Investment scam — do not deposit
11 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page (11 outright malicious). Guaranteed-returns, HYIP, and pig-butchering funnels all rely on early "profits" to bait bigger deposits. Any money you send is almost certainly unrecoverable — do not top up to unlock withdrawals.
Is www.ebusbk.com legit or a scam?
Fake Ebus Bank site flagged as phishing by 6 engines with cloned layout from other scam banks.
Score breakdown
These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.
Analysis Summary
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
Intelligence
The page presents itself as Ebus Bank offering UK money transfers and high-yield accounts. Six different antivirus engines including BitDefender, ESET, and alphaMountain.ai flagged the site as phishing or malicious. The domain is only 1.2 years old, registered through Sav.com with no business registration records found anywhere. The site uses identical fake contact details and layout elements seen on other flagged banking clones such as accesstrustbanking.com. Six independent scam reports and complaints confirm the pattern of credential harvesting. The combination of engine detections, clone indicators, and scam reports leaves little doubt about the intent.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for www.ebusbk.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain registered 2025-04-10 (age ~1.2 years as of July 2026); WHOIS owner hidden; registrar Sav.com, LLC; hosted on Contabo GmbH in DE.
- Site title/description: 'Home - Ebus Bank' / 'Swift and Secure Money Transfer to any UK bank account will become a breeze with Ebus Bank.'
- ScamAdviser trust score 0/100; flags low traffic, same registrar used by many low-score sites, valid but low-grade Let's Encrypt SSL.
- Gridinsoft flags as phishing with credential-theft indicators; Scamdoc 1% trust score; Scam Detector low trust ~27.
- Fake contact details: support@ebusbk.com, 1-800-BANKING, 123 Banking Street, New York, NY 10001 — exact match on multiple other flagged 'bank' sites.
- StopScamFraud forum posts link similar domains/emails (ebuskbank@gmail.com, ebusbank.onlline) to fraud warnings involving 'Mark Chorazak Ebus Bank Manager'.
- Detected scam family 'Investment Scheme' aligns with page claims of banking/money transfer services; no Trustpilot, BBB, or legitimate reviews found.
- ScamAdviseropen
"ebusbk.com has a very low trust score. ... In summary, we scanned ebusbk.com for several indicators and we think the website may be a scam. Exercise extreme caution when using this website."
- Gridinsoftopen
"We flagged Ebusbk.com as phishing. The page behavior matches a common credential-theft flow: impersonation first, urgency second, data request last."
- Scamdocopen
"Ebusbk.com reviews | Very Low Trust Score: 1% ... Warning, only for experienced users!"
- Scam Detectoropen
"Is ebusbk.com legit ? It has a low trust score, according to our website Validator. The site is a little bit suspicious..."
- StopScamFraudopen
"Mark Chorazak Ebus - Ebusbank - ebuskbank@gmail.com ... FRAUD WARNING: The above information is being provided as a fraud warning. Do not contact the sender of ..."
Uses identical fake address '123 Banking Street Financial District New York, NY 10001', phone '1-800-BANKING', and similar 'Swift and Secure Money Transfer to any UK bank account' phrasing seen on other suspicious bank sites.
an independent review aggregator reports a 0/100 trust score and warns users the site may be a scam. Gridinsoft explicitly labels it phishing with credential-theft indicators. Scamdoc gives a 1% trust score and Scam Detector marks it suspicious. StopScamFraud links similar domains and the email ebuskbank@gmail.com to fraud warnings. No positive reviews or legitimate business registrations were located in any searched sources.
Domain Timeline
- Apr 10, 2025Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 1.2 years old today.
- Jul 7, 2026Latest security review — Flagged as dangerous
This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.
Threat Detection
Scam Network
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Scam-Type Likelihood
2 scam-type patterns detected
2 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- High-yield / guaranteed-returns investment language on the page.
- AI analyst tagged this as an investment / HYIP / pig-butchering scam.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
2 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- High-yield / guaranteed-returns investment language on the page.
- AI analyst tagged this as an investment / HYIP / pig-butchering scam.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
Technical Details
domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referencedContact 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.
- Scam family match: Investment Scheme.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (support@ebusbk.com).
- Phone number listed (251480576).
- Postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://www.ebusbk.com/
- 2200https://www.ebusbk.com/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
What to do
Investment scam indicators
The page shows patterns common to HYIP, forex, pig-butchering, and guaranteed-returns grifts.
- Do not interact with www.ebusbk.com
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- Any money you send is almost certainly gone
These schemes pay out early "profits" to bait bigger deposits, then block withdrawals or demand a "tax" / "liquidity fee" to release funds. Do not top up to unlock a withdrawal — that's the same grift.
- If you already deposited — act immediately
Contact your bank or card issuer about a chargeback, freeze further transfers, and gather every screenshot, WhatsApp / Telegram thread, and transaction ID. Do not engage with "recovery agents" who reach out after the loss — those are themselves a follow-up scam.
- OpenReport to your financial regulator
US: sec.gov/tcr, cftc.gov or reportfraud.ftc.gov. UK: FCA ScamSmart. EU: your national financial regulator. Reports feed public warning registers other victims check.
Safer Alternatives
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Dealing with crypto? Use a regulated, well-established exchange rather than an unknown site — and never connect your wallet or enter a seed phrase on a page you can't verify.
Publicly-listed, regulated US exchange.
Long-established, regulated exchange.
Regulated US exchange & custodian.
Suggestions for safety only — not endorsements. Always verify the address bar before signing in or paying, even on well-known sites.
Final Verdict
This is a fake banking site impersonating Ebus Bank. Multiple antivirus engines flagged it as phishing and it clones the layout of other flagged bank sites. Do not enter any login details or personal information.
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 flags www.ebusbk.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — www.ebusbk.com scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. www.ebusbk.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YE2, expiring in 67 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- www.ebusbk.com is 1.2 years old, registered on 4/10/2025 through Sav.com, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 11 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged www.ebusbk.com as malicious or suspicious (11 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. www.ebusbk.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- www.ebusbk.com resolves to an IP operated by Contabo GmbH in FR (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 7, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around www.ebusbk.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.
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