Is worldvapeusa.com safe?
http://worldvapeusa.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 91 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
World Vape USA: long-standing vape wholesaler with unresolved order-fulfillment complaints and a stale phishing flag
World Vape USA presents itself as a wholesale distributor of vape products, smoke shop supplies and novelties, with a standard e-commerce checkout, cart and order-status flow. The domain is long-standing, registered in 2016, and the site lists a phone number and a valid encrypted connection. However, independent research surfaced customer complaints describing paid orders that were never delivered and orders that arrived with incorrect items while the store allegedly kept funds as store credit for out-of-stock goods. A saved antivirus observation also flags the domain for phishing, though the browser threat feed currently shows no warning. Because the site's own pages were reviewed and show a real storefront, but adverse customer reports and a stale phishing detection remain unresolved, the score lands in the Moderate Risk band.
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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.
Why 48/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 3 findings pulled the score down; 5 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Strong1 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.-6 pts
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "I ordered Jewel too, Ruby menthol pods, and also a disposable vape device. I paid for them and never received them."-5 pts
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "And they ship 1 INCORRECT item and claim out of stock on the rest. And keep your money for store credit, to a store that doesnt have the items they advertise…"-6 pts
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 3903 days old, indicating a long-standing registration.
- SupportsPhone number listed (331) 979-7113).
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the domain.
- SupportsA separate review reports that an order was received correctly and on time.
Points come from the saved evidence ledger: it lowered the score from 65 to 48 and split those 17 points between the findings that show points; the others carry no points in the ledger. Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
World Vape USA presents itself as a wholesale distributor of vape products, smoke shop supplies and novelties, with a standard e-commerce checkout, cart and order-status flow. The domain is long-standing, registered in 2016, and the site lists a phone number and a valid encrypted connection. However, independent research surfaced customer complaints describing paid orders that were never delivered and orders that arrived with incorrect items while the store allegedly kept funds as store credit for out-of-stock goods. A saved antivirus observation also flags the domain for phishing, though the browser threat feed currently shows no warning. Because the site's own pages were reviewed and show a real storefront, but adverse customer reports and a stale phishing detection remain unresolved, the score lands in the Moderate Risk band.
Adverse customer reports describe non-delivery and refund difficulty
One complaint states that the customer ordered Jewel, Ruby menthol pods and a disposable vape device, paid for them, and never received them. Another complaint says the store shipped one incorrect item, claimed the rest were out of stock, and kept the customer's money as store credit for a store that does not have the advertised items. These are specific, target-bound customer reports describing fulfillment failures and difficulty recovering funds.
A separate review reports a positive experience, stating that an order was received correctly and on time. This counter-evidence shows the fulfillment problems are not necessarily universal, but it does not cancel the adverse reports.
Technical checks are mixed and operator identity is only partially corroborated
A saved antivirus observation reports that one independent antivirus family flagged the domain for phishing. The detection is real but stale, and the browser threat feed currently returns no threat warning. The saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, so the site is not presenting an obvious transport-layer failure.
The registrable domain is 3903 days old, which is a supportive longevity signal, and a Chamber of Commerce directory entry associates the operation with World Wholesale Inc in Elmhurst, Illinois. The site also lists a phone number, (331) 979-7113. These are context signals, not proof that every order will be fulfilled.
Why the score is 48
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. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
1/ 91
detectionsSaved analysis from September 11, 2026 - stale
1 engine flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 1
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 91
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| FortinetMalicious | phishing |
All 91 engine results
- Fortinet - phishing - Malicious
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- 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
- 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
- BitDefendertobacco
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekershopping
- Googleretail
- Sophosalcohol and tobacco
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 we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
World Vape USA Call us on ( 331) 979-7113
What the captured page showed
2 observations- 01
World Vape USA
- 02
Call us on ( 331) 979-7113
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
Vape Wholesale Distribution USA | Vape and Smoke Shop Distributor
- Meta description
Wholesale vape distributor in the USA offering disposable vapes, e-liquids, and accessories. Enjoy competitive pricing, fast nationwide shipping, and dedicated support for smoke shops and retailers.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- Privacy policy/privacy-policy/Read
- Refund / returns policy/shipping-returns-policies/Read
- Contact page/contact-us/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Vape Wholesale Distribution USA | Vape and Smoke Shop Distributor
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 antivirus results.
