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25
/ 100 BETA
Low Risk Finance
.uk websites

gov.uk looks legitimate based on our checks.

Likely safe. As always, check the address bar before entering sensitive data.

Security check
None detected
Visitors
Not Popular
Website age
Unknown
Hosted in
United States
Last updated

About gov.uk

We could not find out when gov.uk was created. It is hosted in United States. Its content suggests it is a Finance website. It has very few visitors so far. None of the security databases we monitor list it. Its connection is encrypted (padlock in the address bar) — good, though scam sites can have this too. On the website we noticed: no imprint, legal notice or company information.

Key facts

Online since
—
Website age
Unknown
Category
Finance
Hosted in
United States
Secure connection
Yes
Registered with
Nominet UK
Page title
Welcome to GOV.UK

What we checked

Website age Unknown

We could not read the registration date of this domain. Some registries hide it; that alone is not a warning sign.

Visitors Not Popular

The site is not among the top 1 million websites. Small sites are often legitimate, but brand-new scam shops also have almost no traffic.

Security databases None detected

No security vendor or threat feed we check currently lists this domain. New scams are often not listed yet, so treat this as one signal among many.

Hosting country United States

The website is hosted on a server in United States. The hosting location says little on its own, but it should fit where the business claims to be.

Registered with Nominet UK

The domain is registered through Nominet UK. If you were scammed, the registrar can receive abuse reports and may suspend the domain.

Technical details for experts
Server address
151.101.0.144
Network
AS54113 · FASTLY
Certificate
OV GlobalSign nv-sa
Certificate expires
Dec 28, 2026
Last changed
—
Response code
200
DNS A
151.101.0.144
151.101.128.144
151.101.192.144
151.101.64.144
DNS AAAA
2a04:4e42:200::144
2a04:4e42:400::144
2a04:4e42:600::144
2a04:4e42:800::144
2a04:4e42::144
2a04:4e42:a00::144
2a04:4e42:c00::144
2a04:4e42:e00::144
DNS NS
dns1.nic.uk
dns2.nic.uk
dns3.nic.uk
dns4.nic.uk
nsa.nic.uk
nsb.nic.uk
nsc.nic.uk
nsd.nic.uk
DNS TXT
#Timestamp: 1793340900
_globalsign-domain-verification=a5p69EoJN9T_qv6CU2Y_FkAocR4FJpRN84165hHR25
d1v9gv6rnax070.cloudfront.net
security_contact=https://vulnerability-reporting.service.security.gov.uk
v=spf1 -all

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