No threats detected
All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.
Is redcross.org legit or a scam?
Official American Red Cross site with 30-year-old domain, clean reputation, and no malicious detections.
Score breakdown
Analysis Summary
Website Preview
The site returned a server error when we tried to load it in our sandbox, so there was no page to capture. A working business almost always renders — treat this site as unverified.
We attempt a live render of every scanned site in a safe sandbox. This one couldn’t be reached — the failure itself is a signal, noted in the analysis below.
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 similarities noted — cleared by the overall checks
Our vision model noted some visual similarity to a known brand, but the domain, security records, and reputation checks confirm this is the legitimate site — so this is shown for transparency, not as a red flag.
What our vision model saw
1 signalLive capture returned a server/proxy error — the page could not be rendered
Intelligence
The domain redcross.org has been registered since September 1995 and matches the official American Red Cross organization listed on Wikipedia and charity registries. Zero of 92 antivirus engines flagged the page, the hosting IP shows no abuse reports, and SSL is valid from DigiCert. The page content aligns with the organization's known mission of disaster relief, blood donation, and training programs. External domains loaded are consistent with legitimate services such as Adobe analytics and social platforms. Scam reports in the evidence package all describe third-party impersonators, not the redcross.org domain itself.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for redcross.org, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain redcross.org registered September 5, 1995; expires 2027; registrar MarkMonitor Inc.; status clientDeleteProhibited, clientTransferProhibited
- Official website of American Red Cross per Wikipedia, Charity Navigator, Give.org/BBB Wise Giving Alliance
- American Red Cross maintains dedicated scam warning page at redcross.org/contact-us/scams.html
- ICRC and multiple Red Cross organizations publish warnings about impersonation scams using their name
- Charity Navigator: 4/4 stars; CharityWatch: A- (Top-Rated, July 2025); Give.org meets 20 Standards for Charity Accountability
- BBB: Not accredited; F rating for some local profiles due to failure to respond to complaints (1-2 processed by BBB WGA in 36 months)
- Trustpilot: 25 reviews, Poor TrustScore 2/5; historical criticism from ProPublica/NPR on disaster response (e.g., Sandy relief)
- FTCopen
"A caller, claiming to work for the Red Cross, notifies an individual that their family member has been injured while on duty."
- ICRCopen
"The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is aware of fraudulent activities misusing our name, logo, and reputation to deceive individuals and organizations."
- American Red Crossopen
"It is a federal crime for a person to pose as a Red Cross representative for the purpose of fraudulently soliciting, collecting, or receiving money or material"
501(c)(3) nonprofit; registered domain since 1995-09-05 via MarkMonitor Inc.; Wikipedia and official sources confirm American Red Cross as operator
Our research found three scam reports, all describing callers or messages impersonating Red Cross representatives. The American Red Cross publishes its own warnings about such fraud on its official site. Charity Navigator and CharityWatch both give the organization top ratings. an independent review aggregator shows mixed reviews focused on operational issues rather than website safety. No evidence links redcross.org to phishing, malware, or donation fraud.
Domain Timeline
- Sep 5, 1995Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 31 years old today.
- Jul 9, 2026Latest security review — Reviewed as safe
This scan re-ran every check and found no active threat signals.
redcross.org has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.
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 postal address visible on the page.
- Phone number listed ((671) 472-6217).
- Links to 5 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://redcross.org/
- 2301https://redcross.org/
- 3403https://www.redcross.org/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
What to do
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 redcross.org and not a lookalike like r-edcross.org.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.
- OpenDiscuss this site on the forum
If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.
Final Verdict
The official American Red Cross website. Domain registered in 1995 with clean scans and no malicious indicators. Watch for phone or email impersonators claiming to represent the organization.
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 redcross.org. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
- redcross.org passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 95/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
- Yes. redcross.org presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by DigiCert Inc · GeoTrust TLS RSA CA G1, expiring in 135 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- redcross.org is 30.9 years old, registered on 9/5/1995 through MarkMonitor Inc.. 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 redcross.org as clean.
- No. redcross.org is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- redcross.org resolves to an IP operated by Microsoft Corporation 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.
- Yes. redcross.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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