Critical risk detected
3 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page (1 outright malicious). Our security review flagged this site as high-risk. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.
Is forminghour.com legit or a scam?
Yes — this is almost certainly a scam.
Fake Google homepage on a 192-day-old domain that loads an outdated clone and redirects to google.com.
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.
The page visually mimics google.com
The page is a visual clone of the Google search engine using an outdated design template. While it mimics the branding, the technical execution of the UI elements is inconsistent with the legitimate site.
What our vision model saw
4 signalsPage uses the Google logo and layout but with outdated, low-quality button styling
Mismatched UI elements including non-standard fonts and purple hyperlink colors
Layout mimics a legacy version of the Google search homepage
Absence of modern Google UI features like the search icon inside the input bar
Intelligence
The site loads a visual replica of the Google search page using the exact title 'Google' and the legitimate logo, yet the styling, fonts, and layout are visibly outdated and inconsistent with the real service. Three security engines flagged the page as malicious or suspicious, and independent scanners explicitly label it a phishing operation designed to impersonate trusted brands. The domain itself was registered only 192 days ago through eNom with no business registration or contact details anywhere on the page. It performs two cross-domain redirects that ultimately land on the authentic google.com, a common tactic to harvest credentials or traffic before handing the visitor off. No legitimate Google property would operate under a newly registered, privacy-light domain with these signals. The combination of visual cloning, engine detections, and the redirect chain makes the intent clear.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for forminghour.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- The domain uses the page title 'Google' but is not an official Google property.
- Security scanners have flagged the site for phishing-style impersonation signals.
- The website automatically redirects visitors to the legitimate google.com domain.
- Multiple security vendors have blacklisted the domain for suspicious activity.
- The domain was registered recently (January 2026) and lacks verifiable ownership data.
- Gridinsoftopen
"This website exhibits strong similarities to known phishing operations designed to impersonate trusted entities and steal user credentials, payment information, or personal data."
- Scam Detectoropen
"The algorithm detected high-risk activity related to phishing, spamming... Long story short, we recommend staying away from this website."
The site uses the page title 'Google' and redirects visitors directly to google.com, a common tactic in phishing or traffic-redirection schemes.
Gridinsoft described the site as exhibiting strong similarities to known phishing operations. Scam Detector's algorithm flagged high-risk phishing and spamming activity and advised users to stay away. The domain was registered in January 2026 and lacks verifiable ownership data. Multiple security vendors have blacklisted it for suspicious activity.
Domain Timeline
- Jan 2, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 6 months old today.
- Jul 13, 2026Latest security review — Flagged as dangerous
This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.
Threat Detection
Scam Network
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 contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://forminghour.com/
- 2301https://google.com/cross-domain
- 3200https://www.google.com/cross-domain
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
What to do
Avoid this site
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Do not interact with forminghour.com
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.
- OpenShare your experience
If you have additional context, drop a comment below or post on the MalwareTips forum.
Final Verdict
This page impersonates Google search. The domain is only 192 days old, carries phishing flags from multiple engines, and redirects visitors to the real google.com after loading a low-quality visual clone.
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- forminghour.com shows every sign of being a scam site — avoid interacting with it. Our review tagged it for phishing and clone site. 3 of 92 security engines flag it (1 as outright malicious). The domain is 6 months old through eNom, LLC. This pattern matches throwaway sites built to take money or data and disappear.
- No — forminghour.com scored just 10/100 on our trust scale, and we detected active threat indicators. We recommend avoiding it entirely: don't log in, pay, download anything, or connect a wallet.
- If you've already paid or handed over details on forminghour.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 forminghour.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 forminghour.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.
- Yes. 3 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged forminghour.com, 1 of them as outright malicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
- No — forminghour.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.
- forminghour.com is 6 months old, registered on January 2, 2026 through eNom, LLC. 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.
- forminghour.com resolves to an IP operated by Servers.com, 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.
- This report is a record of the scan run on July 13, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about forminghour.com has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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