Security Review

Is digipote.fr legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Dangerous· 25/100

A French freelancer community site that uses a typosquatted domain name and is flagged by multiple antivirus engines for phishing risks.

digipote.frScanned 1h ago
0
Trust score
DANGEROUS
Heuristics 0·MT 45
Category tags
unknown75% MT confidence

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
5/92
Engines flagged this URL
Domain Age
3 years old
Registered Oct 21, 2023
MT Intelligence
Suspicious
Moderate likelihood · 75% confidence
DANGEROUS

Critical risk detected

4 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page as malicious. Multiple independent checks — antivirus engines, browser safety blocklists, and threat databases — flagged this site. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.

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MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Moderate scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust45/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspectionNetwork correlation
0%
Confidence
The domain name is a clear typosquat of 'digiposte.fr', a well-known digital safe service in France. While the content focuses on SEO and freelancing rather than imitating the postal service's design, four antivirus engines including CyRadar and Forcepoint have flagged the site as a phishing or malicious threat. The site lacks formal business registration details like a SIRET number, which is standard for professional French entities. We also noted a single scam report on a consumer protection site, though some independent reviewers view it as a legitimate community project. The combination of the deceptive domain name and security flags warrants caution.
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Page Content

The website presents as 'Digipote,' a community for digital freelancers and creatives. It features articles on SEO, community management, and business legalities, alongside a link to a Discord server. No direct contact email, phone number, or physical address is listed on the main page.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on a Scaleway IP address in France with a valid Let's Encrypt SSL certificate. It loads external resources from Google and uses a standard WordPress-style architecture. The infrastructure itself does not show signs of typical high-risk abuse.

Domain History

The domain was registered over two and a half years ago (972 days). It is specifically configured as a typosquat of the official 'digiposte.fr' domain, which is a common tactic used to capture accidental traffic or build deceptive authority.

Web Reputation

Reputation is mixed; while one independent review site gives it a high trust score based on its community focus, four security engines flag it as a threat. There is at least one recorded complaint against the domain on a French fraud-reporting platform.
Risk Factors
5
  • Domain name 'digipote.fr' is a typosquat of the official 'digiposte.fr' service.
  • Four antivirus engines (alphaMountain.ai, CyRadar, Forcepoint, and Chong Lua Dao) flag the site as malicious or phishing.
  • No formal business registration (SIRET/SIREN) or company legal notice found.
  • A scam report has been filed against the domain on a French consumer alert site.
  • Complete absence of direct contact information like a phone number or physical address on the page.
Positive Signals
4
  • Domain has been active for over 2.6 years.
  • Content appears to be original and focused on a specific niche (digital freelancing).
  • Valid SSL certificate is in place.
  • One independent review site provides a positive assessment of the founder.
AI Recommendation
Avoid entering any sensitive personal information or login credentials on this site. If you intended to visit the official La Poste digital safe, ensure you are at digiposte.fr.
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 digipote.fr, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
2.7 yrs
Registered Oct 2023
Business registration
Active · France
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
Typosquat of digiposte.fr
Deliberate misspelling of a real brand's domain.
Web mentions
1 scam report · 1 positive
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • Domain digipote.fr is approximately 972 days old (~2.66 years) and presents as a French community site for digital creatives and freelancers, with blog articles on web/business topics, profession sheets, tool recommendations, and a Discord
  • Owner identified as Geraud Bastien, located at 24 allée des tulipes, 34000 Montpellier, France; phone number 06 23 75 69 85 listed on verifsites.com.
  • Verifsites.com gives it a 5/5 trust score and describes it positively as a supportive community platform founded by a 'slasher' (multi-role freelancer) to aid transition to independence.
  • One signalement (report) recorded on StopArnaque.com; no widespread scam complaints, Reddit threads, or major negative reviews found specifically for digipote.fr.
  • Heavy SEO presence with multiple recent articles (2025-2026 dates) on niche sites promoting digipote.fr as a creative community, some appearing AI-generated or promotional.
  • Note: Very similar to digiposte.fr (official La Poste digital safe service with Trustpilot ~4 stars, millions of users, and French government ties), but content is unrelated; digipote is a likely intentional or coincidental typo variation.
  • No formal business registration details (SIRET, company status) surfaced in public searches beyond individual ownership.
Scam reports (1)
Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.
  • StopArnaque.comopen

