Critical risk detected
3 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page as malicious. Our security stack flagged multiple threat indicators on this website. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.
Is trainingcq.com legit or a scam?
Established Israeli training company with positive business mentions, but flagged by multiple antivirus engines as phishing or malicious.
These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.
Analysis Summary
MT Intelligence
TrainingCQ operates as a registered Israeli business in Herzliya with nearly a decade of domain history, founder verification, and positive mentions on business networks and startup resources. The company's website content, contact details, and service descriptions align with legitimate cross-cultural training operations. However, our antivirus network detected 4 engine flags: ADMINUSLabs and alphaMountain.ai marked it malicious, Fortinet flagged it as phishing, and Gridinsoft marked it suspicious. The site owner reported in July 2025 that they had addressed a false-positive flag on Fortinet's blocklist after cleaning files. The conflict between strong business legitimacy signals and multiple AV detections suggests either a genuine false-positive cluster or a compromised legitimate site. No scam reports, complaints, or fraud mentions appear in independent sources.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for trainingcq.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain trainingcq.com has been active for ~3266 days (~9 years).
- Company TrainingCQ (also styled Training CQ) is an Israeli business based in Herzliya offering cross-cultural communication training, global leadership development, and cultural intelligence programs for businesses and startups.
- Founder/CEO is Arona Maskil, described as a senior cross-cultural consultant; contact emails arona@trainingcq.com and anat@trainingcq.com are listed on the site.
- Positive mentions on LinkedIn, ZoomInfo, and Israel Startup Network blog as a provider helping companies with global expansion and cultural adaptation.
- In July 2025, the site owner posted on Fortinet community forum reporting a false positive malware/blacklist flag on trainingcq.com, stating they had cleaned files and scanned for viruses.
- No scam reports, complaints, negative reviews, or fraud mentions found across web searches including Reddit, Trustpilot, or scam-specific queries.
- Site includes privacy policy, about page detailing founder background, blog/articles on cultural topics, and appears to be a standard WordPress business site.
- Israel Startup Networkopen
"TrainingCQ – a company that helps Israeli startups understand and adapt to cultural nuances, preventing costly mistakes as they expand into new ..."
- ZoomInfoopen
"TrainingCQ specializes in cross-cultural training aimed at enhancing global business interactions among multi-cultural stakeholders."
Operates from Herzliya, Israel (Olei Bavel 9). Founder Arona Maskil (also listed as CEO). Phone contacts +972-52-334-0445 / +972-54-203-8008. Listed on ZoomInfo, LinkedIn company page, and mentioned in Israeli business contexts.
We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for trainingcq.com and found zero scam reports or complaints. Two positive business mentions appeared on Israel Startup Network and ZoomInfo. The company is documented as an active Israeli business with founder verification and legitimate service offerings. For a business-to-business training company with a niche market, absence of high review volume is expected and not by itself a sign of concern.
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
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.
- No postal address visible on the page.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (arona@trainingcq.com).
- Phone number listed (972-52-334-0445).
- Links to 7 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://trainingcq.com/
- 2301https://trainingcq.com/
- 3200https://www.trainingcq.com/cross-domain
Server Reputation
Avoid this site
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Do not interact with trainingcq.com
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- Verify the business through independent channels
Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.
- Never use irreversible payment methods
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Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Referenced Domains
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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 flags trainingcq.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — trainingcq.com scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. trainingcq.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · R13, expiring in 53 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- trainingcq.com is 8.9 years old, registered on 6/29/2017 through eNom, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 4 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged trainingcq.com as malicious or suspicious (3 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. trainingcq.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- trainingcq.com resolves to an IP operated by O.M.C. COMPUTERS & COMMUNICATIONS LTD in IL (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.
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