Is studentdealhub.com safe?
http://studentdealhub.com/
The domain is only 196 days old, carries a Fortinet phishing flag, and shows classic lead-gen scam patterns. Do not enter personal information or complete any offers.
The saved evidence contains significant warning signs that make sensitive interaction unsafe.
Read the full analysis01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
Fortinet flagged the URL as phishing while Gridinsoft marked it suspicious, giving the site one confirmed malicious detection out of 92 engines. No contact details, business address, or verifiable company information appear on the page. The combination of a new domain, brand impersonation, and a multi-step offer funnel that collects personal data raises the risk level to suspicious rather than outright malicious.
Why the score is 28
The score combines saved deterministic evidence with the grounded analysis available for this report. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
Saved result - stale
2 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 1
- Suspicious
- 1
- Total
- 92
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| FortinetMalicious | phishing |
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 92 engine results
- Fortinet - phishing - Malicious
- Gridinsoft - suspicious - Suspicious
- 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
- Abusix - clean - Clean
- Acronis - clean - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
- AlienVault - clean - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - unrated - 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 - clean - Clean
- CINS Army - clean - Clean
- Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
- CRDF - clean - Clean
- Criminal IP - unrated - 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 - unrated - Clean
- Fortra - unrated - Clean
- G-Data - clean - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
- Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
- GreenSnow - clean - Clean
- GreyNoise - 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
- Phishing Database - clean - 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
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
Visual warning signs were identified
The page uses classic scam tactics including fake social proof and high-value financial incentives to lure users into completing 'required offers', which is a common method for harvesting personal data or driving traffic to affiliate scams.
What the captured page showed
5 observations- 01
Fake social proof notification claiming a user just claimed a reward
- 02
High-pressure 'exclusive offer' for a large monetary reward
- 03
Multi-step process requiring user to 'complete required offers' to claim a prize
- 04
Use of a well-known retail brand logo (JD) to build false credibility
- 05
Generic, high-incentive landing page pattern typical of lead-generation scams
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
- 1
What the site claims
Claim Your $750 JD Sports Exclusive Offer
- 2
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 92 antivirus results.
- 3
What independent research found
No complete independent-research result was available in this saved report.
- 4
What remains unverified
2 of the five core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
If this is a scam — what it means for you
You were probably about to pay a fee to release your 'winnings'.
If it is, you didn't win — you can't win a draw you never entered. The 'tax' or 'processing' fee IS the scam, and the prize doesn't exist.
If this is a scam, how it works
The typical trap, step by step
This site is unverified — it may be legitimate. If it is a scam, this is the playbook pages like it follow:
A message says you won a lottery or prize you never entered.
To “release” the winnings you must first pay a “tax”, “processing”, or “insurance” fee.
You pay — and they invent more fees.
There's no prize; the fees were the entire scam.
If a site follows these steps, treat it as unsafe — close it and don't enter anything.
Risk pattern correlation
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 of 21 categories showed signals
Each card names a specific harm pattern and the concrete facts that support it. The category score is supporting context; the report verdict above remains the final severity decision.
- Tagged as a lottery / prize scam.
- Lottery / 'you have won' prize-claim language.
- Primary scraped category: lottery scam.
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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.
Domain Timeline
- Jan 12, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 7 months old today.
- Jul 28, 2026Saved security review — Flagged as suspicious
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- No direct contact email found on the captured page.
- Scam family match: Lottery Scam.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://studentdealhub.com/
- 2200https://studentdealhub.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
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
Antivirus warning needs confirmation
Operator / customer risk
Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
Additional evidence review
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 2 of 92 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · Jul 28, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | Not available |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | Not available |
| Visual evidence | 5 visible observations saved with the page capture | Limited | Adverse | Not available |
| Independent research | Independent research was not available for this report | Unavailable | No saved finding | Not available |
- Page content
- Result: Page fetched · HTTP 200
- Completed
- No adverse finding
- Visual evidence
- Result: 5 visible observations saved with the page capture
- Limited
- Adverse
- Independent research
- Result: Independent research was not available for this report
- Unavailable
- No saved finding
07 · Community
Community
08 · 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.
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