Is silasconstruction.com safe?
http://silasconstruction.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (62 of 93 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Long-standing construction company domain carries severe customer complaints and stale antivirus flags
Silas Construction & Development presents itself as a professional construction company based in Port St. Lucie, Florida, with a simple landing page and contact form. However, two independent customer reviews on Yahoo Local describe serious harm: one calls the owner a 'scam artist' who writes bad checks, and another says the job was abandoned with the house exposed after property damage and substandard subcontractors. A saved antivirus observation also shows four independent security vendors flagged the domain for phishing or malware, though the detection is stale. The domain is over 13 years old and has a valid TLS certificate, which are supportive signals, but the combination of severe customer harm reports and unresolved security flags places this site in the High Risk band.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 38/100
High Risk covers scores 21–44. 2 findings pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Strong4 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
- ModerateOne customer complaint on a public review site: "BEWARE SCAM ARTIST!!!! Worst decision I ever made dealing with this business. He's the biggest scam artist around! He writes bad checks and is a compulsive…"
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe domain is over 13 years old, which is consistent with a long-standing business presence.
- SupportsThe site uses a valid TLS certificate for encrypted connections.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed currently returns no threat warning for this domain.
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
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01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
Silas Construction & Development presents itself as a professional construction company based in Port St. Lucie, Florida, with a simple landing page and contact form. However, two independent customer reviews on Yahoo Local describe serious harm: one calls the owner a 'scam artist' who writes bad checks, and another says the job was abandoned with the house exposed after property damage and substandard subcontractors. A saved antivirus observation also shows four independent security vendors flagged the domain for phishing or malware, though the detection is stale. The domain is over 13 years old and has a valid TLS certificate, which are supportive signals, but the combination of severe customer harm reports and unresolved security flags places this site in the High Risk band.
Severe customer complaints describe abandonment and financial harm
Two separate reviews on Yahoo Local describe serious problems with this business. One reviewer warns 'BEWARE SCAM ARTIST!!!!' and states the owner 'writes bad checks and is a compulsive liar.' Another says the owner 'damage my property, use substandard subcontractors and abandoned the job with my house exposed' after starting work. These are direct customer reports of financial loss and property damage, not generic complaints.
The site itself presents as a standard construction company landing page with a contact form and phone number, and the domain has been registered since 2013. That long history and the valid TLS certificate are consistent with a real business presence, but they do not offset the specific harm described by customers who say they paid for work that was not completed properly.
Stale antivirus flags and unresolved questions about domain control
A saved antivirus observation shows that four independent security vendors — Certego, MalwareURL, Rising, and SOCRadar — reported an adverse result for this domain, indicating potential phishing or malware activity. This detection is marked as stale, so it may reflect an earlier compromise or a false positive, but it has not been cleared by a fresh scan. The browser threat feed currently returns no threat warning, which is a supportive signal, but the discrepancy between the two security sources leaves the domain's current safety unconfirmed.
It is unclear whether the current site content is still maintained by the original business owner or whether the domain has been repurposed, given the antivirus flags. The site does not disclose a registration ID or an off-domain email, and the operator identity is not independently verified beyond the site's own claims. Visitors cannot easily confirm who is actually operating the site today.
Why the score is 38
4 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
4/ 93
detectionsSaved analysis from October 23, 2026 - stale
4 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 4
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| CertegoMalicious | phishing |
| MalwareURLMalicious | malware |
| RisingMalicious | malicious |
| SOCRadarMalicious | malicious |
All 93 engine results
- Certego - phishing - Malicious
- MalwareURL - malware - Malicious
- Rising - Malicious
- SOCRadar - Malicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Clean
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Gridinsoft - Clean
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Unrated
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Orcapot - Unrated
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Clean
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiReal Estate
- BitDefenderblogs
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerreal estate
- Googleconstruction_and_engineering
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
PROFESSIONAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
PROFESSIONAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
Home - silasconstruction
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/about-us/Could not be read
- Contact page/contact/Could not be read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Home - silasconstruction
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 62 antivirus results.
What independent research found
2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 6 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
Fake Shop & Commercial Deception
Service and business model
Shop
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01One customer complaint on a public review site: "BEWARE SCAM ARTIST!!!! Worst decision I ever made dealing with this business. He's the biggest scam artist around! He writes bad checks and is a compulsive…"
- 024 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
- 03The domain is over 13 years old, which is consistent with a long-standing business presence.
Web research findings
Independent findings for silasconstruction.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.
- Yahoo Localopen
"BEWARE SCAM ARTIST!!!! Worst decision I ever made dealing with this business. He's the biggest scam artist around! He writes bad checks and is a compulsive liar! Stay away from him if you have ANY..."
- Yahoo Localopen
"Do not trust this guy. Gave me a quote . He started the job and it was all down hill from there. He damage my property, use substandard subcontractors and abandoned the job with my house exposed..."
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
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.
- Domainsilasconstruction.com
- Redirects tosilasconstruction.com
- Hosted byHostPapa
- Referencesgmpg.org · facebook.com
Domain Timeline
- Mar 7, 2013Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 13 years old when this review was saved.
- Nov 2, 2026Saved security review — Rated High Risk
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
silasconstruction.com is an established domain now carrying threat signals. An older domain that starts tripping security checks is a classic pattern for an asset that was sold, repurposed, or compromised — the age alone is not reassurance.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (info@silasconstruction.com).
- Phone number listed (+1 (772) 260-0374).
Domain & Encryption
Report this domain to its registrar: send the address and what happened to this contact.
Certificate issued for silasconstruction.com.
A shared content-delivery network address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://silasconstruction.com/
- 2200https://silasconstruction.com/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
4 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
One customer complaint on a public review site: "BEWARE SCAM ARTIST!!!! Worst decision I ever made dealing with this business. He's the biggest scam artist around! He writes bad checks and is a compulsive…"
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 4 of 93 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 23, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 2, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 2, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 2, 2026 |
| Independent research | 2 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Nov 2, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result4 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 23, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 2, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 2, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 2, 2026
- Independent research
- Result2 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 2, 2026
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 silasconstruction.com a scam or a legit online store?
Is silasconstruction.com safe to use?
What should I do if I already gave my details to silasconstruction.com?
Can I get my money back from silasconstruction.com?
I ordered from silasconstruction.com but nothing arrived — is it a fake shop?
How do I report silasconstruction.com?
Why does silasconstruction.com look legitimate if it's a scam?
Has silasconstruction.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is silasconstruction.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
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Does silasconstruction.com have a valid SSL certificate?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Long-standing construction company domain carries severe customer complaints and stale antivirus flags
Silas Construction & Development presents itself as a professional construction company based in Port St. Lucie, Florida, with a simple landing page and contact form. However, two independent customer reviews on Yahoo Local describe serious harm: one calls the owner a 'scam artist' who writes bad checks, and another says the job was abandoned with the house exposed after property damage and substandard subcontractors. A saved antivirus observation also shows four independent security vendors flagged the domain for phishing or malware, though the detection is stale. The domain is over 13 years old and has a valid TLS certificate, which are supportive signals, but the combination of severe customer harm reports and unresolved security flags places this site in the High Risk band.
09 · Community
Community
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