Security Review

Is bigo.sg legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 95/100

Official corporate website for BIGO Technology, a verified Singaporean firm with over a decade of history and active business registration.

bigo.sgScanned 1h ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 100·MT 92
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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
12 years old
Registered Aug 7, 2014
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 95% 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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MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust92/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
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Confidence
The domain has been registered for over 11 years and is tied to a verified business entity, BIGO TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD., which holds an active status with Singapore's ACRA. Our analysis shows the site is hosted on a clean IP with no history of abuse or malware distribution. While third-party review sites contain many complaints regarding fraud on the company's 'Bigo Live' app, these reports target bad actors using the platform rather than the company's corporate infrastructure. The site uses high-grade SSL encryption and is recognized by major global traffic indices. We found no evidence of phishing or malicious intent on this specific domain.
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Page Content

The website serves as a corporate newsroom and information hub for BIGO Technology. It contains official press releases, media coverage, and creator stories related to their suite of video and social applications.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on a stable IP address with a zero abuse score. It utilizes a valid GlobalSign SSL certificate and loads resources from established content delivery networks.

Domain History

Registered in 2014, the domain has a long-standing history and is not a recently created 'throwaway' site. It is managed through a reputable registrar and shows consistent ownership records.

Web Reputation

Our research confirms the company is a subsidiary of JOYY Inc. and maintains a significant global presence. While the 'Bigo Live' app has a mixed reputation due to user-generated content issues, the corporate domain remains clean across all security engines.
Risk Factors
3
  • High volume of user complaints on independent review sites regarding scams occurring within the company's mobile apps.
  • Low trust scores on consumer aggregators for the associated streaming platform.
  • Official warnings exist regarding third-party impersonators using the brand name to defraud users.
Positive Signals
4
  • Domain age exceeds 11 years with a stable registration history.
  • Verified active business registration (UEN 201426996D) in Singapore.
  • Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines and major browser blocklists.
  • Legitimate corporate presence on professional networks like LinkedIn and Glassdoor.
AI Recommendation
This site is safe for corporate information. If you use their streaming apps, be cautious of other users asking for money or personal details, as the platform is known to be targeted by third-party scammers.
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 bigo.sg, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
11 yrs
Registered Aug 2014
Business registration
Active · Singapore
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
4 scam reports · 1 complaint · 2 positive
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • bigo.sg is the official corporate website for BIGO TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD., a Singapore-registered company (UEN 201426996D) incorporated on 11 September 2014 with active LIVE COMPANY status.
  • The company develops and operates the BIGO LIVE live-streaming platform (bigo.tv) along with other AI-powered video/social apps; headquartered in Singapore with global offices.
  • Company is owned by JOYY Inc. (formerly YY Inc.); described across LinkedIn, Crunchbase, PitchBook, Bloomberg, and Wikipedia as a legitimate fast-growing tech firm with hundreds of millions of users.
  • User complaints primarily target the Bigo Live app itself (scams by third-party users, romance/gift card fraud, bot viewers, payment issues, agency exploitation), not the bigo.sg corporate domain.
  • BIGO officially warns users about fake accounts and impersonators scamming on the platform (e.g. 2016 Facebook post directing support to feedback@bigo.tv).
  • No direct scam reports or phishing accusations found specifically against the bigo.sg domain; the company maintains a bug bounty program that explicitly covers phishing sites faking BIGO business.
  • Glassdoor employee reviews average 3.5/5; Trustpilot for the app is low at 2.5/5, reflecting mixed user experiences common to live-streaming platforms.
Scam reports (4)
Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.
  • Reddit (r/Scams)open

    "Yes I think it is a scam app. I tried to go livestream with a friend and there was just chicks messaging me asking for money"

  • Google Play Communityopen

    "BIGO app is ran by scammers and needs to be taken down... this is a scam for gas money"

  • YouTubeopen

    "I was scammed on BIGO live | What to do if you been scammed"

  • Trustpilot / App reviewsopen

    "Bigo Live has a TrustScore 2.5 out of 5"

Positive reviews (2)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • Glassdooropen

    "BIGO (Singapore) has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 311 company reviews"

  • LinkedInopen

    "BIGO Technology (BIGO) is one of the fastest-growing Singapore technology companies, with more than 30 offices and 6 R&D centres around the world."

Business registration
Status: active · Singapore

UEN 201426996D, registered 11 Sep 2014 as private company limited by shares (LIVE COMPANY status per ACRA/Companies House SG). Address: 30 Pasir Panjang Road #15-31A, Mapletree Business City, Singapore 117440. Operates in telecom/VOIP and software development.

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above
We found that bigo.sg is the official corporate site for BIGO TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD., a Singapore-registered company incorporated in 2014. While the company's live-streaming app has a 2.5/5 rating on an independent review aggregator due to reports of romance scams and bot activity by users, the business itself is a recognized tech firm owned by JOYY Inc. Independent business records and employee reviews on Glassdoor support its status as a legitimate enterprise.

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.

0Malicious0Suspicious61Harmless92Engines
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.

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.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age12 years old
RegistrarKey-Systems GmbH
RegisteredAug 7, 2014
ExpiresAug 7, 2028
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.2
IssuerGlobalSign nv-sa · GlobalSign GCC R6 AlphaSSL CA 2025
ExpiresJan 2, 2027 (193d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingNETSTAR (SG) PTE. LTD.,SG
Server locationUS
Web servernginx
PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://bigo.sg/
  • 2200https://bigo.sg/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPNETSTAR (SG) PTE. LTD.,SG
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 bigo.sg and not a lookalike like b-igo.sg.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 bigo.sg. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • bigo.sg passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 95/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • Yes. bigo.sg presents a valid TLSv1.2 certificate issued by GlobalSign nv-sa · GlobalSign GCC R6 AlphaSSL CA 2025, expiring in 193 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • bigo.sg is 11.9 years old, registered on 8/7/2014 through Key-Systems GmbH. 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 bigo.sg as clean.
  • No. bigo.sg is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • bigo.sg resolves to an IP operated by NETSTAR (SG) PTE. LTD.,SG 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.
  • Yes. bigo.sg sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.

Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·bigo.sg
SAFE

This is the official corporate newsroom for BIGO Technology, a legitimate Singapore-based tech company. While users often report scams occurring on their live-streaming app, the domain itself is a verified business asset. You can safely browse this site for company information.

This site is safe for corporate information. If you use their streaming apps, be cautious of other users asking for money or personal details, as the platform is known to be targeted by third-party scammers.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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