Verdict
mcdaniel3000.com is moderately trusted.
Most signals looked ordinary, and some evidence was missing. Read the checks below before you pay or hand over personal details.
| What this site appears to be | Persian-language recruitment/agency page for McDaniel College (Budapest) offering admissions, preparatory courses and visa support; contact info and social channels listed; emphasizes 'free' admission assistance via CIS Group representative. |
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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 | 5.2 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Archived since 2021Public history exists | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by YR2 | Noted |
The page as captured
Key findings
- Automated classification: Governance Risk.
- Domain age: 3 to 10 years (registration continuity).
- Public web-archive history exists since 2021.
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
The website is a Persian-language education recruitment and agency site presenting admissions information for McDaniel College in Budapest, preparatory and pre-medical courses, Hungary study guidance, visa assistance, and student-support services; its apparent business model is student placement and consultancy, with admission assistance promoted as free.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No contradictory threat indicators were observed: there is no evidence of phishing, confirmed impersonation, malicious behavior, or conflicting legal identities. The principal concern is a claim-evidence gap: the site promotes admission assistance through a CIS Group representative and presents university-related services, but the available evidence does not independently establish that representation or the underlying agency authority. This is a verification issue rather than evidence of impersonation. The site’s contact form, social links, and chat functionality also create ordinary interaction points, but no login form, hidden form, wallet connection, credential collection, or suspicious script behavior was identified.
- The homepage presents McDaniel College Budapest admissions, preparatory courses, visa guidance, and “free” admission assistance through a CIS Group representative.
- The domain registration record shows creation on 2021-06-26 and an age of 5.15 years.
- Historical records are dated 2021-12-13 through 2026-06-10, with 6 years tracked; archival coverage is sparse.
- Available reputation checks recorded 0 malicious detections, 0 suspicious detections, and 0 abuse reports.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The site is an informational recruitment page rather than a clearly identified regulated institution. Its available content does not provide a verifiable licensing or registration number for the recruitment activity, and the legal status of the agency is therefore unclear. Registration is through GoDaddy.com, LLC, with privacy-service registrant details; this is an administrative limitation and not an identity contradiction. The site references contact information, social channels, and Vancouver office details, but those disclosures do not by themselves prove legal authorization or official university representation. No matching third-party broker record was identified.
- The homepage and recruitment content identify the activity as education-agency or university-recruitment services and do not display a verifiable license number.
- The domain registrar is GoDaddy.com, LLC; the registrant fields identify Registration Private and Domains By Proxy, LLC.
- The site is hosted on AS398101 (GoDaddy.com, LLC, US).
- The site’s TLS certificate is issued by YR2, uses Domain Validation (DV), and is valid to 2026-10-30T02:19:39+00:00.
What to Verify Next
Before sensitive or high-value engagement, an independent check should confirm with McDaniel College that the named agency and representative are authorized to support admissions. The relevant Hungarian or local authority should also be checked for any applicable education-consultancy registration requirements. Any service fees, refund terms, visa-support scope, and payment recipient should be documented in writing, and contact channels should be confirmed through an independently obtained institutional or offline route rather than relying solely on links supplied by the site.
- The homepage contains a single contact or registration form and a chat widget, with no sensitive form detected.
- The site links to external social channels including LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Telegram, and WhatsApp.
- The page is categorized as informational or recruitment content, with the business model described as student placement and consultancy.
- The site presents the “free” admission-assistance claim without corresponding independent authorization evidence in the supplied content.
Summary Verdict
The website presents a moderate-trust posture with no observed scam or impersonation contradiction. Its content and technical operation are consistent with a functioning education-recruitment service, while the real-world operator and institutional relationship remain only likely rather than independently verified. The site is suitable for ordinary informational research, but its posture does not independently validate commitments involving substantial money or sensitive personal information.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site resolves to one GoDaddy-hosted address in the United States, with no CDN or distinct edge-IP layer detected. This is conventional hosting infrastructure and offers no adverse infrastructure signal; however, hosting provider and TLS protection are mitigating technical characteristics only and do not establish business legitimacy.
Closing Assessment
Prospective users should independently confirm institutional authorization, applicable registration, payment protections, and written service terms before submitting sensitive information or making a substantial commitment.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-20 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
1 finding contributed to this verdict, raised by registration and ownership.
01 Governance Risk
- Registration details are held behind a privacy service, so no operator is named publicly. This is common and legal, and it also means there is nobody to check.Registration and ownership
rule:KF_WHOIS_PRIVATE - The registration record withholds contact details for the operator.Registration and ownership
rule:KF_WHOIS_HIDDEN
Identity verification
| Status | LIKELY |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 80/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 40% |
- Trusted social count=5
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 mcdaniel3000.com.
- The request stayed on mcdaniel3000.com. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under GoDaddy.com, LLC. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by cis3000.com, across 2 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2027-06-26. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 2021-12-13. Clear
- It is hosted on GO-DADDY-COM-LLC, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | GoDaddy.com, LLC |
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| Hosting | GO-DADDY-COM-LLC - GoDaddy.com, LLC, US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 72.167.45.218 |
| Name servers | NS1.CIS3000.COM, NS2.CIS3000.COM |
| SSL issuer | YR2 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-10-30 |
| Domain age | 5.15 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2027-06-26 |
| Archive first seen | 2021-12-13 |
| Archive snapshots | Not counted (archive lookup incomplete) |
| 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 mcdaniel3000.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.