Is starkg.de trustworthy? Suspicious signals
suspiciousCaution is advised with this provider. Several of the checked characteristics are conspicuous or incomplete. Note: Some of the checks returned no data – the assessment is based on limited data.
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FakeshopAI automatically checked Starkg (starkg.de) on 2026-08-05 for typical fake shop characteristics. 37 check points were evaluated, covering operator details, legal notices, payment methods, technology, domain history and reputation. The individual findings are listed below.
Shop facts
Who runs this site?
Warning signals
- Security headers The server sets hardly any of the common security headers - the site is technically carelessly configured; on its own this is not evidence of fraud.
- Legal pages Several mandatory legal texts are missing from the site: the terms and conditions, the right of withdrawal and the privacy policy.
- Social media presence No social media profiles are linked, or the linked profiles are unreachable - there is therefore no independently verifiable trace of the provider online.
- Operator cluster The site shares an operator-specific identifier (such as the same tracking or advertising ID) with 3 other domains, among them confirmed fake shops - a strong indication of the same fraud network.
Same operator traces
These domains share an operator-specific marker with the checked site. Fake shops are rarely run on their own.
In the shop's favour
- PayPal support PayPal is named as a payment method - a payment route with buyer protection is therefore available, through which money can be reclaimed if goods are not delivered.
- DNS configuration The domain has a complete email configuration with MX and SPF records - the shop can therefore actually send and receive email under its own address.
- External reputation feeds The external security databases queried hold no warning about this domain - neither for malware nor for phishing.
Further checks
- Imprint The legal notice names ICE INNOVATIONS LIMITED as the operator with reachable contact details - in a dispute there is someone to turn to.
- Server location The site's server is located in Seattle, US and therefore within the EU/US area - a legal area in which claims against the operator can be enforced if necessary.
- SSL certificate The connection is encrypted; the certificate was issued by Amazon RSA 2048 M04 and last renewed on 10 June 2026. Anyone can verify this themselves - via the padlock icon in the browser's address bar. Encryption says nothing about the operator's trustworthiness, though: a fake shop gets it free of charge too.
- Fake shop lists The domain does not appear on any of the fake shop warning lists checked - warning lists lag behind newly created shops, however, so this is no clean bill of health.
- AI page analysis Content analysis of the page text revealed no fraud characteristics: no unrealistic permanent discounts, no artificial time pressure and no copied product descriptions.
- Payment methods The shop names PayPal, Klarna, Sofort and Apple Pay as payment options - so you do not have to pay in advance to order here.
- Redirects The address does not redirect to a third-party domain - the shop is actually operated under the address you opened.
- Contact data plausibility The contact details given are plausible: the email address belongs to the shop domain and the phone number is correctly formatted - fake shops mostly use free webmail addresses here.
- Template/clone fingerprint No known fake shop has the same template fingerprint as this site - a mass-produced kit of the kind fraud networks use is therefore not detectable.
- Content depth The site has very few subpages - an established shop with a real product range looks different.
What we could not verify
These checks returned no result – for example because the site blocked our request or a registry was unreachable. This is explicitly NOT a suspicion: it only means we lack the basis for a statement here.
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- Domain age
- VAT ID (VIES)
- Trade register
- IP neighborhood
- Hoster reputation
- URL structure clone
- Trust seal check
- Reputation
- Platform origin
All findings come from an automated check of the publicly reachable website as well as public registers, warning lists and security databases. How we check