SUSPICIOUS

Possible phishing patterns

Former Venezuelan news forum now displays a suspended account page with phishing pattern flags. Patterns on this page look like credential-harvesting attempts. Don't sign in here — go to the brand's real site directly.

Security Review

Is forond.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Suspicious· 44/100

Former Venezuelan news forum now displays a suspended account page with phishing pattern flags.

forond.comScanned 1h ago
0
Trust score
SUSPICIOUS
Score breakdown
Heuristics 50·MT 40
Screenshot of forond.comSee the live page ↓
Category tags
phishing#phishing65% MT confidence
Technical red flags (1)
Phishing Patterns
Positive signals (5)
Antivirus clearNot on major blacklistsDomain is 5 years oldEncrypted 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.

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
5 years old
Registered Dec 9, 2021
Intelligence
Suspicious
Moderate likelihood · 65% confidence

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Screenshot of forond.com
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forond.com

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. 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.

50
/ 100
High visual risk

Visual red flags detected in the screenshot

Screenshot capture was incomplete; HTML content corroborates a functional site.

Visual risk50/100

What our vision model saw

2 signals

Generic account suspension notice from a web hosting provider

Screenshot incomplete (slow render) — page HTML loaded normally, ignoring parked-domain heuristic.

Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
Analysis
Moderate scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust40/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
The page content is a standard hosting suspension notice with no login forms or credential fields. Our sandbox and antivirus network returned clean results with zero detections across 92 engines. The domain itself is 4.6 years old with valid SSL and no abuse reports on its hosting IP. However, the scan explicitly flagged phishing language patterns and matched the Phishing Patterns scam family. The evidence package confirms the domain once operated as a political discussion forum but provides no explanation for the current suspension or the pattern match.
Full dossier
Analysis complete

Page Content

The page displays only the text "Account Suspended" with a message directing visitors to contact their hosting provider. No contact details, forms, or interactive elements appear. The scan detected phishing language patterns despite the absence of credential-harvesting fields.

Infrastructure

The site runs on IP 104.21.22.158 behind Cloudflare with a valid SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services. The hosting IP carries a zero abuse score and zero reported incidents. External resources load from use.fontawesome.com, maniaccreativo.com, and static.cloudflareinsights.com.

Domain History

The domain forond.com was registered on 2021-12-09 through Instra Corporation Pty Ltd. and is 4.6 years old. WHOIS privacy protection is disabled. Historical records link it to a Venezuelan news and opinion forum active in 2022 and 2023.

Web Reputation

No scam reports, complaints, or positive reviews appear in our research. Independent review aggregators returned no data. The domain is not indexed in global traffic rankings.

What this means for you

The combination of a suspended hosting notice and an explicit phishing pattern match creates uncertainty. The domain's age and clean technical signals reduce immediate risk, but the flagged pattern warrants caution until the suspension reason is clarified.

Risk Factors
3
  • Scan explicitly flagged phishing language patterns on the page.
  • Domain currently shows a suspended account notice with no explanation.
  • No contact information or business details are present on the page.
Positive Signals
3
  • Domain is 4.6 years old with valid SSL from Google Trust Services.
  • Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines and clean browser blocklist status.
  • Hosting IP has zero abuse score and no reported incidents.
AI Recommendation
Avoid entering any information on this page. The phishing pattern flag combined with the suspended status makes the site unreliable until the hosting issue is resolved.
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 forond.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

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
5 headline facts from open-web research
  • The domain forond.com was previously used as a Venezuelan news and opinion forum ('el mejor foro de noticias y opinión').
  • The website currently displays a generic 'Account Suspended' page, which often indicates a hosting violation or non-payment.
  • Search results link the domain to discussions regarding Venezuelan politics and social issues in 2022 and 2023.
  • No specific scam reports or phishing databases currently flag this domain, despite the 'Phishing Patterns' detection noted in the scan metadata.
  • The domain has been active since December 2021 and is hosted behind Cloudflare infrastructure.
Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for forond.com and didn't find scam reports or complaints. The domain previously hosted a Venezuelan news forum but currently displays an account suspension notice. No business registration records were located.

Domain Timeline

  1. Dec 9, 2021
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 4.6 years old today.

  2. Jul 11, 2026
    Latest security review — Flagged as suspicious

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

forond.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

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.

0Malicious0Suspicious60Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not in pass
ESET-NOD32
Not in pass
Avira
Not in pass
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Clean
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 ↗

Scam-Type Likelihood

1 scam-type patterns detected
Scam-Type Likelihood

1 of 21 categories showed signals

We check every URL against 21 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.

Top match: Phishing
Phishing
Moderate likelihood
40/100
  • Phishing copy patterns in the scraped page.
  • Primary scraped category is phishing / credential-harvest.
  • AI analyst tagged this as phishing / data-harvesting.

Technical Details

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.
  • Page contains phishing language (account verification, suspension warnings, etc.).
  • Scam family match: Phishing Patterns.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age5 years old
RegistrarInstra Corporation Pty Ltd.
RegisteredDec 9, 2021
ExpiresDec 9, 2026
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1
ExpiresSep 10, 2026 (61d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingCloudflare, Inc.
Server locationUS
Web servercloudflare

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1302http://forond.com/
  • 2200http://forond.com/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi

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

Warning: phishing patterns

This page shows signs of attempting to steal credentials or impersonate a trusted brand.

  • Treat forond.com as unverified

    Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.

  • If you already typed your password — change it now

    Change the password on the legitimate site and anywhere else you re-used it. Turn on two-factor authentication. Review recent account activity.

  • Report the phishing URL

    APWG (Anti-Phishing Working Group) accepts phishing reports at reportphishing@apwg.org. Google Safe Browsing reports help protect other users.

    Open
  • Get help on the forum

    MalwareTips members can help you assess damage and next steps.

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Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·forond.com
SUSPICIOUS

The site shows a generic account suspension notice. The domain previously hosted a Venezuelan news forum but now triggers phishing pattern detection despite clean antivirus results.

Avoid entering any information on this page. The phishing pattern flag combined with the suspended status makes the site unreliable until the hosting issue is resolved.

AV engines
92
Domain age
5 yrs
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.

  • forond.com raises serious red flags as a phishing — do not enter your login or personal details. Our review tagged it for phishing. The domain is 4.6 years old through Instra Corporation Pty Ltd.. 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 — forond.com scores 44/100 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 forond.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 forond.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.
  • If you entered anything on forond.com, assume it was captured. Phishing pages exist purely to harvest what you type — usernames, passwords, card numbers, or one-time codes. Change the password immediately on the real site and anywhere you reused it, enable two-factor authentication, and if you entered card or banking details, contact your bank about the risk of fraud. Also be alert for follow-up "security" calls or emails that try to exploit the same information.
  • You can report forond.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 forond.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 — forond.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.
  • forond.com is 4.6 years old, registered on December 9, 2021 through Instra Corporation Pty Ltd.. 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 — forond.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, valid for another 61 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".
  • forond.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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