Paxful (paxful.com) is a cryptocurrency site. In 2024, Paxful said that over 12 million people were trading Bitcoin on its platform. Paxful says there are over 350 ways to trade Bitcoin on its platform. Paxful says that cryptocurrency is the financial system for the 100%.
Paxful.com isn’t a reliable cryptocurrency site.
ALTERNATIVES
Similar sites to Paxful include CEX (io), BitPay, BitPapa, LocalCoinSwap, BitRefill, Paybis, Symlix, CoinCola, BuyBitcoinBank, and DataWallet.
HISTORY
As of January 2024, paxful.com has 1.295 million monthly views, according to Similar Web. The Wayback Machine estimates that paxful.com was founded on March 23, 2015. The Internet Archive has saved paxful.com 2,304 times between March 23, 2015 and March 5, 2024.
Is paxful.com Safe?
Here, I analyzed paxful.com for malware and malicious content to check if it was legit or a scam:
I checked paxful.com on Sucuri, and it returned as a medium security risk. Results: Sucuri scan for paxful.com.
Sucuri says paxful.com is a medium security risk because it returned a 403 Forbidden status on the URL http://paxful.com/.
I then ran a parasite scan with Unmask Parasites on paxful.com, and it is suspicious. Results: Unmask Parasites scan for paxful.com.
Unmask Parasites cites 2 suspicious inline scripts:
(function(){window._cf_chl_opt={cvId: '3',cZone: "paxful.com",cType: 'managed',cNounce: '42048',cRay: '85fd7cf0f83a113b',...
!function(){var e=document.createElement("iframe");function t(){var t=e.contentDocument||e.contentWindow.document;if(t){v...
I also checked paxful.com on VirusTotal, and it is flagged for phishing by Gridinsoft and MalwareURL. Results: VirusTotal scan for paxful.com.
Further, paxful.com passed all blocklist engines on URLVoid. Results: URLVoid scan for paxful.com.
In conclusion, paxful.com returned a 403 Forbidden status. Sucuri regards this as a medium security risk. Unmask Parasites also found 2 suspicious inline scripts, and Gridinsoft and MalwareURL flagged it for phishing on VirusTotal. OVERALL GRADE: Suspicious.
Links and Profiles
Website: paxful.com
References
2. Wayback Machine – paxful.com
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