Security Review

Is wibca.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 94/100

Wibca.com is the long-established official portal for the Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association, showing no signs of malicious activity or fraud.

wibca.comScanned 2h ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 91·MT 95
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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
17 years old
Registered Oct 13, 2009
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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wibca.com

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
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust95/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
The domain has been active for over 16 years and is deeply integrated into the Washington high school sports ecosystem. Our analysis confirms it is the official site for a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 1978. It is cross-referenced by major news outlets, official social media accounts, and partner coaching associations. Technical scans show a clean history with no antivirus detections or blocklist hits. The site is actively maintained with current 2025 and 2026 event schedules and newsletters.
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Page Content

The site serves as a comprehensive hub for basketball coaches, featuring hall of fame records, scholarship information, and event calendars. It provides clear documentation on its non-profit status and links to official registration portals for the Washington State Coaches Association.

Infrastructure

The technical setup is stable and professional, utilizing a valid SSL certificate and hosting on a reputable IP address with no history of abuse. The site integrates standard third-party services for fonts, analytics, and social media without any suspicious external scripts.

Domain History

Registered over 6,000 days ago, the domain shows a consistent and legitimate ownership history. Unlike scam sites that use short-lived domains, this long-term registration is a strong indicator of a permanent, reputable organization.

Web Reputation

The organization is widely cited by reputable news organizations and sports media. It maintains active social media profiles that have been established for over a decade, further verifying its authenticity within the coaching community.
Risk Factors
1
  • No direct postal address or email is listed on the main landing page, though contact forms and partner links are provided.
Positive Signals
5
  • Domain age exceeds 16 years of continuous operation.
  • Zero malicious detections across 92 antivirus engines.
  • Verified 501(c)(3) non-profit status with a clear, public mission.
  • Strong cross-linking from official social media and major news outlets.
  • Actively updated content including 2026 event dates.
AI Recommendation
This site is safe to use for information, membership registration, and donations to the association's scholarship funds.
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 wibca.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
16 yrs
Registered Oct 2009
Business registration
Active · United States
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
3 positive
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • Domain wibca.com has been active for over 16 years (approx. 6098 days) and serves as the official website for the Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association.
  • The site publishes news, hosts a coaches podcast, promotes membership via the Washington State Coaches Association (washcoach.net), and lists events such as clinics, showcases, and Hall of Fame inductions.
  • WIBCA is described as a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1978; its operating manual and multiple pages confirm tax-exempt status.
  • No scam reports, complaints, fraud mentions, or negative reviews found across web searches, Reddit, or review platforms.
  • Actively promoted on official channels: X (@WIBCA, joined 2012, links to wibca.com), Instagram (@wa_state_coaches), Facebook, and partner sites like wibcahalloffame.com.
  • Membership page directs coaches to register at https://www.washcoach.net/registration/individual-registration and lists benefits including insurance, awards, clinics, and all-star games.
  • Recent activity includes 2025-2026 events, newsletters, and articles dated into 2026, indicating an actively maintained legitimate sports association site.
Positive reviews (3)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • wibca.comopen

    "The Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association provides positive opportunities for student-athletes and coaches through high school basketball. We instill leadership as we inspire and mentor them to become positive pillars wi"

  • SI.comopen

    "The Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association (WIBCA) will honor the state's most impactful high school basketball coaches and ..."

  • wibcahalloffame.comopen

    "Founded in 1978, WIBCA is the association of high school boys basketball coaches from across the state of Washington."

Business registration
Status: active · United States

Non-profit 501(c)(3) organization (Tax ID referenced in operating manual); founded 1978; official site linked across social media, news, and partner organizations

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above
We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for wibca.com and found no scam reports or complaints. Instead, our research identified numerous positive references from major news organizations and partner sites like the Washington State Coaches Association. The organization is a verified non-profit founded in 1978, and its official status is confirmed by its long-standing social media presence and industry partnerships.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified
Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious59Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not in pass
ESET-NOD32
Not in pass
Avira
Not in pass
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Clean
Emsisoft
Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

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 numbers2026-06-24
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles3
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Phone number listed (2026-06-24).
  • Links to 9 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age17 years old
RegistrarDomain.com - Network Solutions, LLC
RegisteredOct 13, 2009
ExpiresOct 13, 2026
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · R12
ExpiresJul 25, 2026 (30d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingFastly, Inc.
Server locationUS
Web serverFlywheel/5.1.0
Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://wibca.com/
  • 2200https://wibca.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file1
ISPFastly, Inc.
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 wibca.com and not a lookalike like w-ibca.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.

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Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

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 wibca.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • wibca.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 94/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • Yes. wibca.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · R12, expiring in 30 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • wibca.com is 16.7 years old, registered on 10/13/2009 through Domain.com - 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 wibca.com as clean.
  • No. wibca.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • wibca.com resolves to an IP operated by Fastly, 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 25, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around wibca.com 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·wibca.com
SAFE

This is the official website for the Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association (WIBCA). It is a legitimate non-profit organization that has operated for decades to support high school basketball in Washington state. You can safely browse the site and use its resources.

This site is safe to use for information, membership registration, and donations to the association's scholarship funds.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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