Security Scan Report: wataugacounty.gov

Submitted: Nov 18, 2025, 7:11:17 PMCompleted: Nov 18, 2025, 7:15:25 PMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 4 IPs in 2 countries across 4 domains to perform 12 HTTP transactions. The main domain is wataugacounty.gov and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: http://wataugacounty.gov/

AI Security Verdict

Confirmed Scam

Confidence: 95%

10
Risk Score

Site appears to be a fraudulent impersonation of Watauga County; treat as confirmed scam.

Risk Factors
New domain (<90 days) mimicking a known brand
Unranked domain with low reputation
Potential brand impersonation of a government entity
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Watauga County, NC

Scan Type

public

Domain Information

You're looking at domain 'wataugacounty.gov' on the United States government-restricted top-level domain (.gov) with no subdomain. Count 13 characters in 'wataugacounty' with six vowels and 7 consonants. Word splitting yields two words: watauga, county. Expect 6.5 characters per word on average. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of http://wataugacounty.gov/

Page Load Overview

245.66s
Total Load Time
12
HTTP Requests
4
Domains
67 KB
Total Size

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
320.250.198.32Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
AS8075MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
369.77.154.38West Jefferson, North Carolina, United States
AS23118SKYBEST
3104.18.11.207United States
AS13335CLOUDFLARENET
3142.250.184.202United States
AS15169GOOGLE
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Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T11973DE4276DA101703771B5E3C007B1CE093256B8B5A0D62737CAD896F8AFA76E3196F

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

768:gbAV2nYeqn6JT6rF+Y1/dHYnZDIKxrUJi3XsIxzZFTtYKJT6rF8O1ldHSbbvKKxc:gE3frD/dyk2dYPr9ldIkMNaIB7pnhlS

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:78250:pJ2JYiVEhCYUFRRCAzQTA8iAUAcCSAIopVUUQSDCI4ZUjgBotBIIAiIQChHDBYIGALEHpAcBBEAxE0AOiQgJCC4ohARoRgSA

These hashes enable detection of similar websites and malware variants by comparing content similarity even when exact matches aren't found.

Image Hashes

Perceptual Hashes

Average Hash:80e7ff3c3c1840ff
Perceptual Hash:827dfc5a9a290dd4
Difference Hash:300ef6e9e9e19500
Wavelet Hash:00c3ff3c3c3c00ff
Color Hash:#9479d2

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