SUSPICIOUS

Warning signs detected

New 114-day-old tree service site claims 35 years experience with no business registration or reviews found.

Security Review

Is erickstreeservice.com legit or a scam?

New 114-day-old tree service site claims 35 years experience with no business registration or reviews found.

Do this now:Verify the company through local Connecticut licensing boards or request references from recent customers before scheduling work or making payments.

This is a newly registered tree service website with no verifiable business records. The domain was created only 114 days ago yet claims 35 years of experience and 1,000 completed projects. Do not provide payment or personal details until the company can be independently verified.

Cross-checked against 9 completed checks
erickstreeservice.comScanned 1h ago
59/100
Trust score
0 = danger · 100 = safe
SUSPICIOUS
Score breakdown
Heuristics 91·MT 53
Screenshot of erickstreeservice.comSee the live page ↓
Category tags
local serviceHow sure we are: Moderate
Warning signals (1)
Domain is 3 months old
Positive signals (4)
Antivirus clearNot on major blacklistsEncrypted connectionClean server reputation

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

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
3 months old
Registered Mar 31, 2026

Website Preview

Screenshot of erickstreeservice.com
LIVE RENDER
erickstreeservice.com
What our review noticed on this page

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. Marker positions are approximate. See full visual analysis →

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.

10
/ 100
Low visual risk

Visual red flags detected in the screenshot

The page appears to be a standard, legitimate-looking business website for a local tree service company. While it uses common marketing trust badges, there are no indicators of malicious intent or phishing patterns.

Visual risk10/100

What our vision model saw

4 signals

Uses a Google-branded 4.9-star review badge as a trust indicator

Displays generic 'BBB A+ rating' and '100% Guaranteed' trust seals

Standard lead-generation contact form for service inquiries

Professional layout consistent with local service business websites

Intelligence

Editorial security brief
Intelligence
Elevated risktrust59/100
75%
Confidence
The domain erickstreeservice.com was registered on March 31, 2026, making it only 114 days old. The site claims 35 years of experience and over 1,000 completed projects, yet no business registration records exist for Erick's Tree Service at the listed Bridgeport address. No independent reviews appear on Google, Yelp, or other platforms despite the claimed volume of local work. The page displays generic trust badges and repetitive templated content. Zero antivirus engines flagged the site, but the mismatch between claimed history and actual domain age plus missing verification records raises concern.
Risk Factors
4
  • Domain registered only 114 days ago while claiming 35 years of experience.
  • No business registration records found for the claimed Bridgeport address.
  • Zero independent customer reviews despite claims of 1,000+ completed projects.
  • Content appears templated with repetitive service descriptions and generic testimonials.
Positive Signals
4
  • Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines.
  • Valid SSL certificate from Google Trust Services.
  • Clean hosting IP with no abuse reports.
  • No credential-harvesting forms or malware distribution detected.
Investigation notes

Page Content

The captured page presents a standard local tree service website offering removal, pruning, stump grinding, and storm cleanup services. It displays a prominent phone number, a lead-generation contact form, and generic customer testimonials. The site uses common trust signals including a 4.9-star review badge and a BBB A+ rating seal, though these appear to be stock graphics rather than verified accreditations.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on IP 104.17.144.110 with a clean abuse score and no malicious reports. SSL is valid through Google Trust Services with 47 days remaining. The page loads external resources from Google domains only and contains no login forms or credential-harvesting elements. No malware or phishing indicators were detected by 92 antivirus engines.

Domain History

The domain was registered 114 days ago through Network Solutions, LLC. WHOIS privacy protection is disabled, yet no owner contact details are publicly visible. The registration date of March 31, 2026, directly contradicts the site's claim of 35 years in business and over 1,000 completed projects.

Web Reputation

No scam reports, complaints, or positive reviews were located across major consumer databases. The listed business address at 45 Guilford Dr, Bridgeport, CT, could not be verified as an active tree service location. Independent review aggregators show no listings for this company despite the claimed extensive local operations.

What this means for you

The combination of a brand-new domain, unverifiable business claims, and absence of third-party validation suggests this may be a newly established operation or a fabricated listing. Exercise caution when sharing payment information or personal details until the business can be confirmed through independent channels such as local licensing boards or verified customer references.

Recommendation
Verify the company through local Connecticut licensing boards or request references from recent customers before scheduling work or making payments.
Editorial assessment
SpecificEvidence-led

Web Research Findings

Independent findings for erickstreeservice.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.

Business registration
No public record found
Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.
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
No scam reports found
No complaints, no negative coverage turned up in our sweep.
Key findings
6 headline facts from open-web research
  • The website erickstreeservice.com presents itself as a local tree service company based in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
  • The site claims 35+ years of experience and over 1,000 completed projects, yet the domain was registered recently (March 2026).
  • The content across the site is highly repetitive and appears to be generated or templated, with identical testimonials and service descriptions appearing in multiple sections.
  • No independent third-party reviews (e.g., Google Maps, Yelp, Trustpilot) were found for this business, despite claims of extensive local operations.
  • The address provided (45 Guilford Dr, Bridgeport, CT) could not be verified as a legitimate business location for a tree service company.
  • The site uses aggressive marketing language and generic 'customer' testimonials that lack verifiable sources.
Research summary
Editorial synthesis of the sourced facts above
We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for erickstreeservice.com and didn't find scam reports or complaints. For a new or low-traffic site this is expected and is not by itself a sign of trust.

Domain Timeline

  1. Mar 31, 2026
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 4 months old today.

  2. Jul 23, 2026
    Latest security review — Flagged as suspicious

    This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.

erickstreeservice.com was registered very recently and is already flagged. Freshly-registered domains are disproportionately used for scams, and a young domain with active threat signals warrants extra caution.

Threat Detection

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.

0Malicious0Suspicious57Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not queried
ESET-NOD32
Not queried
Avira
Not queried
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Not queried
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.

Reputation Sources

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

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

Technical Details

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.

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 numbers(203) 367-8219
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Phone number listed ((203) 367-8219).

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age3 months old
RegistrarNetwork Solutions, LLC
RegisteredMar 31, 2026
ExpiresMar 31, 2027
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1
ExpiresSep 8, 2026 (47d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingCloudflare, Inc.
Server locationUS
Web servercloudflare
Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://erickstreeservice.com/
  • 2200https://erickstreeservice.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPCloudflare, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

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

What to do

Proceed with caution

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

  • Treat erickstreeservice.com 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

59
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·erickstreeservice.com
SUSPICIOUS

This is a newly registered tree service website with no verifiable business records. The domain was created only 114 days ago yet claims 35 years of experience and 1,000 completed projects. Do not provide payment or personal details until the company can be independently verified.

Verify the company through local Connecticut licensing boards or request references from recent customers before scheduling work or making payments.

AV engines
92
Domain age
3 mo
Flagged
0
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Safety FAQ

Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • erickstreeservice.com looks like a likely scam site — avoid interacting with it. The domain is only 3 months old through Network Solutions, LLC — a fresh registration is a classic scam fingerprint. 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 — erickstreeservice.com scores 59/100 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 erickstreeservice.com, 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 erickstreeservice.com 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 erickstreeservice.com 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.
  • No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report erickstreeservice.com as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
  • No — erickstreeservice.com 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.
  • erickstreeservice.com is 3 months old, registered on March 31, 2026 through Network Solutions, LLC. Scam sites are very often freshly registered and short-lived, so an age under six months is a reason for extra caution.
  • Yes — erickstreeservice.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, valid for another 47 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".
  • erickstreeservice.com resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (Content Delivery Network). 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.
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