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Is hotels-colombo.com legitimate?
Listed on a warning list*
0out of 100
- Score and verdict: from the warning-list classification
- Ring: what our own check found, with no effect on the classification.
- Classification
- Warning list Watchlist Interneton 29 September 2026
- Our own check
- 28 checks, 2 of them unclearon 8 October 20265 groups flagged in that check
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The classification of hotels-colombo.com comes from Watchlist Internet and was recorded on 2026-09-29. Assessment: Danger*, trust score 0 out of 100. The score comes from the warning list Watchlist Internet. Several mandatory legal texts are missing from the site: the terms and conditions, the right of withdrawal and the privacy policy. Only a single common payment method is recognisable; secured alternatives are missing. 7 checks could not be run, their names are listed further down the page.
The main reasons
- Warning signTerms, withdrawal and privacy Several mandatory legal texts are missing from the site: the terms and conditions, the right of withdrawal and the privacy policy.
- Warning signPayment with PayPal PayPal is not mentioned as a payment method on the pages checked; a payment route with buyer protection is therefore not recognisable.
- Warning signPayment methods Only a single common payment method is recognisable; secured alternatives are missing.
- Warning signLegal notice A legal notice is linked, but it provides no usable contact details or was itself unreachable.
- Warning signText quality The page text shows one linguistic irregularity (such as placeholder text, missing umlauts or unnatural flow).
Profile: hotels-colombo.com
Online-Buchung für Hotels in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Gute Verfügbarkeit und tolle Preise. Günstig und sicher, im Hotel zahlen, keine Reservierungsgebühren.
The provider's own description, taken verbatim from the shop's pages. The text does not say whether the goods exist or are ever delivered.
Who runs this site?
Shop facts
Since when is this known?
- Domain first recorded by us
- Classification: Other fraud (source: Watchlist Internet)
- Last checked by us
We have recorded individual changes since 2026-08-14. Earlier changes are missing from this list.
What you should do next
The check classifies hotels-colombo.com as dangerous. Do not order unless the warning signals listed here have been credibly resolved.
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Fakeshop AI automatically checked Hotels Colombo (hotels-colombo.com) on 2026-10-08 for typical fake shop characteristics. 28 check points were evaluated, covering operator details, legal notices, payment methods, technology, domain history and reputation.
All checks in detail
Payment
- Warning signPayment with PayPal PayPal is not mentioned as a payment method on the pages checked; a payment route with buyer protection is therefore not recognisable.
- Warning signPayment methods Only a single common payment method is recognisable; secured alternatives are missing.
Operator and registers
- Warning signTerms, withdrawal and privacy Several mandatory legal texts are missing from the site: the terms and conditions, the right of withdrawal and the privacy policy.
- Warning signLegal notice A legal notice is linked, but it provides no usable contact details or was itself unreachable.
Checked, nothing found: Email address and phone number, Country, legal terms and VAT ID.
Warning lists and reports
Checked, nothing found: Comparison with known fake shop templates, Site structure comparison, Signs of investment or banking fraud, Known scam patterns.
Domain
- No issue foundAge of the domain The domain has existed for around 9 years and therefore has a long operating history. Fake shops usually disappear again after a few months.
Checked, nothing found: Domain registration data, Redirects.
Technology
- Warning signEmail setup of the domain Neither MX nor SPF records are configured for the domain. There is no working email infrastructure, even though a shop should be reachable by email.
- Warning signServer protection settings The server applies hardly any of the common protective settings. The site is set up carelessly; on its own this is no sign of fraud.
- Warning signSocial media profiles No social media profiles are linked, or the linked profiles are unreachable. There is therefore no independently verifiable trace of the provider online.
- Warning signText quality The page text shows one linguistic irregularity (such as placeholder text, missing umlauts or unnatural flow).
- No issue foundServer location The site's server is located in Leesburg, United States. The location says nothing about where the provider is based.
- No issue foundEncrypted connection The connection is encrypted; the certificate was issued by ZeroSSL GmbH and last renewed on 16 September 2026. You can verify this yourself via the padlock icon in the browser's address bar. Encryption says nothing about the operator's trustworthiness, though: a fake shop gets it free of charge too.
Checked, nothing found: Other sites on the same server, Size of the website.
What we could not verify
Not a suspicion: we lack the basis for a statement on these points. Return address, Links to other shops, Trust seals on the page, Brand or authority name in the address, Imitated country or brand address, Reputation of the hosting provider, Shop platform used.
All findings come from an automated check of the publicly reachable website as well as public registers, warning lists and security databases. How we check
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