--- title: "Is metadao-dex.net a Scam? Trust Score 0/100" source: TrustSniffer type: Website trust & fraud report subject: "metadao-dex.net" verdict: "Critical Risk" title: "Is metadao-dex.net a Scam? Risk Report, Score 0/100" trust_score: 0 classification_confidence: 55 canonical_url: https://trustsniffer.com/report/metadao-dex.net assessed: 2026-10-25 --- # Is metadao-dex.net a scam? TrustSniffer's high-risk assessment: 0/100 ## Verdict **Verdict: Critical Risk, trust score 0/100.** metadao-dex.net shows high-risk / scam indicators. This assessment found strong scam indicators. Do not pay, sign in, or share personal details with this site. Labels: Sensitive Interaction Risk Assessed 2026-10-25 by automated analysis. Classification confidence 55%. ## 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. | Check | Result | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | Malware engines | 14 flagged it (VirusTotal) | Risk | | Google Safe Browsing | Not listed (Google) | Clear | | Abuse reports on the host | 11% confidence (AbuseIPDB, 6 reports; shared hosting inflates reports) | Clear | | Domain age | 3 months old (Most scam domains are under a year old) | Risk | | Certificate | Encrypted connection (Issued by YR2) | Noted | | Hosted by | IQWEB (Server in AE) | Noted | ## The page as captured ![Screenshot of the metadao-dex.net homepage captured during the TrustSniffer assessment](https://trustsniffer.com/outputs/metadao-dex.net/screenshots/first.png) _What metadao-dex.net served when TrustSniffer captured it on 2026-10-25. The page may look different now._ ## Key findings - Automated classification: Sensitive Interaction Risk. - Domain age: less than 1 year (registration continuity). - 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 presents itself as "MetaDAO DEX", a decentralized-exchange front end on the Solana ecosystem. Its homepage offers token swaps, cross-chain bridging, liquidity pools and staking under the headline claim of being the "#1 exchange protocol on Solana". Its apparent purpose is to draw visitors into transacting digital assets through the interface. The site is a text-heavy single-brand landing experience, and nothing observed ties it to a verified real-world operator. ### Scam/Impersonation Risk The assessment is clearly cautionary, because hard contradictory signals are present. Multiple independent security engines, including several top-tier vendors, currently classify the domain as malicious or suspicious. This confirmed blacklisting is decisive on its own and overrides every mitigating technical signal below. The domain pairs a protocol-style brand name with the generic term "dex" and appeared only very recently. Together with the homepage's unverifiable "#1" superlative, this is the typical profile of a look-alike front end built around a recognizable crypto brand. Impersonation of a specific legitimate project is not independently confirmed, and no conflicting legal entities were observed. For a site whose core function is asking users to swap, bridge, pool and stake assets, the practical danger is wallet-linked loss of funds. The automated behavioral sandbox did observe benign conduct: no third-party data exfiltration, no wallet-drainer behavior, no clipboard manipulation and no cloaking. That conduct is mitigating only and does not offset the threat classification. Evidence: - Homepage: the title promotes "Swap, Bridge, Pool & Stake" and a "#1 Exchange Protocol on Solana" claim with no supporting verification. - Domain registered 2026-07-30 (~0.24 years, about 86 days old), through the registrar Atak Domain. - Security-engine consensus: 14 malicious and 3 suspicious verdicts, including three tier-one vendors. The consensus is strong enough to trigger the automated block threshold. - Sandbox of the homepage (3 of 3 runs successful): no external requests, no wallet provider detected, no hidden forms and no cloaking. ### Regulatory Verification Notes The site's legal and identity disclosures could not be independently confirmed, and the operator's real-world identity remains unverified. No regulator or licensing registry confirms any financial-services authorization for the platform. No broker-reputation database matched it either. A platform inviting asset swaps and staking would ordinarily be expected to name an accountable entity and its jurisdiction. Here the registrant details are only generic administrative placeholders. This is a verification gap and is not itself evidence of fraud, but it removes any institutional accountability a user could rely on if funds were lost. Technical hygiene such as valid transport encryption does not substitute for regulatory standing. Evidence: - Registrant record shows only the generic label "Domain Administrator", with no named company or individual. - Served