Verdict
akashnet.com shows high-risk / scam indicators.
This assessment found strong scam indicators. Do not pay, sign in, or share personal details with this site.
| What this site appears to be | Arabic-language corporate site for 'Summit Al-Akash Co. Ltd.' describing services: solar systems, surveillance, data networks, smart-building and industrial solutions. Contact email, phone numbers and physical address in Karbala, Iraq are listed. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- The real-world operator identity was not independently verified.
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | 1 flagged itVirusTotal | Risk |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 15 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Archived since 2012344 snapshots | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by YR2 | Noted |
The page as captured
Key findings
- Automated classification: Sensitive Interaction Risk.
- Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity).
- Public web-archive history exists since 2012.
- At least one reputation service TrustSniffer consulted had flagged this domain at assessment time.
Full analysis
Security Alert
Fortinet flagged this site in external intelligence checks, indicating elevated compromise/scam exposure that requires immediate caution.
The website is an Arabic-language corporate site for Summit Al-Akash Co. Ltd., presenting solar-power systems, surveillance networks, data networks and data-center solutions, smart-building systems, industrial solutions, construction, general trade and information-technology services for a regional B2B market.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No confirmed phishing, impersonation, identity contradiction, or blacklist finding was observed. However, the overall assessment remains strongly cautionary because external threat intelligence recorded one malicious detection and a Tier-1 vendor detection associated with the domain; this is a material reputational risk signal, but it is not by itself proof that the site is fraudulent. The site's own content appears corporate rather than investment-oriented: it has no login form, sensitive submission form, wallet connection, or other observed credential-capture mechanism. The apparent business identity is plausible but not independently verified, so sensitive interaction should not be treated as established solely from the site's presentation.
- The homepage presents the company as “Summit Al-Akash Co. Ltd.” and describes commercial solar, surveillance, networking, smart-building and industrial services.
- External scanning recorded 1 malicious detection and a Fortinet threat detection; no confirmed blacklist or Google Safe Browsing malicious finding was recorded.
- The domain was registered on 2011-06-12 and is approximately 15.2 years old.
- Web archives contain 344 snapshots from 2012-11-17 through 2025-02-27, covering 14 years.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The site provides an apparent corporate identity, business description, contact telephone numbers and a physical address in Karbala, Iraq. The available material does not present a license, registration number, licensing authority or other independently verifiable regulatory credential. This is a transparency and verification gap rather than evidence of a scam, particularly because the stated activities are broad commercial contracting and technology services rather than a clearly regulated financial offering. The site's identity should therefore be regarded as plausible but not independently established.
- The homepage identifies the business in Arabic and describes construction, general trade, technology installation, networking and information-technology services.
- The contact presentation lists telephone numbers and a physical location in Karbala, Iraq.
- No license number or licensing authority is stated in the available company material.
- The site's TLS certificate is issued by YR2 at DV validation level and is valid until 2026-10-26 15:40:31 UTC.
What to Verify Next
Before any sensitive engagement, an organization should independently confirm the company's legal registration and relevant contracting permissions with the appropriate Iraqi authority, and validate the stated Karbala address and telephone channels through an offline or independently sourced route. Any proposed commercial contract should also be reviewed for the legal counterparty, payment beneficiary, deliverables, liability terms and dispute jurisdiction. The external detection should be escalated for technical review if the site is being considered for procurement, network access or data exchange.
- The site's “About” and service material supplies the claimed company name and business activities for comparison with official records.
- The contact page supplies the address and telephone details that can be checked independently.
- The available pages contain no sensitive forms or login workflow, limiting the observable basis for credential use but not resolving the external reputation concern.
Summary Verdict
The overall posture is critical and unsuitable for sensitive interaction. The site presents a coherent regional corporate profile and has substantial domain continuity, but the material external threat signal dominates the trust determination. Apparent identity should not be treated as independently verified.
Infrastructure Integrity
The website is protected by a CDN/WAF arrangement, with the observed edge address served through AS24940, HETZNER-AS — Hetzner Online GmbH, Germany; the origin server was not observable. This reduces direct exposure of the origin and is a mitigating infrastructure control, but it does not establish legitimacy or offset the external reputation signal.
Closing Assessment
The site should remain limited to controlled, read-only review until the legal counterparty, commercial contacts and external detection have been independently resolved; credentials, organizational access and financial commitments should not be introduced on the basis of the website alone.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-21 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
2 findings contributed to this verdict, raised by registration and ownership, analysis engine, external reputation.
01 Governance Risk
- The public registration record for this domain is incomplete.Registration and ownership
rule:KF_WHOIS_INCOMPLETE
02 Sensitive Interaction Risk
- The analysis matched a pattern TrustSniffer treats as a direct threat to a visitor.Analysis engine
signal:direct_threat - An external threat feed lists this domain: either Google Safe Browsing marked it malicious, or a significant number of malware engines flagged it.External reputation
rule:EXT_BLACKLIST_CRITICAL
Identity verification
| Status | LIKELY |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 76/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 76% |
- Trusted social count=2
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of akashnet.com.
- The request stayed on akashnet.com. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by ewd-co.org, across 2 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2027-06-12. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 2012-11-17. Clear
- It is hosted on HETZNER-AS, from a server in DE. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc |
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| Hosting | HETZNER-AS - Hetzner Online GmbH, DE |
| Country | DE |
| Server IP | 116.202.139.160 |
| Name servers | NS1.EWD-CO.ORG, NS2.EWD-CO.ORG |
| SSL issuer | YR2 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-10-26 |
| Domain age | 15.20 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2027-06-12 |
| Archive first seen | 2012-11-17 |
| Archive snapshots | 344 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 1 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about akashnet.com 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.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.