Is porkbun.com a scam?

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on porkbun.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Is porkbun.com safe to use?

porkbun.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 70/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does porkbun.com have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. porkbun.com presents a valid TLSv1.2 certificate issued by Amazon · Amazon RSA 2048 M04, expiring in 129 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

Has porkbun.com been flagged by antivirus engines?

No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report porkbun.com as clean.

Is porkbun.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. porkbun.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is porkbun.com hosted?

porkbun.com resolves to an IP operated by Amazon.com, Inc. 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.

How often is the porkbun.com report updated?

We cache results for 24 hours. Signed-in MalwareTips members can trigger a manual rescan at any time using the "Rescan" button on the report page, which re-runs every check from scratch and refreshes this page.

SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

Security Review

Is porkbun.com legit or a scam?

Name: Is porkbun.com legit or a scam?
Item: porkbun.com
Rating: 4
Author: MalwareTips

Our verdict:Safe· 70/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

Legitimate domain registrar Porkbun.com with strong independent review aggregator ratings and ICANN accreditation, despite one isolated transfer complaint.

Why we trust it

Zero detections across our antivirus network.Valid SSL and clean hosting IP with no abuse reports.Confirmed active US business registration as ICANN-accredited registrar.

porkbun.comScanned 8d ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Heuristics 0·MT 85

Category tags

domain registrar90% MT confidence

Technical red flags (3)

Impersonates Anthropic / ClaudeCredential-harvest patternLottery Scam

Warning signals (1)

Scam-network signals (20/100)

Positive signals (4)

Antivirus clear Not on major blacklists Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/92

All engines report clean

Domain Age

—

Registration date unknown

MT Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 90% confidence

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

MT Security Analyst

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust85/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

The site presents itself as Porkbun, an established domain registrar based in Oregon. Security scans returned zero malicious flags and the hosting IP shows no abuse history. Evidence confirms active US business registration and high ratings on review platforms. A single Reddit post mentions transfer issues but does not suggest a scam. The overall profile matches a real operating business rather than any fraudulent pattern.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The homepage matches Porkbun's known branding and offers domain registration, hosting, and email services. No credential harvesting forms or lottery scam elements are present on the actual site.

Infrastructure

Valid SSL certificate from Amazon, clean IP reputation with zero abuse reports, and no redirects to suspicious destinations.

Domain History

Established ICANN-accredited registrar operating for years with confirmed US business registration in Oregon.

Web Reputation

High volume of positive feedback on independent review sites alongside one isolated complaint about domain transfers.

Risk Factors

Single Reddit complaint about domain transfer delays.

Positive Signals

Zero detections across our antivirus network.
Valid SSL and clean hosting IP with no abuse reports.
Confirmed active US business registration as ICANN-accredited registrar.
Strong positive reviews on independent review aggregator and other sites.
Named as top registrar by major publications.

AI Recommendation

Safe to use for domain registration. Verify any account actions directly on the official site and enable two-factor authentication.

Next-gen fraud intelligence

Evidence-backedCross-checked

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LIVE RENDER

porkbun.com

1Impersonates Anthropic / Claude 2Login form detected — credential-harvest pattern

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

Web Research Findings

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

Business registration

Active · United States

Site traces back to an actively registered business.

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

1 scam report · 4 complaints · 3 positive

Key findings

7 headline facts from open-web research

Porkbun LLC is an ICANN-accredited domain name registrar based in the Pacific Northwest (Portland, Oregon).
Operates porkbun.com with high Trustpilot rating (4.8/5 from ~24k reviews) and named #1 domain registrar by USA Today 2023-2025.
Sells domains at competitive/low prices (e.g., .com often at cost plus fees); offers free WHOIS privacy, SSL, etc.
One Reddit user accused them of scamming due to EPP/IPS tag transfer issues.
Company self-describes as 'Porkbun LLC' and 'Top Level Design Company' made in USA.
No widespread scam reports or clone/typosquat indicators found in searches; mostly positive user feedback on Reddit, HN, review sites.
Sells .scam TLD domains among many others.

Scam reports (1)

Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.

Redditopen
"I think porkbun is just scammers . When I tried to transfer my domain outside porkbun they never update the ips tag."

Positive reviews (3)

Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.

Trustpilotopen
"Looking at 6,006 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company."
Forbesopen
"Yes, Porkbun is a legit company that offers domain names, web hosting, email hosting and more."
Hacker Newsopen
"Porkbun isn't just the cheapest registrar most of the time , they are legit and very trustworthy."

Business registration

Status: active · United States

Porkbun LLC, ICANN-accredited domain registrar based in Portland, Oregon / Pacific Northwest; operates porkbun.com

Research summary

Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

Our research found Porkbun LLC listed as an active ICANN-accredited registrar in the United States. independent review aggregator shows overwhelmingly positive reviews while Forbes and Hacker News describe the company as legitimate and trustworthy. One Reddit user reported problems transferring domains out but no widespread scam reports appear.

Scam Network Intelligence

Cross-site correlation

This site shares signals with a broader cluster

Moderate correlation

Many scams don't operate alone. We correlate third-party scripts, hosting infrastructure, brand-impersonation signals, and the AI evidence package to detect when a site is part of a broader scam network.

Suspicion score

0/100

ClearLowModerateHighCritical

Evidence (1)

Lottery-winner template detected with processing-fee bait.

Linked signals (1)

Template · Lottery Scam

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.

0Malicious0Suspicious61Harmless92Engines

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.

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 domainsupport@porkbun.com

Phone numbers1.855.767.5286

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles7

Signal Summary

Several contact red flags

No postal address visible on the page.
Page impersonates Anthropic / Claude on a non-official domain.
Login form present on a page impersonating Anthropic / Claude — credential-harvest pattern.
Scam family match: Lottery Scam.

Contact email on the site's own domain (support@porkbun.com).
Phone number listed (1.855.767.5286).
Links to 7 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.2

IssuerAmazon · Amazon RSA 2048 M04

ExpiresOct 5, 2026 (129d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingAmazon.com, Inc.

Server locationUS

Web serveropenresty

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Lookalike

Punycode

1302http://porkbun.com/
2200https://porkbun.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPAmazon.com, Inc.

Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Scam-Type Likelihood

2 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

High likelihood

0/100

Login form combined with brand impersonation (credential-harvest pattern).
Page impersonates Anthropic / Claude in a login flow.

Brand Impersonation

Low-level signals

0/100

Page mentions Anthropic / Claude (non-official domain).

Scam-Type Likelihood

0 of 13 categories showed signals

Top match: Phishing

Phishing

High likelihood

0/100

Login form combined with brand impersonation (credential-harvest pattern).
Page impersonates Anthropic / Claude in a login flow.

Brand Impersonation

Low-level signals

0/100

Page mentions Anthropic / Claude (non-official domain).

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 porkbun.com and not a lookalike like p-orkbun.com.com or an IDN homoglyph.
Use a password manager
Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.
Discuss this site on the forum
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Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

Not listedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

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 found no threat indicators on porkbun.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·porkbun.com

SAFE

Porkbun.com is a legitimate ICANN-accredited domain registrar. Our analysis shows clean security scans, valid business registration, and overwhelmingly positive reviews from multiple sources. One minor complaint exists but does not indicate fraud.

Safe to use for domain registration. Verify any account actions directly on the official site and enable two-factor authentication.

AV engines

MT passes

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