No threats detected
All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.
Is vkp-tnrtp.org legit or a scam?
Official Tamil Nadu rural development project site with matching government branding, 3-year-old domain, and no scam reports.
Analysis Summary
MT Intelligence
The page displays content for the Vazhndhu Kattuvom Project including project details, operational areas, and a toll-free number that aligns exactly with known government references. Our research found the domain matches official social media accounts and project documentation with no scam or complaint mentions anywhere. The 1210-day domain age fits the project's 2017 launch timeline. A few engine flags and high IP abuse score exist but are outweighed by the direct confirmation of legitimate government status. No clone indicators or impersonation of unrelated brands appear in the evidence.
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Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for vkp-tnrtp.org, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain vkp-tnrtp.org is the live official website for Vazhndhu Kattuvom Project (VKP, formerly TNRTP), described as a World Bank-assisted project launched in 2017 by Tamil Nadu's Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj.
- Site content includes project details, notifications, operational areas, grievance redressal (toll-free 1800 599 1600, tnrtpstate@gmail.com), and links to PDFs like project guidelines.
- Active official social media: X (@VKP_TNRTP), Instagram (@vkp_tnrtp), Facebook (vkptnrtp), YouTube, LinkedIn company page linking to vkp-tnrtp.org.
- Referenced in Facebook posts, LinkedIn, and other pages as the project website for TNRTP 2.0 EOIs and recruitment info.
- No scam, fraud, complaint, or Reddit mentions found across multiple targeted searches.
- Domain age of 1210 days aligns with project timeline; no clone or typosquat indicators.
Our research found the domain vkp-tnrtp.org is the live official website for the Vazhndhu Kattuvom Project, a World Bank-assisted initiative by Tamil Nadu's Rural Development department. It matches official branding, social media accounts, and project references with no scam, fraud, or complaint mentions across targeted searches. Domain age aligns with the project's 2017 start date.
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Detected threat categories: UNWANTED_SOFTWARE.
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 email uses the site's own domain — legitimate shops usually do.
- Contact address uses a free-mail provider (gmail.com) — unusual for a real business.
- No postal address visible on the page.
- Page impersonates Google on a non-official domain.
- Phone number listed (1800 599 1600).
- Links to 8 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://vkp-tnrtp.org/
- 2200https://vkp-tnrtp.org/
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
3 scam-type patterns detected
0 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Google Safe Browsing flagged this as malware / unwanted software.
- Server IP has 100% abuse-confidence score.
- Google Safe Browsing flagged this as social engineering / phishing.
- Page mentions Google (non-official domain).
0 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Google Safe Browsing flagged this as malware / unwanted software.
- Server IP has 100% abuse-confidence score.
- Google Safe Browsing flagged this as social engineering / phishing.
- Page mentions Google (non-official domain).
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 vkp-tnrtp.org and not a lookalike like v-kp-tnrtp.org.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.
Referenced Domains
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Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.
- Our automated security review found no threat indicators on vkp-tnrtp.org. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
- vkp-tnrtp.org passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 70/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
- Yes. vkp-tnrtp.org presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YE1, expiring in 88 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- vkp-tnrtp.org is 3.3 years old, registered on 2/8/2023 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 2 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged vkp-tnrtp.org as malicious or suspicious (1 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- Yes. The major browser blocklist feeds flagged vkp-tnrtp.org with the following threat categories: UNWANTED_SOFTWARE. This protects billions of browser users from visiting the site.
- vkp-tnrtp.org resolves to an IP operated by Amazon Data Services India in IN (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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