Is spotaka.shop a scam?

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on spotaka.shop. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Is spotaka.shop safe to use?

spotaka.shop passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 90/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does spotaka.shop have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. spotaka.shop presents a valid TLSv1.2 certificate issued by GlobalSign nv-sa · GlobalSign GCC R6 AlphaSSL CA 2025, expiring in 16 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

Has spotaka.shop been flagged by antivirus engines?

No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report spotaka.shop as clean.

Is spotaka.shop on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. spotaka.shop is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is spotaka.shop hosted?

spotaka.shop resolves to an IP operated by Future Spirits Co.,Ltd. in JP (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). 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.

How often is the spotaka.shop report updated?

This is a permanent record of the scan run on July 4, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around spotaka.shop have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Security Review

Is spotaka.shop legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 90/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

Official online store for SPOTAKA, a reputable Japanese sports retailer with over 100 years of history and a physical flagship store in Osaka.

Why we trust it

Official online store for a business founded in 1922 with a verified corporate registration.Directly linked from the official corporate website and verified social media accounts.Maintains a physical flagship store and skate park in Shinsaibashi, Osaka.

spotaka.shopScanned 4h ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Score breakdown

Heuristics 86·MT 92

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Positive signals (4)

Antivirus clear Not on major blacklists Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/92

All engines report clean

Domain Age

—

Registration date unknown

MT Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 95% confidence

SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

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LIVE RENDER

spotaka.shop

1Screenshot incomplete — site may be slow to render

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.

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Visual inspection

Visual similarities noted — cleared by the overall checks

Our vision model noted some visual similarity to a known brand, but the domain, security records, and reputation checks confirm this is the legitimate site — so this is shown for transparency, not as a red flag.

Visual similarity50/100

What our vision model saw

1 signal

Screenshot incomplete — site may be slow to render

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

MT Security Analyst

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust92/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

The site is the verified digital storefront for 株式会社スポーツタカハシ (SPOTAKA), a well-known sports company in Osaka. Our research confirms the business was founded in 1922 and maintains a large physical presence in the Shinsaibashi Big Step building. The domain is explicitly linked from the company's primary corporate site and social media profiles. While the .shop extension is sometimes used by smaller vendors, this specific domain is fully integrated into the brand's official infrastructure. All technical signals, including SSL and hosting reputation, are consistent with a professional retail operation.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The site functions as a comprehensive e-commerce platform for sports equipment, including surfing, skateboarding, and baseball gear. It features detailed category navigation, links to physical store locations in Osaka, and clear policies regarding shipping and returns.

Infrastructure

The technical setup is robust, utilizing a valid GlobalSign SSL certificate and professional hosting. The page loads resources from established content delivery networks and integrates with official social media platforms like Instagram and YouTube.

Domain History

The domain is part of a larger digital ecosystem owned by the company, which includes their primary corporate domain registered since 2000. This .shop version serves as their dedicated retail engine and is officially recognized by the parent corporation.

Web Reputation

The brand maintains a strong reputation in the Japanese retail sector. While the company has issued warnings about third-party 'fake sites' impersonating them, this specific URL is confirmed as their legitimate, authorized store.

Risk Factors

The .shop TLD is frequently used by low-trust entities, though it is used legitimately here.
The company has been a target of impersonation scams in the past, which may cause confusion for some users.

Positive Signals

Official online store for a business founded in 1922 with a verified corporate registration.
Directly linked from the official corporate website and verified social media accounts.
Maintains a physical flagship store and skate park in Shinsaibashi, Osaka.
Clean scan results from over 90 antivirus engines in our network.
Valid SSL certificate issued by a reputable authority.

AI Recommendation

This site is safe to use. You can proceed with purchases and enter payment information as you would with any major reputable retailer.

Next-gen fraud intelligence

Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for spotaka.shop, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration

Active · Japan

Site traces back to an actively registered business.

Clone check

Not a clone

No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.

Typosquat check

No look-alike match

The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.

