Before you trust any website — a shop, a tool, a blog someone linked you — run it through this checker. Ten signals, two minutes, no signup. Tick each check as you verify it on the site you’re investigating, and the score updates live. Below the tool, each check is explained so you know exactly what to look for and why it matters.
Website Legit Checker
Open the site you want to check in another tab, verify each signal, and tick what passes.
What each check actually tells you
HTTPS proves the connection is encrypted — nothing more. Scam sites have padlocks too, so treat a missing one as disqualifying but a present one as merely the entry ticket. Domain age matters because abusive sites get reported and abandoned quickly; surviving years is weak but real evidence. Contact info and ownership measure accountability: legitimate operations want to be reachable, and anonymity plus money changing hands is the combination to avoid.
Content consistency is the most underrated check. A beauty blog publishing casino guides, or a "magazine" whose topics lurch from dental care to crypto, is optimized for paying advertisers rather than readers — our copycat domains guide shows where that pattern leads. Independent mentions separate reputation from self-promotion: five lookalike blogs praising a site is not five sources, it's one strategy. And trust checkers like ScamAdviser are automated and imperfect — never treat them as a verdict, but a low score plus other failed checks is a pattern.
How to read your score
70+ means the basics are in order — apply the normal caution you'd use anywhere. 40–69 means mixed signals: fine for reading content, not fine for payments or personal data until the failed checks are explained. Under 40 means multiple accountability signals are missing at once; treat anything the site asks of you — money, email, downloads — as declined until proven otherwise.
We use this exact checklist in every review in our Site Check series, where each page ships with this tool pre-loaded for the site being reviewed.