Is act-capital.io a scam? TrustSniffer's high-risk assessment

act-capital.io

act-capital.io shows high-risk / scam indicators — assessed Critical Risk.

Critical Risk
0/100
classification confidence 55%

Sensitive Interaction Risk

Governance RiskSensitive Interaction Risk
Screenshot of act-capital.io

Summary

TrustSniffer assessed act-capital.io on 2026-09-02 and gave it a trust score of 0/100, a critical-risk result: the evidence collected matched patterns associated with scams or fraud, and interacting with this site carries a high risk. The trust score runs from 0 to 100, where 100 is the most trusted; it is an automated, evidence-based assessment and not a legal finding.

Key findings

  • Automated classification: Sensitive Interaction Risk.
  • Domain age: less than 1 year (registration continuity).
  • At least one reputation service TrustSniffer consulted had flagged this domain at assessment time.

What TrustSniffer found on act-capital.io

Security Alert: Fortinet flagged this site in external intelligence checks, indicating elevated compromise/scam exposure that requires immediate caution. Act Capital is an online retail trading and brokerage website presenting funded account tiers, access to forex, commodities, indices, crypto and stocks, and claims of secure, transparent trading; its apparent business model is to obtain customer deposits and monetize trading activity through spreads, commissions and managed-account services. Scam/Impersonation Risk: The site presents a critical sensitive-interaction risk.

External reputation checks recorded malicious detections and a confirmed blacklist status, creating a material contradiction that outweighs the site's own claims of safety and transparency. The about page also promotes leverage and describes the business as the “World's Leading Forex Trading Platform,” without corresponding evidence of operating scale or authorization. No distinct identity contradiction, brand-impersonation finding or phishing finding was recorded, but the external threat detections and blacklist status remain sufficient to make login, credential submission and financial activity inappropriate. - The about page claims “The World's Leading Forex Trading Platform” and promotes leverage without providing supporting operational evidence.

Regulatory Verification Notes: The privacy page identifies ActCapital as a European financial advisory and investment services company and states that it operates in compliance with applicable European laws, including GDPR.

Why this matters

A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about act-capital.io at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.

Summary generated 2026-09-13 from the assessment above.

Why this verdict

Governance Risk

  • rule:KF_WHOIS_HIDDEN
  • rule:KF_WHOIS_PRIVATE
  • rule:KF_WHOIS_INCOMPLETE

Sensitive Interaction Risk

  • signal:direct_threat
  • rule:BEHAV_DOM_CHANGE_HIGH
  • rule:BEHAV_DOM_DIFF_AFTER_INTERACTION
  • rule:BEHAV_DOM_DENSITY_SPIKE
  • rule:EXT_BLACKLIST_CRITICAL

Domain intelligence

RegistrarNameCheap, Inc.
HostingCLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US
CountryUS
Server IP2606:4700:3037::ac43:dc0d
Name serverslisa.ns.cloudflare.com, kirk.ns.cloudflare.com
SSL issuerYE2
Domain age0.52 years
Domain expiry2027-02-24T12:46:43Z
Archive snapshots0
ReputationVT: 6 | Abuse: 0 | GSB: 0