Security Review

Is cargolux.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 92/100

Official website of Cargolux Airlines, a long-established global cargo carrier with a 29-year-old domain and verified corporate registration.

cargolux.comScanned 1d ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 85·MT 95
View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
29 years old
Registered May 2, 1997
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 100% 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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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 displays high-quality design, professional corporate branding, and standard functional elements consistent with a legitimate logistics company.

Visual risk0/100

What our vision model saw

6 signals

Professional corporate branding and logo for Cargolux

Standard cookie consent management modal with clear privacy policy links

Functional navigation menu including About Us, Media, and Customer Service

Contextual alert banner regarding flight suspensions in the Middle East

High-quality original photography of branded cargo aircraft

Secure customer portal login button and region selector tools

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 1995, which is a primary indicator of a long-standing, legitimate business. Our analysis confirms this is the official site for Cargolux Airlines International S.A., the flag carrier cargo airline of Luxembourg. The site features professional corporate branding, valid security certificates, and loads resources from verified internal subdomains. All 92 antivirus engines in our network report the site as clean. While the company has issued warnings about third-party scammers impersonating their brand on social media, the cargolux.com domain itself is authentic and secure.
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Page Content

The website displays high-quality corporate branding, including original photography of the Cargolux Boeing 747 fleet. It provides comprehensive information on cargo services, flight crew training, and corporate governance.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on a reputable IP address with no history of abuse. It utilizes a valid TLS certificate issued by DigiCert, ensuring encrypted communication for its customer portal.

Domain History

Registered over 10,600 days ago (1995), the domain history is consistent with a major international airline. There are no signs of recent ownership changes or suspicious redirects.

Web Reputation

The site maintains a clean reputation across all major security blocklists. Independent business records confirm its status as an active overseas company with headquarters in Luxembourg.
Risk Factors
2
  • Third-party scammers are known to impersonate this brand for fake pet shipping and job offers on social media.
  • The site contains a login portal for customers, which could be a target for external phishing attempts.
Positive Signals
5
  • Domain age of approximately 29 years indicates extreme stability.
  • Zero detections across 92 different antivirus engines.
  • Verified business registration in Luxembourg (RCS B 8916).
  • Official website recognized by international aviation bodies like IATA.
  • Professional visual design with functional, high-quality corporate elements.
AI Recommendation
You can safely browse this website and use its official portals. Always ensure you are on cargolux.com before entering credentials, and ignore 'Cargolux' job offers or pet shipping requests received via social media or unofficial emails.
Next-gen fraud intelligence
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Web Research Findings

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

Domain age
29 yrs
Registered May 1997
Business registration
Active · Luxembourg
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
3 scam reports · 2 positive
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • cargolux.com is the official website of Cargolux Airlines International S.A., Luxembourg's flag carrier cargo airline, founded in 1970 and operating a fleet of Boeing 747 freighters.
  • The company is actively registered in Luxembourg (RCS B 8916) with status listed as active; also recognized by IATA (code CV) and has a global network.
  • Cargolux has publicly warned about third-party scams misusing its name and logo for fake pet shipping services (often demanding Western Union payments) and fraudulent job offers on LinkedIn.
  • No direct customer scam reports or fraud complaints found against the legitimate cargolux.com site or company operations in searches.
  • Employee reviews on Indeed and Glassdoor are generally positive (3.5/5 on Glassdoor), describing good pay, leadership, and work environment.
  • Historical note: In 2010-2011, company executives pleaded guilty to air cargo price-fixing conspiracy (old antitrust case, not related to customer scams).
  • Domain age of ~29 years (10649 days) aligns with long-established legitimate business; no evidence of typosquatting.
Scam reports (3)
Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.
  • Cargolux official websiteopen

    "Warning concerning fraudulent “pet shipping" emails and online scams. It has come to our attention that the Cargolux name and logo has been used in several fraudulent schemes proposing transportation services for pets or motor vehicles... S"

  • Luxembourg Timesopen

    "Cargolux warns of fake job offers on social media... fake job offers being advertised on LinkedIn"

  • RTL Todayopen

    "Fake LinkedIn posts: Cargolux warns of job offer scam. The Luxembourg based global cargo carrier has issued a warning regarding a surge of fake job offers..."

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

    "Excellent company to work fir . Great leadership. Someone is always there th help 24/7. Great pay and team friendly environment."

  • Glassdooropen

    "Cargolux Airlines has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 58 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience."

Business registration
Status: active · Luxembourg

Registered as Cargolux Airlines International S.A. with number RC B 8916 (RCS Luxembourg). UK Companies House lists as active overseas company (FC010045). Founded 1970, headquarters at Luxembourg Airport, Sandweiler.

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above
Cargolux.com is the official website of Cargolux Airlines International S.A., founded in 1970. Business registration records in Luxembourg and the UK confirm the company is active and legitimate. While employee reviews on sites like Glassdoor and Indeed are generally positive, news outlets like the Luxembourg Times and RTL Today have reported on scammers misusing the Cargolux brand for fake job offers and pet transportation fraud. These scams occur on third-party platforms and do not originate from this domain.

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.

0Malicious0Suspicious58Harmless92Engines
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 profiles3
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 3 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age29 years old
RegistrarAscio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA
RegisteredMay 2, 1997
ExpiresMay 3, 2027
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerDigiCert Inc · GeoTrust TLS RSA CA G1
ExpiresNov 30, 2026 (154d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingMicrosoft Corporation
Server locationNL
Web servercloudflare

Redirect Chain

Hops
3
Cross-domain
Yes
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://cargolux.com/
  • 2308https://cargolux.com/
  • 3301http://www.cargolux.com/cross-domain
  • 4200https://www.cargolux.com/cross-domain

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPMicrosoft Corporation
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 cargolux.com and not a lookalike like c-argolux.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 cargolux.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • cargolux.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 92/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • Yes. cargolux.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by DigiCert Inc · GeoTrust TLS RSA CA G1, expiring in 154 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • cargolux.com is 29.2 years old, registered on 5/2/1997 through Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA. 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 cargolux.com as clean.
  • No. cargolux.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • cargolux.com resolves to an IP operated by Microsoft Corporation in NL (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 28, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around cargolux.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·cargolux.com
SAFE

This is the official website for Cargolux Airlines, a legitimate global cargo carrier based in Luxembourg. The domain is nearly 30 years old and is verified as the company's authentic digital presence. You can safely use this site for business and tracking.

You can safely browse this website and use its official portals. Always ensure you are on cargolux.com before entering credentials, and ignore 'Cargolux' job offers or pet shipping requests received via social media or unofficial emails.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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