The relative risk of visiting a website in a 'shady' neighborhood can vary dramatically depending on who is managing the 'residents' there.
Minimize Consumer Risk
How to minimize risk for consumers.
Users should use caution when clicking on any links that have shady TLDs in them, if they encounter them in search results, email or social network environments. If unsure about the source, hover the mouse over a link to verify that it leads to the address displayed in the text of the link. Remember that you can "press and hold" a link on a mobile device (not just click) to verify that it leads to where it says it does.