Verdict
This assessment found strong scam indicators. Do not pay, sign in, or share personal details with this site.
elsvault.com shows high-risk / scam indicators.
Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: Not recorded
- 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 | 7 flagged itVirusTotal | Risk |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0% confidenceAbuseIPDB, 0 reports; shared hosting inflates reports | Clear |
| Domain age | 2 months oldMost scam domains are under a year old | Risk |
| Web archive | Archived since 20263 snapshots | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by WE1 | Noted |
The page as captured
Key findings
- Automated classification: Sensitive Interaction Risk.
- Domain age: less than 1 year (registration continuity).
- Public web-archive history exists since 2026.
- At least one reputation service TrustSniffer consulted had flagged this domain at assessment time.
Full analysis
Security Alert
Fortinet, Kaspersky, Sophos flagged this site in external intelligence checks, indicating elevated compromise/scam exposure that requires immediate caution.
This website is a very recently launched promotional page for a token-yield offering. Its page title announces an "Elysian (ELS) Vault APR Update" with an "Allocation Live on XRPL". It presents itself as a vault or staking-style product tied to a token called ELS on the XRP Ledger. Its apparent purpose is to attract visitors into a crypto yield or allocation programme.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
Contradictory signals are present and carry decisive weight. Several major security vendors currently classify the domain as malicious, and a further group rates it suspicious. The domain therefore sits on a confirmed blacklist of external threat intelligence. This is the principal contradiction. No conflicting legal entities and no specific brand impersonation were observed, so those categories are not part of the finding. The content itself is consistent with the high-risk archetype of a newly launched token-yield promotion. The headline pairs an "APR update" with a time-pressured "allocation live" call to action. That framing is typical of campaigns that push visitors toward wallet interactions or token purchases. The site's own promotional claims could not be independently substantiated. Behaviourally, most observed network activity went to third-party hosts, including several outbound data submissions. All of those hosts belong to recognised services. No wallet-drainer behaviour, clipboard tampering, hidden forms, or content cloaking was detected. This lowers the likelihood of an active technical exploit during a visit but does not offset the reputation findings. Evidence:
- Homepage: the title promotes an ELS vault APR update and a live allocation on XRPL, a yield-and-allocation pitch with no substantiating context captured.
- Reputation intelligence: seven engines flag the domain as malicious and three as suspicious, including three tier-one security vendors.
- Domain provenance: registered on 2026-08-27 (~0.16 years, about 59 days old).
- Behavioural sandbox: 9 external XHR requests and 6 external POSTs, with up to 75% of requests directed off-domain, none to non-whitelisted hosts. No wallet-drainer, clipboard-hijack, or cloaking activity was observed.
Regulatory Verification Notes
No regulator, licence, or registered-entity linkage could be established for this site. No third-party reputational broker profile matched it, and it does not appear in the DeFi protocol directory consulted. The operator's real-world identity remains unconfirmed, and registrant details are not publicly attributed, which is ownership opacity rather than an identity contradiction. A yield or allocation product aimed at the public would ordinarily warrant a clearly identified issuer and applicable authorisations. The absence of any verifiable operator is therefore significant here, given the confirmed threat listing. The domain's short operating history provides no track record that could ground credibility. Evidence:
- Registrar: NICENIC International Group Co., Limited. The registration expires 2027-08-27, which is a one-year term.
- Web archive: 3 snapshots spanning 2026-09-04 to 2026-09-22 (1 year tracked). This is a minimal history.
- DeFi directory lookup: completed successfully and returned no listing, so no TVL or protocol recognition exists for "Elysian".
- Hosting and transport: served from AS13335 (Cloudflare, Inc., US). TLS certificate issued by WE1 (DV, domain-validated only), valid to 2027-01-23. DV confirms control of the domain, not the operator's identity.
What to Verify Next
Any claim of an ELS token, vault, or XRPL allocation should be checked only through channels independent of this site. The token's issuer account and trustline details should be confirmed on the public XRP Ledger, using an address obtained from an established, separately verified source rather than from this page. The site's claimed operator should be checked against official company registries and financial-regulator warning lists in the relevant jurisdiction. The official support and contact channels should be confirmed through an offline or independently sourced route. If the site was reached through an advertisement, message, or social post, that referral origin should be examined and reported where appropriate. Evidence:
- Homepage: the APR and allocation claims could not be corroborated by any captured independent source.
- Domain age: the site is about two months old, so no long-standing independent references to the project can be expected.
- Reputation intelligence: the current malicious classification means any official-looking link or address on the site should be treated as unverified.
Summary Verdict
The assessment is critical and clearly cautionary. Confirmed adverse threat intelligence, a very young domain, and a high-risk product archetype converge on an elevated risk posture. Neither the valid encryption nor the established infrastructure can offset this, and no evidence of independent legitimacy exists. The site is not considered suitable for any sensitive or financial interaction.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site is fronted by Cloudflare's CDN and WAF, and all four observed addresses are edge servers. The origin server was not observable, so the real hosting location cannot be independently verified. This limits attribution and can mask rapid content swaps. The CDN and a valid DV certificate are mitigating factors only. They are widely available to any registrant, and neither indicates legitimacy. Heuristics flagged a young domain with sparse subdomains, but these are unconfirmed and carry no independent weight.
Closing Assessment
The site should not be used for login, credential entry, wallet connection, or any financial transaction. Any funds or tokens already committed should be treated as at risk, and affected users should report the activity to the relevant platform and authorities. Passive viewing is the only low-exposure interaction, and files should not be downloaded from the site.
Written analysis generated 2026-10-25 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
5 findings contributed to this verdict, raised by external reputation, hosting and network, history in the web archive, behaviour in a sandbox, registration and ownership.
01 External reputation
- 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
02 Hosting and network
- The domain was registered less than three months ago.Hosting and network
rule:DNS_NEW_DOMAIN_90D - The domain is young and has almost nothing else set up around it.Hosting and network
rule:DNS_SPARSE_YOUNG_DOMAIN
03 History in the web archive
- The web archive has almost no record of this domain, which fits a site that is new.History in the web archive
rule:ARCH_PEN_YOUNG_AND_SPARSE
04 Behaviour in a sandbox
- Most of what the page loaded came from other domains rather than from this one.Behaviour in a sandbox
rule:BEHAV_EXTERNAL_RATIO_HIGH
05 Registration and ownership
- The public registration record for this domain is incomplete.Registration and ownership
rule:KF_WHOIS_INCOMPLETE
Identity verification
| Status | UNKNOWN |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 50/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 30% |
- AI page analysis unavailable (page captured; identity not AI-verified)
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 elsvault.com.
- The request stayed on elsvault.com. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by cloudflare.com, across 2 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2027-08-27. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 2026-09-04. Clear
- It is hosted on CLOUDFLARENET, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED |
|---|---|
| Hosting | CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 2606:4700:3033::ac43:c006 |
| Name servers | ELAINE.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM, NIKON.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM |
| CDN / edge network | Detected (cloudflare) |
| Resolved IP addresses | 4 |
| Edge IP addresses | 4 |
| Likely origin IP addresses | 0 |
| SSL issuer | WE1 |
| SSL expiry | 2027-01-23 |
| Domain age | 0.16 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2027-08-27 |
| Archive first seen | 2026-09-04 |
| Archive snapshots | 3 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 7 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0% confidence, 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about elsvault.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.