Security Review

Is nachocebu.hostel.town legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Dangerous· 1/100

A deceptive hostel booking page flagged for phishing by BitDefender and ESET, operating on a 69-day-old domain with no contact information.

nachocebu.hostel.townScanned 1h ago
0
Trust score
DANGEROUS
Heuristics 0·MT 12
Category tags
phishing#phishing#clone site90% MT confidence

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
7/92
Engines flagged this URL
Domain Age
69 days old
Registered Apr 21, 2026
MT Intelligence
Dangerous
High likelihood · 90% confidence
DANGEROUS

Critical risk detected

7 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page (6 outright malicious). Multiple independent checks — antivirus engines, browser safety blocklists, and threat databases — flagged this site. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.

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MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
High scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust12/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspectionNetwork correlation
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Confidence
Our analysis identified this site as a phishing risk based on several critical signals. Six major security engines, including BitDefender, ESET, and Sophos, have explicitly flagged the domain as malicious or phishing. The site uses a complex subdomain structure on 'hostel.town' and loads resources from a network of suspicious domains like 'airporthotel.org' and 'resorthotel.me'. Despite claiming to be a 16-room hostel in the Philippines, the page provides no phone number, email address, or physical street address for verification. The domain was registered only 69 days ago, which is a common timeframe for temporary fraudulent sites.
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Page Content

The site presents itself as a booking portal for 'Nacho Hostel Cebu Bulacao' with a guest rating of 7.7. However, it lacks the basic transparency expected of a hospitality business, such as a direct contact phone number or a support email. The presence of numerous external links to other suspicious hotel-themed domains suggests it is part of a larger coordinated network.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on IP 172.86.104.14 and uses a ZeroSSL certificate. While the SSL is valid, the infrastructure relies on a series of subdomains that appear designed to mimic legitimate booking platforms while bypassing simple domain filters.

Domain History

The domain was registered 69 days ago through Spaceship, Inc. This short history, combined with the lack of a global traffic index ranking, indicates the site has no established reputation or long-term presence in the travel industry.

Web Reputation

The reputation is severely compromised by detections from our antivirus partners. BitDefender, ESET, Fortinet, and Sophos all categorize the site as a phishing threat. There is no evidence of legitimate business registration or positive history on independent review aggregators.
Risk Factors
5
  • Flagged as phishing by BitDefender, ESET, Sophos, and Fortinet.
  • Domain is only 69 days old with no established traffic history.
  • Complete absence of contact information including phone, email, and address.
  • Loads resources from a network of suspicious, related hotel-themed domains.
  • Uses a subdomain structure often associated with deceptive booking clones.
Positive Signals
1
  • The site uses a valid SSL certificate for encrypted connections.
AI Recommendation
Avoid providing any personal or credit card information on this site. Use well-known, established travel booking platforms to make reservations.
Scam network detected
6 linked domains correlated

The site is part of a wider network of domains using similar naming conventions to impersonate various hospitality and lodging services.

hostel.townairporthotel.orgboutiquehotel.orgresorthotel.mevilla.familycasinohotel.info
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 nachocebu.hostel.town, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
2 months
Registered Apr 2026
Web mentions
No scam reports found
No complaints, no negative coverage turned up in our sweep.
Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst

No specific scam reports or positive reviews were found for this host in general web sources, which is typical for a newly registered domain with low traffic.

Antivirus Engines

Detection matrix · live
7 engines flagged this URL

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. Each detection is listed below by engine name — even a single hit is a meaningful signal.

6Malicious1Suspicious50Harmless92Engines
0
of 92
BitDefender
Malicious· phishing
CRDF
Malicious· malicious
ESET
Malicious· phishing
Fortinet
Malicious· phishing
G-Data
Malicious· phishing
Sophos
Malicious· phishing
alphaMountain.ai
Suspicious· suspicious

7 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
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.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age69 days old
RegistrarSpaceship, Inc.
RegisteredApr 21, 2026
ExpiresApr 21, 2027
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerZeroSSL GmbH · ZeroSSL ECC DV SSL CA 2
ExpiresAug 19, 2026 (50d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingRouterHosting LLC
Server locationUS
Web servernginx
Platform / CMSWordPress

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPRouterHosting LLC
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Avoid this site

Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.

  • Do not interact with nachocebu.hostel.town

    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.

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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 directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review flags nachocebu.hostel.town as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
  • No — nachocebu.hostel.town scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
  • Yes. nachocebu.hostel.town presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by ZeroSSL GmbH · ZeroSSL ECC DV SSL CA 2, expiring in 50 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • nachocebu.hostel.town is 2 months old, registered on 4/21/2026 through Spaceship, Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
  • 7 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged nachocebu.hostel.town as malicious or suspicious (6 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
  • No. nachocebu.hostel.town is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • nachocebu.hostel.town resolves to an IP operated by RouterHosting LLC in US (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.
  • This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 29, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around nachocebu.hostel.town have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·nachocebu.hostel.town
DANGEROUS

This is a deceptive travel booking site that imitates a hostel listing to harvest user information. Multiple security engines have flagged it for phishing, and it lacks any verifiable contact details. Do not enter payment or personal data.

Avoid providing any personal or credit card information on this site. Use well-known, established travel booking platforms to make reservations.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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