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Domain Due Diligence

Report for Va.gov

Report Date
October 9, 2025
Recommendation
Proceed
Overall Summary
Safe
  Why we think so? 

va.gov is the official U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs portal. The site shows very high, US‑centric traffic (~28 million visits/month), a long registration date (1997), valid HTTPS, multiple verified contact numbers and social accounts, and no matches on major blacklists — all strong trust signals. There are ongoing complaints and legal disputes about VA programs (not the website’s authenticity), and scammers sometimes impersonate the VA, so always confirm you’re on the .gov site and use the phone numbers listed here before sharing sensitive info. ✅

Confidence Score
90%

Risk Insights

🛡️

Official government portal

  • Long-registered .gov domain (since 1997) and official name servers.
  • High traffic concentrated in the United States (~28M monthly visits).
  • No blacklist or safe-browsing hits found.

Contradictory Signals

Operational complaints at regional offices affect user experience but do not undermine site authenticity.

Signal A: High technical and identity trust signals (WHOIS, TLS, traffic)

Signal B: Local facility reviews show mixed/low ratings

Category Scores

Red Flags & Warnings

  • Some local Google Places entries (regional VA offices) show low ratings or mixed reviews, reflecting service complaints at locations — these are operational issues, not evidence the central site is fraudulent.
  • VA as an agency has ongoing legal and program disputes (e.g., revenue/claims processing problems) that have produced news coverage; this is organizational risk but not an authenticity problem for va.gov.

🔎 Detailed Checks & Analysis

Domain registration & WHOIS history

Score: 95/100
Passed

"WHOIS shows va.gov registered in October 1997 and name servers that match VA-operated hosts, which is a strong positive signal for official government ownership."

Reason: Domain is a long-standing .gov registration (1997) with authoritative VA name servers.

TLS / HTTPS certificate validity

Score: 90/100
Passed

"Certificate valid from 2024-12-20 to 2026-01-18; signature algorithm RSA-SHA256 — follows standard CA practices."

Reason: Valid TLS certificate issued by Sectigo; certificate present for www.va.gov.

Traffic volume & audience

Score: 94/100
Passed

"SimilarWeb and SimilarTech report monthly visits in the tens of millions and top country share overwhelmingly United States, which supports authenticity."

Reason: Very high monthly visits (~28M) with ~97% US audience, matching expected government portal usage.

Reputation / blacklist checks

Score: 92/100
Passed

"Checked Google Safe Browsing and a crypto‑scam scanner; both returned clean results for va.gov."

Reason: No Google Safe Browsing threats and not flagged by crypto scam lists.

Contact details & support channels

Score: 93/100
Passed

"Site contact scrape lists many VA emails and central phone lines (e.g., 800-827-1000), plus official Facebook/Twitter/YouTube accounts, improving verifiability."

Reason: Multiple official phone numbers, departmental emails, and verified social profiles are published on the site.

Trademark / brand impersonation check (USPTO)

Score: 85/100
Passed

"USPTO search for 'va.gov' returned no active conflicting trademark entries, reducing the risk of brand impersonation via registered marks."

Reason: No conflicting trademark records returned for the domain query.

Technical infrastructure & tech fingerprint

Score: 88/100
Passed

"SimilarTech shows AWS/BigIP/CDN usage and enterprise tools (Adobe, Google Analytics), which aligns with government-scale operations."

Reason: Hosting, CDNs and enterprise analytics match expected large-agency infrastructure.

Local listings & third‑party reviews

Score: 60/100
Failed

"Local facility listings include several low-rated entries; these reflect in-person service satisfaction and do not indicate the central website is fraudulent, but they are relevant to user experience."

Reason: Some Google Places entries for regional VA offices have mixed or low ratings.

News & public reporting

Score: 80/100
Passed

"VA maintains recent news posts and archival content; external news mentions include both routine coverage and reporting on program issues—this is normal for a large federal agency."

Reason: Active news coverage about VA programs and historical content published on department sites.

Your Next Steps

  • 1

    Always confirm the URL is https://www.va.gov (or an official va.gov subdomain) before entering personal data.

  • 2

    If contacted claiming to be VA staff, verify by calling a phone number listed directly on va.gov (e.g., 1-800-827-1000) rather than using numbers or links in unsolicited messages.

  • 3

    Report impersonation or suspected fraud to the VA Office of Inspector General at https://www.vaoig.gov/ if you receive suspicious contact.

  • 4

    Bookmark the official site and use it for benefit actions rather than following links in emails or social posts.

  • 5

    If you lose money or share sensitive data, contact your bank immediately and report the incident to the VA OIG and FTC.

Evidence & Citations

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