# Check whether a website is legit before you pay. Its age, reviews and scam reports A website legitimacy check weighs a site’s age, reviews and complaints before you send money. With Agentik, your AI finds the site’s first archived copy in the Wayback Machine, reads its Trustpilot reviews with DataForSEO, searches scam reports with Serper and Reddit threads through ScrapeCreators. - For: Shoppers, finance teams and anyone asked to pay an unknown site - Providers: 4 (Internet Archive, DataForSEO, Serper and ScrapeCreators), 6 tools - Example (One domain, its first and latest archive snapshots, its Trustpilot listing and 40 reviews, 2 Google searches, one Reddit search): at most $0.03, computed from the live catalog - Updated: 2026-10-10 ## Each provider does one part No single provider covers this job. Through Agentik your AI calls each one for its part, from one connection and one prepaid balance. - **Internet Archive** (1 tool, free): When the site first appeared in the Internet Archive, and its latest copy. - **DataForSEO** (2 tools, at most $0.0067): The site’s Trustpilot listing and its latest reviews. - **Serper** (1 tool, at most $0.02): Google results for scam reports and complaints. - **ScrapeCreators** (1 tool, at most $0.0019): Reddit threads about the site. ## Give this to your agent ```text Use my connected Agentik MCP server for this job: is this website legit. Check whether a website is legit before I pay. First ask me for the website and what it asks me to pay for. Find when the site was first archived and its latest copy with wayback/availability. Find it on Trustpilot with dataforseo/business-data-trustpilot-search and read its latest reviews with dataforseo/business-data-trustpilot-reviews. Search Google for scam reports with serper/search and Reddit with scrapecreators/get-v1-reddit-search. Finish with a verdict (looks legit, be careful, or likely a scam), the evidence for each point, and what to do before paying. Before running anything, inspect each tool with inspect_tool, ask me for any input you don’t have instead of inventing it, and tell me the total price. Wait for my go. At the end, tell me what Agentik charged. ``` ## You provide - The website - What it asks you to pay for ## What you get: a verdict with what to do before paying - How long the site has existed - Its rating and what reviewers say - Scam reports and complaints - A verdict and what to do before paying ## How to check whether a website is legit in Claude or ChatGPT Prices are the most each call can reserve for this example: One domain, its first and latest archive snapshots, its Trustpilot listing and 40 reviews, 2 Google searches, one Reddit search. ### 1. Check its age The Wayback Machine finds the site’s first and latest archived copies, to show how long it has existed. - [Wayback Machine snapshot lookup](/tools/wayback/availability.md) `wayback/availability` (Internet Archive, first and latest): free ### 2. Read its reviews DataForSEO finds the site on Trustpilot and reads its latest forty reviews; the results come back in a few minutes, and fetching them is free. - [Trustpilot search](/tools/dataforseo/business-data-trustpilot-search.md) `dataforseo/business-data-trustpilot-search` (DataForSEO, 1 search): at most $0.0022 - [Trustpilot search](/tools/dataforseo/business-data-trustpilot-search.md) `dataforseo/business-data-trustpilot-search` (DataForSEO, the results): free - [Trustpilot reviews](/tools/dataforseo/business-data-trustpilot-reviews.md) `dataforseo/business-data-trustpilot-reviews` (DataForSEO, 40 reviews): at most $0.0045 - [Trustpilot reviews](/tools/dataforseo/business-data-trustpilot-reviews.md) `dataforseo/business-data-trustpilot-reviews` (DataForSEO, the results): free ### 3. Search for scam reports Serper searches Google for scam reports and complaints, and ScrapeCreators searches Reddit. A registration record is optional. - [Google web search](/tools/serper/search.md) `serper/search` (Serper, 2 searches): at most $0.02 - [Reddit search](/tools/scrapecreators/get-v1-reddit-search.md) `scrapecreators/get-v1-reddit-search` (ScrapeCreators, 1 search): at most $0.0019 - [WHOIS overview](/tools/dataforseo/domain-analytics-whois-overview.md) `dataforseo/domain-analytics-whois-overview` (DataForSEO, registration record, optional): at most $0.37 ### 4. Write the verdict Your AI writes a verdict that weighs every signal, and what to do before paying. Example total: at most $0.03. Each call is billed for measured usage; unused reservations are released. ## Ask it your way - Is shop-example.com legit? It sells sneakers at half price. - How long has this website existed? - Are there scam reports about this site? - Should I pay this invoice from a supplier I don’t know? ## Why through Agentik - The archive, reviews, Google and Reddit come from four providers through one connection. - The archive is free; the whole check costs about three cents. The registration record is optional because it costs more. ## Good to know - A young site is not always a scam, and an old one is not always safe; the verdict weighs every signal. - The registration record is optional because it costs more than the other checks. ## When to use something else If you already paid and suspect fraud, contact your bank and the local consumer authority. This playbook helps before you pay. ## Is this website legit: questions ### Does a new site mean a scam? No. A young site is not always a scam, and an old one is not always safe; the verdict weighs every signal. ### What if I already paid? Contact your bank and your local consumer authority right away. ### What does the example cost? At most $0.03, without the optional registration record. ## Keep going - [Buying guide](/buying-guide.md): Prices across stores on Google Shopping, what video reviewers actually say, what owners report on Reddit after months of use, and expert test results, in one buying guide. - [Company due diligence](/company-due-diligence.md): Its legal identity and status, its SEC filings when it is US-listed, how long its website has existed, and any lawsuits or liquidation in the news. - [Secondhand deal check](/marketplace-deal-check.md): Listings for the item near you on Facebook Marketplace, what similar items actually sold for, the new price on Google Shopping, and what to check before buying. - [Company data tools for your agent](/tools/company.md) - [Web search tools for your agent](/tools/search.md) - [Social tools for your agent](/tools/social.md) [All playbooks](/playbooks.md) · [Connection guides](/docs/clients.md) · [Billing](/docs/billing.md) --- [HTML page](/website-legit-check) · [Agent index](/llms.txt)