Security Review

Is 46elks.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 93/100

46elks is a verified Swedish telecom API provider with over 15 years of domain history and no security flags.

46elks.comScanned 4h ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Score breakdown
Heuristics 90·MT 95
View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
15 years old
Registered Apr 27, 2011
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 98% confidence
SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

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46elks.com

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Visual Screenshot Analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

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/ 100
No visual red flags

No scam visual patterns detected

The website appears to be a legitimate, professionally designed landing page for a communications API service with no visible scam indicators.

Visual risk0/100

What our vision model saw

6 signals

Professional layout with consistent branding and high-quality custom illustrations

Functional navigation menu including documentation, pricing, and support links

Clear value proposition for a developer-focused API service

Standard authentication options with 'Log in' and 'Sign up' buttons

Absence of urgency tactics, fake trust badges, or intrusive pop-ups

Clean design with no signs of cloning or impersonation

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust95/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
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Confidence
The domain has been registered since 2009, which is a strong indicator of stability. Our analysis confirms the site is operated by 46elks AB, a registered Swedish company with active tax status and physical offices in Uppsala. The technical infrastructure is clean, with zero detections across 92 antivirus engines and no reports of abuse on its hosting IP. Furthermore, the site is recognized as a legitimate telecommunications operator under EU directives and maintains active integrations with major developer platforms like GitHub and WordPress.
Full dossier
Analysis complete

Page Content

The website presents a professional, developer-centric landing page for communication APIs. It features comprehensive documentation, transparent pricing models without hidden fees, and clear links to social media and community platforms like Discord.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on a dedicated IP with a perfect reputation score and no history of malicious activity. It uses a valid SSL certificate from Sectigo and loads resources from trusted domains including Google and GitHub.

Domain History

With a registration date in 2009, this domain has over 15 years of history. This longevity is highly characteristic of established businesses and contrasts sharply with the short-lived domains typically used in fraud.

Web Reputation

The service is positively discussed in technical communities as a reliable European alternative to larger telecom providers. It maintains a verified presence on business databases and has a 5-star rating for its official WordPress integration.
Risk Factors
1
  • No direct contact email or phone number is listed on the homepage, though support is available via the logged-in dashboard.
Positive Signals
5
  • Domain has been active for over 15 years.
  • Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines in our network.
  • Verified business registration for 46elks AB in Sweden since 2011.
  • Official integrations available on GitHub and WordPress.
  • Hosting IP has a clean reputation with no abuse reports.
AI Recommendation
This site is safe to use for developer services and business communications. You can proceed with account registration and API integration.
Next-gen fraud intelligence
Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for 46elks.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
15 yrs
Registered Apr 2011
Business registration
Active · Sweden
Site traces back to an actively registered business.
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
1 positive
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • Domain 46elks.com operated by 46elks AB (Swedish company, org. no. 556838-8184, est. 2011, active status).
  • Provides developer API for SMS, MMS, voice calls, virtual numbers; transparent pricing, no startup/minimum fees.
  • Registered telecommunications operator in Sweden under EU directive; physical address in Uppsala, Sweden.
  • GitHub organization verified as controlling the domain; integrations with Node-RED, Laravel, Zapier, WordPress plugins.
  • Mentioned positively in Reddit threads as EU alternative to Twilio for transactional SMS.
  • No scam reports, fraud complaints, or negative reviews found across searches; no Trustpilot/ScamAdviser/ScamDoc profiles.
  • Company financials publicly available (e.g., 2024 turnover ~60M SEK); listed on Crunchbase, Bloomberg, European tech maps.
Positive reviews (1)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • WordPress.orgopen

    "[Send SMS with 46elks for Contact Form 7] Reviews. Average Rating. 5 out of 5 stars."

Business registration
Status: active · Sweden

46elks AB, Org.nr 556838-8184, registered 2011-01-18 in Uppsala; active with 13 employees, registered for VAT and F-skatt; address Sidenvävargatan 17, 753 19 Uppsala.

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above
We found that 46elks.com is operated by 46elks AB, a Swedish company registered in 2011 with its headquarters in Uppsala. The company is a registered telecommunications operator under EU directives and maintains a transparent business profile with public financial data. Independent reviews on developer platforms and plugin repositories show a 5-star reputation, and the service is frequently recommended in community discussions on Reddit as a trustworthy API provider.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified
Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious59Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not in pass
ESET-NOD32
Not in pass
Avira
Not in pass
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Clean
Emsisoft
Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Technical checks

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles6
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No phone number listed on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Links to 6 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age15 years old
RegistrarName SRS AB
RegisteredApr 27, 2011
ExpiresApr 27, 2029
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerSectigo Limited · Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36
ExpiresSep 23, 2026 (82d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingCustomer dedicated servers located in Stockholm
Server locationSE
Web serverApache

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://46elks.com/
  • 2200https://46elks.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPCustomer dedicated servers located in Stockholm
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

  • Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on 46elks.com and not a lookalike like 4-6elks.com.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

    Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.

  • Discuss this site on the forum

    If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.

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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review found no threat indicators on 46elks.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • 46elks.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 93/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • Yes. 46elks.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Sectigo Limited · Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36, expiring in 82 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • 46elks.com is 15.2 years old, registered on 4/27/2011 through Name SRS AB. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
  • No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report 46elks.com as clean.
  • No. 46elks.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • 46elks.com resolves to an IP operated by Customer dedicated servers located in Stockholm in SE (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
  • This is a permanent record of the scan run on July 3, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around 46elks.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·46elks.com
SAFE

46elks is a legitimate Swedish telecommunications provider offering API services for SMS and voice calls. It is an established business with a decade-long history and verified corporate registration.

This site is safe to use for developer services and business communications. You can proceed with account registration and API integration.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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