Trust score
Very high risk
In summary, we scanned gau-ed.org for several indicators and we think the website may be a scam. Exercise extreme caution when using this website.
Overview
Key findings from our automated analysis.
- This website offers payment methods which all… This website offers payment methods which allow you to get your money back
- This site seems to sell products online This site seems to sell products online (how to check if it is a shop scam)
- According to the SSL check the certificate is… According to the SSL check the certificate is valid
- This website has existed for quite some years
- The contact email address used is free
- The technical contact email address used is f… The technical contact email address used is free
- The contact email for the administrator is fr… The contact email for the administrator is free
Score by criteria
How each factor feeds into the overall rating.
Detailed analysis
Domain information
Ownership details for gau-ed.org are masked behind a privacy service, which is common but makes the operator harder to hold to account.
- Created
- 25 August 2018
- Last updated
- 12 August 2026
- Renews
- 25 August 2026
- Registrant
- Redacted for privacy
- Organisation
- REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
- Contact
- [email protected]
Hosting & certificate
Where the site is served from, and who vouches for its encryption.
- Registrant country
- NG
- Certificate issuer
- Sectigo Limited
- Validation level
- Domain Validated (DV)
- Certificate state
- Valid
- Response speed
- Slow
What the site presents
Content and metadata read from the page at scan time.
- Page title
- Gulf American University – Where learning begins
What we flagged
These findings reduced the final score.
- Finding 1
- The contact email address used is free
- Finding 2
- The technical contact email address used is free
- Finding 3
- The contact email for the administrator is free
- Finding 4
- The website's owner is hiding his identity on WHOIS using a paid service
- Finding 5
- This website does not have many visitors
- Finding 6
- We found many low rated websites on the same server
- Finding 7
- Several spammers and scammers use the same registrar
- Finding 8
- No reviews were found on commonly used review sites
- Finding 9
- This website appears to be using a hosting provider with a dubious reputation.
- Finding 10
- DNSFilter reported this website as malicious in the last 30 days
- Finding 11
- Maltiverse has identified this website as being potentially harmful
- Finding 12
- IPQS flagged this website for Phishing
- Finding 13
- IPQS has flagged this website as suspicious
Analysis findings
What our scanner recorded, most significant first.
- The contact email address used is free Caution
- The technical contact email address used is free Caution
- The contact email for the administrator is free Caution
Trust history
How the score moved over the past year.
Notable events
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28 August 2026
Score: 1/100
Latest analysis
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12 August 2026
WHOIS record updated
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25 August 2018
Domain registered
Similar sites
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How is this score calculated?
Our score draws on technical, reputational and behavioural signals gathered when we scanned the site. Each one is weighted by how much it affects safety and reliability. The final score runs from 0 to 100.