Is timeout.com a scam?

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on timeout.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Is timeout.com safe to use?

timeout.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 93/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does timeout.com have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. timeout.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Amazon · Amazon RSA 2048 M01, expiring in 118 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

How old is the timeout.com domain?

timeout.com is 27.8 years old, registered on 9/9/1998 through Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.

Has timeout.com been flagged by antivirus engines?

No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report timeout.com as clean.

Is timeout.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. timeout.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is timeout.com hosted?

timeout.com resolves to an IP operated by Amazon.com, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). 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.

Is timeout.com a well-known website?

Yes. timeout.com 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.

Security Review

Is timeout.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 93/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

Official global media site for Time Out, featuring a 27-year-old domain and verified corporate registration in the United Kingdom.

Why we trust it

Domain age exceeds 27 years, indicating long-term stability.Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines in our security network.Verified ownership by a publicly traded company (Time Out Group PLC).

timeout.comScanned 7h ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Heuristics 90·MT 95

Warning signals (1)

Redirects to another domain

Positive signals (5)

Antivirus clear Not on major blacklists Domain is 28 years old Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/92

All engines report clean

Domain Age

28 years old

Registered Sep 9, 1998

MT Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 98% confidence

SAFE

No threats detected

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

Website Preview

LIVE RENDER

timeout.com

1Screenshot incomplete — site may be slow to render

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →

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.

/ 100

High visual risk

Visual red flags detected in the screenshot

We could not capture a fully-rendered screenshot of this page; visual analysis is inconclusive.

Visual risk50/100

What our vision model saw

1 signal

Screenshot incomplete — site may be slow to render

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

MT Security Analyst

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust95/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

The domain has been registered for over 27 years and is owned by Time Out Group PLC, a publicly traded company on the London Stock Exchange. Our antivirus network shows zero detections across 92 different security engines. Global traffic data places this site within the top 100,000 most visited domains worldwide, which is a strong indicator of legitimacy. While some independent review aggregators show mixed consumer feedback regarding content quality, there are no signs of technical fraud, phishing, or malicious activity. The site uses valid encryption and follows standard corporate transparency practices.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The page serves as a global hub for city-specific guides, covering food, drink, and entertainment. It features localized versions for major cities like London, New York, and Paris. The content is professionally curated and aligns with the established Time Out brand identity.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on a high-reputation IP address with no history of abuse reports. It utilizes Amazon-issued SSL encryption and loads resources from standard, legitimate advertising and analytics providers. The technical stack is robust and typical for a high-traffic media outlet.

Domain History

Registered in 1998, the domain age of over 10,000 days is a significant trust signal. It is managed by a professional corporate registrar. There is no evidence of recent ownership changes or suspicious redirects that would suggest a domain hijack.

Web Reputation

The site maintains a clean record across all major security blocklists. While some users on third-party review sites express dissatisfaction with specific editorial choices or service experiences, these are typical consumer complaints for a large media entity and do not indicate a security threat or scam.

Risk Factors

Some independent review sites show a low average rating due to consumer complaints about service and content.
The WHOIS contact details are managed by a corporate privacy service, though the parent company is publicly disclosed.

Positive Signals

Domain age exceeds 27 years, indicating long-term stability.
Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines in our security network.
Verified ownership by a publicly traded company (Time Out Group PLC).
High global traffic ranking confirms it is a major, well-known destination.
Valid SSL encryption and clean hosting IP reputation.

AI Recommendation

This site is safe to use. You can browse its content and subscribe to its newsletters without security concerns.

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 timeout.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age

27 yrs

Registered Sep 1998

Business registration

Active · United Kingdom

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 scam reports · 2 positive

Key findings

7 headline facts from open-web research

timeout.com is the official website of Time Out, a global media and hospitality company founded in 1968 in London, operating in over 300 cities with guides, events, and Time Out Markets.
Owned by publicly traded Time Out Group PLC (LSE: TMO), incorporated 2010 in the UK and currently active per Companies House records.
Site footer states © 2026 Time Out England Limited and affiliated companies owned by Time Out Group Plc; domain age over 27 years (established ~1998).
Scamadviser concludes it is "legit and safe" with positives including high traffic rank, long age, valid SSL, but notes hidden WHOIS owner and mainly negative reviews.
Trustpilot page for www.timeout.com shows overall rating of 1.8/5 (Poor) from 61 reviews; some complaints reference content quality, paid placements, or service issues.
No evidence of scam families, phishing, fraud, or data breaches associated with the domain in searches; company has no major controversies listed on Wikipedia.
Company publishes editorial guidelines stating they do not accept money for reviews and test anonymously where possible.

Scam reports (2)

Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.

Scamadviseropen
"We discovered mainly negative reviews for this site"
Trustpilotopen
"Time Out ... 1.8. Poor."

Positive reviews (2)

Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.

Scamadviseropen
"In summary, we think timeout.com is legit and safe for consumers to access."
Wikipediaopen
"Time Out is a global magazine published by Time Out Group. ... Website timeout.com"

Business registration

Status: active · United Kingdom

Time Out Group PLC (company no. 07440171), incorporated 15 Nov 2010, active public limited company, registered office in London. Operates timeout.com (per Wikipedia and site footer). SIC includes public relations/communications.

Research summary

Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

We found that timeout.com is the official website of Time Out, a global media company founded in 1968. It is owned by Time Out Group PLC, which is incorporated in the United Kingdom and listed on the London Stock Exchange. Independent review aggregators show some negative feedback regarding customer service, but reputable sources like Wikipedia and business directories confirm its legitimacy. No evidence of fraudulent activity or phishing was found during our research.

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.

0Malicious0Suspicious62Harmless92Engines

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

No clear contact details on the page

Emails on site's domainNone

Phone numbersNone

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles5

Signal Summary

Several contact red flags

No contact email found anywhere on the page.
No phone number listed on the page.
No postal address visible on the page.

Links to 10 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History

Age28 years old

RegistrarNom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE

RegisteredSep 9, 1998

ExpiresSep 8, 2026

Owner privacyVisible

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerAmazon · Amazon RSA 2048 M01

ExpiresOct 25, 2026 (118d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingAmazon.com, Inc.

Server locationUS

Web serverakka-http/10.2.5

PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Yes

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://timeout.com/
2301https://timeout.com/
3200https://www.timeout.com/cross-domain

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPAmazon.com, Inc.

Usage typeContent Delivery Network

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 timeout.com and not a lookalike like t-imeout.com.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.
Discuss this site on the forum
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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 ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

Referenced Domains

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

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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 timeout.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
timeout.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 93/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
Yes. timeout.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Amazon · Amazon RSA 2048 M01, expiring in 118 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
timeout.com is 27.8 years old, registered on 9/9/1998 through Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE. 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 timeout.com as clean.
No. timeout.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
timeout.com resolves to an IP operated by Amazon.com, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). 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. timeout.com 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.

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·timeout.com

SAFE

This is the official website for Time Out, a globally recognized media and hospitality brand established in 1968. Our analysis confirms it is a legitimate business with a long-standing history and high traffic. You can safely browse this site for city guides and event information.

This site is safe to use. You can browse its content and subscribe to its newsletters without security concerns.

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