Verdict
racingnews365.nl 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 | RacingNews365 Dutch-language Formula 1 news portal with articles, videos, podcasts, standings and a paid subscription offering. Primary calls-to-action are newsletter signup and subscription sign-up; site links to an English site (RacingNews365.com). |
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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 | 12 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Archived since 2015597 snapshots | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by Amazon RSA 2048 M04 | Noted |
The page as captured
No screenshot is retained for this report.
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity).
- Public web-archive history exists since 2015.
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
RacingNews365.nl is a Dutch-language Formula 1 sports-media portal presenting news, videos, podcasts, race calendars, standings, interviews, and Max Verstappen coverage, supported by advertising, newsletter registration, partner promotions, and optional paid Plus and Premium subscriptions.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No contradictions were observed. The site presents a coherent sports-media identity, links to its English-language counterpart, maintains a visible presence across mainstream social platforms, and shows no detected phishing, brand-impersonation, malicious-content, or suspicious-form indicators. External reputation checks were clean, and the site's long, continuous historical presence is consistent with an established publication rather than a recently assembled impersonation. The real-world operator is nevertheless not independently verified, so the legitimacy conclusion remains evidence-consistent rather than proven. Evidence:
- Homepage: Formula 1 news, race schedules, standings, videos, podcasts, and subscription content are presented as an integrated editorial service.
- Homepage: The site links to RacingNews365.com and to Facebook, X, Bluesky, Instagram, and YouTube profiles.
- Domain history: Registered 2015-01-20 and approximately 11.57 years old; 597 archive snapshots spanning 2015–2026 across 12 tracked years.
- External reputation: 0 malicious detections, 0 suspicious detections, and no confirmed blacklist or phishing finding.
Regulatory Verification Notes
This is an advertising-supported media and subscription business rather than a site presenting itself as a regulated financial service. The available evidence does not independently establish the operator's real-world legal identity or any regulated status; the on-site disclosure position is therefore unclear for a prospective paying subscriber. That is a transparency and merchant-verification matter, not evidence of a scam. Any subscription decision should be assessed against the site's terms, cancellation conditions, billing information, and consumer-protection arrangements. No separate broker-reputation match was identified. Evidence:
- Homepage: Paid Plus and Premium offerings, newsletter registration, advertising, and partner-promotion mechanics are disclosed.
- Homepage: The primary form detected is a newsletter signup, with no sensitive form or untrusted submission destination identified.
- Hosting infrastructure: Served from AS16509 (AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US).
- Transport encryption: TLS certificate issued by Amazon RSA 2048 M04, validation level DV, valid to 2027-02-13.
What to Verify Next
Before a paid interaction, independently confirm the merchant identity shown in the subscription checkout and review the applicable terms, renewal and cancellation provisions, refund process, and payment-protection options. For any account creation, ensure that the login and payment flow remains on the intended RacingNews365 domain and that contact channels are confirmed through the site's independently established social presence or another trusted route. Evidence:
- Homepage: Subscription sign-up is the principal paid interaction requiring review of billing and cancellation terms.
- Homepage: The site provides established navigation between editorial content, account access, and premium content.
- Social links: The website exposes multiple public social channels that can be used to corroborate official contact and service information.
Summary Verdict
Available evidence is consistent with an established, apparently legitimate website with a high-trust, low-risk posture and no observed scam or impersonation contradictions. The classification is strong enough to support ordinary use, while the operator-identity conclusion remains qualified because it has not been independently verified.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site is protected by Amazon Web Services CDN/WAF infrastructure, with observed traffic terminating on AWS edge addresses and no origin candidate identified in the analysis. This is a meaningful exposure-mitigation signal, but protective infrastructure alone is not proof of legitimacy.
Closing Assessment
Normal browsing is proportionate to the available evidence; credential or payment activity should follow the ordinary independent merchant-identity, subscription-terms, and payment-protection checks applicable to any online service.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-13 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 | LIKELY |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 79/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 78% |
- Trusted social count=3
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 racingnews365.nl.
- The request stayed on racingnews365.nl. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under Gandi. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by co.uk, across 4 name servers. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 2015-01-28. Clear
- It is hosted on AMAZON-02, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | Gandi |
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| Hosting | AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 3.70.150.208 |
| Name servers | ns-2008.awsdns-59.co.uk, ns-1531.awsdns-63.org, ns-582.awsdns-08.net, ns-480.awsdns-60.com |
| SSL issuer | Amazon RSA 2048 M04 |
| SSL expiry | 2027-02-13 |
| Domain age | 11.57 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | Not available |
| Archive first seen | 2015-01-28 |
| Archive snapshots | 597 |
| 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 racingnews365.nl 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.