from AS59692 (IQWEB - IQWeb FZ-LLC, AE). - TLS certificate issued by YR2 (DV, domain validation only), valid to 2027-01-19. DV confirms control of the domain, not the identity of the operator. ### What to Verify Next Any interaction should wait until the domain has been checked against the official channels of the genuine MetaDAO project. Those channels are the project's documentation, verified social accounts and community announcements, reached independently and not through links on this site. Wallet connections and token approvals must be avoided on this domain. Any wallet that has already interacted with it should have its approvals reviewed and revoked. Finally, a named legal entity and a regulatory authorization should be confirmed with the relevant registry before any engagement. Evidence: - Homepage: the site's own claims of leading status provide no checkable reference. - Threat classification: the domain is already flagged by multiple engines, so independent confirmation of authenticity is a prerequisite. - Domain registration is days to weeks old relative to the claims of market leadership, which is inconsistent with an established protocol front end. ### Summary Verdict The overall posture is high risk. Confirmed external threat detections combine with a very new domain and an unverified operator identity to produce a clearly cautionary conclusion. Benign sandbox behavior and valid encryption do not change that classification. ### Infrastructure Integrity The site is hosted by IQWeb FZ-LLC in the United Arab Emirates on a single address, and it is not fronted by any CDN or WAF. Hosting is directly exposed, so no protective layer mitigates the reputation risk. Abuse reports exist against that address, but they apply to shared provider infrastructure and are not attributed specifically to this site. Domain-footprint heuristics show a young domain with few subdomains. These are unconfirmed indicators and secondary to the confirmed external detections. ### Closing Assessment The site should not be used for login, wallet connection, token approvals or any financial transaction. At most, it may be viewed in a read-only manner. Anyone who has already interacted with it should treat the wallet as potentially exposed. _Written analysis generated 2026-10-25 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report._ ## What the analysis found 3 findings contributed to this verdict, raised by external reputation, hosting and network, behaviour in a sandbox. ### 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 hosting and network setup shows a moderate level of risk indicators. (Hosting and network `rule:DNS_RISK_MED`) - The domain is young and has almost nothing else set up around it. (Hosting and network `rule:DNS_SPARSE_YOUNG_DOMAIN`) - The domain is young and has a very small footprint on the network. (Hosting and network `rule:DNS_LOW_FOOTPRINT_YOUNG_DOMAIN`) ### 03 Behaviour in a sandbox - A large share of what the page loaded came from other domains. (Behaviour in a sandbox `rule:BEHAV_EXTERNAL_RATIO_MODERATE`) ### Signals weighed against the site - AbuseIPDB: 6 reports on hosting IP 186.2.175.35 (IQWeb FZ-LLC, Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit), 11% confidence. The reports are attributed to shared infrastructure, not specifically to this website. ## Identity verification | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | 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 metadao-dex.net. - The request stayed on metadao-dex.net. It was not redirected to another domain. (Clear) - Registration is published under Atak Domain. (Clear) - DNS for this domain is served by trustname.com, across 2 name servers. (Noted) - The registration is paid up to 2027-07-30. (Noted) - It is hosted on IQWEB, from a server in AE. (Noted) ## Domain intelligence | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Registrar | Atak Domain | | Hosting | IQWEB - IQWeb FZ-LLC, AE | | Country | AE | | Server IP | 186.2.175.35 | | Name servers | ARES.TRUSTNAME.COM, ZEUS.TRUSTNAME.COM | | CDN / edge network | Not detected | | Resolved IP addresses | 1 | | Edge IP addresses | 0 | | Likely origin IP addresses | 1 | | SSL issuer | YR2 | | SSL expiry | 2027-01-19 | | Domain age | 0.24 years (continuous registration) | | Domain expiry | 2027-07-30 | | Archive first seen | Not available | | Archive snapshots | Not counted (archive lookup incomplete) | | Reputation | VirusTotal: 14 flagged \| AbuseIPDB: 11% confidence, 6 reports \| Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches | ## About this assessment **Was this report useful?** Tell other people what you think of TrustSniffer, good or bad. An honest review helps others decide whether to rely on these checks. 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