Is retirementnationwide.com safe?

http://retirementnationwide.com/

Low RiskStatus

Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Professional retirement-planning site with clean technical profile and standard lead-generation CTAs

Retirement Nationwide presents itself as a Spokane Valley, WA financial-services firm offering pension-option guidance to public employees and first responders. The domain is over nine years old, the hosting IP shows zero abuse reports, and the only commercial CTAs are a downloadable guide and a scheduling form—both on the same domain.

The site shows no technical threats or deceptive patterns; visitors can treat the CTAs as ordinary lead-generation forms, but should still verify any adviser credentials through official channels before sharing financial details.
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Calibrated safety spectrum

Where this site sits

  1. Dangerous1–20
  2. High Risk21–44
  3. Moderate Risk45–69
  4. Low Risk70–84
  5. Safe85–100

The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.

01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

Retirement Nationwide presents itself as a Spokane Valley, WA financial-services firm offering pension-option guidance to public employees and first responders. The domain is over nine years old, the hosting IP shows zero abuse reports, and the only commercial CTAs are a downloadable guide and a scheduling form—both on the same domain.

Technical and domain evidence

The registrable domain is 3549 days old, placing registration in 2017.

The hosting IP carries an abuse confidence score of 0/100 across all saved reports.

Observed commercial flow

The site displays two primary CTAs: "Schedule a Pension Option Planning Review" and "Download Complimentary Pension Option Guide (opens in new tab)."

A single cross-site link to facebook.com appears in a new-tab context but carries no explicit monetization markers.

Why the score is 82

A primary play, convert, continue, or download control opened an unrelated external destination. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Collected signals and independent provider data for this URL.

Antivirus Engines

0/ 91

No detections

Saved result - stale

No detections across 91 engines

No antivirus engine in this saved scan raised an adverse result. This is one signal, not a guarantee.

Malicious
0
Suspicious
0
Total
91
All 91 engine results
  • 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
  • Abusix - clean - Clean
  • Acronis - clean - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • alphaMountain.ai - clean - Clean
  • AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
  • Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
  • ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • AutoShun - unrated - Clean
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
  • BitDefender - clean - Clean
  • Bkav - unrated - Clean
  • BlockList - clean - Clean
  • Blueliv - clean - Clean
  • Certego - clean - Clean
  • ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
  • Chong Lua Dao - unrated - Clean
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
  • CRDF - clean - Clean
  • Criminal IP - clean - Clean
  • CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
  • CTX AI - clean - Clean
  • Cyan - unrated - Clean
  • Cyble - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - clean - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
  • DNS8 - unrated - Clean
  • Dr.Web - clean - Clean
  • EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
  • Emsisoft - clean - Clean
  • Ermes - unrated - Clean
  • ESET - clean - Clean
  • ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - clean - Clean
  • Fortinet - clean - Clean
  • Fortra - unrated - Clean
  • G-Data - clean - Clean
  • GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
  • GreenSnow - clean - Clean
  • GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
  • Gridinsoft - unrated - Clean
  • Guardpot - unrated - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - unrated - Clean
  • Kaspersky - clean - Clean
  • LevelBlue - clean - Clean
  • Lionic - clean - Clean
  • Lumu - unrated - Clean
  • Malwared - clean - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
  • MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
  • Mimecast - unrated - Clean
  • Netcraft - unrated - Clean
  • OpenPhish - clean - Clean
  • PhishFort - unrated - Clean
  • Phishtank - clean - Clean
  • PREBYTES - clean - Clean
  • PrecisionSec - unrated - Clean
  • Quick Heal - clean - Clean
  • Quttera - clean - Clean
  • Rising - clean - Clean
  • SafeToOpen - unrated - Clean
  • Sangfor - clean - Clean
  • Sansec eComscan - unrated - Clean
  • Scantitan - clean - Clean
  • SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
  • Seclookup - clean - Clean
  • Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
  • SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
  • Sophos - clean - Clean
  • StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
  • ThreatHive - clean - Clean
  • URLhaus - clean - Clean
  • URLQuery - unrated - Clean
  • Viettel Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
  • VIPRE - unrated - Clean
  • ViriBack - clean - Clean
  • VX Vault - clean - Clean
  • Webroot - clean - Clean
  • Xcitium Verdict Cloud - clean - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
  • ZeroFox - unrated - Clean

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.

What we observed

CAPTURED PAGE
retirementnationwide.com
What our review noticed on this page
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

RETIREMENT NATIONWIDE DEFENSIVE RETIREMENT STRATEGIES

Context only

What the captured page showed

2 observations
  1. 01

    RETIREMENT NATIONWIDE

  2. 02

    DEFENSIVE RETIREMENT STRATEGIES

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.
  1. What the site claims

    Defensive Retirement Strategies for First Responders & Public Servants | Retirement Nationwide

  2. What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 91 antivirus results.

  3. What independent research found

    1 external finding were saved and compared with the page evidence.

  4. What remains unverified

    1 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.

What kind of site and risk is this?