What independent research found
4 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
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 012 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "I ordered Jewel too, Ruby menthol pods, and also a disposable vape device. I paid for them and never received them."
- 022 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "And they ship 1 INCORRECT item and claim out of stock on the rest. And keep your money for store credit, to a store that doesnt have the items they advertise…"
- 031 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.
If this is a scam — what it means for you
What a visitor actually experiences on the site
A visitor can add items to a cart and proceed through a standard checkout flow, and the site provides an order-status lookup and a contact form that asks for full name, phone number, email address, order number, company name, RMA number and comments. This is the normal shape of a wholesale e-commerce storefront.
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 risk for a visitor is not a technical trap on the page itself but the post-payment outcome described in the adverse reports: paying for goods that are not delivered, receiving incorrect items, and then being offered store credit instead of a refund for out-of-stock products.
If you are considering an order, treat this as a moderate-risk storefront. Prefer payment methods that offer buyer protection, keep records of the order and any communication, and be cautious about accepting store credit in place of a refund for items that are out of stock. The site's own pages were reviewed and show a real storefront, but the unresolved customer complaints and the stale phishing flag mean you should not treat it as a safe or low-risk purchase without independent verification.
Web research findings
Independent findings for worldvapeusa.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.
- PissedConsumeropen
"I ordered Jewel too, Ruby menthol pods, and also a disposable vape device. I paid for them and never received them."
- Exaopen
"And they ship 1 INCORRECT item and claim out of stock on the rest. And keep your money for store credit, to a store that doesnt have the items they advertise having."
- Trustpilotopen
"I have Ordered from Here and The Order Was Received Correctly and on Time."
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.
- Domainworldvapeusa.com
- Redirects toworldvapeusa.com
- Hosted byBigcommerce Inc.
- Referencescdn11.bigcommerce.com · fonts.googleapis.com
Domain Timeline
- Feb 15, 2016Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 10 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 24, 2026Saved security review — Rated Moderate Risk
The evidence in this saved scan is mixed or incomplete; the completed checks are detailed above.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- Phone number listed (331) 979-7113).
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for worldvapeusa.com.
Site platform
- BigCommerce
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- Google Fonts
- jsDelivr
- cdnjs
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://worldvapeusa.com/
- 2200https://worldvapeusa.com/
Server Reputation
Sites linked to this one
Other sites we have reports for that share something checkable with this one. A shared detail is a lead to compare, not proof that the sites have the same owner or the same risk; each keeps its own rating.
On the same server IP
Also served from 63.141.128.8 (Bigcommerce Inc.). Unrelated sites can share a server, so this is a lead, not proof.
- libroworld.comModerate Risk
- motorgenic.comLow Risk
- prissyduck.comLow Risk
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.
2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "I ordered Jewel too, Ruby menthol pods, and also a disposable vape device. I paid for them and never received them." · 2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "And they ship 1 INCORRECT item and claim out of stock on the rest. And keep your money for store credit, to a store that doesnt have the items they advertise…"
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 1 of 91 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Sep 11, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 24, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 24, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 2 visible observations saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 24, 2026 |
| Independent research | 4 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 24, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result1 of 91 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Sep 11, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 24, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 24, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result2 visible observations saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 24, 2026
- Independent research
- Result4 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 24, 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 worldvapeusa.com a scam or is it safe?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
World Vape USA: long-standing vape wholesaler with unresolved order-fulfillment complaints and a stale phishing flag
World Vape USA presents itself as a wholesale distributor of vape products, smoke shop supplies and novelties, with a standard e-commerce checkout, cart and order-status flow. The domain is long-standing, registered in 2016, and the site lists a phone number and a valid encrypted connection. However, independent research surfaced customer complaints describing paid orders that were never delivered and orders that arrived with incorrect items while the store allegedly kept funds as store credit for out-of-stock goods. A saved antivirus observation also flags the domain for phishing, though the browser threat feed currently shows no warning. Because the site's own pages were reviewed and show a real storefront, but adverse customer reports and a stale phishing detection remain unresolved, the score lands in the Moderate Risk band.
09 · Community
Community
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