Warning signs detected
4 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page (3 outright malicious). Several risk indicators suggest caution. This site might be legitimate — but treat it as unverified until you can independently confirm.
Is bom.so legit or a scam?
Be careful — we couldn't verify this site.
URL shortener bom.so is repeatedly used in phishing SMS campaigns impersonating parcel delivery services.
Score breakdown
See the live page ↓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.
Analysis Summary
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Visual 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.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
The website appears to be a functional, legitimate URL shortening service with no visual indicators of malicious intent or scam activity.
What our vision model saw
4 signalsThe site functions as a standard URL shortening service
Professional layout with clear navigation and input fields
No deceptive urgency tactics or fake security badges present
Content is consistent with legitimate utility tools
Intelligence
The domain functions as a URL shortener, a service type frequently abused to hide malicious destinations. Three separate security vendors flagged the page: alphaMountain.ai and Chong Lua Dao marked it malicious while Criminal IP detected phishing. Independent reports from safeonweb.be and scam-detector.com explicitly link bom.so links to fake parcel-delivery texts that trick recipients into paying nonexistent customs charges. Gridinsoft assigns the domain a 23/100 trust score and blocks it outright. The site carries no business registration and its own terms disclaim any responsibility for links created through the service. These combined signals outweigh the clean browser blocklist result and low visual risk score.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for bom.so, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Bom.so is a URL shortening service frequently associated with phishing campaigns, particularly fake parcel delivery notifications.
- Multiple security vendors and reputation services, including Gridinsoft and Scam Detector, have blacklisted the domain or assigned it a very low trust score.
- The site's terms of service explicitly state that it provides no guarantees and that users bear all risks associated with the links created through the service.
- Security reports indicate the domain is used to redirect users to malicious or fraudulent external websites.
- There is no verifiable information regarding the company's ownership or legitimate business operations.
- safeonweb.beopen
"Your parcel has arrived at our drop-off centre. Please go to https://bom.so/7IgW to pay the cost of customs clearance. Phishing is a form of online fraud..."
- scam-detector.comopen
"Scam, sends you a link under the name of a well known postordercompany... they send you a “bom.so/“ link per text message to click on to pay taxes for delivery or something."
- gridinsoft.comopen
"Gridinsoft blocks this website because it was classified as suspicious website. bom.so should not be treated as a safe website. Gridinsoft gives it a 23/100 trust score."
Our research found three scam reports linking bom.so to phishing. Safeonweb.be describes the domain in fake parcel-delivery messages. Scam-detector.com notes the same pattern of SMS links asking recipients to pay fake customs fees. Gridinsoft blocks the domain and rates it 23/100.
Threat Detection
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Technical Details
domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referencedThe 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.
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
What to do
Proceed with caution
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Treat bom.so as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- 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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Final Verdict
Bom.so is a URL shortening service. Multiple security vendors flag it as malicious or phishing, and it appears in reports of fake parcel-delivery SMS messages that lead victims to pay fake customs fees.
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- bom.so shows strong warning signs of being a scam site — avoid interacting with it. Our review tagged it for phishing. 4 of 92 security engines flag it (3 as outright malicious). It may not be an outright scam, but the risk is high enough that you should verify it independently before trusting it with money or data.
- Proceed with caution — bom.so scores 46/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend verifying it through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- If you've already paid or handed over details on bom.so, 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 bom.so 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.
- 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.
- Just viewing a scam page is usually low-risk on an up-to-date browser — the real danger is what it asks you to DO (enter details, download a file, send money). If you downloaded anything, run a full antivirus scan and treat the file as untrusted. If you entered a password or card number, change the password everywhere you reused it and contact your bank.
- You can report bom.so 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.
- 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.
- Yes. 4 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged bom.so, 3 of them as outright malicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
- No — bom.so 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.
- Yes — bom.so presents a valid TLSv1.2 certificate issued by Sectigo Limited · Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36, valid for another 140 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
- bom.so resolves to an IP operated by DigitalOcean, LLC in SG (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.
- This report is a record of the scan run on July 17, 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 bom.so has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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