Is dol.gov legit or a scam?
Official U.S. Department of Labor website with a 28-year history and perfect security reputation.
Analysis Summary
No threats detected
All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →
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.
No scam visual patterns detected
The screenshot displays a professionally designed, fully-rendered official government website with no visible scam indicators or urgency tactics.
What our vision model saw
5 signalsOfficial government banner present at the top of the page
Consistent and professional use of U.S. Department of Labor branding and seal
Standard navigation menu including Topics, Agencies, Forms, and News
Functional search bar and links to FAQ and Contact Us
Informational banner regarding a beta version of the website with a legitimate .gov link
MT Intelligence
The domain is a verified .gov address, which is restricted to official U.S. government entities. Our analysis shows the domain was registered over 10,490 days ago, aligning with the long-standing history of this federal department. Technical scans from 92 different antivirus engines return zero flags for malicious activity. The site uses high-grade encryption issued by a trusted authority and maintains a top-tier global traffic rank. While we found reports of scammers impersonating this agency via email, the website itself is the genuine, authoritative source.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for dol.gov, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- dol.gov is the official website of the United States Department of Labor, a U.S. federal government executive department formed in 1913, as confirmed by USA.gov, Wikipedia, and the site itself displaying "An official website of the United S
- The site provides information on labor laws, wages, unemployment insurance, workplace safety, apprenticeships, disaster recovery assistance, and hosts resources for filing complaints or reporting fraud.
- DOL actively maintains pages for reporting unemployment identity fraud, UI fraud hotlines by state, and has recovered hundreds of millions in fraudulent claims (e.g., $512M announced in 2026 news release).
- Multiple security firms and DOL/OSHA have documented phishing campaigns that spoof or impersonate DOL emails (e.g., no-reply@dol.gov) or use similar domains like dol-gov.com to target businesses with fake inspection or bidding notices.
- Domain age of over 10,490 days (approximately 28+ years) aligns with a long-established government agency; no consumer review sites (Trustpilot, ScamAdviser) rate it as it is not a commercial business.
- Reddit threads discuss potential scams impersonating DOL via phone or email, but users are advised to verify directly through official dol.gov channels; no direct complaints against the legitimate site.
- The homepage promotes a new beta.dol.gov redesign and features official programs on AI training, worker protections, and veteran resources.
- Tech.coopen
"A new phishing scam that involves threat actors impersonating the US Department of Labor (DoL) has been targeting US businesses and their employees."
- Fels.netopen
"The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration ... has issued a warning about spam emails being received by employers across the United States purporting to warn employers about upcoming OSHA inspections ... it’s an attempt to “p"
- Cofense.comopen
"Seen in Figure 1, the threat actor was able to spoof the dol.gov from address to increase the level of authenticity."
U.S. federal government executive department (formed 1913), official website dol.gov listed on USA.gov and Wikipedia
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://dol.gov/
- 2200https://www.dol.gov/cross-domain
Server Reputation
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 dol.gov and not a lookalike like d-ol.gov.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.
- OpenDiscuss this site on the forum
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Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
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 dol.gov. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
- dol.gov passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 97/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
- Yes. dol.gov presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by DigiCert Inc · GeoTrust TLS RSA CA G1, expiring in 36 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- dol.gov is 28.7 years old, registered on 10/1/1997 through get.gov. 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 dol.gov as clean.
- No. dol.gov is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- dol.gov resolves to an IP operated by Akamai Technologies, Inc. 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. dol.gov 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.
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