Warning signs detected
New 267-day-old heavy-machinery site with no contact information and a hosting IP that already has abuse reports. Several risk indicators suggest caution. This site might be legitimate — but treat it as unverified until you can independently confirm.
Is groundforcedirect.com legit or a scam?
New 267-day-old heavy-machinery site with no contact information and a hosting IP that already has abuse reports.
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. 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 legitimate business page for heavy equipment sales, featuring professional design, clear branding, and standard industry functionality.
What our vision model saw
5 signalsProfessional branding for 'Ground Force Equipment' with consistent logo usage
Standard industry navigation including Equipment, Parts, and Financing
Functional 'Request a Quote' and 'Contact us' call-to-action buttons
Presence of a standard 'Let's Chat!' support widget
High-quality original photography of heavy machinery in a realistic setting
Intelligence
The site presents itself as Ground Force Equipment selling excavators and loaders with a professional Wix storefront. The domain was registered only 267 days ago through GoDaddy with no privacy protection. No email, phone, or address appears on the page itself despite the business claiming a physical Indiana location. The hosting IP shows an abuse score of 19/100 and eight prior abuse reports. Independent review sites contain a handful of positive comments but also two recent complaints about financing pressure. These factors together keep the risk elevated even though no antivirus engine flagged the page.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for groundforcedirect.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain groundforcedirect.com registered October 15, 2025 (age ~267 days as of July 2026); site promotes 'GroundForce Equipments' heavy machinery with address 11749 North Division Road, Fountaintown, IN 46130 and phone 888-383-8505.
- Company listed as Ground Force Equipment LLC, active Indiana LLC with principal office at the Fountaintown address (Bizapedia).
- Facebook page 'Ground Force Equipment' in Fountaintown, IN links to the domain and promotes equipment sales/financing.
- Birdeye/Google reviews page shows 4.0/5 from 8 reviews; positive excerpts praise equipment quality, prices, and staff; two recent negative reviews (July 2026 timeframe) describe aggressive financing pressure and a non-standard storefront be
- No scam reports, Trustpilot, ScamAdviser, BBB, or Reddit complaints located in searches for the domain or company name.
- Site offers financing via 'over 40 trusted lenders,' worldwide shipping claims, and equipment priced significantly below major brands (e.g., excavators ~$29k).
- No major brand impersonation detected; references to brands like Bobcat, Kubota appear only in generic Facebook group spam/promotion tags.
- Birdeye / Google Reviewsopen
"These guys know their stuff . The equipment is in great shape and the staff was helpful without being pushy. Felt comfortable buying from them for sure."
- Birdeye / Google Reviewsopen
"Friendly people, good prices, and the equipment runs like a champ. I’ll be back if I need to buy equipment later on"
- Birdeye / Google Reviewsopen
"Needed something for my landscape business and found this brand on marketplace, I scheduled an appointment to go over the models they carry and decided to go with the mt23xl loader. So far I like the machine and how much power the machine h"
Ground Force Equipment LLC, Domestic Limited-Liability Company, Indiana; principal address 11749 North Division Road, Fountaintown, IN 46130; registered agent Cameron Carlyle; filed under Indiana law (Bizapedia listing)
Our research found no scam reports for groundforcedirect.com on major complaint platforms. Three positive Birdeye/Google reviews praise equipment quality and staff. Two recent complaints mention aggressive financing tactics. An active Indiana LLC registration matches the address shown on the site.
Domain Timeline
- Oct 15, 2025Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 9 months old today.
- Jul 10, 2026Latest security review — Flagged as suspicious
This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.
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 · referencedContact 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://groundforcedirect.com/
- 2301https://groundforcedirect.com/
- 3200https://www.groundforcedirect.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 groundforcedirect.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
Groundforcedirect.com is a new heavy-equipment sales site. The domain is only 267 days old, the page lists no contact details, and the hosting IP carries 8 abuse reports.
Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- Our automated security review marked groundforcedirect.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.
- groundforcedirect.com currently scores 55/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend caution. Verify the site through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- Yes. groundforcedirect.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · R13, expiring in 42 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- groundforcedirect.com is 8 months old, registered on 10/15/2025 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report groundforcedirect.com as clean.
- No. groundforcedirect.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- groundforcedirect.com resolves to an IP operated by Wix.com Ltd. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
- This is a permanent record of the scan run on July 10, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around groundforcedirect.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.
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