How do I stop a fraudulent Safari warning on a legitimate website?

Hello! I am the owner of and today when I visited my site for the first time in a day I saw: Fraudulent

Website Warning!

This website may try to trick you into doing

unsafe things, such as installing

software or giving out personal or financial

information, such as passwords, phone numbers, or credit card details.


My site is not blacklisted on any verification site, or anywhere. Why did Apple give us this label? How can we remove it if we are not scammers and can prove our rights to the site?


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Posted on Aug 8, 2024 7:55 AM

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Posted on Aug 8, 2024 8:44 PM

What issue did you have filling out the form provided on the Deceptive Website Warning?

If you get a Deceptive Website Warning - Apple Support


So I think you can agree:

  • The identity of the owner of the website is hidden on WHOIS
  • New website
  • Web traffic is very low

In addition as MrHoffman was able to point out, there is no data available on the website using the Google Transparency Report.


Google also provides information here about evaluation of website data using Google Safe Browsing:

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9044101?hl=en&sjid=12253000772190742290-NC


When Safari users have the Fraudulent Website Warning turned on in Settings, Apple claims:

Safari may send information calculated from the website address to Google Safe Browsing and Apple to check if the website is fraudulent

Legal - Safari & Privacy - Apple

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Aug 8, 2024 8:44 PM in response to AleksandrExcnum

What issue did you have filling out the form provided on the Deceptive Website Warning?

If you get a Deceptive Website Warning - Apple Support


So I think you can agree:

  • The identity of the owner of the website is hidden on WHOIS
  • New website
  • Web traffic is very low

In addition as MrHoffman was able to point out, there is no data available on the website using the Google Transparency Report.


Google also provides information here about evaluation of website data using Google Safe Browsing:

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9044101?hl=en&sjid=12253000772190742290-NC


When Safari users have the Fraudulent Website Warning turned on in Settings, Apple claims:

Safari may send information calculated from the website address to Google Safe Browsing and Apple to check if the website is fraudulent

Legal - Safari & Privacy - Apple

Aug 11, 2024 8:29 AM in response to AleksandrExcnum

I would take a screenshot of that form that shows the web page, your email address, and the comments you included, and contact Apple directly to see if it has been reviewed yet or if they made a determination. They don't offer any timeline on how long it may take for the review, so you may be able to get more information.

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Aug 9, 2024 8:38 AM in response to AleksandrExcnum

One thing that I have noticed receiving this is from unsecured websites. The page may not mean that your site is fraudulent, only a warning that it could be. I have had this on my own site when an SSL certificate has expired, invalid, or something along those lines.


Also...From Legal - Safari & Privacy - Apple - They explain what the warning is, and how to turn it off.


"Fraudulent Website Warning

When Fraudulent Website Warning is enabled, Safari will display a warning if the website you are visiting is a suspected phishing website. Phishing is a fraudulent attempt to steal your personal data, such as user names, passwords, and other account information. A fraudulent website masquerades as a legitimate one, such as a bank, financial institution, or email service provider. Before visiting a website, Safari may send information calculated from the website address to Google Safe Browsing and Apple to check if the website is fraudulent. For users with China mainland or Hong Kong set as their region in Settings > General > Language and Region, Safari may also use Tencent Safe Browsing to do this check. The actual website address is never shared with the safe browsing provider. Google (and, for users with China mainland or Hong Kong set as their region, Tencent) may also log your IP address when information is sent to them. You can disable Fraudulent Website Warnings in Safari at any time by going to Settings > Safari, then tapping to turn off Fraudulent Website Warning."



Aug 12, 2024 9:02 AM in response to AleksandrExcnum

AleksandrExcnum wrote:

Of course, first of all. And the problem is not with them, but with Apple, and you do not want to accept this as a fact


Nobody disputes that some service Apple uses is detecting and reporting a trust issue. That’s been established.


This being a user-to-user forum, Apple may or may not read postings around here, and only very rarely replies.


We are not the people that are running this trust scan, nor do we have access into the algorithms used and the results of these scans.


We can only guess why your particular website might be getting distrusted.


Host somewhere else maybe, or build organic links, or let the DNS age, etc.


There are also external political and national security adding complexity here, too.


But again, this isn’t going to get resolved here.

Aug 8, 2024 4:40 PM in response to Mac Jim ID

My site is absolutely clean in all sources, in Google too. The SSL certificate is also clean, there are no errors in DNS.

My site opens IN ALL OTHER BROWSERS WITHOUT ERRORS AND WARNINGS ABOUT FRAUD, but only in Safari my site is highlighted for all my clients as fraudulent. And in APPLE you can’t even fill out any feedback form and prove that the SITE IS NOT FRAUDULENT


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