matches a pattern our checks associate with fake shops. One antivirus vendor also flags the domain. A phone number, postal address and social links are listed, but these are the site's own claims and do not independently prove the business is genuine, so the score sits in the High Risk range.
09 · Community