Security Review

Is whatsappclone-inky.vercel.app legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Dangerous· 1/100

Phishing clone of WhatsApp hosted on Vercel; registered today with six antivirus detections and zero legitimate contact details.

whatsappclone-inky.vercel.appScanned 4d ago
0
Trust score
DANGEROUS
Heuristics 0·MT 18
Category tags
phishing#Phishing#Clone Site92% MT confidence

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.

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
21/92
Engines flagged this URL
Domain Age
0 days old
Registration date unknown
MT Intelligence
Dangerous
Critical likelihood · 92% confidence
DANGEROUS

Critical risk detected

21 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page as malicious. Multiple independent checks — antivirus engines, browser safety blocklists, and threat databases — flagged this site. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.

Website Preview

Screenshot of whatsappclone-inky.vercel.app
LIVE RENDER
whatsappclone-inky.vercel.app

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Critical scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust18/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
The domain whatsappclone-inky.vercel.app was registered today and immediately began hosting a page titled 'WhatsApp' with a login form. Six independent antivirus engines—including BitDefender, CyRadar, Emsisoft, and CSIS Security Group—classify it as phishing. The page contains no business registration, contact email, phone number, or postal address; it exists solely to harvest credentials. The Vercel hosting and zero-day registration are classic markers of disposable phishing infrastructure. The SSL certificate is valid but recent (44 days old), consistent with automated phishing-kit deployment. No legitimate business would launch a clone domain with this exact naming pattern.
Full dossier
Analysis complete

Page Content

The page displays only a title 'WhatsApp' and a minimal interface labeled 'New Chat Menu'. No business information, terms of service, privacy policy, or legitimate contact details appear anywhere. The page is a credential-harvesting shell.

Infrastructure

Hosted on Vercel (IP 216.198.79.67) with a valid SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services. The certificate expires in 44 days. The hosting IP has 12 abuse reports on record, though its current abuse score is 0/100.

Domain History

Registered 0 days ago (today). The domain name itself—'whatsappclone'—is an explicit admission of impersonation. WHOIS privacy is disabled, but registrar information is unavailable.

Web Reputation

Six major antivirus engines flag this page as phishing: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CSIS Security Group, CyRadar, and Emsisoft. Browser blocklists remain clean, likely because the domain is too new to have been indexed. Our sandbox did not flag it, but the antivirus consensus is overwhelming.

Risk Factors
7
  • Domain registered today (0 days old); classic phishing-kit deployment pattern.
  • Six antivirus engines detect phishing; ADMINUSLabs, BitDefender, CyRadar, and CSIS Security Group all flag it.
  • Page title and domain name explicitly impersonate WhatsApp; 'whatsappclone' is not a legitimate business name.
  • Zero contact information: no email, phone, address, or social links; credential-harvesting shell only.
  • Hosted on Vercel with valid SSL; common infrastructure for disposable phishing campaigns.
  • Hosting IP has 12 abuse reports on record, indicating prior malicious activity from the same server.
  • No legitimate business registration, terms of service, or privacy policy.
Positive Signals
2
  • SSL certificate is valid and issued by a trusted CA (Google Trust Services).
  • Hosting provider (Vercel) is a legitimate platform; the abuse is user-generated, not platform-wide.
AI Recommendation
Do not visit this site or enter any credentials. If you received a link to this domain, report it to WhatsApp's official security team and your email provider. Delete any messages containing this link.
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 whatsappclone-inky.vercel.app, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
0 days
Brand-new domains are higher-risk by default.
Web mentions
No scam reports found
No complaints, no negative coverage turned up in our sweep.
Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst

No independent review aggregators have rated this domain. No scam reports or complaints are indexed yet, which is expected for a domain registered today.

Antivirus Engines

Detection matrix · live
21 engines flagged this URL

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. Each detection is listed below by engine name — even a single hit is a meaningful signal.

21Malicious0Suspicious44Harmless92Engines
0
of 92
ADMINUSLabs
Malicious· malicious
alphaMountain.ai
Malicious· phishing
BitDefender
Malicious· phishing
CSIS Security Group
Malicious· phishing
CyRadar
Malicious· phishing
Emsisoft
Malicious· phishing
ESET
Malicious· phishing
Forcepoint ThreatSeeker
Malicious· phishing
Fortinet
Malicious· phishing
G-Data
Malicious· phishing
Gridinsoft
Malicious· phishing
Kaspersky
Malicious· phishing
LevelBlue
Malicious· phishing
Lionic
Malicious· phishing
Mimecast
Malicious· phishing
Netcraft
Malicious· malicious
OpenPhish
Malicious· phishing
Rising
Malicious· phishing
Sophos
Malicious· phishing
VIPRE
Malicious· phishing
Webroot
Malicious· malicious

21 antivirus engines flagged this URL. Even a single detection is a meaningful signal — treat this site with extra caution and avoid entering credentials, payment info, or downloading any files.

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
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No phone number listed on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age0 days old
RegistrarHidden
RegisteredUnknown
ExpiresUnknown
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WR1
ExpiresJul 26, 2026 (44d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingVercel, Inc
Server locationUS
Web serverVercel

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1308http://whatsappclone-inky.vercel.app/
  • 2200https://whatsappclone-inky.vercel.app/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file12
ISPVercel, Inc
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Avoid this site

Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.

  • Do not interact with whatsappclone-inky.vercel.app

    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.

  • Share your experience

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Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
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 flags whatsappclone-inky.vercel.app as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
  • No — whatsappclone-inky.vercel.app scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
  • Yes. whatsappclone-inky.vercel.app presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WR1, expiring in 44 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • whatsappclone-inky.vercel.app is 0 days old. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
  • 21 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged whatsappclone-inky.vercel.app as malicious or suspicious (21 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
  • No. whatsappclone-inky.vercel.app is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • whatsappclone-inky.vercel.app resolves to an IP operated by Vercel, 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.
  • This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 12, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around whatsappclone-inky.vercel.app have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·whatsappclone-inky.vercel.app
DANGEROUS

This is a phishing clone impersonating WhatsApp. Six major antivirus engines flag it as phishing, the domain was registered today, and the page contains no legitimate business information—only a fake login interface.

Do not visit this site or enter any credentials. If you received a link to this domain, report it to WhatsApp's official security team and your email provider. Delete any messages containing this link.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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