Is blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh safe?

http://blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh/

5/100
Dangerous

Analysis coverage: strong · 4 of 5 core capabilities

Verdict

Phishing site impersonating Meta Verified free badge on Facebook

blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh hosts a fake Meta Verified eligibility checker that leads to forms collecting Facebook c_user, xs tokens, and password. VirusTotal flags it as phishing across multiple engines. The page mimics official Facebook flows but is hosted on Surge free static hosting with invalid TLS.

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8 antivirus engines flagged this URLBitDefender, Emsisoft, Fortinet, G-Data, Kaspersky
Do not visit or enter any information. Block the domain and scan any device that accessed it. Use Facebook's official Help Center for verified-badge requests.
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01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh hosts a fake Meta Verified eligibility checker that leads to forms collecting Facebook c_user, xs tokens, and password. VirusTotal flags it as phishing across multiple engines. The page mimics official Facebook flows but is hosted on Surge free static hosting with invalid TLS.

What the site appears to do

The captured page presents a language selector followed by a simulated Facebook eligibility check for a 'free lifetime Meta Verified badge'. It then displays fake confirmation screens and two credential forms: one requesting c_user and xs values, the second requesting a Facebook password to 'complete verification'.

Strongest evidence and limitations

Eight VirusTotal engines (BitDefender, Kaspersky, Fortinet, etc.) classify the URL as phishing. The page explicitly contains credential-harvest forms matching Facebook login parameters. Limitations: Google Safe Browsing returned no flag; the IP has minimal abuse reports; no direct malware download observed.

Practical user impact

Any user entering Facebook credentials on this page risks immediate account takeover. The site uses deceptive urgency language ('do not log out') and fake Meta branding. Avoid all interaction; report the URL to Facebook and use official verified-badge channels only.

Why the score is 5

6 independent antivirus familyies reported an adverse result. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Antivirus Engines

Fresh result

8 engines flagged this URL

Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.

Malicious
8
Suspicious
0
Total
92
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
BitDefenderMaliciousphishing
EmsisoftMaliciousphishing
FortinetMaliciousphishing
G-DataMaliciousphishing
KasperskyMaliciousphishing
LevelBlueMaliciousphishing
NetcraftMaliciousmalicious
WebrootMaliciousmalicious
All 92 engine results
  • BitDefender - phishing - Malicious
  • Emsisoft - phishing - Malicious
  • Fortinet - phishing - Malicious
  • G-Data - phishing - Malicious
  • Kaspersky - phishing - Malicious
  • LevelBlue - phishing - Malicious
  • Netcraft - malicious - Malicious
  • Webroot - malicious - Malicious
  • 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
  • Abusix - clean - Clean
  • Acronis - clean - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • alphaMountain.ai - unrated - Clean
  • AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
  • Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
  • ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • AutoShun - unrated - Clean
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
  • Bkav - unrated - Clean
  • BlockList - clean - Clean
  • Blueliv - clean - Clean
  • Certego - clean - Clean
  • ChainPatrol - clean - Clean
  • Chong Lua Dao - unrated - Clean
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
  • CRDF - clean - Clean
  • Criminal IP - unrated - Clean
  • CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
  • CTX AI - clean - Clean
  • Cyan - unrated - Clean
  • Cyble - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - clean - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
  • DNS8 - unrated - Clean
  • Dr.Web - clean - Clean
  • EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
  • Ermes - unrated - Clean
  • ESET - clean - Clean
  • ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - clean - Clean
  • Fortra - unrated - Clean
  • GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
  • GreenSnow - clean - Clean
  • GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
  • Gridinsoft - unrated - Clean
  • Guardpot - unrated - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - unrated - Clean
  • Lionic - clean - Clean
  • Lumu - unrated - Clean
  • Malwared - clean - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
  • MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
  • Mimecast - unrated - Clean
  • OpenPhish - clean - Clean
  • PhishFort - unrated - Clean
  • Phishing Database - clean - Clean
  • Phishtank - clean - Clean
  • PREBYTES - clean - Clean
  • PrecisionSec - unrated - Clean
  • Quick Heal - clean - Clean
  • Quttera - clean - Clean
  • Rising - clean - Clean
  • SafeToOpen - unrated - Clean
  • Sangfor - clean - Clean
  • Sansec eComscan - unrated - Clean
  • Scantitan - clean - Clean
  • SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
  • Seclookup - clean - Clean
  • Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
  • SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
  • Sophos - clean - Clean
  • StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
  • ThreatHive - clean - Clean
  • URLhaus - clean - Clean
  • URLQuery - unrated - Clean
  • Viettel Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
  • VIPRE - unrated - Clean
  • ViriBack - clean - Clean
  • VX Vault - clean - Clean
  • Xcitium Verdict Cloud - unrated - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
  • ZeroFox - unrated - Clean

