Is sotrends.com safe?

http://sotrends.com/

High RiskStatus

Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

High-risk online shop with customer complaints about returns and refunds

SoTrends presents an online storefront advertising discounted electronics, free shipping, guaranteed delivery, and 30-day returns. However, external evidence includes a customer complaint about being unable to arrange a return or refund, a separate review calling the store a scam, and a low-trust warning. These reports make purchasing here high risk despite clean basic browser-security checks.

Avoid purchasing from SoTrends. If you already paid and cannot obtain a return or refund, preserve the order records and contact your payment provider promptly to ask what dispute options are available.

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Saved site captureCaptured safely during this scan 1 antivirus engine flagged this URLGridinsoftSaved antivirus result from Oct 2, 2026

Calibrated safety spectrum

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

The advertised protections are undermined by customer evidence

The storefront advertises “AMAZING ELETRONICS 50% OFF,” “Free Shipping,” “Guaranteed Delivery,” and “30-day Returns.” One customer report says an order arrived in the wrong size and that the buyer could not contact anyone to return it and obtain a refund.

Additional external evidence includes a review describing SoTrends as a complete scam and a site-assessment warning that assigns the domain a very low trust score. These are adverse reputation signals, although the supplied excerpts do not independently prove that every order fails.

Basic technical checks do not resolve the purchasing risk

The saved checks found a valid encrypted connection and no Safe Browsing warning. Those results concern connection and threat-list status; they do not verify that orders, returns, or refunds will be handled reliably.

A saved antivirus observation also records one suspicious result, but it is stale and should be treated as context rather than proof of active malware.

Why the score is 31

3 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Sotrends is a complete SCAM". Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Collected signals and independent provider data for this URL.

Antivirus Engines

1/ 93

detections

Saved analysis from October 2, 2026 - stale

1 engine flagged this URL

Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.

Malicious: 0
Suspicious: 1
Total: 93

Adverse antivirus results
Engine	Finding
GridinsoftSuspicious	suspicious

All 93 engine results

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
Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - 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

Browser Threat Feed

Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.

What we observed

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CAPTURED PAGE

sotrends.com

What our review noticed on this page

1The website features a banner advertising 'AMAZING ELETRONICS 50% OFF' and a sidebar highlighting 'Free Shipping', 'Guaranteed Delivery', and '30-day Returns'.

Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

The website features a banner advertising 'AMAZING ELETRONICS 50% OFF' and a sidebar highlighting 'Free Shipping', 'Guaranteed Delivery', and '30-day Returns'.

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation

01
The website features a banner advertising 'AMAZING ELETRONICS 50% OFF' and a sidebar highlighting 'Free Shipping', 'Guaranteed Delivery', and '30-day Returns'.

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.

What the site claims
SoTrends
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 60 antivirus results.
What independent research found
3 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
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

Transaction

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

013 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Sotrends is a complete SCAM"
023 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "sotrends.com has a very low trust score which indicates that there is a strong likelyhood the website is a scam."
033 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "I received the order but the wrong size, now I can't contact anyone to return them and get a refund."

If this is a scam — what it means for you

A purchase can lead to return and refund difficulties

A visitor may be encouraged to order by the discount and 30-day-return claims, yet the supplied customer report describes receiving the wrong size and then being unable to contact anyone for a return and refund.

If this is a scam, how it works

The evidence-backed path

Each stage below is preserved from the grounded analysis and linked to saved evidence.

The site also displays a tracking feature, indicating that order tracking is part of the post-purchase flow.

Web research findings

Independent findings for sotrends.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.

Business registration

Not checked

This report did not include a company-registry lookup, so no registration result is claimed.

Clone check

Not checked

No site-clone comparison was run for this report, so no clean result is claimed.

Typosquat check

Not checked

No look-alike domain comparison was run for this report, so no clean result is claimed.

Web mentions

3 complaints or warnings

Complaints and warnings (3)

Direct quotes from public complaints, negative reviews, warnings and security listings.

