Is worldwidenews-jp.com safe?
http://worldwidenews-jp.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: complete · 6 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
One-day-old "worldwidenews-jp" host is flagged as phishing by the browser threat feed and eight security engines, yet serves only a blank nginx placeholder
worldwidenews-jp.com is a domain registered on 2026-11-12, one day before this review, that currently returns nothing but the stock nginx welcome page. Despite that empty page, the browser threat feed lists the URL for social engineering and 8 of 93 scanning engines label it phishing, including BitDefender, ESET and Phishtank. A brand-new host with a news-style name, no operator disclosure and active phishing listings is a staged host, not a news outlet, so the score sits in the Dangerous band.
Saved site captureCaptured safely during this scan8 antivirus engines flagged this URLalphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, ESET, Fortinet, G-DataAt a glance
Saved with this scan; each value is explained in the sections below.
Domain age
1 day old
Registered Nov 12, 2026Expires Nov 12, 2027Certificate
Invalid
Expires Feb 9, 2027 (87d)Hosting
Japan (JP)
Google LLCPopularity
Not in the Cloudflare Radar top list
Antivirus
8/58
8 antivirus engines flagged this URLSafe Browsing
Flagged
This URL appears on threat listsCommunity
No reviews yet
Checked
Nov 13, 2026
Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 18/100
Dangerous covers scores 1–20. 4 findings pulled the score down; 1 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Decisive7 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result.
- DecisiveA browser-protection feed identifies this URL as malware or social engineering.
- MinorThe registrable domain is one day old, consistent with a freshly staged host rather than an established news site.
- MinorNo contact email or operator identity appears on the captured page.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe served page is the stock nginx welcome text with no forms, downloads, popups or payment fields observed.
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor).
Lost money or shared details on worldwidenews-jp.com? Do this now
Act quickly: the first hours matter most for a chargeback.
- Call your bank or card issuer now
Ask them to dispute the charge or open a chargeback; the sooner you act, the better your odds. Card payments can often be reversed. Bank transfers and gift cards are harder, but report them to your bank too. Crypto payments usually cannot be reversed: report the wallet address and transaction ID to the exchange you sent from.
- Change any password you entered
If you entered a password on worldwidenews-jp.com, change it there and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. Keep screenshots, order confirmations and messages as evidence.
- Report the site
Reports help get scam sites taken down faster and warn other people.
- Report the domain to its registrar
Aceville Pte. Ltd. takes abuse reports at dnsabuse_complaint@tencent.com (+85.2800906020). Include the address and what happened.
- Ignore anyone offering to recover your money
"Recovery" services or agents who contact you, or ask for a fee up front, are almost always a second scam aimed at victims. Your bank's dispute process and the official reporting services never charge a fee in advance.
Full answers about refunds and reporting are in the Safety FAQ below.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
worldwidenews-jp.com is a domain registered on 2026-11-12, one day before this review, that currently returns nothing but the stock nginx welcome page. Despite that empty page, the browser threat feed lists the URL for social engineering and 8 of 93 scanning engines label it phishing, including BitDefender, ESET and Phishtank. A brand-new host with a news-style name, no operator disclosure and active phishing listings is a staged host, not a news outlet, so the score sits in the Dangerous band.
Independent reputation feeds already call this host phishing
The browser threat feed returns SOCIAL_ENGINEERING for this exact URL, the category used for deceptive pages that trick visitors into handing over credentials or personal data. A browser-protection feed independently identifies the address as malware or social engineering.
The multi-engine malware scan records 8 malicious detections across 93 engines, and seven antivirus families returned an adverse result, with BitDefender, ESET and Phishtank among the engines naming it phishing. Fifty engines returned harmless, so the verdict is not unanimous, but the phishing-labelled minority is consistent across independent vendors.
What the page actually shows today
The rendered page is the default nginx landing text: "Welcome to nginx!" followed by the note that the web server is installed and working and that further configuration is required. The only links are the template's nginx.org and nginx.com references, which carry no commercial intent.
The screenshot review confirms there is no logo, navigation, article, product listing, login form, payment field, contact detail or operator disclosure anywhere on the page. No form, download, popup or notification prompt was observed in this capture, so nothing on the page as served today harvests data or delivers a payload.
No accountable operator, and the connection itself is weak
The domain is one day old and the page carries no contact email, so no accountable party can be identified from the site. The name imitates a news brand, but no news content is published.
The address is served over plain HTTP and the saved TLS check did not validate the connection. The hosting IP carries an abuse confidence score of 12 out of 100 across 10 saved reports, which is background rather than proof of anything on its own.
Why the score is 18
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
8/ 93
detectionsFresh result
8 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 8
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
- Malicious8
- Clean50
- Undetected35
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| alphaMountain.aiMalicious | phishing |
| BitDefenderMalicious | phishing |
| ESETMalicious | phishing |
| FortinetMalicious | phishing |
| G-DataMalicious | phishing |
| LionicMalicious | phishing |
| PhishtankMalicious | phishing |
| SOCRadarMalicious | phishing |
All 93 engine results
- alphaMountain.ai - phishing - Malicious
- BitDefender - phishing - Malicious
- ESET - phishing - Malicious
- Fortinet - phishing - Malicious
- G-Data - phishing - Malicious
- Lionic - phishing - Malicious
- Phishtank - phishing - Malicious
- SOCRadar - phishing - Malicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Unrated
- Fortra - Unrated
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Unrated
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Orcapot - Unrated
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiPhishing
- Googlefinancial_services
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Detected threat categories: SOCIAL_ENGINEERING.
