Verdict
farpost.co.za 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 | FARPost ZA is a South African football news and analysis website publishing match reports, transfer news, features and talent profiles. The page appears editorial, regularly updated and focused on sports journalism. |
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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 | 9.2 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Archived since 2018283 snapshots | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by WE1 | Noted |
The page as captured
No screenshot is retained for this report.
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: 3 to 10 years (registration continuity).
- Public web-archive history exists since 2018.
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
FARPost ZA is a South African football news and analysis website presenting match reports, transfer coverage, league news, features, and talent profiles. Its apparent business model is an editorial sports-media portal supported primarily by advertising, sponsored content, and related partnerships rather than direct financial transactions.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No contradictions were observed. The homepage presents a coherent sports-journalism purpose, with sections covering South African football, international football, player transfers, women’s football, and talent features. The site does not present login forms, wallet-connect functions, payment requests, or other sensitive interaction mechanisms, and the available reputation checks found no malicious or suspicious designation. The available evidence is therefore consistent with an established, apparently legitimate news site, although the real-world operator identity is not independently verified.
- The homepage identifies FARPost ZA as a source of soccer news and analysis and displays regularly updated match, transfer, and football-feature content.
- The homepage contains no sensitive forms, login workflow, hidden form, wallet connection, or external password submission.
- External reputation checks recorded zero malicious and zero suspicious results, with no blacklist or phishing finding.
Regulatory Verification Notes
FARPost ZA appears to operate as an editorial sports-news publication rather than a financial, brokerage, or other regulated transaction service. No licensing claim or license number is presented in the supplied site analysis; this is a disclosure point to clarify only if the site offers services beyond media content. The operator’s real-world identity remains unverified, so the site’s apparent legitimacy should not be treated as proof of a specific legal entity. The domain and technical history nevertheless provide affirmative establishment indicators.
- The domain was registered on 20 May 2017, is approximately 9.23 years old, and is registered through DIAMATRIX C.C.; the recorded organization is Right Click Digital (Pty) Ltd.
- The archive contains 283 snapshots spanning 2018–2026, with 9 years tracked and a maximum observed gap of 1 year.
- The site is served on AS13335 by CLOUDFLARENET – Cloudflare, Inc., US.
- The transport certificate is issued by WE1 at DV validation level and is valid through 2026-11-04.
What to Verify Next
If engagement extends beyond reading editorial content, independently confirm the publisher’s legal and commercial identity through an offline or independently sourced contact route. Any future advertising, sponsorship, subscription, merchandise, or payment arrangement should be checked against written terms, refund or cancellation provisions, and payment-protection options before funds or credentials are submitted.
- The homepage describes an editorial news and analysis service and does not request payment or financial information.
- The available page analysis found no sensitive form and no untrusted form destination.
- The site presents an “About Us” area and a “Team Farpost” section that can be compared with independently sourced publisher information.
Summary Verdict
The overall posture is high trust and low risk, with evidence consistent with an established, apparently legitimate sports-media website. No scam, phishing, impersonation, or other contradictory signal was observed, while operator identity assurance remains limited.
Infrastructure Integrity
Cloudflare CDN and WAF protection provide a meaningful mitigation against direct exposure of the hosting environment. All observed addresses were Cloudflare edge infrastructure, and no origin candidate was identified; this supports resilience and exposure reduction but is not, by itself, proof of legitimacy.
- Observed edge addresses included 104.26.14.30, 104.26.15.30, 172.67.70.254, and 2606:4700:20::681a:e1e, all on AS13335.
- The hosting provider is CLOUDFLARENET – Cloudflare, Inc., US, with six observed edge IPs and zero likely origin IPs.
Closing Assessment
Normal editorial browsing is proportionate to the evidence; credential or payment interactions, if introduced in a future workflow, should follow the stated independent identity, terms, and payment-protection checks.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-11 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 | UNVERIFIED |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 30/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 50% |
- No on-site identity signals detected
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 farpost.co.za.
- The request stayed on farpost.co.za. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under DIAMATRIX C.C.. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by cloudflare.com, across 2 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2027-05-20. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 2018-02-01. Clear
- It is hosted on CLOUDFLARENET, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | DIAMATRIX C.C. |
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| Hosting | CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 2606:4700:20::ac43:46fe |
| Name servers | buck.ns.cloudflare.com, jasmine.ns.cloudflare.com |
| SSL issuer | WE1 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-11-04 |
| Domain age | 9.23 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2027-05-20 |
| Archive first seen | 2018-02-01 |
| Archive snapshots | 283 |
| 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 farpost.co.za 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.