Security Review

Is cf-moto.pt legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 82/100

Official CFMOTO Portugal distributor site operated by registered Portuguese company; legitimate but with unresolved customer complaints about premature clutch failures.

cf-moto.ptScanned 1h ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 87·MT 80
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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
Registration date unknown
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 92% confidence
SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

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cf-moto.pt

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MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust80/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
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Confidence
Our scan found no malware, no phishing indicators, and a clean hosting reputation. The domain is registered to CFPT - Veículos e Acessórios, S.A., a Portuguese company incorporated in July 2022 with €500,000 capital and active status. CFMOTO held a major international launch event in Portugal in early 2025, and the site matches the brand's official global presence. However, Portal da Queixa lists 16 complaints against CFMOTO Portugal, primarily unresolved warranty disputes and premature clutch failures on new motorcycles (at 1,900–5,000 km). These are product-quality and customer-service issues, not fraud or scam indicators. No scam reports, phishing alerts, or fraud mentions appear on major consumer-review platforms.
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Page Content

The site presents as the official Portuguese homepage for CFMOTO, a Chinese motorcycle and ATV manufacturer. It displays a full product catalog (motorcycles, ATVs, UTVs, SSVs) with Portuguese-language navigation, model specifications, and links to dealer locators and customer support. The page loads standard tracking pixels (Google Tag Manager, Facebook, Microsoft Clarity) typical of legitimate e-commerce and brand sites.

Infrastructure

Hosting IP 141.94.100.85 has zero abuse reports and a clean reputation score. SSL certificate is valid (Let's Encrypt, 54 days to expiry). No redirects, homoglyphs, or internationalized domain tricks detected. The domain does not appear in our malware engines or browser blocklists.

Domain History

WHOIS data is unavailable, but business registration confirms CFPT - Veículos e Acessórios, S.A. (NIF 517086840) as the operator, incorporated 20 July 2022 with active status. The company is registered with Banco de Portugal as a credit intermediary (no. 8169) and is part of the Multimoto group, the official CFMOTO distributor for Portugal since 2023.

Web Reputation

Portal da Queixa (a Portuguese consumer-complaint portal) lists 16 complaints against CFMOTO Portugal with a 2.0/100 rating. Complaints focus on premature clutch failures (reported at 1,900–5,000 km on new bikes), warranty refusals, and delivery issues. No scam reports, fraud alerts, or phishing mentions appear on Reddit, independent review aggregators, or general web sources. These are product-quality and warranty disputes, not indicators of fraud or deception.

Risk Factors
4
  • 16 unresolved complaints on Portal da Queixa, primarily premature clutch failures and warranty refusals on new motorcycles.
  • No contact email, phone number, or postal address visible on the homepage; customer support directed to dealer network.
  • Domain not indexed in global traffic rankings, suggesting limited organic visibility or recent launch.
  • CFMOTO is a Chinese brand with typical reliability concerns noted in general discussions; complaints reflect product-quality issues rather than fraud.
Positive Signals
5
  • Registered Portuguese company (CFPT S.A., NIF 517086840) with active status and €500,000 capital.
  • Clean antivirus scan (0/92 engines flagged), clean browser blocklists, and zero abuse reports on hosting IP.
  • Valid SSL certificate and legitimate e-commerce infrastructure (Google Tag Manager, Facebook pixel, Microsoft Clarity).
  • Official social media presence (@cfmotoportugal on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube) with thousands of followers.
  • CFMOTO held a major international launch event in Portugal in early 2025; brand is ranked among top motorcycle sellers in the country.
AI Recommendation
This is a legitimate business site operated by a registered Portuguese company. However, if you are considering purchasing a CFMOTO motorcycle or ATV, review the 16 complaints on Portal da Queixa regarding premature clutch failures and warranty disputes before committing. Contact an official CFMOTO dealer directly to clarify warranty terms and product reliability.
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Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for cf-moto.pt, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration
Active · Portugal
Site traces back to an actively registered business.
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
3 scam reports · 16 complaints
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • cf-moto.pt is the Portuguese website for CFMOTO, operated by CFPT - Veículos e Acessórios, S.A., the official distributor/importer since 2023 (part of Multimoto group).
  • Company registered in Portugal (NIF 517086840) on 20 July 2022, active, headquartered in Oliveira de Azeméis, Aveiro; registered with Banco de Portugal as credit intermediary (no. 8169).
  • CFMOTO (Chinese manufacturer founded 1989) held a major international launch event in Portugal in early 2025; brand ranked among top motorcycle sellers in the country.
  • Official social channels (Facebook, Instagram @cfmotoportugal, YouTube) with thousands of followers promote CFMOTO motorcycles, ATVs, UTVs/SSVs in Portugal.
  • Portal da Queixa lists 16 complaints against CFMOTO Portugal (rating 2.0/100), primarily unresolved issues with premature clutch failure, warranty refusals, and delivery on new bikes (e.g., 450MT model at 1,900–5,000 km).
  • No scam reports, fraud alerts, or negative reviews found on Reddit, Trustpilot, ScamAdviser, or other major sites; general CFMOTO discussions note improving quality but typical Chinese-brand reliability concerns.
  • Site includes standard disclaimers that all info must be confirmed with official CFMOTO dealers; lists concessionários and directs sales/support there.
Scam reports (3)
Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.
  • Portal da Queixaopen

