Verdict
amu.edu.pl appears legitimate.
Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.
| What this site appears to be | Official homepage of Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu with information for candidates, students, staff, research centers, news and events, and contact details. |
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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 | None flagged itVirusTotal | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 32 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Never archivedNo public history of this site | Watch |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by GEANT TLS RSA 1 | Noted |
The page as captured
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity).
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
This is the institutional website of Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, presenting information about admissions, students and staff, research, university governance, news, events, contacts, and related institutional resources, with a linked university merchandise shop as a limited commercial component.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No scam, phishing, impersonation, or conflicting-identity indicators were observed. The homepage clearly presents a university information model rather than a deceptive financial solicitation: its visible functions cover admissions, research, student and staff services, institutional news, contacts, and a newsletter signup, with no sensitive login form or external password-collection form detected. The site also links to established social channels, and external reputation checks found no malicious or suspicious detections. The available evidence is therefore consistent with an established, apparently legitimate institutional website, although the real-world operator identity is not independently verified.
- Homepage content identifies “Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu” and provides sections for university governance, research, admissions, services, news, and contact information.
- Homepage analysis found one newsletter form, no sensitive form, no login form, no hidden forms, and no wallet-related activity.
- External reputation checks recorded zero malicious and zero suspicious detections, with no blacklist or phishing indication.
- Domain registration evidence records creation on 1995-01-01 and an age of 31.64 years.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The site presents a coherent academic identity through its university name, governance sections, rector and senate information, employee or unit directory, institutional contact area, and links to internal resources. That presentation supports apparent institutional legitimacy, but it does not independently prove the legal operator. No regulated financial service is presented as the core business model and no financial-services license claim or license number is supplied; for the visible education and university-shop functions, the relevant verification focus is institutional identity and ordinary merchant disclosure rather than financial authorization. A third-party broker-reputation check produced no match and should be treated only as contextual support, not as a licensing determination.
- The homepage provides “About the University,” “Authorities,” “University Council,” “Senate,” employee or unit search, and institutional contact sections.
- The website is served through AS9112 by POZMAN - Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry Polish Academy of Science, Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, PL.
- The domain registrar is home.pl sp. z o.o.
- Transport encryption uses a GEANT TLS RSA 1 certificate with OV validation, issued to Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu and valid through 2027-02-25.
What to Verify Next
Before credential or payment interactions, an independent check should confirm that the university name, contact details, and any shop operator information correspond to the intended institution. For merchandise purchases, the relevant terms should be reviewed for returns, refunds, delivery, and payment-protection arrangements. Official contact channels should also be confirmed through an independent institutional or offline route before sensitive account or payment activity.
- The homepage includes a dedicated contact area and institutional address-book search.
- The site links to an intranet and other institutional resources, indicating that account-related services may extend beyond the public homepage.
- The homepage links to an online university merchandise shop, creating a distinct payment and merchant-verification surface.
Summary Verdict
Available evidence is consistent with an established, apparently legitimate website and supports a high-trust, low-risk posture. No scam or impersonation contradictions were observed, but the operator’s real-world identity remains likely rather than independently verified.
Infrastructure Integrity
The website uses CDN/WAF protection, with observed traffic including the CDN edge address 51.89.172.99 and a potential origin candidate. This layered arrangement is a mitigating infrastructure signal because it can reduce direct exposure of the service, but it is not proof of institutional legitimacy.
Closing Assessment
Normal informational use is proportionate to the assessed posture; independent merchant-identity, return-policy, and payment-protection checks should be completed before credentials or payments are submitted.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-17 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
No rule findings contributed to this verdict.
Identity verification
| Status | LIKELY |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 79/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 78% |
- Identity verified on page
- Trusted social count=3
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 amu.edu.pl.
- The request stayed on amu.edu.pl. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under home.pl sp. z o.o.. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by edu.pl, across 3 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2028-12-31. Clear
- It is hosted on POZMAN, from a server in PL. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | home.pl sp. z o.o. |
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| Hosting | POZMAN - Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry Polish Academy of Science, Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, PL |
| Country | PL |
| Server IP | 150.254.65.170 |
| Name servers | dns.amu.edu.pl, dns2.amu.edu.pl, dns3.amu.edu.pl |
| SSL issuer | GEANT TLS RSA 1 |
| SSL expiry | 2027-02-25 |
| Domain age | 31.64 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2028-12-31 |
| Archive first seen | Not available |
| Archive snapshots | 0 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 0 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about amu.edu.pl 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.