SUSPICIOUS

Warning signs detected

3 of 93 antivirus engines flag this page as malicious. Several risk indicators suggest caution. This site might be legitimate — but treat it as unverified until you can independently confirm.

Security Review

Is fuelco-us.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Suspicious· 44/100

FuelCo US fuel tank sales site flagged phishing by CyRadar, Gridinsoft, and malicious by Chong Lua Dao, though domain is over 2 years old with clean infrastructure.

fuelco-us.comScanned 23d ago
0
Trust score
SUSPICIOUS
Heuristics 8·MT 65
Category tags
business#Phishing85% MT confidence
Technical red flags (1)

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
0/93
Engines flagged this URL
Domain Age
3 years old
Registered Aug 8, 2023
MT Intelligence
Suspicious
Moderate likelihood · 85% confidence

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Moderate scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust65/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
The site presents itself as a legitimate provider of self-bunded fuel storage solutions, with product details, industry sectors, and links to international FuelCo branches. However, three of our antivirus partners—CyRadar and Gridinsoft flagged it as phishing, while Chong Lua Dao marked it malicious—raise a red flag despite only 3/93 detections. Supporting this caution, no postal address appears on the page, and it lacks a global traffic ranking. Clean browser blocklists and hosting IP help, but the detections outweigh these for now.
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Page Content

Professional site for FuelCo US selling fuel tanks, trailers, and modular stations. Lists products like Kube Tanks, Klassic Tanks; mentions sectors like construction, mining. Includes phone (985-226-7430), email (sales@fuelco-us.com), and links to fuelco.com.au, fuelco.ae.

Infrastructure

  • Valid Let's Encrypt SSL, expires in 43 days.
  • Hosting IP 132.148.177.86 clean, no abuse reports.
  • No redirects or homoglyph issues.

Domain History

Registered 1008 days ago via Dreamscape Networks, not privacy-protected. Established age suggests stability.

Web Reputation

3/93 antivirus engines flagged: CyRadar/Gridinsoft (phishing), Chong Lua Dao (malicious). Clean on browser blocklists. Low traffic, not globally indexed.

Risk Factors
5
  • CyRadar and Gridinsoft flagged the page as phishing.
  • Chong Lua Dao detected it as malicious.
  • No postal address listed on the site.
  • Not ranked in global traffic indexes.
  • Meta description missing.
Positive Signals
5
  • Domain over 2.5 years old.
  • Clean browser blocklist status.
  • Hosting IP has zero abuse reports.
  • Uses own-domain email and phone contacts.
  • Fully professional visual design with no scam patterns.
AI Recommendation
Contact them via listed phone or email to verify legitimacy before purchase. Avoid sharing sensitive info until confirmed.
Next-gen fraud intelligence
Evidence-backedCross-checked

Website Preview

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fuelco-us.com

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

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.

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/ 100
No visual red flags

No scam visual patterns detected

Fully-rendered professional website for Fuelco promoting fuel storage solutions; no visual scam patterns detected.

Visual risk0/100

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for fuelco-us.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
2.8 yrs
Registered Aug 2023
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.

We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for fuelco-us.com and did not find scam reports, complaints, or impersonation signals. The domain age, registration record and aggregator reviews shown above are consistent with a legitimate site.

Antivirus Engines

Detection matrix · live
3 engines flagged this URL

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 93 malware and blacklist engines. Each detection is listed below by engine name — even a single hit is a meaningful signal.

3Malicious0Suspicious59Harmless93Engines
0
of 93
Chong Lua Dao
Malicious· malicious
CyRadar
Malicious· phishing
Gridinsoft
Malicious· phishing

3 antivirus engines flagged this URL. Even a single detection is a meaningful signal — treat this site with extra caution and avoid entering credentials, payment info, or downloading any files.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

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
Has a contact email on its own domain
Emails on site's domainsales@fuelco-us.com
Phone numbers985-226-7430
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles3
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Contact email on the site's own domain (sales@fuelco-us.com).
  • Phone number listed (985-226-7430).
  • Links to 3 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age3 years old
RegistrarDreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd
RegisteredAug 8, 2023
ExpiresAug 8, 2026
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.2
IssuerLet's Encrypt · R12
ExpiresJun 25, 2026 (43d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingGoDaddy.com, LLC
Server locationUS

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPGoDaddy.com, LLC
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Scam-Type Likelihood

1 scam-type patterns detected
Scam-Type Likelihood

0 of 13 categories showed signals

We check every URL against 13 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
Low-level signals
0/100
  • AI analyst tagged this as phishing.

Warning: phishing patterns

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

  • Treat fuelco-us.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.

    Open

Trust History

Trust score over time
Last 2 public scans of fuelco-us.com
44/100
+43 vs Apr 29
Apr 29May 13

Reputation Sources

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

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

Referenced Domains

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

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.

  • Our automated security review marked fuelco-us.com as suspicious. Several warning signs were detected; it may still turn out legitimate, but you should verify it through independent channels before trusting it with money or credentials.

Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·fuelco-us.com
SUSPICIOUS

This site promotes above-ground fuel storage tanks from FuelCo US. Three antivirus engines flagged it as phishing or malicious, despite a professional design and established domain. Verify the business directly before engaging.

Contact them via listed phone or email to verify legitimacy before purchase. Avoid sharing sensitive info until confirmed.

AV engines
93
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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