Is stamp-discount.com safe?
http://stamp-discount.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (59 of 93 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture · not available: did not fully complete
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
A one-month-old "factory outlet" selling discounted Forever Stamps, flagged by two antivirus families and matching the counterfeit-postage pattern the Postal Inspection Service warns about
stamp-discount.com markets itself as a "U.S. Hot Stamps – Factory Outlet Online Forever Stamps Store", selling discounted USPS Forever Stamps with free shipping and secure checkout. The domain was registered only 57 days ago, no operator name, registration, email, phone or address appeared in the page content we captured, and a saved scan recorded two antivirus families marking the domain as malicious plus one as spam. The Postal Inspection Service warns that bulk stamps sold at 20–50% below face value are a classic sign of counterfeit postage, and that buying from third-party websites leaves no way to verify authenticity. Nothing here proves a specific buyer was cheated, but the combination of a brand-new anonymous storefront, deep discounts on a fraud-prone product and adverse engine results puts this in the High Risk band.
At a glance
Saved with this scan; each value is explained in the sections below.
Domain age
57 days old
Registered Sep 15, 2026Expires Sep 15, 2027Certificate
Valid
Expires Dec 14, 2026 (32d)Hosting
United States (US)
FranTech SolutionsPopularity
Not in the Cloudflare Radar top list
Antivirus
3/59
3 antivirus engines flagged this URLSafe Browsing
Not flagged
Not flagged on major threat listsCommunity
No reviews yet
Checked
Nov 11, 2026
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.
Why 34/100
High Risk covers scores 21–44. 6 findings pulled the score down; 1 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Strong2 independent antivirus families 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.
- Moderate3 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Counterfeit stamps are often sold in bulk quantities at a significant discount–anywhere from 20 to 50 percent of their face value. That’s a tell-tale sign…"
- Moderate3 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Scammers peddle fake stamps on social media marketplaces, e-commerce sites via third party vendors, and other websites."
- Moderate3 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "It Is A BIG SCAM!!! Usps sends legit looking confirmation. But your order is not found however the credit card is debited!"
- MinorThe domain is 57 days old, about one month.
- MinorNo operator name, registration, email, phone or address appeared in the captured page content; footer details were not reviewed because the page exceeded the reading limit.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsSafe Browsing returned no warning and the TLS connection is valid.
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor).
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- Change any password you entered
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- Report the site
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- Report the domain to its registrar
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- Ignore anyone offering to recover your money
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Full answers about refunds and reporting are in the Safety FAQ below.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
stamp-discount.com markets itself as a "U.S. Hot Stamps – Factory Outlet Online Forever Stamps Store", selling discounted USPS Forever Stamps with free shipping and secure checkout. The domain was registered only 57 days ago, no operator name, registration, email, phone or address appeared in the page content we captured, and a saved scan recorded two antivirus families marking the domain as malicious plus one as spam. The Postal Inspection Service warns that bulk stamps sold at 20–50% below face value are a classic sign of counterfeit postage, and that buying from third-party websites leaves no way to verify authenticity. Nothing here proves a specific buyer was cheated, but the combination of a brand-new anonymous storefront, deep discounts on a fraud-prone product and adverse engine results puts this in the High Risk band.
Deep discounts on Forever Stamps are the core warning sign
The site's whole pitch is cheap Forever Stamps sold as a "factory outlet" with free shipping. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service states that counterfeit stamps are commonly sold in bulk at 20 to 50 percent of face value, and that this steep discount is a tell-tale sign they are bogus.
The same agency warns that buying stamps from a third-party wholesaler or website is unpredictable because a buyer has no way to verify whether the stamps are genuine, and that scammers peddle fake stamps through e-commerce sites and third-party vendors.
A community post from a Montana neighbourhood describes an order that was charged to a credit card while the order itself could not be found, with a legitimate-looking confirmation sent first. That is one person's account of a stamp purchase, not proof about this domain, but it shows the shape of the loss buyers report.
Anonymous, brand-new operator with adverse engine results
The registrable domain is 57 days old, about one month, which is far too short for an established stamp retailer. No operator name, business registration, domain email, phone number or address appeared in the page content we captured; the page ran past our reading limit, so footer contact details were not reviewed and we cannot say what they contain.
A saved scan recorded two independent antivirus families reporting an adverse result for the domain, with one engine also classifying it as spam and another as a newly registered website. The scan is stale, so it should be confirmed, but the detections are real rather than a category guess.
On the technical side, the browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, so there is no active browser block and traffic to the site is encrypted. The hosting IP also carries an abuse confidence score of 0/100 across no saved reports, so infrastructure reputation does not add to the domain-level detections.
The order path and payment handling are unresolved
The page advertises shopping stamps at discounted prices with secure checkout, but no order or buy button destination was captured, so where checkout leads and which payment processor handles card details remain unknown. Shipping, delivery and refund terms were also not reviewed.
