Verdict
frankenpost.de 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 | Homepage of Frankenpost, a German regional newspaper covering Oberfranken and broader national and international news. It offers attributed journalism, FP+ subscriptions, an e-paper, advertising, classifieds, events, newsletters, and reader services, with visible links to legal and contact information. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- 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 | Not availableNo registration record was returned | Noted |
| Web archive | Archived since 19965000 snapshots | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by YR2 | Noted |
The page as captured
No screenshot is retained for this report.
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Public web-archive history exists since 1996.
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
- The operator behind the site could not be independently connected to a real-world brand or person.
Full analysis
Overview
Frankenpost is an established German regional news website serving Oberfranken, presenting attributed local and wider news alongside FP+ subscriptions, an e-paper, advertising, classifieds, events, newsletters, and related reader services.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No identity contradictions, impersonation indicators, phishing behavior, or malicious reputation findings were observed. The site’s nearly three-decade domain history, extensive archival continuity, established global traffic footprint, and conventional editorial presentation converge strongly with its stated role as a regional newspaper. Interactive testing also found no hidden forms, external password forms, wallet requests, clipboard manipulation, or cloaking.
- The domain record indicates registration in 1996 (~29.7 years old).
- The domain’s archive contains 5,000 snapshots spanning 1996–2025 (30 years tracked), with no substantiated suspicious repurposing.
- External reputation checks recorded 0 malicious and 0 suspicious detections, while the domain holds global traffic rank 58,265.
- The homepage presents attributed journalism and established regional coverage without brand-impersonation or deceptive sensitive-data requests.
Regulatory Verification Notes
Frankenpost presents a conventional publishing business rather than a regulated financial or investment service, so the absence of a financial-services licence is not adverse or unexpected. The homepage visibly links to an imprint, privacy statement, terms, contact information, careers, authors, subscriptions, and delivery services. The supplied page evidence does not reproduce the underlying legal-page contents, so the precise publishing entity and applicable subscription terms cannot be assessed here; this is a limited documentation note, not evidence of illegitimacy.
- The homepage footer provides visible routes to the imprint, privacy statement, general terms, contact page, and frequently asked questions.
- The homepage identifies FP+, newspaper subscriptions, and e-paper access as paid reader offerings supported by advertising and classifieds.
- No broker-profile match was identified in the supplied third-party broker context, which is consistent with the site’s non-broker business model.
What to Verify Next
Institutional onboarding or commercial engagement should include routine confirmation of the legal publisher named in the imprint, the governing subscription and cancellation terms, and the privacy arrangements applicable to registered accounts. Advertising, recruitment, or other contractual counterparties should confirm commercial instructions through the official contact channels published by the newspaper.
- The homepage exposes dedicated account, subscription-management, delivery, advertising, and careers pathways, supporting targeted review of the relevant contractual terms.
- The homepage includes login and account-navigation facilities but displayed no embedded sensitive form or untrusted form destination during assessment.
- Reader-facing services include newsletters, events, travel offers, a reader shop, classifieds, and a newspaper archive, making service-specific terms relevant to enterprise due diligence.
Summary Verdict
Frankenpost is a legitimate, established, and trustworthy regional publication. Its identity, sustained operating history, editorial substance, traffic presence, and clean threat-reputation evidence are mutually reinforcing, with no contradictory fraud or impersonation signals. Normal interaction, including account login and standard use, is appropriate.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site resolves directly to German hosting operated by BOREUS/WIIT AG, without a detected CDN or WAF layer. Its origin-facing configuration is not inherently adverse, and valid transport encryption protects browser-to-site communications; these technical controls support connection integrity but are not treated as independent proof of legitimacy.
- The hosting infrastructure serves the site from AS205411 (BOREUS - WIIT AG, DE) in Germany.
- The site uses a DV TLS certificate issued by YR2, valid until 2026-09-20.
- Infrastructure analysis identified one directly resolved host address and no CDN edge addresses.
Closing Assessment
Prospective users may interact with the site normally, while organizations entering subscriptions, advertising arrangements, or other contracts should apply their standard counterparty and terms-review procedures.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-03 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 |
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| 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 frankenpost.de.
- The request stayed on frankenpost.de. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by inwx.de, across 3 name servers. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 1996-11-04. Clear
- It is hosted on BOREUS, from a server in DE. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | Not available |
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| Hosting | BOREUS - WIIT AG, DE |
| Country | DE |
| Server IP | 208.82.75.154 |
| Name servers | ns2.inwx.de, ns3.inwx.eu, ns.inwx.de |
| SSL issuer | YR2 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-09-20 |
| Domain age | Not available (no registration date was returned) |
| Domain expiry | Not available |
| Archive first seen | 1996-11-04 |
| Archive snapshots | 5000 |
| 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 frankenpost.de 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.