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.

What we observed

CAPTURED PAGE
blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh
What our review noticed on this page

Captured during this scan in a safe sandbox. Opening this report does not revisit the site. Marker positions are approximate. See full visual analysis →

Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

Loading screen with Facebook logo and 'Checking Your Eligibility' text

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    Loading screen with Facebook logo and 'Checking Your Eligibility' text

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.
  1. 1

    What the site claims

    Meta Verified – Facebook

  2. 2

    What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 92 antivirus results.

  3. 3

    What independent research found

    No complete independent-research result was available in this saved report.

  4. 4

    What remains unverified

    1 of the five core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.

What kind of site and risk is this?

Threat category

Phishing & Impersonation

Service and business model

Login Portal

Unknown

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 016 independent antivirus familyies reported an adverse result.
  2. 02Multiple AV engines flag as phishing
  3. 03Forms collect c_user, xs, and password

What this means for you

You were probably about to log in or type personal details here.

Anything you enter — username, password, card number, one-time code — goes straight to criminals, who use it to take over your real accounts and drain them.

How this scam works

The trap, step by step

  1. They clone a real login page (a bank, email provider, PayPal, a courier) pixel-for-pixel.

  2. You're driven here by an email, text, or ad with an urgent reason to “verify”, “unlock”, or “confirm” your account.

  3. You type your username and password — which flow straight to the scammers instead of the real company.

  4. They log into your real account, change the password, and drain it or sell the access.

Recognising the pattern is the best defence — if a site follows these steps, close it and don't enter anything.

Reputation Sources

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

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

04 · Domain & Infrastructure

Domain & infrastructure

Timeline · identity · encryption · redirects · hosting

The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.

Infrastructure map

How the saved page connected to the wider web.

Domainblue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh
Redirects toblue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh
Hosted byDigitalOcean, LLC
Referencesfonts.googleapis.com · loading-logo.vercel.app

Contact Verification

Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.

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 direct contact email found on the captured page.

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate
StatusInvalid
Protocolnone
IssuerNone
ExpiresInvalid Date (0d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingDigitalOcean, LLC
Server locationUS
Web serverSurge

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file1
ISPDigitalOcean, LLC
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Referenced Domains

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

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

Saved checks from Aug 1, 2026
AntiviruscompleteBrowser threat feedcompletePage contentcompleteAnalysiscompleteVisual evidencenot run

Technical threat

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

malicious

Additional evidence review · Additional evidence review

Operator / customer risk

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

unknown

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Source coverage and freshness

Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.

Antivirus
Result: 8 of 92 engines flagged
Completed
Adverse
Freshness: fresh · Aug 1, 2026
Browser protection
Result: No browser threat-list match
Completed
No adverse finding
Page content
Result: Page fetched · HTTP 200
Completed
No adverse finding
Visual evidence
Result: 1 visible observation saved with the page capture
Completed
No adverse finding
Independent research
Result: Independent research was not available for this report
Unavailable
No saved finding

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Avoid this site

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

  • Analyst recommendation

    Do not visit or enter any information. Block the domain and scan any device that accessed it. Use Facebook's official Help Center for verified-badge requests.