Why the score is 34
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
3/ 93
detectionsSaved analysis from November 3, 2026 - stale
3 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 2
- Suspicious
- 1
- Total
- 93
- Malicious2
- Suspicious1
- Clean56
- Undetected34
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| CRDFMalicious | malicious |
| NetcraftMalicious | malicious |
| FortinetSuspicious | spam |
All 93 engine results
- CRDF - Malicious
- Netcraft - Malicious
- Fortinet - spam - Suspicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Unrated
- 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
- 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
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Gridinsoft - 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
- 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
How security vendors categorise this site
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekernewly registered websites
- Googleshopping
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What the page says about itself
Quoted from the pages we read: the site's own words, not our findings.
- Page title
U.S. Hot Stamps – Factory Outlet Online Forever Stamps Store
- Meta description
Shop Forever Stamps from Factory Outlet Stores. Guaranteed genuine USPS stamps at discounted prices. Free shipping, secure checkout, and fast delivery.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
U.S. Hot Stamps – Factory Outlet Online Forever Stamps Store
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 59 antivirus results.
What independent research found
4 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 6 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
- 01The hosting IP has an abuse confidence score of 0/100 with no saved reports.
- Also 7 listed under Why 34/100 above
Web research findings
Independent findings for stamp-discount.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence.
- United States Postal Inspection Serviceopen
"Counterfeit stamps are often sold in bulk quantities at a significant discount–anywhere from 20 to 50 percent of their face value. That’s a tell-tale sign they’re bogus."
- United States Postal Inspection Serviceopen
"Purchasing stamps from a third-party wholesaler or online websites can be unpredictable. You have no way to verify whether they are genuine or not."
- USPS Newsroom (Missouri)open
"Scammers peddle fake stamps on social media marketplaces, e-commerce sites via third party vendors, and other websites."
- Nextdoor community post (Bigfork, MT)open
"It Is A BIG SCAM!!! Usps sends legit looking confirmation. But your order is not found however the credit card is debited!"
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.
Infrastructure map
- Domainstamp-discount.com
- Redirects towww.stamp-discount.com
- Hosted byFranTech Solutions
- Referencesfonts.gstatic.com
Domain Timeline
- Sep 15, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 57 days old when this review was saved.
- Nov 11, 2026Saved security review — Rated High Risk
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
stamp-discount.com 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.
Domain & Encryption
At the scan on Nov 11, 2026: 16% of the registration period had passed
Report this domain to its registrar: send the address and what happened to this contact.
At the scan on Nov 11, 2026: 63% of the validity period had passed
Certificate issued for stamp-discount.com.
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- Google Fonts
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://stamp-discount.com/
- 2200https://www.stamp-discount.com/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
Grouped by what each domain is for. in page: named in the page’s HTML. contacted: the browser loaded it while rendering the page. ad list: on our aggressive-advertising list.
CDN & fonts1
- fonts.gstatic.comin page
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidenceunavailable
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 3 of 93 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Nov 3, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 11, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 11, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | The saved page capture was not reliable enough to use | Unavailable | No saved finding | Not available |
| Independent research | 4 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Nov 11, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result3 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Nov 3, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 11, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 11, 2026
- Visual evidence
- ResultThe saved page capture was not reliable enough to use
- CompletionUnavailableFindingNo saved finding
- FreshnessNot available
- Independent research
- Result4 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 11, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Answered from the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
Is stamp-discount.com a scam or a legit online store?
Is stamp-discount.com safe to use?
What should I do if I already gave my details to stamp-discount.com?
Can I get my money back from stamp-discount.com?
I ordered from stamp-discount.com but nothing arrived — is it a fake shop?
How do I report stamp-discount.com?
Why does stamp-discount.com look legitimate if it's a scam?
Has stamp-discount.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is stamp-discount.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the stamp-discount.com domain?
Does stamp-discount.com have a valid SSL certificate?
How often is the stamp-discount.com report updated?
08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
A one-month-old "factory outlet" selling discounted Forever Stamps, flagged by two antivirus families and matching the counterfeit-postage pattern the Postal Inspection Service warns about
The written conclusion remains part of the saved report.
stamp-discount.com markets itself as a "U.S. Hot Stamps – Factory Outlet Online Forever Stamps Store", selling discounted USPS Forever Stamps with free shipping and secure checkout. The domain was registered only 57 days ago, no operator name, registration, email, phone or address appeared in the page content we captured, and a saved scan recorded two antivirus families marking the domain as malicious plus one as spam. The Postal Inspection Service warns that bulk stamps sold at 20–50% below face value are a classic sign of counterfeit postage, and that buying from third-party websites leaves no way to verify authenticity. Nothing here proves a specific buyer was cheated, but the combination of a brand-new anonymous storefront, deep discounts on a fraud-prone product and adverse engine results puts this in the High Risk band.
09 · Community
Community
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