Critical risk detected
Fake voting scam on blacklisted xo.je subdomain that tricks users into handing over social media or gaming logins. Our security review flagged this site as high-risk. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.
Is votesin.xo.je legit or a scam?
Fake voting scam on blacklisted xo.je subdomain that tricks users into handing over social media or gaming logins.
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
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 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 site uses classic social engineering tactics including emotional manipulation, fake social proof notifications, and nonsensical statistics to pressure users into interacting with a suspicious voting mechanism.
What our vision model saw
6 signalsEmotional plea 'PLEASE I NEED YOUR VOTE' used as a primary header
Nonsensical data showing '450 out of 312' total votes
Fake social proof pop-up notification at the bottom claiming a specific user just voted
Artificial urgency created by a 'Total Votes To Win' countdown
Highly unprofessional layout with a single-purpose voting graphic and no navigation
Suspicious call-to-action button partially obscured at the bottom
Intelligence
The page shows a clear social-engineering pattern: an emotional header asking for votes, nonsensical vote counts, fake pop-up notifications, and an artificial countdown. Our sandbox and antivirus network returned no direct malware flags, yet the visual analysis scored 95/100 risk and identified classic credential-harvest tactics. The parent domain xo.je carries a history of phishing and malware activity, with Gridinsoft and independent review sites assigning trust scores as low as 5-10/100. The site is hosted on free InfinityFree infrastructure frequently abused for short-lived phishing pages. The 'votesin' naming pattern is a documented fingerprint for influencer-voting scams that hijack Instagram, Steam, and Telegram accounts. These converging signals outweigh the clean engine count and produce a high scam likelihood.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for votesin.xo.je, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- The domain is a subdomain of xo.je, which is widely blacklisted by security vendors for hosting phishing and malware.
- The 'votesin' naming convention is strongly associated with 'Influencer Voting' scams where users are tricked into providing login credentials.
- Multiple security scanners (Gridinsoft, ScamAdviser) have flagged the parent domain and its subdomains as high-risk with trust scores as low as 5/100.
- The site is hosted on InfinityFree, a free hosting provider frequently abused by scammers to launch short-lived phishing pages.
- Security vendors have detected malware and phishing activity originating from the same server IP (31.22.4.234).
- Gridinsoftopen
"Gridinsoft blocks this website because it was classified as suspicious website. xo.je should not be treated as a safe website. Gridinsoft gives it a 10/100 trust score."
- ScamAdviseropen
"iQ Abuse Scan made us aware that this website may be sharing malware. ... The trust score of xo.je is extremely low. This is a strong indicator that the website may be a scam."
The 'votesin' prefix is a known pattern for 'Help me vote' phishing scams used to hijack social media and gaming accounts.
Gridinsoft blocks the parent domain xo.je and assigns it a 10/100 trust score, citing suspicious activity. Independent review sites report extremely low trust and note that the domain may be sharing malware. Five separate complaints reference the domain, and no positive reviews or legitimate business registrations were found.
Threat Detection
Scam Network
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Technical Details
domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referencedContact 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
Server Reputation
What to do
Avoid this site
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Do not interact with votesin.xo.je
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
Crypto, gift cards, wire transfers, and cash apps offer zero buyer protection. Use a credit card or PayPal if you must pay.
- OpenShare your experience
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Final Verdict
This is a fake voting page designed to harvest login credentials. The subdomain sits on a widely blacklisted parent domain, uses emotional manipulation and fake social proof, and has multiple independent scam reports.
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- votesin.xo.je is a dangerous scam site — avoid interacting with it. Our review tagged it for phishing and clone site. 1 of 92 security engines flag it. This pattern matches throwaway sites built to take money or data and disappear.
- No — votesin.xo.je scored just 25/100 on our trust scale, and we detected active threat indicators. We recommend avoiding it entirely: don't log in, pay, download anything, or connect a wallet.
- If you've already paid or handed over details on votesin.xo.je, act quickly. 1) Contact your bank or card issuer immediately and ask to dispute the charge or open a chargeback — the sooner you act, the better your odds. 2) Report the site to the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov or the FBI's IC3 at ic3.gov, and in the UK to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. 3) If you entered a password, change it on votesin.xo.je and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. 4) Watch your bank and email for follow-up fraud, and keep screenshots as evidence.
- Often yes, if you act fast. Payments made by credit or debit card can frequently be reversed through a chargeback or dispute — contact your bank right away and explain it was a fraudulent site. Bank transfers and gift-card or voucher payments are much harder to recover, but you should still report them to your bank and to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) or Action Fraud (actionfraud.police.uk). Avoid any "refund" or "recovery" service that contacts you first — it's usually a follow-up scam.
- Just viewing a scam page is usually low-risk on an up-to-date browser — the real danger is what it asks you to DO (enter details, download a file, send money). If you downloaded anything, run a full antivirus scan and treat the file as untrusted. If you entered a password or card number, change the password everywhere you reused it and contact your bank.
- You can report votesin.xo.je through several official channels: the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at ic3.gov, and — in the UK — Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. You can also flag it to Google Safe Browsing (safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish) so other browsers warn about it, and report it to the company being impersonated if there is one. Reporting helps get scam sites taken down faster.
- Modern scams are built to look convincing. A valid SSL padlock, a polished template, stock photos, fake reviews, and a trust badge can all be added in minutes and prove nothing about who runs the site. Scammers buy cheap domains, clone real designs, and copy legal pages wholesale. That's exactly why an automated review that checks the domain's age, hosting, blacklists, and behaviour — rather than just how the page looks — is more reliable than a first impression.
- Yes. 1 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged votesin.xo.je as suspicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
- No — votesin.xo.je is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
- votesin.xo.je resolves to an IP operated by I FastNet LTD in GB (Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
- This report is a record of the scan run on July 10, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about votesin.xo.je has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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