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Domain Due Diligence

Report for Literotica.com

Report Date
October 6, 2025
Recommendation
Caution
Overall Summary
Suspicious
  Why we think so? 

⚠️ Suspicious (not a scam): Literotica.com is a long-running, high-traffic adult-content site (about 40–45M visits/month) with standard security and public contact channels, but it uses WHOIS privacy, hosts potentially problematic content keywords (nonconsent/incest appear in search keywords), and has community complaints about moderation and misleading engagement metrics. There is no evidence of monetary scams or blacklist flags, but content and moderation concerns mean exercise caution.

Confidence Score
65%

Risk Insights

⚠️

High traffic but mixed trust signals

  • ~40–45M monthly visits and long domain history point to a real, active site.
  • WHOIS privacy and content moderation complaints reduce transparency and trust.
  • No active blacklist matches, so technical risk is low.

Contradictory Signals

The site is operationally mature but hosts content and moderation issues that elevate reputational and legal risk.

Signal A: High traffic, valid TLS, public contacts

Signal B: WHOIS privacy, moderation complaints and problematic keywords

Category Scores

Red Flags & Warnings

  • WHOIS uses a privacy service despite a long registration history, reducing owner transparency.
  • Keywords and public content include terms (e.g., nonconsent, incest) that may be illegal or trigger moderation/legal risk.
  • User reports and a Substack critique claim misleading internal engagement metrics; this indicates platform transparency issues for authors and users.
  • Site operates in the adult category which carries higher regulatory and reputational risk in many jurisdictions.

🔎 Detailed Checks & Analysis

Domain age and registration

Score: 80/100
Passed

"Created 1998-11-20; long registration history supports legitimacy but the registrant details are privacy-protected which reduces transparency."

Reason: Domain registered in 1998, indicating long-term operation and lower likelihood of being a throwaway scam site.

Traffic & popularity

Score: 90/100
Passed

"SimilarWeb and SimilarTech report ~44M monthly visits and top traffic share from the United States, indicating broad, active usage."

Reason: Consistently high monthly visits (~40–45M) and a strong global rank (#731) point to a well-established audience.

Blacklist / phishing status

Score: 85/100
Passed

"Google Safe Browsing and crypto-scam checks returned no matched threats; this lowers the chance the site is actively distributing malware or phishing."

Reason: No matches on Google Safe Browsing and no crypto-scam blacklist hits were found.

Owner transparency

Score: 55/100
Failed

"Registrant shows as a privacy proxy (Jewella Privacy LLC), which is common but reduces ability to verify real owner directly."

Reason: WHOIS uses a privacy service for the registrant; owner identity is not directly exposed.

Content risk / moderation

Score: 50/100
Failed

"Top keywords include terms associated with illicit or sensitive content; combined with user reports about moderation issues, this raises policy and legal risk."

Reason: Site hosts adult content and search data shows problematic keywords (nonconsent/incest) that raise legal and safety concerns in some jurisdictions.

Technical security

Score: 88/100
Passed

"TLS issued by Sectigo and valid; DNS records and MX (ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.com) indicate correct setup for email and security best practices."

Reason: Site uses valid TLS, proper DNS and Google MX records; shows modern web technologies and analytics.

Contact & support presence

Score: 75/100
Passed

"Scraped editor contact pages and social links (Twitter, Facebook) show public channels; however, some contact emails are noreply-style which can limit direct support."

Reason: Public site editors, an official contact email, and social profiles are available which improves accountability.

Trademark / brand impersonation

Score: 70/100
Passed

"USPTO search for “literotica.com” returned no trademark elements in this limited check; that does not preclude registered marks under different strings."

Reason: No USPTO trademark records were returned for the search term, reducing immediate brand-impersonation concerns.

Your Next Steps

  • 1

    If you plan to create an account or interact, avoid sharing payment or identity documents; site is free so treat offers to pay with suspicion.

  • 2

    Check account settings and use a unique password and email alias; do not reuse credentials from other sites.

  • 3

    If you need to verify ownership or legal status, contact the registrar abuse address (abuse@fabulous.com) listed in WHOIS and request clarification about the privacy registration.

  • 4

    Report explicit illegal content to local authorities or hosting provider if you encounter material that appears to break local law.

  • 5

    Monitor community forums and news for updates about moderation changes or legal actions involving the site.

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