Is ville-knutange.fr a scam?

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

Is ville-knutange.fr safe to use?

ville-knutange.fr passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 92/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does ville-knutange.fr have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. ville-knutange.fr presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · E7, expiring in 42 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

How old is the ville-knutange.fr domain?

ville-knutange.fr is 3.1 years old, registered on 5/17/2023 through OVH. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.

Is ville-knutange.fr on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. ville-knutange.fr is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is ville-knutange.fr hosted?

ville-knutange.fr resolves to an IP operated by OVH SAS in FR (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.

How often is the ville-knutange.fr report updated?

This is a permanent record of the scan run on July 3, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around ville-knutange.fr have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Security Review

Is ville-knutange.fr legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 92/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

Official French municipal website for the town of Knutange with verified business registration and long-standing domain history.

Why we trust it

Verified business registration as a public administration entity (Commune de Knutange) active since 1983.Domain is officially listed on service-public.gouv.fr and other government directories.Long domain history of over 1,100 days with no history of abuse.

ville-knutange.frScanned 1h ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Heuristics 84·MT 95

Technical red flags (1)

Countdown / Urgency

Positive signals (4)

Not on major blacklists Domain is 3 years old Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

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Data unavailable

Domain Age

3 years old

Registered May 17, 2023

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.

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ville-knutange.fr

1Official municipal branding for the town of Knutange, France

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.

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No visual red flags

No scam visual patterns detected

The website appears to be a legitimate municipal portal for the town of Knutange, featuring professional design, consistent branding, and standard administrative information.

Visual risk0/100

What our vision model saw

6 signals

Official municipal branding for the town of Knutange, France

Professional layout with functional navigation menus and search bar

Contact information includes a specific local phone number and official email address

Standard cookie consent banner at the bottom of the page

High-quality original photography of the local town hall (Hôtel de Ville)

Accessibility icon present in the navigation bar

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 three years and is explicitly linked to the official French administration (Commune de Knutange). Our research confirmed its SIRET registration number and its presence on official government directories. The page content includes legitimate municipal functions such as council minutes, local school information, and links to the official French public payment system. Visual analysis shows professional branding and original photography of the local town hall. There are no signs of malicious intent or technical threats.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The website serves as a comprehensive portal for the residents of Knutange, featuring sections for municipal life, youth services, and local associations. It includes functional tools like accessibility settings and links to the official 'PayFIP' government payment gateway.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on a stable IP address with a valid SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt. It loads resources from trusted external domains including official French government services and standard content delivery networks.

Domain History

Registered through OVH, the domain has been active for over 1,100 days. It is consistently referenced in public procurement notices and local administrative records dating back several years.

Web Reputation

The site maintains a clean reputation across major security feeds. While the town's Facebook page has posted warnings about door-to-door scams in the physical community, there are no reports of fraudulent activity associated with this specific web domain.

Risk Factors

A countdown timer was detected, though in this context it appears to be a functional element rather than a high-pressure sales tactic.
The primary contact email uses a legacy provider (wanadoo.fr) rather than the site's own domain, which is common for smaller French municipalities.

Positive Signals

Verified business registration as a public administration entity (Commune de Knutange) active since 1983.
Domain is officially listed on service-public.gouv.fr and other government directories.
Long domain history of over 1,100 days with no history of abuse.
Clean scan results from our antivirus network and major browser blocklists.
Professional visual design featuring original local photography and accessibility tools.

AI Recommendation

This site is safe to use for official administrative business, checking local news, or accessing municipal services.

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

Domain age

3.1 yrs

Registered May 2023

Business registration

Active · France

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

1 scam report · 5 positive

Key findings

7 headline facts from open-web research

Domain ville-knutange.fr is the official website of the French commune Knutange (Moselle, Grand Est), listed on service-public.gouv.fr, PagesJaunes, and local directories
Site content includes municipal news, council minutes, events, contact details (03.82.85.52.76, mairie.knutange@wanadoo.fr), and links to official services like PayFIP
Facebook page 'Ville de Knutange Infos' links directly to ville-knutange.fr and posts local alerts including one about door-to-door scams in Knutange
Business registration: Commune de Knutange, SIRET 21570368700016, active since 1983, public administration entity
No scam reports, complaints, or negative reviews specifically targeting the domain found in searches
Domain referenced in public procurement notices (e-marchespublics.com) and local tourism/event listings
Page title matches 'Ville de Knutange'; site appears to be a standard Joomla-based municipal website with recent 2026 content

Scam reports (1)

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

Facebook - Ville de Knutange Infosopen
"KNUTANGE - ATTENTION ARNAQUE ! Des individus mal intentionnés se présentent actuellement au domicile des habitants de Knutange pour proposer ..."

Business registration

Status: active · France

Commune de Knutange, SIRET 215 703 687 00016, created 01/03/1983, administration publique générale (84.11Z), address Place du Général de Gaulle, 57240 Knutange

Research summary

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

We verified that ville-knutange.fr is the official website of the French commune Knutange (Moselle), as listed on service-public.gouv.fr and PagesJaunes. The entity is registered under SIRET 21570368700016 and has been active since 1983. While we found a local alert on the town's Facebook page regarding physical door-to-door scams in the area, we found no scam reports or complaints targeting the website itself.

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

Has contact info, but not on the site's domain

Emails on site's domainNone

Phone numbers03.82.85.52.76

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles1

Signal Summary

Several contact red flags

No email uses the site's own domain — legitimate shops usually do.
No postal address visible on the page.
Countdown timer or 'limited time' urgency pressure detected.
Scam family match: Countdown / Urgency.

Phone number listed (03.82.85.52.76).

Domain & Encryption

Domain History

Age3 years old

RegistrarOVH

RegisteredMay 17, 2023

ExpiresMay 17, 2027

Owner privacyVisible

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerLet's Encrypt · E7

ExpiresAug 14, 2026 (42d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingOVH SAS

Server locationFR

Web serverApache

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://ville-knutange.fr/
2200https://ville-knutange.fr/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score12%

Reports on file8

ISPOVH SAS

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 ville-knutange.fr and not a lookalike like v-ille-knutange.fr.com or an IDN homoglyph.
Use a password manager
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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing

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 ville-knutange.fr. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
ville-knutange.fr passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 92/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
Yes. ville-knutange.fr presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · E7, expiring in 42 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
ville-knutange.fr is 3.1 years old, registered on 5/17/2023 through OVH. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
No. ville-knutange.fr is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
ville-knutange.fr resolves to an IP operated by OVH SAS in FR (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.
This is a permanent record of the scan run on July 3, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around ville-knutange.fr have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·ville-knutange.fr

SAFE

This is the official municipal website for the town of Knutange, France. It is a legitimate government portal providing administrative services and local news to residents.

This site is safe to use for official administrative business, checking local news, or accessing municipal services.

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