Is Travility a Scam?

We’re Glad You Asked -- Because We’ve Got the Receipts

By Michael Hansen, CEO of Travility LLC

You may have found this post because you searched something like: "Is Travility a scam?"

Good. You should ask those kinds of questions. We’d ask the same in your shoes.

But when a so-called "scam review" site ranks us as high-risk without ever speaking to us, and then asks us to prove our innocence, it’s time to show you how this system really works -- and who’s actually playing who.

We’re Travility LLC. This is our platform, our members, and our receipts. And if anyone’s going to define our reputation, it’s going to be us -- not an anonymous scoring site that profits from fear.

It All Started With a Member’s DM

One of our longtime Travility members sent us a message. He Googled us and found a site called Scam-Detector.com claiming our company was "High-Risk" and scoring us 16.5 out of 100.

Now, if you’ve ever read a bad Yelp review, you know how it feels when someone gets loud about being wrong. But this one was different.

To be clear, Travility is a legally registered Nevada LLC. Verified merchant accounts. Partnered with U.S.-based travel providers. 94% of our Facebook reviewers recommend us.

So how did we become “suspicious” ?

Scam-Detector.com: The Fear Factory Disguised as a Fraud Watchdog

They aren’t a government agency. Not a cybersecurity firm.
Not even a team with names or phone numbers.

Scam-Detector.com is a private website that scrapes surface data from your site, uses a secret formula to guess whether you're “legit,” slaps on a scary score, then invites you to beg them for a better rating.

And let’s not forget the cherry on top - the page you land on is surrounded by affiliate links to "security" tools like Guardio, Incogni, and Surfshark. Tools they earn money from every time someone panics and clicks.

Their formula:
Create the fear. Sell the fix.

Why They Gave Travility a 16.5 -- And Why That Number Is Nonsense

They didn’t speak to us. Didn’t verify our business. Didn’t even Google beyond our homepage.

Here’s what triggered their red flags:

• We’re a newer domain: Yep, we launched recently. Just like every business does.

• We use WHOIS privacy: Also used by Google, Amazon, and -- oh yeah -- Scam-Detector themselves.

• We’re not listed in random web directories: We’re a private membership platform, not a coffee shop.

• We’re in the travel industry: Which their bot treats as high-risk by default.

No human review. No due diligence.
Just assumptions baked into a spooky score.

So We Ran the Score for Them Using Their Own Tool

To be fair, we decided to plug Scam-Detector.com into their own “validator.” When we saw they gave themselves a 100 out of 100, we decided to dig deeper -- and what we found was shocking.

Here’s what we uncovered:

• Their domain is privately registered using Domains By Proxy -- the same service they penalized us for using.

• No legal business entity is publicly disclosed anywhere on the site.

• No names. No team. No executives. Just vague content and redirect forms.

• No physical address or working phone number listed.

• Their own “Proximity to Suspicious Sites” score is 14/100, based on their own scoring rubric.

• Their Trustpilot page? Lit up with 1-star reviews calling them a scam, a clickbait machine, and a paid reputation game.

And the kicker? The entire operation is dripping with monetized links to VPNs, browser extensions, and data scrubbing tools -- all products they promote and profit from under the guise of protecting consumers.

Even their Trustpilot reviews paint a bizarre picture. Some users praise Scam-Detector for helping them feel "safer" online and appreciate their fast response time. But then you find reviews from business owners who say they were initially labeled as suspicious, had to submit documentation, and only then were re-evaluated by a "real person."

Meanwhile, reviewers describe the entire platform as misleading - praising it while being misled. That’s like thanking someone for helping you out of a hole they pushed you into.

You can’t make this stuff up.

So yes, they gave themselves a 100. Because in their world,
the only trust that matters is the kind they can sell.

That’s not a system. That’s a hustle.

They Asked Us to Contact Them

At the bottom of the page, in tiny text, we got this:

“If you own this website and disagree with the trust score, please contact us with documentation.”

In other words:
“We’ll smear you first.
You do the work to clean it up.”

Travility will not be emailing screenshots to a faceless site.

We’re clearing it up here
in public
where our members - and future ones
can see it.

And if Scam-Detector.com wants us to reconsider our review of them, they’re welcome to send:

• Verified business registration

• Transparent monetization model

• Names, faces, and proof they’re more than a bot farm

We’ll be waiting.

Who We Actually Are

Travility LLC is a registered, verified travel membership company based in Nevada. We’re not perfect -- but we are real. We:

• Work with U.S. travel providers

• Process payments through verified merchant accounts

• Are incorporated and compliant

• Serve a community of travelers who rate us 94% positive on Facebook

• Don’t run affiliate ads

And when someone asks “Are you a scam?” we don’t flinch. We open the door.

Real-Time Update: The Score Changed...
and We Never Touched It

Since publishing this investigation, we noticed something odd: our Scam-Detector "Trust Score" quietly changed. No one from Travility contacted them. We never submitted documents. We never asked for reconsideration. Yet somehow, our score jumped from 16.5 to 49.9, and their tags now read: “Doubtful. Medium-Risk. Alert.” Oh, and now they claim their algorithm detected "potential phishing and spam risks."

Spoiler alert: there are none. No flags. No issues. Not now, not ever.

So what changed?

Nothing -- except the fact that we published this blog.

This isn’t a review system. It’s a reactive scoreboard run by ghosts. And if you make noise, your score moves. Not because you’re more trustworthy -- but because you’re more visible.

And visibility, apparently, is the only metric that matters.

Last Word

You Googled. You clicked. You read. That’s good.

You care about where your money’s going. We love that.

But remember: when a site makes money by making you afraid, maybe they’re not protecting you -- they’re playing you.

We’re Travility ! We’ve got real members, real value, and now - one very real blog post.

Michael Hansen
CEO & Co-Founder
Travility LLC

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