Security Review

Is undp.org legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 97/100

Official UN Development Programme website with 34-year domain history, clean security profile, and active fraud-prevention measures.

undp.orgScanned 2h ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 100·MT 95
View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
35 years old
Registered Sep 16, 1991
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 99% 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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undp.org

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MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust95/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
undp.org is the authentic domain of the United Nations Development Programme, a UN agency headquartered in New York and founded in 1965. The domain age of 12,691 days (approximately 34.7 years) directly aligns with the organization's establishment and reflects a long-standing institutional presence. Our antivirus network flagged zero detections across 92 engines, browser blocklists are clean, and the hosting IP has zero abuse reports. UNDP maintains dedicated scam-alert pages and an Office of Audit and Investigations to warn the public about fraudulent recruitment and procurement schemes using the UNDP name — a sign of active security governance. No scam reports, complaints, or negative reviews were found for undp.org itself in independent sources. The organization publishes legitimate job postings, procurement notices, and development programs through this domain.
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Analysis complete

Page Content

undp.org serves as the official hub for the United Nations Development Programme, offering job postings (jobs.undp.org), procurement opportunities, development initiatives, and organizational information. The site is actively maintained and referenced positively in UN contexts and Wikipedia.

Infrastructure

Hosting IP 150.171.109.245 has an abuse score of 0/100 with zero reported incidents. SSL certificate is valid (DigiCert Inc / GeoTrust TLS RSA CA G1) with 79 days remaining. The domain uses a standard redirect chain with no homoglyph or IDN indicators.

Domain History

Registered 12,691 days ago (~34.7 years), placing registration in the late 1980s—consistent with UNDP's 1965 founding and the organization's early adoption of web infrastructure. Registrar is GKG.NET, INC., with WHOIS privacy disabled, allowing transparent ownership verification.

Web Reputation

Zero detections from our antivirus network (0/92 engines), clean browser blocklists, and no abuse reports on the hosting IP. UNDP actively publishes anti-fraud policies and maintains scam-alert pages warning the public about fraudulent domains (e.g., hq-undp.org, ny-undp.org) that impersonate the organization. No independent scam reports or complaints were found for undp.org itself.

Positive Signals
5
  • Domain registered 34.7 years ago, aligned with UN organization founding in 1965.
  • Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines and clean browser blocklists.
  • Hosting IP has zero abuse score and zero reported incidents.
  • Valid SSL certificate issued by DigiCert, a tier-1 certificate authority.
  • Official UN agency with active anti-fraud governance and published scam-alert pages.
AI Recommendation
This is a safe, legitimate website. You can confidently use undp.org for official UN Development Programme services, job applications, and procurement information. Be aware that UNDP warns the public about fraudulent domains and emails impersonating the organization—always verify you are on undp.org before entering sensitive information.
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 undp.org, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
34 yrs
Registered Sep 1991
Business registration
Active · International (UN agency, HQ New York)
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
No scam reports found
No complaints, no negative coverage turned up in our sweep.
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • undp.org is the official website of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), a UN agency headquartered in New York.
  • Domain age of 12,691 days (~34.7 years) aligns with long-established UN organization founded in 1965.
  • UNDP maintains multiple dedicated scam alert pages warning the public about fraudulent recruitment, procurement, and impersonation scams using the UNDP name.
  • No independent third-party scam reports, complaints, or negative reviews found for the domain undp.org itself across searches on Reddit, review sites, or general web.
  • UNDP publishes anti-fraud policies, has an Office of Audit and Investigations (OAI), and actively warns against fake sites/emails requesting fees or money transfers.
  • Official site used for legitimate job postings (jobs.undp.org), procurement, and development programs; referenced positively in UN contexts and Wikipedia.
  • Fraudulent domains (e.g. hq-undp.org, ny-undp.org) are separately flagged as scams by anti-fraud checkers, but undp.org is listed as official.
Business registration
Status: active · International (UN agency, HQ New York)

United Nations Development Programme, established 1965, legal status active per Wikipedia and official site

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

Our research confirmed undp.org as the official website of the United Nations Development Programme, a UN agency established in 1965 and headquartered in New York. UNDP maintains dedicated scam-alert pages warning the public about fraudulent recruitment, procurement, and impersonation schemes using the UNDP name. No scam reports, complaints, or negative reviews were found for undp.org itself across independent sources, consumer-review sites, or general web searches. The organization publishes legitimate job postings, procurement notices, and development programs through this domain and is referenced positively in UN contexts and Wikipedia.

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.

0Malicious0Suspicious60Harmless92Engines
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.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age35 years old
RegistrarGKG.NET, INC.
RegisteredSep 16, 1991
ExpiresSep 15, 2030
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerDigiCert Inc · GeoTrust TLS RSA CA G1
ExpiresSep 3, 2026 (79d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingMicrosoft Corporation
Server locationUS
PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

Hops
2
Cross-domain
Yes
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1307http://undp.org/
  • 2301https://undp.org/
  • 3403https://www.undp.org/cross-domain

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPMicrosoft Corporation
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 undp.org and not a lookalike like u-ndp.org.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.

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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 ↗

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 undp.org. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • undp.org passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 97/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • Yes. undp.org presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by DigiCert Inc · GeoTrust TLS RSA CA G1, expiring in 79 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • undp.org is 34.8 years old, registered on 9/16/1991 through GKG.NET, INC.. 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 undp.org as clean.
  • No. undp.org is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • undp.org resolves to an IP operated by Microsoft Corporation 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. undp.org 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

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·undp.org
SAFE

undp.org is the official website of the United Nations Development Programme, a legitimate UN agency established in 1965. The domain has a 34-year history, valid SSL, clean security scans, and active anti-fraud protections.

This is a safe, legitimate website. You can confidently use undp.org for official UN Development Programme services, job applications, and procurement information. Be aware that UNDP warns the public about fraudulent domains and emails impersonating the organization—always verify you are on undp.org before entering sensitive information.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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