Warning signs detected
9-year-old Libyan IT services site flagged by one external source as a fake company run by Yazan Mishaan.
Is fares-mena.com legit or a scam?
9-year-old Libyan IT services site flagged by one external source as a fake company run by Yazan Mishaan.
The site presents as an IT services company in Libya but carries an external allegation labeling it a fake company. The domain is 9 years old with clean scans, yet no business registration was located and one public accusation exists.
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
Website Preview
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.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
The website appears to be a standard, legitimate corporate landing page for an IT services company.
What our vision model saw
3 signalsProfessional corporate website design for an IT system integrator
Clear navigation menu and contact information provided
No evidence of deceptive urgency, fake trust badges, or phishing patterns
Intelligence
The domain fares-mena.com was registered in 2017 and shows no antivirus detections or browser blocks. The page displays standard corporate IT services content with contact numbers and partner claims. External search results contain an allegation from Yahoo Japan describing the entity as a fake company associated with Yazan Mishaan. No business registration appears in Libyan records despite the Tripoli address claim. The combination of an old domain with clean technical signals against an unverified accusation and missing registration leaves the legitimacy unresolved.
Web Research Findings
Independent findings for fares-mena.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.
- The domain fares-mena.com claims to be an IT services provider based in Tripoli, Libya, established in 2003.
- The website content includes generic IT service descriptions and claims partnerships with major global technology brands.
- External search results contain allegations that the entity is a 'fake company' associated with an individual named Yazan Mishaan.
- The site uses a WordPress-based structure and appears in various technology-tracking databases as a business entity in Libya.
- Despite being listed as a partner/distributor on some third-party vendor websites, the legitimacy of the business operations is publicly questioned in search results.
- Yahoo Japan (via search result)open
"A Fake Company Run by Yazan Mishaan... What's the Story Behind It"
Search results contain one allegation from Yahoo Japan describing fares-mena.com as a fake company run by Yazan Mishaan. No scam reports appear on major consumer platforms and no positive independent reviews were found. Business registration checks in Libya returned no matching records.
Domain Timeline
- Jul 6, 2017Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 9.0 years old today.
- Jul 22, 2026Latest security review — Flagged as suspicious
This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.
fares-mena.com is an established domain now carrying threat signals. An older domain that starts tripping security checks is a classic pattern for an asset that was sold, repurposed, or compromised — the age alone is not reassurance.
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.
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.
- No postal address visible on the page.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (info@fares-mena.com).
- Phone number listed ((021) 484-1416).
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://fares-mena.com/
- 2301https://fares-mena.com/
- 3200https://www.fares-mena.com/
Server Reputation
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 fares-mena.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.
- OpenShare your experience
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Final Verdict
The site presents as an IT services company in Libya but carries an external allegation labeling it a fake company. The domain is 9 years old with clean scans, yet no business registration was located and one public accusation exists.
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- fares-mena.com shows strong warning signs of being a scam site — avoid interacting with it. The domain is 9 years old through URL Solutions, Inc.. 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 — fares-mena.com scores 60/100 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 fares-mena.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 fares-mena.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 fares-mena.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 fares-mena.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 — fares-mena.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.
- fares-mena.com is 9 years old, registered on July 6, 2017 through URL Solutions, Inc.. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
- Yes — fares-mena.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Starfield Technologies · Starfield TLS Intermediate CA DV - R1v1, valid for another 76 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".
- fares-mena.com resolves to an IP operated by Sucuri 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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