Security Review

Is skinculture.ro legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 91/100

Skinculture.ro is a legitimate Romanian non-profit educational site focused on skincare science and health, backed by verified business registration and clean security scans.

skinculture.roScanned 1h ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 98·MT 88
View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
Registration date unknown
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 90% confidence
SAFE

No threats detected

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

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skinculture.ro

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Visual Screenshot 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.

5
/ 100
Low visual risk

Visual red flags detected in the screenshot

The website appears to be a legitimate, professionally designed skincare or lifestyle blog in Romanian with no visible scam indicators or deceptive patterns.

Visual risk5/100

What our vision model saw

5 signals

Professional high-resolution lifestyle imagery consistent with skincare branding

Standard cookie consent banner at the bottom with customization options

Functional navigation menu including Home, Articles, Mission, and Contact

Cohesive design with consistent typography and color palette

No visible urgency tactics, fake trust badges, or suspicious forms

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust88/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
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Confidence
The website serves as the digital home for a verified non-profit organization based in Voluntari, Romania. Our research confirmed its legal status through official government datasets and NGO directories, where it is listed as an active entity. The technical scan shows a clean bill of health with no flags from our antivirus partners or major browser blocklists. Visually, the site maintains a professional, educational tone without any high-pressure sales tactics or suspicious data-collection forms. The presence of valid contact information and a clear social mission further reinforces its legitimacy.
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Page Content

The site functions as an educational blog, featuring articles on acne routines, pregnancy skincare, and basic hygiene. It is written in professional Romanian and lacks any e-commerce functionality, which eliminates the risk of payment fraud.

Infrastructure

Hosting is provided on a stable IP address with a zero abuse score. The site uses a valid SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt, ensuring that any basic interaction with the site is encrypted.

Domain History

While the domain does not have a high global traffic rank, it is correctly mapped to a registered Romanian NGO. The lack of historical scam reports suggests it has maintained a clean reputation since its launch.

Web Reputation

Our research across independent review aggregators and consumer forums returned no complaints or scam mentions. The site is recognized in official Romanian public utility lists, which is a strong indicator of a legitimate operation.
Risk Factors
2
  • Low global traffic volume, which is typical for niche non-profit educational sites.
  • WHOIS privacy or unavailability, though this is common under modern data protection regulations.
Positive Signals
5
  • Verified active non-profit registration in Romanian government datasets.
  • Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines in our network.
  • Professional, high-quality content focused on education rather than sales.
  • Clean hosting IP with no history of abuse or malicious activity.
  • Valid SSL certificate and secure technical configuration.
AI Recommendation
You can safely use this site for skincare information and educational resources. There are no signs of risk or fraudulent activity.
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 skinculture.ro, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration
Active · Romania
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
2 positive
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • skinculture.ro is the official website of Asociația „Skinculture”, a Romanian non-profit organization (ONG) of public utility registered in Ilfov county, Voluntari.
  • The association's mission is educational: providing evidence-based resources, articles, and guides on skin care, natural beauty, routines for acne, pregnancy skin, cleansing, etc. No e-commerce or product sales on the site.
  • Registered name appears in official Romanian government lists (data.gov.ro) of name availability proofs dated 2024, confirming legal existence.
  • Listed in NGO directories such as listainstitutii.ro for Ilfov county with partial contact details (mobile number prefix).
  • No reviews, complaints, scam reports, or mentions found on Trustpilot, Reddit, ScamAdviser, or Romanian forums (pareri, reclama). Searches for negative terms returned zero relevant results.
  • Distinct from commercial skincare brands like skinculture.com (chemical peel product) or various international Skin Culture shops and bands.
  • Site footer and pages repeatedly state it is a non-profit conducting activities only per its social mission.
Business registration
Status: active · Romania

Asociația Skinculture (non-profit association), registered in Ilfov county (Voluntari area). Listed in official Romanian datasets and NGO directories with ID references around 50015342. Name approved in government availability lists as of 2024.

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above
We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for skinculture.ro and didn't find any scam reports or complaints. Instead, our research identified the site as the official platform for a Romanian non-profit organization (Asociația Skinculture) registered in Voluntari. The entity is listed in official government datasets (data.gov.ro) and NGO directories, confirming its status as a legitimate educational resource.

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.

0Malicious0Suspicious56Harmless92Engines
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 domainteam@skinculture.ro, contact@skinculture.ro
Phone numbers50015342
Postal addressPresent
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • Contact email on the site's own domain (team@skinculture.ro).
  • Phone number listed (50015342).
  • Postal address visible on the page.

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YR2
ExpiresSep 18, 2026 (78d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingCyber_Folks SRL
Server locationRO
Web serverLiteSpeed
Platform / CMSSite Kit by Google 1.135.0

Redirect Chain

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

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPCyber_Folks SRL
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

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 skinculture.ro and not a lookalike like s-kinculture.ro.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

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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 ↗

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 found no threat indicators on skinculture.ro. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • skinculture.ro passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 91/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • Yes. skinculture.ro presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR2, expiring in 78 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report skinculture.ro as clean.
  • No. skinculture.ro is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • skinculture.ro resolves to an IP operated by Cyber_Folks SRL in RO (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 July 2, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around skinculture.ro have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·skinculture.ro
SAFE

This is the official website for Asociația Skinculture, a registered Romanian non-profit dedicated to skincare education. Our analysis confirms it is a legitimate informational resource with no commercial or deceptive intent. You can safely browse the articles and guides provided.

You can safely use this site for skincare information and educational resources. There are no signs of risk or fraudulent activity.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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