Trustpilotopen
"Sotrends is a complete SCAM"
Scamadviseropen
"sotrends.com has a very low trust score which indicates that there is a strong likelyhood the website is a scam."
Gridinsoftopen
"I received the order but the wrong size, now I can't contact anyone to return them and get a refund."

Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

ListedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

04 · Domain & Infrastructure

Domain & infrastructure

Timeline · identity · encryption · redirects · hosting

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.

Domainsotrends.com
Redirects tosotrends.com
Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
Referencesgoogletagmanager.com · parcelsapp.com

Domain Timeline

Jun 7, 2020
Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 6 years old when this review was saved.
Oct 10, 2026
Saved security review — Rated High Risk
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.

sotrends.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.

What We Found

Has a contact email on its own domain

Emails on site's domainsupport@sotrends.com

Phone numbersNone

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles0

Signal Summary

Contact details look reasonable

Contact email on the site's own domain (support@sotrends.com).

Domain & Encryption

Domain History

Age6 years old

RegistrarGoDaddy.com, LLC

RegisteredJun 7, 2020

ExpiresJun 7, 2028

Owner privacyUnknown

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1

ExpiresDec 7, 2026 (58d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingCloudflare, Inc.

Server locationUS

Web servercloudflare

Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://sotrends.com/
2200https://sotrends.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPCloudflare, Inc.

Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

googletagmanager.com parcelsapp.com static.cloudflareinsights.com

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.

Antiviruspartial
Browser threat feedcomplete
Page contentcomplete
Analysiscomplete
Visual evidencecomplete

Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

Technical threat

unknown

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

1 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious. 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

suspicious

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

3 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Sotrends is a complete SCAM" · 3 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "I received the order but the wrong size, now I can't contact anyone to return them and get a refund."

Source coverage and freshness

Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.

Source coverage
Source	Result	Completion	Finding	Freshness
Antivirus	1 of 93 engines flagged	Limited	Adverse	stale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026
Browser protection	No browser threat-list match	Completed	No adverse finding	this scan · Oct 10, 2026
Page content	Page fetched · HTTP 200	Completed	No adverse finding	this scan · Oct 10, 2026
Visual evidence	1 visible observation saved with the page capture	Completed	No adverse finding	this scan · Oct 10, 2026
Independent research	3 independent findings were saved	Completed	Adverse	this scan · Oct 10, 2026

Antivirus: Result1 of 93 engines flagged; CompletionLimited; FindingAdverse; Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026
Browser protection: ResultNo browser threat-list match; CompletionCompleted; FindingNo adverse finding; Freshnessthis scan · Oct 10, 2026
Page content: ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200; CompletionCompleted; FindingNo adverse finding; Freshnessthis scan · Oct 10, 2026
Visual evidence: Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture; CompletionCompleted; FindingNo adverse finding; Freshnessthis scan · Oct 10, 2026
Independent research: Result3 independent findings were saved; CompletionCompleted; FindingAdverse; Freshnessthis scan · Oct 10, 2026

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Proceed with caution

Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.

Analyst recommendation
Avoid purchasing from SoTrends. If you already paid and cannot obtain a return or refund, preserve the order records and contact your payment provider promptly to ask what dispute options are available.
Treat sotrends.com as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
Verify the business through independent channels
Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.
Never use irreversible payment methods
Crypto, gift cards, wire transfers, and cash apps offer zero buyer protection. Use a credit card or PayPal if you must pay.
Share your experience
If you have additional context, drop a comment below or post on the MalwareTips forum.
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Safer Alternatives

Trying to shop safely? Use a safe option instead

Shopping for a deal? Stick to established retailers with real buyer protection — if a price looks too good to be true on an unknown store, it usually is.

Amazon
A-to-z Guarantee covers eligible orders.
eBay
Money Back Guarantee on most purchases.
Walmart
Major retailer with established returns.
The brand's official site
Search the brand name + "official site" rather than trusting an ad or unknown store.

Suggestions for safety only — not endorsements. Always verify the address bar before signing in or paying, even on well-known sites.

