--- title: "Is realiscapemarketing.co.za a Scam? Trust Score 5/100" source: TrustSniffer type: Website trust & fraud report subject: "realiscapemarketing.co.za" verdict: "Critical Risk" title: "Is realiscapemarketing.co.za a Scam? Trust Score 5/100" trust_score: 5 classification_confidence: 55 canonical_url: https://trustsniffer.com/report/realiscapemarketing.co.za assessed: 2026-08-21 --- # Is realiscapemarketing.co.za a scam? TrustSniffer's high-risk assessment: 5/100 ## Verdict **Verdict: Critical Risk, trust score 5/100.** realiscapemarketing.co.za 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 2026-08-21 by automated analysis. Classification confidence 55%. | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | What this site appears to be | A basic web server 'Index of /' directory listing page. Contains file names and metadata but no interactive features, forms, or monetization. | ## 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. | Check | Result | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | Malware engines | 4 flagged it (VirusTotal) | Risk | | Google Safe Browsing | Not listed (Google) | Clear | | Abuse reports on the host | 0 reports (AbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count) | Noted | | Domain age | 17 years old (Registered history) | Clear | | Web archive | Archived since 2013 (Public history exists) | Clear | | Certificate | Encrypted connection (Issued by YR2) | Noted | ## The page as captured ![Screenshot of the realiscapemarketing.co.za homepage captured during the TrustSniffer assessment](https://trustsniffer.com/outputs/realiscapemarketing.co.za/screenshots/first.png) _What realiscapemarketing.co.za served when TrustSniffer captured it on 2026-08-21. The page may look different now._ ## Key findings - Automated classification: Sensitive Interaction Risk. - Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity). - Public web-archive history exists since 2013. - At least one reputation service TrustSniffer consulted had flagged this domain at assessment time. ## Full analysis ### Overview The website currently presents only a basic web-server directory index, exposing file names and metadata rather than a functioning business, service, or commercial interface; its apparent purpose cannot be established from the visitor-facing content. ### Scam/Impersonation Risk The site has a **critical sensitive-interaction risk posture** because external threat intelligence records multiple malicious detections and a confirmed blacklist presence. These findings are materially more significant than the benign appearance of the directory page: the page contains no login form, payment mechanism, wallet interaction, or overtly deceptive content, but that limited surface does not resolve the external threat contradiction. No separate brand impersonation or conflicting legal-entity identity was observed. Evidence: - The homepage displays only “Index of /” with file names and metadata, with no visible business explanation or interactive features. - External reputation assessment recorded 4 malicious detections and 1 suspicious detection among 5 evaluated detections. - The domain is recorded as blacklisted by multiple external sources. - Archive coverage is recorded from 2013-08-13 to 2021-12-19, spanning 9 years tracked; the historical material does not establish a suspicious repurposing pattern. ### Regulatory Verification Notes The available page does not identify an operating company, regulated activity, licence, registration number, or governing terms. This is a substantive disclosure gap for any prospective financial or commercial engagement, although the current directory page does not visibly offer such services. Independent identity verification remains unresolved. A long-established registration record and valid transport encryption are technical continuity signals, but they do not establish that the present site is operated by a legitimate entity or that any future service would be authorised. Evidence: - The homepage contains only a directory index and no operator, licence, or regulatory disclosure. - Domain registration: registered 2009 (~17.34 years old) through TEKSA Internet Provider cc; expiry 2027-04-21. - Served from AS37611 (AFRIHOST SP (PTY) LTD, South Africa). - TLS certificate issued by YR2 at DV validation level, valid to 2026-10-28. ### What to Verify Next Before any engagement beyond passive inspection, an organisation should independently identify the operator through an authoritative corporate or regulatory registry relevant to the claimed service, confirm that the domain is an approved official channel through an independently obtained contact route, and require transaction safeguards that permit recovery or dispute. Any files exposed by the directory should be treated as untrusted until separately scanned and their provenance established. Evidence: - The homepage provides no official service description against which a licence or corporate identity can be matched. - The directory structure exposes files directly and supplies no visible explanation of their origin or intended use. - The technical endpoint is resolved to a single hosting address, providing no independent confirmation of the operator’s identity. ### Summary Verdict The available evidence supports a critical-risk assessment for sensitive interaction. The site’s minimal, non-interactive presentation is not itself proof of malicious activity, but it cannot offset the confirmed external threat contradictions or the unresolved operator identity. Credentials, financial activity, and other sensitive exchanges are not appropriate on the basis of the current evidence. ### Infrastructure Integrity The endpoint is hosted directly through AFRIHOST SP (PTY) LTD on AS37611 in South Africa, with no CDN or WAF detected and one likely origin address exposed. The DV TLS certificate provides transport encryption only; it is a limited technical safeguard and does not validate the site’s operator or content. ### Closing Assessment Prospective users should restrict activity to passive observation and should not submit credentials, open sensitive sessions, download untrusted files, or conduct financial transactions unless independent identity, authorisation, and file-safety checks produce clear confirmation. _Written analysis generated 2026-08-21 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report._ ## What the analysis found 1 finding contributed to this verdict, raised by analysis engine, external reputation. ### 01 Sensitive Interaction Risk - The analysis matched a pattern TrustSniffer treats as a direct threat to a visitor. (Analysis engine `signal:direct_threat`) - 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`) ## Identity verification | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | 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 realiscapemarketing.co.za. - The request stayed on realiscapemarketing.co.za. It was not redirected to another domain. (Clear) - Registration is published under TEKSA Internet Provider cc. (Clear) - DNS for this domain is served by co.za, across 4 name servers. (Noted) - The registration is paid up to 2027-04-21. (Noted) - The earliest public archive of this site is from 2013-08-13. (Clear) - It is hosted on AFRIHOST SP (PTY) LTD, from a server in ZA. (Noted) ## Domain intelligence | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Registrar | TEKSA Internet Provider cc | | Hosting | AFRIHOST SP (PTY) LTD - AFRIHOST SP (PTY) LTD, ZA | | Country | ZA | | Server IP | 154.0.161.65 | | Name servers | ns.dns1.co.za, ns.dns2.co.za, ns.otherdns.com, ns.otherdns.net | | SSL issuer | YR2 | | SSL expiry | 2026-10-28 | | Domain age | 17.34 years (continuous registration) | | Domain expiry | 2027-04-21 | | Archive first seen | 2013-08-13 | | Archive snapshots | Not counted (archive lookup incomplete) | | Reputation | VirusTotal: 4 flagged \| AbuseIPDB: 0 reports \| Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches | ## About this assessment A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about realiscapemarketing.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. 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