When you're looking for Java programming tutorials, you want a site that works securely. forum.french-linguistics.co.uk has been around for a long time — over 17 years in the Wayback Machine — and the content appears to be a collection of Java threading and concurrency guides. But the site has a serious technical problem: the SSL certificate is set up for a different domain (javamex.com), not for this one. That means if you try to visit via HTTPS, your browser will warn you that the connection isn't secure, and in our tests the site was unreachable over HTTPS. That's a showstopper for a site that's supposed to be a resource.
On top of that, the domain is listed on one email blacklist, which is a sign that it might have been used for spam in the past. The lack of contact information and a privacy policy is normal for a hobby blog, but the combination of the SSL misconfiguration and the blacklist presence raises real questions about how well maintained this site is. If you're deciding whether to trust forum.french-linguistics.co.uk, the safest move is to look for the same Java tutorials on a site that keeps its certificate in order. There's no evidence of a scam, but the site is effectively broken for modern secure browsing, and that's not something you should ignore.