Verdict
rtvnoord.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 | Homepage of RTV Noord — a Dutch regional news website with articles, liveblogs, videos, newsletters and site navigation. Contains cookie/privacy notice and newsletter signup. |
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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 | 27 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Never archivedNo public history of this site | Watch |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by YE2 | 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).
- 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
RTV Noord is an established Dutch regional news website presenting local journalism, video and live coverage, with an apparent business model based on advertising, sponsored content, and newsletter subscriptions rather than financial or transactional services.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No contradictions were observed. The homepage presents a coherent regional-news identity, with professional editorial coverage and no detected phishing, brand-impersonation, malicious-content, or deceptive interaction indicators. Its single form is a newsletter signup rather than a sensitive credential or payment form, and external reputation checks found no malicious or suspicious detections. The domain’s long operating history and established public profile further support continuity of identity.
- The homepage is identified as “RTV Noord” and contains structured regional reporting, live coverage, videos, and local editorial topics.
- The homepage contains one newsletter-signup form, with no login, password, payment, wallet, or hidden sensitive form detected.
- External reputation checks recorded zero malicious detections, zero suspicious detections, and no phishing or impersonation finding.
- The domain was registered on 2000-01-12 and is approximately 26.59 years old.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The site presents as a regional media publisher, not as a financial, investment, brokerage, or other regulated transactional service. No financial-license claim is evidenced in the supplied site content, so licensing verification is not material to ordinary news access; institutional counterparties may nevertheless confirm the publisher’s legal and commercial details as part of normal vendor onboarding. A valid transport certificate, identifiable hosting, long-term registration, and a substantial public audience provide convergent legitimacy signals. No adverse third-party broker association was identified, although that contextual result is not a legal or regulatory determination.
- The homepage describes a regional news and media service whose primary activity is content consumption, supported by advertising, sponsored content, and newsletter signup.
- The domain registrar is Realtime Register; registration date is 2000-01-12.
- The site is served from AS20857, TRANSIP-AS - Signet B.V., NL.
- TLS is issued by YE2 at DV validation level and is valid to 2026-09-08.
What to Verify Next
No additional security restriction is indicated for ordinary browsing, newsletter subscription, or standard site interaction. For enterprise procurement or formal partnership, the relevant business counterparty should confirm the publisher’s contracting entity, invoicing details, editorial contact route, and applicable privacy terms through the site’s published notices and an independent business-verification process. Newsletter subscribers should review consent and unsubscribe provisions before enrollment.
- The homepage includes a cookie and privacy notice.
- The homepage offers a newsletter signup as its only identified form.
- The site’s stated business model is advertising, sponsored content, and newsletter-supported regional publishing.
Summary Verdict
RTV Noord presents a high-trust, legitimate, established posture with consistent identity, stable operation, and no observed scam or impersonation indicators. Normal interaction, including account login where offered and standard use of the service, is appropriate.
Infrastructure Integrity
The website resolves directly to one identified origin address and is not shown as operating behind a detected CDN or WAF. Direct hosting on TRANSIP-AS - Signet B.V. in the Netherlands provides a clear infrastructure attribution; this is a mitigating transparency and stability signal, not proof of legitimacy by itself.
Closing Assessment
Normal browsing and standard interaction are appropriate; enterprise users may apply their usual procurement and privacy-review procedures before establishing a formal commercial relationship.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-10 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 rtvnoord.nl.
- The request stayed on rtvnoord.nl. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under Realtime Register. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by argewebhosting.eu, across 3 name servers. Noted
- It is hosted on TRANSIP-AS, from a server in NL. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | Realtime Register |
|---|---|
| Hosting | TRANSIP-AS - Signet B.V., NL |
| Country | NL |
| Server IP | 93.119.12.159 |
| Name servers | ns1.argewebhosting.eu, ns2.argewebhosting.com, ns3.argewebhosting.nl |
| SSL issuer | YE2 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-09-08 |
| Domain age | 26.6 years |
| Domain expiry | Not available |
| Archive first seen | Not available |
| Archive snapshots | 0 |
| 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 rtvnoord.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.