Is acefabinc.com a scam?

Our automated security review flags acefabinc.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.

Is acefabinc.com safe to use?

No — acefabinc.com scored 25/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.

Has acefabinc.com been flagged by antivirus engines?

1 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged acefabinc.com as malicious or suspicious (1 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.

Is acefabinc.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. acefabinc.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is acefabinc.com hosted?

acefabinc.com resolves to an IP operated by HostHatch LLC in US (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.

How often is the acefabinc.com report updated?

This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 9, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around acefabinc.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Security Review

Is acefabinc.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Dangerous· 25/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

Legitimate steel fabrication company domain displaying a mismatched 'Coming Soon' page for an unrelated oil company, with countdown urgency and no contact details.

Top reasons

Page title references 'pattenoil.com' (an unrelated oil delivery company), not the registered business (Ace Fabricators Inc).Countdown timer and urgency language ('Stay tuned!') detected — a common scam pattern, though context here suggests misconfiguration.No contact information (email, phone, address) provided on the page despite the registered business having a documented Houston address.

acefabinc.comScanned 3h ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

DANGEROUS

Heuristics 22·MT 42

Category tags

parked-domaindomain-mismatch#Parked Domain72% MT confidence

Technical red flags (2)

1 of 92 engines flagged Countdown / Urgency

Positive signals (2)

Not on major blacklists Clean server reputation

These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

1/92

Engines flagged this URL

Domain Age

—

Registration date unknown

MT Intelligence

Suspicious

Moderate likelihood · 72% confidence

DANGEROUS

Critical risk detected

Multiple independent checks — antivirus engines, browser safety blocklists, and threat databases — flagged this site. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.

Website Preview

LIVE RENDER

acefabinc.com

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

MT Security Analyst

Moderate scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust42/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

Ace Fabricators Inc is a real, established business with 30+ years in operation, active social media, industry certifications, and a documented Houston address. However, the live page at acefabinc.com shows a generic 'Coming Soon' template titled 'pattenoil.com' — a separate legitimate oil delivery company in Vermont/New Hampshire. The page includes a countdown timer and urgency language but no business contact information, emails, phone numbers, or addresses. Fortinet flagged the domain as phishing, likely due to the title mismatch and countdown pattern. The domain's IP reputation is clean, and no scam reports exist for either acefabinc.com or the steel company itself. The most likely explanation is that the domain is parked, misconfigured, or temporarily redirected rather than actively hosting a scam, but the mismatch and urgency elements create enough confusion to warrant caution.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The page displays a generic 'Coming Soon' template with the title 'Coming Soon - pattenoil.com'. It includes a countdown timer (Days, Hours, Minutes, Seconds), an email subscription prompt, and links to Privacy Policy and Unsubscribe. No business information, contact details, or product/service descriptions are present. The body text references an 'email marketing agency' but provides no specifics.

Infrastructure

The domain resolves to IP 45.45.218.235 with clean abuse reputation (0/100 score, no reports). SSL is unavailable, which is unusual for a legitimate business site. The domain does not redirect and has no homoglyph or IDN indicators. No WHOIS data is publicly available.

Domain History

Ace Fabricators Inc is a legitimate, 30+ year-old structural steel fabrication company based in Houston, TX (7010 Furay Ave). The company is AISC certified, listed on industry platforms (Procore, AGC), has active social media (@acefabinc on Instagram), LinkedIn employee profiles, and FMCSA/DOT registration. The registered business has no known scam history or complaints.

Web Reputation

Fortinet flagged the domain as phishing, likely due to the title mismatch and countdown pattern. No scam reports, complaints, or negative reviews were found for acefabinc.com or the steel company across web searches or review aggregators. The domain shares IP ranges with other low-quality or potentially suspicious sites, but no direct malicious network was detected.

Risk Factors

Page title references 'pattenoil.com' (an unrelated oil delivery company), not the registered business (Ace Fabricators Inc).
Countdown timer and urgency language ('Stay tuned!') detected — a common scam pattern, though context here suggests misconfiguration.
No contact information (email, phone, address) provided on the page despite the registered business having a documented Houston address.
SSL certificate unavailable, reducing trust for a business domain.
Fortinet flagged the domain as phishing, likely triggered by the title mismatch and countdown elements.
Domain shares IP ranges with other low-quality or potentially suspicious sites.