Threat category

No threat category confirmed

Service and business model

Financial Service

Unknown

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 01Domain registered 3549 days ago
  2. 02Hosting IP abuse score 0/100
  3. 03Standard lead-gen CTAs for guide download and appointment scheduling

Web research findings

Independent findings for retirementnationwide.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.

Business registration
No public record found
Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.
Clone check
No clone detected
The completed research found no supported clone indicator.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The completed research found no supported look-alike match.
Web mentions
1 positive
Positive reviews (1)
Public quotes that support the operator's credibility.
  • Retirement Nationwideopen

    "Led by Jim Lusk, CFP®, CLU®, ChFC®, CLF®, M.Ed., with over four decades of experience since founding the firm in 1985"

Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

04 · Domain & Infrastructure

Domain & infrastructure

Timeline · identity · encryption · redirects · hosting

The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.

Infrastructure map

How the saved page connected to the wider web.

  1. Domainretirementnationwide.com
  2. Redirects toretirementnationwide.com
  3. Hosted byUnified Layer
  4. Referencesgmpg.org · googletagmanager.com

Domain Timeline

  1. Jan 4, 2017
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 9.7 years old when this review was saved.

  2. Sep 24, 2026
    Saved security review — Reviewed — inconclusive

    The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.

retirementnationwide.com 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.

Contact Verification

Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.

What We Found
Has a contact email on its own domain
Emails on site's domainjim@retirementnationwide.com
Phone numbers(509) 850-1150
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles1
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • Contact email on the site's own domain (jim@retirementnationwide.com).
  • Phone number listed ((509) 850-1150).
  • Links to 3 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age10 years old
RegistrarBluehost Inc.
RegisteredJan 4, 2017
ExpiresJan 4, 2027
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YR1
ExpiresDec 2, 2026 (69d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingUnified Layer
Server locationUS
Web serverApache
Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://retirementnationwide.com/
  • 2200https://retirementnationwide.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPUnified Layer
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
  1. Antiviruspartial
  2. Browser threat feedcomplete
  3. Page contentcomplete
  4. Analysiscomplete
  5. Visual evidencecomplete
Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

Technical threat

suspicious

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

Additional evidence review

Operator / customer risk

unknown

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Source coverage and freshness

Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.

Antivirus
Result0 of 91 engines flagged
CompletionLimited
FindingNo saved finding
Freshnessstale fallback · Sep 24, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Page content
ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Visual evidence
Result2 visible observations saved with the page capture
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Independent research
Result1 independent finding were saved
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Verify before you trust

We couldn't gather enough signal for a confident verdict — tread carefully.

  1. Find the company through independent channels

    Search for the business on LinkedIn, an official registry (Companies House, OpenCorporates, SEC EDGAR), or via the brand's known social channels. If you can't trace a real entity, that itself is a red flag.

  2. Never pay by crypto, gift card, or bank transfer

    If the site forces an irreversible payment method, stop. Cards and PayPal give you chargeback protection — irreversible methods don't.

  3. Ask the forum

    Post the URL in the MalwareTips Scam Reports forum — experienced members often recognise patterns immediately.

    Open

07 · Safety FAQ

Safety FAQ

Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.

Is retirementnationwide.com a scam or is it safe?
retirementnationwide.com has a Safety Score of 82/100 (Low Risk). The saved checks found no material threat, but the report did not meet every requirement for the highest Safe tier. Use normal caution and independently verify the operator before irreversible payments or unusually sensitive actions.
Is retirementnationwide.com safe to use?
retirementnationwide.com has a Safety Score of 82/100 (Low Risk). Analysis coverage is strong at 83%. Normal caution; verify sensitive actions.
Has retirementnationwide.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
No — all 91 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report retirementnationwide.com as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
Is retirementnationwide.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — retirementnationwide.com is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
How old is the retirementnationwide.com domain?
retirementnationwide.com is 9.7 years old, registered on January 4, 2017 through Bluehost Inc.. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
Does retirementnationwide.com have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — retirementnationwide.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR1, valid for another 69 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
Where is retirementnationwide.com hosted?
retirementnationwide.com resolves to an IP operated by Unified Layer in US (Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
How often is the retirementnationwide.com report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on September 24, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about retirementnationwide.com has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.

08 · Final Verdict

Final verdict

The saved conclusion, decisive evidence, and practical action in one final view.
Verdict score
82/100
Low Risk

Professional retirement-planning site with clean technical profile and standard lead-generation CTAs

Saved captureretirementnationwide.comCapture-safe
Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.
Conclusion

Retirement Nationwide presents itself as a Spokane Valley, WA financial-services firm offering pension-option guidance to public employees and first responders. The domain is over nine years old, the hosting IP shows zero abuse reports, and the only commercial CTAs are a downloadable guide and a scheduling form—both on the same domain.

Recommended actionThe site shows no technical threats or deceptive patterns; visitors can treat the CTAs as ordinary lead-generation forms, but should still verify any adviser credentials through official channels before sharing financial details.
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09 · Community

Community

First-hand experiences add human context after the scanner has reached its conclusion.