What we observed
Visual context from the captured page
Screenshot shows a plain white page with the heading 'Welcome to nginx!' and the standard nginx default text: 'If you see this page, the nginx web server is successfully installed and working. Further configuration is required.' Two underlined links are visible: 'nginx.org' and 'nginx.com', pointing to the nginx project documentation and commercial support sites. No logo, navigation, news articles, product listings, login form, payment fields, contact details or operator disclosure are visible anywhere on the rendered page.
What the captured page showed
3 observations- 01
Screenshot shows a plain white page with the heading 'Welcome to nginx!' and the standard nginx default text: 'If you see this page, the nginx web server is successfully installed and working. Further configuration is required.'
- 02
Two underlined links are visible: 'nginx.org' and 'nginx.com', pointing to the nginx project documentation and commercial support sites.
- 03
No logo, navigation, news articles, product listings, login form, payment fields, contact details or operator disclosure are visible anywhere on the rendered page.
Browser behavior
What our isolated browser recorded while it loaded the page. Host names only: no full addresses are published.
- Pop-ups
- 0
- Download attempts
- 0
- Notification prompts
- 0
- Navigations
- 1
- Other hosts contacted
- 0
Where the page went
- First loadworldwidenews-jp.comSame site
Hosts on our aggressive-advertising list
None contacted.
Test clicks
No test click was made on this page.
What the page says about itself
Quoted from the pages we read: the site's own words, not our findings.
- Page title
Welcome to nginx!
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Welcome to nginx!
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
The checks completed, but ownership, business claims, and future site behavior can still change after this snapshot.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
Phishing & Impersonation
Service and business model
Unknown
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The site is served over plain HTTP and the saved TLS check did not validate the connection.
- 02The hosting IP has an abuse confidence score of 12/100 across 10 saved reports.
- 03Screenshot shows a plain white page with the heading 'Welcome to nginx!' and the standard nginx default text: 'If you see this page, the nginx web server is successfully installed and working. Further configuration is required.'
- Also 7 listed above
Web research findings
Independent findings for worldwidenews-jp.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for worldwidenews-jp.com. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too.
Infrastructure map
- Domainworldwidenews-jp.com
- Redirects toworldwidenews-jp.com
- Hosted byGoogle LLC
- Referencesnginx.org · nginx.com
Domain Timeline
- Nov 12, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 1 day old when this review was saved.
- Nov 13, 2026Saved security review — Rated Dangerous
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
worldwidenews-jp.com was registered very recently when this review was saved and was already flagged. Freshly-registered domains are disproportionately used for scams, and a young domain with active threat signals warrants extra caution.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- No direct contact email found on the captured page.
Domain & Encryption
At the scan on Nov 13, 2026: 0% of the registration period had passed
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Report this domain to its registrar: send the address and what happened to this contact.
A certificate issued weeks or days before the scan on a domain registered recently is common on short-lived sites, though new legitimate sites look the same.
At the scan on Nov 13, 2026: 3% of the validity period had passed
Certificate issued for alexandertekniikkaturku.com.
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruscomplete
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
maliciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 8 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | Adverse | fresh · analysed Nov 13, 2026 |
| Browser protection | 1 browser threat category matched | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Nov 13, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 13, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 3 visible observations saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 13, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 13, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result8 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Nov 13, 2026
- Browser protection
- Result1 browser threat category matched
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 13, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 13, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result3 visible observations saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 13, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 13, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Answered from the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
Is worldwidenews-jp.com a scam or a legit website?
Is worldwidenews-jp.com safe to use?
What should I do if I already gave my details to worldwidenews-jp.com?
Can I get my money back from worldwidenews-jp.com?
Did worldwidenews-jp.com steal my password or personal information?
How do I report worldwidenews-jp.com?
Why does worldwidenews-jp.com look legitimate if it's a scam?
Has worldwidenews-jp.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is worldwidenews-jp.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the worldwidenews-jp.com domain?
Where is worldwidenews-jp.com hosted?
How often is the worldwidenews-jp.com report updated?
08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
One-day-old "worldwidenews-jp" host is flagged as phishing by the browser threat feed and eight security engines, yet serves only a blank nginx placeholder
worldwidenews-jp.com is a domain registered on 2026-11-12, one day before this review, that currently returns nothing but the stock nginx welcome page. Despite that empty page, the browser threat feed lists the URL for social engineering and 8 of 93 scanning engines label it phishing, including BitDefender, ESET and Phishtank. A brand-new host with a news-style name, no operator disclosure and active phishing listings is a staged host, not a news outlet, so the score sits in the Dangerous band.
09 · Community
Community
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