Our 2026 security analysis checked 10 signals for home246.com — including SSL, WHOIS history, and threat databases. View the full risk breakdown in the report above to see how it scored.

Is home246.com a scam?

We checked home246.com against multiple threat databases, financial-regulator warning lists, and community reports. The full breakdown — including the verdict, flagged signals, and our recommendation — is available in the report on this page.

What is the risk score for home246.com?

The risk score for home246.com is calculated from 10 independent security signals — SSL validity, domain age, WHOIS data, threat-intel databases, and community reports. The score and per-signal breakdown are shown in the report above.

Does home246.com have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes — home246.com presents a valid SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services. The certificate's issuer, validity window, and chain details are in the report above.

Who owns home246.com?

home246.com is registered through Hosting Ukraine LLC. WHOIS history, name servers, and full ownership signals are listed in the report above.

When was home246.com registered?

home246.com was registered on 2025-09-23. The full WHOIS record — including registrar, name servers, and registrant country — is in the report above.

Is home246.com Safe or a Scam?

Live Analysis

Checked 7 days ago

home246.com

Low Risk

home246.com appears to be relatively safe based on our AI analysis. Multiple trust signals have been verified including SSL certificates, domain registration history, and content quality indicators.

Signals Detected

SSL Certificate

Valid

/ 100 Risk

Domain Age

8mo

Analysis Depth

limited

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Risk Breakdown

Valid SSL certificate detected. Issued by Google Trust Services. Expires 8/17/2026.

An SSL certificate encrypts data between your browser and the website. A valid certificate means the connection is secure.

Domain is 266 days old.

Newly registered domains are a strong indicator of potential fraud.

Website is online and responding.

The website was reachable during our scan. An online status alone does not indicate safety.

Content quality — metadata score 77/100, 3/3 legal pages present.

This website has proper metadata and the essential legal pages (terms, privacy, contact).

Detected category: news media (low risk).

This website was classified as 'news media'. The category risk level reflects how frequently this type of website is associated with online fraud.

No community reports filed against this domain.

Our community has not submitted any fraud reports for this domain.

Analysis depth: limited — matched to this site's category.

All core checks (SSL, WHOIS, DNS, content, technology, threat intelligence) ran. Depth is calibrated to the site's category — lower-risk categories use a lighter fraud-analysis pass than crypto/trading/payment sites. This does NOT mean any step was skipped.

Safety Signals

Status

Online

Safe

SSL Security

Google Trust Services

Safe

Domain Age

8 months

Warning

Registrar

Hosting Ukraine LLC

Info

Country

Info

Content

77/100

Safe

Threat Databases

Clear

Safe

FCA Warning Blacklist Threats Index URLhaus Phishing Patterns Ai Analysis Meilisearch Cache

Regulators

12 checked

Safe

Reviews

No reviews

None

AI Analysis

Home246.com presents itself as an online news publication based in Cherkasy, Ukraine, focusing on local events, government, infrastructure, business, and culture. It also displays a US address and phone number, and claims to be 'The National Review' for latest US news, creating a potential identity confusion.

The site's content is contradictory, claiming to be a Ukrainian local news outlet ('Home246 – черкаське онлайн-видання') while also presenting itself as 'The National Review' with a US address and phone number. This mixed identity is confusing and lacks transparency. However, it does provide contact information and legal pages, and the core content appears to be news-related without overt scam indicators like guaranteed returns or withdrawal fees. The domain age is relatively young, which is a minor concern, but not enough to classify it as suspicious given the other factors.

• Verify the true identity and operational location of the news source.
• Be cautious of potential misinformation due to the conflicting identities.
• Standard online safety practices apply.

WHOIS Information

Registrar

Hosting Ukraine LLC

Registration Date

September 23, 2025

Expiration Date

September 23, 2026

Country

Domain Age

8 months

Registrant (domain owner)

Address

Kyiv

Scam websites often use recently registered domains. A domain registered just days or weeks ago that claims to be an established business is a common red flag.

SSL Certificate

DV validated Free auto-certificate Wildcard

Issued by

Google Trust Services

Validation level

Domain only

Certificate lifespan

90 days (issued May 19, 2026)

Covers

2 domains

Public key

ECDSA (secp256r1) 256-bit

Connection

TLSv1.3 (256-bit)

TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384

A free, automatically-issued certificate only proves control of the domain — it does not vet the company behind it. Common for legitimate sites, but also trivial for scammers to obtain, so treat HTTPS alone as the bare minimum, not proof of trust.