Web mentions

1 scam report · 5 positive

Key findings

7 headline facts from open-web research

spotaka.shop is the official online store for 株式会社スポーツタカハシ (SPOTAKA), a sports retailer in Osaka Shinsaibashi with physical store at 1-6-14 Nishishinsaibashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 542-0086 in Big Step B1F.
Company founded 1922 (Taisho 11), established 1948 (Showa 23), capital 50 million yen, 38 employees (as of 2024),法人番号 1120002038678.
Official site spotaka.co.jp links directly to https://www.spotaka.shop/ as the online store; also has Rakuten, Yahoo, Amazon shops.
Company issued public warning in March 2023 about fake/scam sites impersonating SPOTAKA using their name/address.
Instagram @spotakaskateofficial, physical skate park, baseball shop, and multiple mentions in Osaka tourism and skate shop directories.
No scam reports, Trustpilot, or ScamAdviser entries found specifically for spotaka.shop; older Rakuten shop reviews (pre-2011) mention service issues but not recent.
Domain spotaka.com registered since 2000; .shop domain matches official branding with no evidence of typosquatting.

Scam reports (1)

Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.

spotaka.co.jpopen
"現在、株式会社スポーツタカハシ・SPOTAKA・スポタカを騙った悪質な『偽サイト／詐欺サイト』の存在を確認しています。当社の社名・住所等、会社概要などが引用されておりますが、当社とは一切関係のないサイトですので、決してカード決済やお振込みなどされませんようご注意ください。"

Business registration

Status: active · Japan

株式会社スポーツタカハシ, founded 1922, established 1948, capital 50 million yen, address Osaka-shi Chuo-ku Nishishinsaibashi,法人番号 1120002038678

Research summary

Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

We confirmed that spotaka.shop is the official online store for 株式会社スポーツタカハシ (SPOTAKA), a retailer founded in 1922 and established in 1948. The company is headquartered in Osaka and operates a large physical store in the Big Step shopping complex. Official corporate announcements from their main site, spotaka.co.jp, explicitly link to this .shop domain as their primary e-commerce outlet. No scam reports or negative reputation data were found for this specific URL.

Scam Network Intelligence

Cross-site correlation

This site shares signals with a broader cluster

Low correlation

Many scams don't operate alone. We correlate third-party scripts, hosting infrastructure, brand-impersonation signals, and the AI evidence package to detect when a site is part of a broader scam network.

Suspicion score

0/100

ClearLowModerateHighCritical

Evidence (1)

Short name on low-trust .shop TLD — over-represented on scam farms.

Linked signals (3)

cdn.jsdelivr.netunpkg.comPattern · LOW Trust TLD

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified

Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious58Harmless92Engines

Clean

Kaspersky

Clean

Bitdefender

Clean

Microsoft

Not in pass

ESET-NOD32

Not in pass

Avira

Not in pass

Sophos

Clean

Fortinet

Clean

Google Safebrowsing

Clean

Emsisoft

Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check

Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Technical checksdomain · encryption · redirects · server reputation

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.

What We Found

No clear contact details on the page

Emails on site's domainNone

Phone numbers542-0086

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles10

Signal Summary

Contact details look reasonable

No contact email found anywhere on the page.
No postal address visible on the page.

Phone number listed (542-0086).
Links to 12 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.2

IssuerGlobalSign nv-sa · GlobalSign GCC R6 AlphaSSL CA 2025

ExpiresJul 21, 2026 (16d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingFuture Spirits Co.,Ltd.

Server locationJP

Web servernginx

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://spotaka.shop/
2301https://spotaka.shop/
3200https://www.spotaka.shop/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPFuture Spirits Co.,Ltd.

Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on spotaka.shop and not a lookalike like s-potaka.shop.com or an IDN homoglyph.
Use a password manager
Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.
Discuss this site on the forum
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Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

Not listedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

Referenced Domains

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

since1922.itembox.cloud r2.future-shop.jp fonts.googleapis.com fonts.gstatic.com cdn.jsdelivr.net ajax.googleapis.com unpkg.com googletagmanager.com youtube.com instagram.com spotaka.co.jp twitter.com facebook.com

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 found no threat indicators on spotaka.shop. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
spotaka.shop passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 90/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
Yes. spotaka.shop presents a valid TLSv1.2 certificate issued by GlobalSign nv-sa · GlobalSign GCC R6 AlphaSSL CA 2025, expiring in 16 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report spotaka.shop as clean.
No. spotaka.shop is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
spotaka.shop resolves to an IP operated by Future Spirits Co.,Ltd. in JP (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). 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 4, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around spotaka.shop have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·spotaka.shop

SAFE

This is the official online store for SPOTAKA, a long-standing sports retailer based in Osaka, Japan. Our analysis confirms it is a legitimate business with a physical presence and a history dating back to 1922. You can safely shop here for sporting goods.

This site is safe to use. You can proceed with purchases and enter payment information as you would with any major reputable retailer.

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