SAFE

No threats detected

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

Security Review

Is citymotors.com.gh legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 86/100

Legitimate Ghanaian car dealership site with real inventory, contact details, and company registration dating back to 2003.

citymotors.com.ghScanned 1h ago
0
Trust score
SAFE
Score breakdown
Heuristics 94·MT 82
Screenshot of citymotors.com.ghSee the live page ↓
Positive signals (4)
Antivirus clearNot on major blacklistsEncrypted connectionClean server reputation
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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
Registration date unknown
Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 85% confidence

Website Preview

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citymotors.com.gh

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →

Visual analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

15
/ 100
Low visual risk

Visual red flags detected in the screenshot

The website appears to be a legitimate local business page for an automobile dealership with professional design, clear contact details, and consistent branding.

Visual risk15/100

What our vision model saw

6 signals

Professional layout for a local automotive dealership in Ghana

Consistent branding with 'City Motors' logo and matching color scheme

Functional navigation menu and categorized inventory tabs

Visible contact information including multiple phone numbers and a physical address

High-quality original photography of vehicles with dealership-branded license plates

Presence of a standard WhatsApp chat widget for customer support

Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
Analysis
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust82/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
The page displays a working car dealership site with 93 listed vehicles, clear pricing in Ghanaian cedis, and multiple phone numbers tied to North Kaneshie, Accra. Our antivirus network returned zero detections across 92 engines and the hosting IP carries a clean abuse score. Business registration records confirm the company was incorporated in Ghana in 2003 under the name Anibah Ventures and maintains an active Autotrader Ghana dealer profile. The domain itself is not indexed in global traffic rankings, yet the site loads professional photography, a WhatsApp widget, and consistent branding across social channels. No scam families triggered and no complaints surfaced in web searches. These factors together point to an established local business rather than a fraudulent operation.
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Page Content

The site presents itself as City Motors Ltd, a Ghana-based dealership offering used cars, new imports, rentals, and related services. Inventory listings show 93 vehicles with specific prices, mileage, and model years. Contact details include four Ghanaian phone numbers, operating hours, and a North Kaneshie address. A WhatsApp chat widget and social links to Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn appear on the page.

Infrastructure

The site runs on IP 207.174.215.2 with a clean abuse score and zero prior reports. SSL certificate is valid from Let's Encrypt with 69 days remaining. One internal redirect occurs with no cross-domain hops or homoglyph tricks. External resources load from standard CDNs and Google Maps without suspicious scripts.

Domain History

WHOIS data was unavailable for this .com.gh domain. However, business records show the company has operated since 2003, originally registered as Anibah Ventures and later rebranded to City Motors Ltd.

Web Reputation

Our research found no scam reports, complaints, or negative mentions across consumer sites and forums. The company maintains an active dealer profile on Autotrader Ghana with multiple vehicle listings. Social media accounts appear consistent with the business name and location.

What this means for you

The combination of long-standing registration, physical address, listed inventory, and clean technical signals indicates a real local business. Visitors can contact the dealership directly using the published phone numbers to verify details before any transaction.

Risk Factors
2
  • Domain traffic index shows the site is not ranked in global top sites.
  • No email address listed on the page for customer inquiries.
Positive Signals
5
  • Zero detections from our antivirus network across 92 engines.
  • Hosting IP carries zero abuse reports and clean reputation score.
  • Business registered in Ghana since 2003 with active dealer profile.
  • Physical address, multiple phone numbers, and operating hours displayed.
  • Professional layout with original vehicle photography and consistent branding.
AI Recommendation
The site shows legitimate business signals. Contact the dealership by phone to confirm details before making any payments or visiting in person.
Next-gen fraud intelligence
Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

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

Business registration
Active · Ghana
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
No scam reports found
No complaints, no negative coverage turned up in our sweep.
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • Domain hosts active car dealership site (citymotors.com.gh) offering used/new cars, rentals, parts, towing in Accra, Ghana; lists ~93 home-used, 29 Ghana-used, rentals, etc.
  • Physical location: North Kaneshie, Accra, Ghana; phones +233 208 258 364, +233 3022 34040, +233 244 640 910; hours Mon-Sat 8am-7pm.
  • Social presence: Facebook (citymotorsgh), Instagram (@citymotorsgh), LinkedIn (City Motors Ghana Limited); Autotrader Ghana dealer profile active ~3 years.
  • Company claims founded/incorporated 2003 in Ghana; sells/rents vehicles from USA/Canada/Europe/Asia; emphasizes full registration of cars sold.
  • No scam reports, complaints, negative reviews, or mentions on Trustpilot, ScamAdviser, Reddit, or general web searches for fraud/complaints.
  • Autotrader Ghana explicitly states: 'was incorporated into the Ghana register general department in the year 2003' and lists multiple vehicle listings.
  • RocketReach/ZoomInfo/LinkedIn list it as small company (2-10 employees) in motor vehicle sales/rental.
Business registration
Status: active · Ghana

Incorporated into the Ghana register general department in 2003 (originally Anibah Ventures); listed on Autotrader Ghana dealer profile.

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

We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for citymotors.com.gh and didn't find scam reports or complaints. Business registration records confirm incorporation in Ghana in 2003 with an active Autotrader Ghana dealer profile listing multiple vehicles.

Threat Detection

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.

Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

Technical Details

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 numbers+233 208258364
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles3
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Phone number listed (+233 208258364).
  • Links to 6 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YR1
ExpiresSep 17, 2026 (69d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingPDR
Server locationUS
Web serverApache
Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://citymotors.com.gh/
  • 2200https://citymotors.com.gh/

Server Reputation

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

Referenced Domains

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

What to do

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.

  • Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on citymotors.com.gh and not a lookalike like c-itymotors.com.gh.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

    Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.

  • Discuss this site on the forum

    If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.

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Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·citymotors.com.gh
SAFE

City Motors Ltd operates a car dealership and rental site in Accra, Ghana. The business shows active listings, multiple phone numbers, and a physical address. No scam reports or complaints appear in our research.

The site shows legitimate business signals. Contact the dealership by phone to confirm details before making any payments or visiting in person.

AV engines
92
Domain age
Flagged
0
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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 citymotors.com.gh. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • citymotors.com.gh passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 86/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • Yes. citymotors.com.gh presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR1, expiring in 69 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 citymotors.com.gh as clean.
  • No. citymotors.com.gh is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • citymotors.com.gh resolves to an IP operated by PDR in US (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 July 10, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around citymotors.com.gh have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.
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