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Fake Edition Registry · verified Sep 2026

Is Forbes Malta real? No.

A Forbes-branded site posing as a Maltese edition. Here is the evidence, and where the real publication actually lives.

Fake
VERDICT
forbesmalta.com
DOMAIN IN QUESTION
20
ENTRIES IN THE FULL REGISTRY

The short answer.

Forbes Malta is fake. Malta has no Forbes edition; the real Forbes is at forbes.com.

The evidence.

Steals content hooks from the real Forbes Councils program — 20 links pointing to councils.forbes.com to borrow legitimacy.
Copyright line “©2023 – All Rights Reserved” with no legal entity behind it.
Not on the official editions list.

Check any “edition” yourself.

The method works for every brand: find the publisher’s official list of licensed editions and check the domain against it, then check the masthead, the indexing and the archive. The full method is in our verification checklist, and all twenty documented cases are in the Fake Editions Registry.

Sources.

Official Forbes editions list

Frequently asked questions

Is Forbes Malta real?
No. Malta has no Forbes edition; the real Forbes is at forbes.com. Evidence: Steals content hooks from the real Forbes Councils program — 20 links pointing to councils.forbes.com to borrow legitimacy..

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