Positive Signals

Ace Fabricators Inc is a real, established business with 30+ years of operation and verifiable industry certifications (AISC).
The registered company has active social media presence (@acefabinc on Instagram) and LinkedIn employee profiles.
No scam reports, complaints, or negative reviews found for acefabinc.com or the steel company.
Hosting IP has clean abuse reputation (0/100 score, zero abuse reports).
No evidence of cloning or impersonation of known brands or services.

AI Recommendation

Do not enter payment information or personal details on this page. If you are looking for Ace Fabricators Inc, verify their contact information independently through their official social media (@acefabinc on Instagram) or industry listings (Procore, AGC). The current page appears to be misconfigured or parked and does not represent the legitimate business.

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 acefabinc.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration

Active · United States

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

acefabinc.com appears associated with Ace Fabricators Inc, a real Houston-based structural steel fabrication company with 30+ years in business, active social media, industry listings (Procore, AGC), and expansion announcements.
The scanned page title "Coming Soon - pattenoil.com" and detected "Countdown / Urgency" elements do not match the steel fabrication business; pattenoil.com is a legitimate oil delivery company (Patten Oil/Energy in VT/NH).
No scam reports, complaints, or negative reviews found for acefabinc.com or the Houston steel company across web searches, Reddit, or review sites.
Domain shares IP ranges with other sites (e.g., saaconsultores.com, larryishmael.com), some of which appear low-quality or potentially suspicious per BGP/IP data.
No business registration, reviews, or mentions on ScamAdviser, Trustpilot, or ScamDoc.
Page browse failed (503 error); content could not be directly verified beyond provided title and scam family detection.
No mentions linking acefabinc.com to pattenoil.com, phishing, malware, or fraud.

Business registration

Status: active · United States

Ace Fabricators Inc (Ace Fab) is a legitimate steel fabrication company based in Houston, TX (address: 7010 Furay Ave). It has over 30 years experience, is AISC certified, listed on Procore, AGC, has active Instagram (@acefabinc), LinkedIn employees, and FMCSA/DOT registration. Official site appears

Research summary

Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

Our research confirmed that Ace Fabricators Inc is a legitimate, established steel fabrication company based in Houston, TX, with over 30 years in business, AISC certification, and active presence on industry platforms (Procore, AGC) and social media. No scam reports, complaints, or negative reviews were found for the company or domain. However, the page title references 'pattenoil.com' — a separate, legitimate oil delivery company in Vermont/New Hampshire — indicating a domain mismatch or misconfiguration. No evidence of phishing, malware, or fraud targeting either business was discovered.

Antivirus Engines

Detection matrix · live

1 engine flagged this URL

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. Each detection is listed below by engine name — even a single hit is a meaningful signal.

1Malicious0Suspicious57Harmless92Engines

of 92

Fortinet

Malicious· phishing

1 antivirus engine flagged this URL. Even a single detection is a meaningful signal — treat this site with extra caution and avoid entering credentials, payment info, or downloading any files.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check

Not flagged on major threat lists

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

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 profiles0

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.
Countdown timer or 'limited time' urgency pressure detected.
Scam family match: Countdown / Urgency.

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPHostHatch LLC

Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Avoid this site

Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.

Do not interact with acefabinc.com
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
Verify the business through independent channels
Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.
Never use irreversible payment methods
Crypto, gift cards, wire transfers, and cash apps offer zero buyer protection. Use a credit card or PayPal if you must pay.
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Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

ListedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

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 flags acefabinc.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
No — acefabinc.com scored 25/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
1 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged acefabinc.com as malicious or suspicious (1 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
No. acefabinc.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
acefabinc.com resolves to an IP operated by HostHatch LLC in US (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 June 9, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around acefabinc.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·acefabinc.com

DANGEROUS

The domain acefabinc.com is registered to a legitimate Houston steel fabrication company, but the live page shows a generic 'Coming Soon' template for a different business (pattenoil.com, an oil delivery company). This mismatch, combined with a countdown timer and no contact information, suggests the domain may be parked or misconfigured rather than actively operated by the registered business.

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