    "1 signalement pour le site digipote.fr"

Positive reviews (1)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • Verifsites.comopen

    "Digipote est une plateforme dédiée aux freelances et créatifs du secteur digital, fondée par un slasher... La mission de Digipote est de faciliter la transition vers l’indépendance en créant une communauté bienveillante... Score: 5/5"

Business registration
Status: active · France

Owned by Geraud Bastien at 24 allée des tulipes, 34000 Montpellier. Phone: 0623756985. No SIRET or formal company name (SAS/SARL) found in searches; listed as individual ownership on verifsites.com.

Impersonation / typosquat
Typosquat of digiposte.fr

Site content focuses on digital freelancing community, Discord, SEO articles, job sheets (SEO consultant, community manager, etc.), and tools. No visual or functional cloning of known brands like Digiposte (La Poste digital safe).

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above
We identified the owner as an individual based in Montpellier, France. While some independent review aggregators describe the site as a helpful community for freelancers, there is a recorded signalement on a French fraud-reporting site. The site's heavy reliance on SEO-driven articles and its name similarity to a government-affiliated service are the primary points of concern.

Scam Network Intelligence

Cross-site correlation

This site shares signals with a broader cluster

Moderate correlation

Many scams don't operate alone. We correlate third-party scripts, hosting infrastructure, brand-impersonation signals, and the AI evidence package to detect when a site is part of a broader scam network.

Suspicion score
0/100
ClearLowModerateHighCritical
Evidence (1)
  • Domain is a typosquat of digiposte.fr.
Linked signals (1)
Typosquat of digiposte.fr

Antivirus Engines

Detection matrix · live
5 engines 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.

4Malicious1Suspicious56Harmless92Engines
0
of 92
alphaMountain.ai
Malicious· malicious
Chong Lua Dao
Malicious· malicious
CyRadar
Malicious· malicious
Forcepoint ThreatSeeker
Malicious· phishing
Gridinsoft
Suspicious· suspicious

5 antivirus engines 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.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age3 years old
RegistrarSCALEWAY
RegisteredOct 21, 2023
ExpiresOct 21, 2026
Owner privacyHidden
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · R12
ExpiresAug 4, 2026 (44d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingO2SWITCH SAS
Server locationFR
Web servero2switch-PowerBoost-v3
Platform / CMSSite Kit by Google 1.179.0

Redirect Chain

Hops
2
Cross-domain
Yes
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://digipote.fr/
  • 2301https://digipote.fr/
  • 3200https://www.digipote.fr/cross-domain

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPO2SWITCH SAS
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Avoid this site

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

  • Do not interact with digipote.fr

    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 ↗

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 flags digipote.fr as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
  • No — digipote.fr scored 25/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
  • Yes. digipote.fr presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · R12, expiring in 44 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • digipote.fr is 2.7 years old, registered on 10/21/2023 through SCALEWAY. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
  • 5 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged digipote.fr as malicious or suspicious (4 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
  • No. digipote.fr is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • digipote.fr resolves to an IP operated by O2SWITCH SAS in FR (usage type: Content Delivery Network). 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 20, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around digipote.fr have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·digipote.fr
DANGEROUS

This site is a French digital community platform that shares a nearly identical name with a major postal service, raising concerns about intentional typosquatting. While it hosts legitimate-looking blog content, several antivirus engines flag it as a phishing risk.

Avoid entering any sensitive personal information or login credentials on this site. If you intended to visit the official La Poste digital safe, ensure you are at digiposte.fr.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
1
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