  • Do not interact with blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh

    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.

  • Share your experience

    If you have additional context, drop a comment below or post on the MalwareTips forum.

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07 · Community

Community

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08 · Safety FAQ

Safety FAQ

Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.

Is blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh a scam or a legit website?
blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh is a dangerous phishing & impersonation — do not enter your login or personal details. Our review tagged it for phishing-impersonation and login-portal. 8 of 92 security engines flag it (8 as outright malicious). This pattern matches throwaway sites built to take money or data and disappear.
Is blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh safe to use?
No — blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh has a Safety Score of 5/100 (Dangerous) because decisive threat evidence was saved with this scan. Leave the site and do not log in, pay, download anything, or connect a wallet.
What should I do if I already gave my details to blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh?
If you've already paid or handed over details on blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh, act quickly. 1) Contact your bank or card issuer immediately and ask to dispute the charge or open a chargeback — the sooner you act, the better your odds. 2) Report the site to the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov or the FBI's IC3 at ic3.gov, and in the UK to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. 3) If you entered a password, change it on blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. 4) Watch your bank and email for follow-up fraud, and keep screenshots as evidence.
Can I get my money back from blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh?
Often yes, if you act fast. Payments made by credit or debit card can frequently be reversed through a chargeback or dispute — contact your bank right away and explain it was a fraudulent site. Bank transfers and gift-card or voucher payments are much harder to recover, but you should still report them to your bank and to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) or Action Fraud (actionfraud.police.uk). Avoid any "refund" or "recovery" service that contacts you first — it's usually a follow-up scam.
Did blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh steal my password or personal information?
If you entered anything on blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh, assume it was captured. Phishing pages exist purely to harvest what you type — usernames, passwords, card numbers, or one-time codes. Change the password immediately on the real site and anywhere you reused it, enable two-factor authentication, and if you entered card or banking details, contact your bank about the risk of fraud. Also be alert for follow-up "security" calls or emails that try to exploit the same information.
How do I report blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh?
You can report blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh through several official channels: the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at ic3.gov, and — in the UK — Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. You can also flag it to Google Safe Browsing (safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish) so other browsers warn about it, and report it to the company being impersonated if there is one. Reporting helps get scam sites taken down faster.
Why does blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh look legitimate if it's a scam?
Modern scams are built to look convincing. A valid SSL padlock, a polished template, stock photos, fake reviews, and a trust badge can all be added in minutes and prove nothing about who runs the site. Scammers buy cheap domains, clone real designs, and copy legal pages wholesale. That's exactly why an automated review that checks the domain's age, hosting, blacklists, and behaviour — rather than just how the page looks — is more reliable than a first impression.
Has blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 8 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh, 8 of them as outright malicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
Is blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
Where is blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh hosted?
blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh resolves to an IP operated by DigitalOcean, LLC in US (Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
How often is the blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on August 1, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.

09 · Final Verdict

Final verdict

The saved conclusion, decisive evidence, and practical action in one final view.

Decision summary

Level 5 of 5
5/100
Safety levelDangerousstrong analysis coverage

Phishing site impersonating Meta Verified free badge on Facebook

blue-badge-instant-apply.surge.sh hosts a fake Meta Verified eligibility checker that leads to forms collecting Facebook c_user, xs tokens, and password. VirusTotal flags it as phishing across multiple engines. The page mimics official Facebook flows but is hosted on Surge free static hosting with invalid TLS.

Recommended actionDo not visit or enter any information. Block the domain and scan any device that accessed it. Use Facebook's official Help Center for verified-badge requests.
Where this result sits
Evidence balance4 signals
Positive
1
Limited
1
Risk
2
Analysis coverage
89%
Core capabilities
4/5
Source coverage
4/5
Evidence checks
1/7
Technical threat
DANGEROUS
95/100 risk
Operator / customer risk
Not confirmed
50/100 risk

Saved evidence only. Missing checks are never treated as a clean result.

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