Is iea.org legit or a scam?
Official International Energy Agency website — established 1974, OECD-affiliated intergovernmental organization with clean security profile and 30+ year domain history.
Analysis Summary
No threats detected
All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.
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 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.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
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What our vision model saw
1 signalScreenshot incomplete — site may be slow to render
MT Intelligence
iea.org belongs to the International Energy Agency, an autonomous intergovernmental body founded in 1974 and based in Paris, France. Our antivirus network flagged zero detections across 92 engines, the hosting IP has zero abuse reports, and the domain carries valid SSL encryption from DigiCert. The domain has been registered for over 11,000 days (30+ years), which is consistent with an established international organization. Web research confirmed the IEA's legitimacy through references from the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Mission to the OECD, and Wikipedia, all describing it as an authoritative energy policy advisor. No scam reports, fraud complaints, or phishing alerts were found. The organization publishes regular high-profile energy reports and analysis directly from this domain.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for iea.org, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- iea.org is the official website of the International Energy Agency (IEA), an autonomous intergovernmental organization founded in 1974 and based in Paris, France.
- The IEA operates within the OECD framework, provides global energy analysis, data, policy recommendations, and reports on topics including energy security, renewables, and emissions.
- No scam reports, fraud complaints, phishing alerts, or negative reviews were found associating iea.org with malicious activity across web searches, Reddit, or review sites.
- One unrelated 2016 credit card charge reference to "IEA International Escrow" (a timeshare/vacation club entity) appears in consumer forums but has no connection to iea.org or the energy agency.
- The domain has been active for over 30 years (age ~11089 days) and is consistently referenced by official government sites (U.S. DOE, OECD) and Wikipedia as the authoritative IEA source.
- IEA publishes regular high-profile reports (e.g., Global Energy Review 2026, country policy reviews) hosted directly on iea.org and associated blob storage.
- Some criticism exists regarding the IEA's analytical forecasts (e.g., underestimating renewables growth or climate focus), but these are policy debates, not indicators of fraud or illegitimacy.
- Wikipediaopen
"The International Energy Agency (IEA) is a Paris-based autonomous intergovernmental organization, established in 1974, that provides policy recommendations, analysis and data on the global energy sector."
- U.S. Department of Energyopen
"The IEA is an international energy forum of 29 industrialized countries under the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD)."
- U.S. Mission to OECDopen
"The IEA acts as energy policy advisor for its 30 member countries in their efforts to ensure reliable, affordable and clean energy."
Autonomous intergovernmental organization established in 1974 under the framework of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development); headquartered in Paris; operates with its own budget and governance.
We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for iea.org and found zero scam reports or complaints. Instead, we found three authoritative references confirming iea.org as the official website of the International Energy Agency — an autonomous intergovernmental organization established in 1974, headquartered in Paris, and operating under the OECD framework. The U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Mission to the OECD both cite the IEA as a legitimate energy policy advisor. One unrelated 2016 reference to 'IEA International Escrow' (a timeshare entity) appeared in consumer forums but has no connection to iea.org or the energy agency. Policy criticism regarding the IEA's energy forecasts exists in academic and industry circles, but these are substantive debates, not indicators of fraud or illegitimacy.
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://iea.org/
- 2301https://iea.org/
- 3403https://www.iea.org/cross-domain
Server Reputation
Still, stay alert
No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.
- Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on iea.org and not a lookalike like i-ea.org.com or an IDN homoglyph.
- Use a password manager
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Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
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 found no threat indicators on iea.org. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
- iea.org passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 94/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
- Yes. iea.org presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by DigiCert Inc · Thawte TLS RSA CA G1, expiring in 34 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- iea.org is 30.4 years old, registered on 2/7/1996 through Network Solutions, 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 iea.org as clean.
- No. iea.org is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- iea.org resolves to an IP operated by Microsoft Corporation in FR (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). 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.
- Yes. iea.org sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.
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