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 sotrends.com a scam or a legit online store?

sotrends.com shows strong warning signs of being a fake shop — we recommend against paying or entering card details. Our review tagged it for fake shop. 1 of 93 security engines flag it. The domain is 6 years old through GoDaddy.com, LLC. It may not be an outright scam, but the risk is high enough that you should verify it independently before trusting it with money or data.

Is sotrends.com safe to use?

sotrends.com has a Safety Score of 31/100 (High Risk). Analysis coverage is strong at 83%. Avoid login, payment and downloads.

I already paid or entered my details on sotrends.com — what should I do?

If you've already paid or handed over details on sotrends.com, act quickly. 1) Contact your bank or card issuer immediately and ask to dispute the charge or open a chargeback — the sooner you act, the better your odds. 2) Report the site to the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov or the FBI's IC3 at ic3.gov, and in the UK to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. 3) If you entered a password, change it on sotrends.com and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. 4) Watch your bank and email for follow-up fraud, and keep screenshots as evidence.

Can I get my money back from sotrends.com?

Often yes, if you act fast. Payments made by credit or debit card can frequently be reversed through a chargeback or dispute — contact your bank right away and explain it was a fraudulent site. Bank transfers and gift-card or voucher payments are much harder to recover, but you should still report them to your bank and to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) or Action Fraud (actionfraud.police.uk). Avoid any "refund" or "recovery" service that contacts you first — it's usually a follow-up scam.

I ordered from sotrends.com but nothing arrived — is it a fake shop?

That's the classic pattern of a fake or non-delivery shop. These sites take payment for products that never ship, or send cheap counterfeits, then go quiet and eventually disappear. If you paid by card, contact your bank about a chargeback for "goods not received." Keep your order confirmation and any messages, don't pay extra "customs" or "release" fees they may demand, and report the store so others are warned.

How do I report sotrends.com?

You can report sotrends.com through several official channels: the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at ic3.gov, and — in the UK — Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. You can also flag it to Google Safe Browsing (safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish) so other browsers warn about it, and report it to the company being impersonated if there is one. Reporting helps get scam sites taken down faster.

sotrends.com looks professional — how can it still be a scam?

Modern scams are built to look convincing. A valid SSL padlock, a polished template, stock photos, fake reviews, and a trust badge can all be added in minutes and prove nothing about who runs the site. Scammers buy cheap domains, clone real designs, and copy legal pages wholesale. That's exactly why an automated review that checks the domain's age, hosting, blacklists, and behaviour — rather than just how the page looks — is more reliable than a first impression.

Has sotrends.com been flagged by antivirus engines?

Yes. 1 of 93 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged sotrends.com as suspicious in the saved analysis from October 2, 2026. A single "suspicious" vote is a weak signal on its own, so it is weighed alongside the other checks rather than treated as a confirmed threat.

Is sotrends.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No — sotrends.com is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.

How old is the sotrends.com domain?

sotrends.com is 6 years old, registered on June 7, 2020 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.

Does sotrends.com have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes — sotrends.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, valid for another 58 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".

How often is the sotrends.com report updated?

This report is a record of the scan run on October 10, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about sotrends.com has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.

08 · Final Verdict

Final verdict

The saved conclusion, decisive evidence, and practical action in one final view.

Verdict score

31/100

High Risk

High-risk online shop with customer complaints about returns and refunds

Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.

Conclusion

Recommended actionAvoid purchasing from SoTrends. If you already paid and cannot obtain a return or refund, preserve the order records and contact your payment provider promptly to ask what dispute options are available.

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09 · Community

Community

First-hand experiences add human context after the scanner has reached its conclusion.

Is sotrends.com safe?

High-risk online shop with customer complaints about returns and refunds

The advertised protections are undermined by customer evidence

Basic technical checks do not resolve the purchasing risk

Why the score is 31

What the captured page showed

What the site claims

What we observed

What independent research found

What remains unverified

Technical threat

Operator / customer risk

Proceed with caution

Analyst recommendation

Treat sotrends.com as unverified

Verify the business through independent channels

Never use irreversible payment methods

Share your experience

Trying to shop safely? Use a safe option instead

High-risk online shop with customer complaints about returns and refunds

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