- Website Audit
- Understanding the Scores
- How to Interpret Results
- System Behavior & Limitations
- Social Company Profile
- Bank & VAT Verification
- Address Audit
- Address Verification Status
- Quality Score (AQI)
- Visual Evidence
- Other Risk Factors
Website Audit
This section analyzes the digital footprint of the company’s domain to assess its legitimacy. It aggregates data from multiple sources to calculate a “Trust Score” and assign an overall risk level to the business’s online presence.Understanding the Scores
The audit evaluates several distinct factors to generate the final result. Refer to this table to understand what each score represents:| Metric | Description |
|---|---|
| Risk Level | The overall assessment summary (Very Low, Low, Medium, High, or Very High). |
| Trust Score | A score from 0-100 indicating how reputable the domain is based on its digital history. |
| Popularity Score | Measures traffic and authority by checking how many other websites link to this domain (0-100). |
| Internal Audit Score | Evaluates the volume and structure of content on the website (0-100). |
| Blocklist Score | Checks if the site appears on known spam or malicious lists (ranges from -100 to 100). |
How to Interpret Results
Use these guidelines to make decisions based on the data:- Risk Level Guide:
- Very Low / Low: The website is well-established and generally trustworthy.
- Medium: Some indicators warrant attention; a manual review of the site is recommended.
- High / Very High: Multiple warning signs are present. This suggests significant concerns about the website’s legitimacy.
- Domain Age: Older domains generally carry lower risk. A domain registered very recently (e.g., yesterday) is inherently more suspicious than one established in 2015.
- Blocklist: A negative score here is a critical warning sign that the site may be flagged as spam or malicious by external watchdogs.
System Behavior & Limitations
- Rechecks & Caching: By default, audit results are cached to save time. If you suspect the content has changed recently, use the Recheck website audit button to force a fresh data fetch.
- Missing URL: If the company profile does not include a website URL, the audit will simply return no result—it will not artificially lower the risk score.
- Unavailable Data: As a safety precaution, if external data sources are down or unreachable during the check, the system may default the result to High Risk to ensure you do not overlook a potential threat.
- Public Access Only: The tool can only analyze publicly accessible websites; password-protected or intranet sites cannot be audited.
Social Company Profile
This card cross-references the company’s details with public social registries and search engines.- Business Details: Validates the Company address, Phone number, and Industry classification.
- Reputation: Displays the Google rating (0-5 stars) and the total number of reviews.
- Social Presence: Direct links to the company’s Instagram, X (Twitter), and Facebook profiles.
- Action: Click View reviews to read specific customer feedback or Recheck social profile to fetch the latest public data.
Bank & VAT Verification
These sections manage financial and tax compliance checks.- Bank Verification: Indicates if a bank account has been linked and verified.
- VAT Validation: Confirms if the company has a valid VAT number.
- Action: If the status shows “No verification performed,” click New verification or Validate to initiate the request.
Address Audit
This card validates the physical existence of the company’s location by cross-referencing geospatial data with official records.Address Verification Status
Check the status badge to understand how accurately the address matches the reference database:- Verified: A complete match was found between the provided address and a single official record.
- Partially verified: A partial match was found. The system identified a single record, but some details required correction or were incomplete.
- Unverified: Unable to verify. The system could not match the input data to any valid record.
Quality Score (AQI)
The Quality grade (A-E) indicates the precision of the verification and how much the address had to be modified to find a match:| Grade | Meaning |
|---|---|
| A | High Precision. Verifiable to the exact Premise level (specific building/house) without changes. |
| B | Good Precision. Verifiable to the Thoroughfare level (street) with only minor changes. |
| C | Moderate Precision. Verifiable to the Locality level (city/district) with moderate changes. |
| D | Low Precision. Only verifiable to the Locality level , requiring significant changes to find a match. |
| E | Parsing Failed. The address format was unreadable or could not be parsed. |
Visual Evidence
To further confirm legitimacy, the dashboard loads:- Street view: Interactive 360° view of the location.
- Map view: Overhead satellite or map perspective.
- Additional photos: Still images of the building entrance or surroundings.
Other Risk Factors
This card performs technical checks on network and domain consistency to detect potential fraud signals.- Domain Matching: Checks if the company website and beneficiary email domains match the entity details.
- IP Checks:
- IP country match: Confirms the user’s IP location matches the company country.
- IP proxy check: Detects if a VPN or proxy is being used to mask location.
- Duplicates: Scans for Company email duplicates across your database.
- Fraud Probability: An AI-driven estimation of overall fraud risk.
- Action: Use the Recheck button next to any specific factor to update its status.