No threats detected
All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.
Is ushstudent.com legit or a scam?
Established homestay-placement service for international students with 27+ years of operation, active business registration, and positive user reviews.
Analysis Summary
Website Preview
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.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
The page presents as a professionally designed homestay-placement service for international students with standard navigation, CTAs, and a chat widget. The only minor flag is an unverifiable longevity claim, which is common in legitimate service marketing.
What our vision model saw
6 signalsUnverifiable trust claim 'Trusted Since 1998 — 27+ Years Serving Students' displayed as a badge-style pill with no third-party verification link
Chat widget ('Hi! I'm Sophie') present in bottom-right corner — common on both legitimate service sites and scam sites; no red flags in its presentation here
Professional, consistent design with coherent branding (USH logo, matching color palette, structured navigation) indicating deliberate site construction
No countdown timers, urgency tactics, or artificial scarcity messaging visible
No requests for sensitive financial data, wallet seeds, or SSNs visible on this landing page
No clone indicators — no mismatched domain or impersonation of a known brand detected
MT Intelligence
Our antivirus network and browser blocklists show no malicious flags. The domain is 4,641 days old (approximately 12.7 years), and business-registration data confirms Universal Student Housing Inc. is an active California corporation based in Los Angeles with a phone number and physical address. Independent review aggregators and Reddit users report positive experiences with smooth booking processes and comfortable placements. The site design is professional and consistent, with no clone indicators or urgency tactics. The main minor concern is an unverifiable longevity claim ('Trusted Since 1998') displayed without third-party verification, but this is common in legitimate service marketing. Mixed Yelp feedback mentions refund disputes and strict cancellation policies, which are typical friction points for homestay services rather than fraud indicators.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for ushstudent.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain registered approximately 4641 days ago (~12.7 years); company claims operations since 1998 (27+ years) with 19,000+ students placed.
- Physical business in Los Angeles, CA (addresses include 2001 S Barrington Ave and 424 Kelton Ave); phone (310) 824-4908; listed as recommended housing provider by multiple U.S. universities including El Camino College, Cal State LA, ASU, UC
- Yelp page shows mixed feedback: one review states "The host is lovely but the company is extremely money-driven. I shortened my stay with my host and asked for a refund for the extra days that I had paid." Another notes "Had a bad experienc
- Terms & Conditions specify non-refundable application fee and security deposit; strict cancellation policies (20-30 days notice required for partial refunds).
- Birdeye shows 69 reviews with 4.5/5 average; positive excerpt praises smooth service, comfortable homestay, friendly host.
- Reddit thread inquiring about legitimacy has one positive user report of smooth process with no issues; another user expressed skepticism over lack of property photos/name before paying booking fee and reported distress.
- Active social media (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn); no major scam reports, fraud alerts, or widespread complaints found in searches for scam/fraud/refund issues.
- Birdeye Reviewsopen
"I had a great experience with Universal Student Housing. The service was smooth and well organized, and my homestay was very comfortable. My host was friendly and supportive..."
- Reddit r/Indians_StudyAbroadopen
"Yes, I’ve gone through the website, and it’s completely safe. I used it earlier this year to book my accommodation in Coventry for my Master’s program. The process was smooth, and everything matched what was advertised. I didn’t face any is"
Universal Student Housing Inc. (USH Inc.), California corporation, based in Los Angeles, CA. Operating since 1998 with physical address, phone (310) 824-4908, listed on university sites, LinkedIn, Crunchbase, and Facebook.
Our research found positive user reviews on independent review aggregators and Reddit confirming smooth booking processes and comfortable placements. Business-registration data shows Universal Student Housing Inc. is an active California corporation with a physical address and phone number, operating since 1998. No scam reports, fraud alerts, or widespread complaints were found in web searches. Three complaints were noted in the evidence package but were not detailed as scam-related; mixed Yelp feedback mentions refund disputes and strict cancellation policies, which are typical friction points for homestay services rather than indicators of fraud.
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 contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://ushstudent.com/
- 2301https://ushstudent.com/
- 3200https://www.ushstudent.com/cross-domain
Server Reputation
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 ushstudent.com and not a lookalike like u-shstudent.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.
- OpenDiscuss this site on the forum
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Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
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 ushstudent.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
- ushstudent.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 82/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
- Yes. ushstudent.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 35 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- ushstudent.com is 12.7 years old, registered on 9/23/2013 through Network Solutions, LLC. 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 ushstudent.com as clean.
- No. ushstudent.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- ushstudent.com resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, 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.
- We cache results for 24 hours. Signed-in MalwareTips members can trigger a manual rescan at any time using the "Rescan" button on the report page, which re-runs every check from scratch and refreshes this page.
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