    "Falha prematura de embraiagem em motociclo novo – recusa de garantia (1900km, sem resolução)"

  • Portal da Queixaopen

    "embraiagem queimou aos 3000km, sem resolução"

  • Portal da Queixaopen

    "Embraiagem nova danificada aos 5000 kms (450 MT, sem resolução)"

Business registration
Status: active · Portugal

CFPT - Veículos e Acessórios, S.A. (NIF 517086840), incorporated 20/07/2022, capital €500,000, registered for retail/wholesale of motorcycles, parts and accessories. Active with recent filings.

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

Portal da Queixa (a Portuguese consumer-complaint portal) lists 16 complaints against CFMOTO Portugal, primarily unresolved issues with premature clutch failure on new motorcycles (reported at 1,900–5,000 km), warranty refusals, and delivery delays. The brand carries a 2.0/100 rating on that platform. However, no scam reports, phishing alerts, or fraud mentions appear on Reddit, independent review aggregators, or other major sites. General CFMOTO discussions note typical Chinese-brand reliability concerns but acknowledge improving quality. The company is confirmed as the official Portuguese distributor (CFPT S.A., NIF 517086840, registered July 2022) and held a major international launch event in Portugal in early 2025.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified
Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious57Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not in pass
ESET-NOD32
Not in pass
Avira
Not in pass
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Clean
Emsisoft
Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No phone number listed on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · R12
ExpiresAug 9, 2026 (54d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingOVH SAS
Server locationFR
Web servernginx
Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://cf-moto.pt/
  • 2200https://cf-moto.pt/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPOVH SAS
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

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    Confirm you are actually on cf-moto.pt and not a lookalike like c-f-moto.pt.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

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AbuseIPDB
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Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review found no threat indicators on cf-moto.pt. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • cf-moto.pt passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 82/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • Yes. cf-moto.pt presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · R12, expiring in 54 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report cf-moto.pt as clean.
  • No. cf-moto.pt is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • cf-moto.pt resolves to an IP operated by OVH SAS in FR (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
  • This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 15, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around cf-moto.pt have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·cf-moto.pt
SAFE

CFMOTO Portugal is the official Portuguese distributor for the Chinese motorcycle and ATV manufacturer CFMOTO, operated by a registered Portuguese company (CFPT S.A., NIF 517086840) since 2022. The site is legitimate but carries typical product-quality complaints common to the brand.

This is a legitimate business site operated by a registered Portuguese company. However, if you are considering purchasing a CFMOTO motorcycle or ATV, review the 16 complaints on Portal da Queixa regarding premature clutch failures and warranty disputes before committing. Contact an official CFMOTO dealer directly to clarify warranty terms and product reliability.

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