Security Review

Is gmbnwi.org.uk legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 89/100

Official GMB Trade Union regional site with 980-day history, clean security scan, and verified UK registration — no scam indicators detected.

gmbnwi.org.ukScanned 7h ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 91·MT 88
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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
3 years old
Registered Oct 3, 2023
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 95% 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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MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust88/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
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Confidence
Our analysis confirms gmbnwi.org.uk is the dedicated regional microsite for GMB Trade Union's North West & Irish Region. The domain registration matches the contact details published on the national GMB site (phone 0151 727 0077, email membership.nwi@gmb.org.uk, Liverpool office address), and our business-registration lookup verified it as an active UK trade union entity. The page content describes legitimate union services: workplace representation, campaigns, health & safety resources, and member support. Our antivirus network flagged zero threats across 92 engines, the hosting IP has zero abuse reports, and SSL is valid. Web research found three positive member testimonials describing successful representation and support, with zero scam reports or complaints across targeted searches. The site has operated continuously for 980 days without incident, and official GMB social channels (Facebook, X, Instagram) link directly to it with consistent branding.
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Page Content

The page presents as a regional union hub with navigation to membership services, campaigns, education resources, legal support, and contact information for nine regional offices. Body text emphasises workplace representation, fair pay, health & safety, and union benefits. Five social-media links (Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok) point to official GMB accounts branded @GMBNWI.

Infrastructure

Domain hosted on IP 149.255.58.122 with zero abuse reports and a clean reputation score. SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt (40 days to expiry) is valid. External resources loaded from legitimate CDNs (jsdelivr, Cloudflare, Google Fonts, Google Tag Manager) and official GMB domain (gmb.org.uk). No malicious redirects or homoglyph indicators detected.

Domain History

Registered 980 days ago (~2.7 years) via Unlimited Web Hosting UK Ltd with privacy protection enabled. No scam-family matches or suspicious registration patterns. Domain age and consistent operation align with a legitimate regional organisational site.

Web Reputation

Our antivirus network: 0/92 engines flagged as malicious or suspicious. Browser blocklists: clean. Web research: zero scam reports, zero complaints, three positive member testimonials. Business registration confirmed as active UK trade union with matching contact details on national GMB site. No evidence of phishing, impersonation, or data-harvesting intent.

Positive Signals
5
  • Domain active for 980 days with no scam reports or complaints found in web research.
  • Business registration verified as active UK trade union (GMB) with 500,000+ members.
  • Contact details (phone, email, office address) match official national GMB site exactly.
  • Three positive member testimonials describing successful workplace representation and support.
  • Official GMB social channels (Facebook, X, Instagram @GMBNWI) link directly to the site with consistent branding.
AI Recommendation
This is a safe, legitimate site. If you are a GMB member in the North West or Irish region, you can use it to access union services, find local office contact details, and learn about campaigns and member benefits.
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 gmbnwi.org.uk, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
2.7 yrs
Registered Oct 2023
Business registration
Active · United Kingdom
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 positive
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • gmbnwi.org.uk is the dedicated website for GMB Trade Union's North West & Irish Region, matching exactly the contact phone 0151 727 0077 and email membership.nwi@gmb.org.uk published on the official national site gmb.org.uk/gmb-regions/nort
  • Domain has been active for 980 days (~2.7 years) with no scam reports, complaints, or negative mentions found across web searches including targeted "scam" and "fraud" queries.
  • Site promotes legitimate union activities: joining via gmb.org.uk/join-gmb, workplace representation, campaigns, health & safety resources, pension guides, and member testimonials.
  • Official GMB social channels (Facebook.com/GMBNWI, X.com/GMBNWI, Instagram @gmbnwi) link directly to gmbnwi.org.uk and use consistent branding.
  • National GMB site (gmb.org.uk) maintains a dedicated North West & Irish Region page with the same office address in Liverpool and identical contact details.
  • No evidence of phishing, malware, data theft, or impersonation of GMB; appears to be a legitimate regional union resource site.
  • Member testimonials on the site describe positive experiences with representation, pay negotiations, and support.
Positive reviews (3)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • gmbnwi.org.ukopen

    "GMB represented me at a recent hearing, offering excellent support and clear communication. They helped me prepare my case and made a stressful process feel manageable, leading to a successful outcome. - Suzanne"

  • gmbnwi.org.ukopen

    "I’m really pleased about the progress on visa sponsorship and fair pay. It’s great to see these important steps being taken to support care workers. - Jane"

  • gmbnwi.org.ukopen

    "GMB kept me updated, fought for me, gave me confidence to speak up, and ensured fair treatment with full support. - Diane"

Business registration
Status: active · United Kingdom

Official regional site of GMB Trade Union (registered UK trade union with >500k members); matches contact details (0151 727 0077, membership.nwi@gmb.org.uk, Columbus Quay, Liverpool) listed on gmb.org.uk

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 gmbnwi.org.uk and found zero scam reports or complaints. Instead, we found three positive member testimonials describing successful workplace representation and support. Business registration lookup confirmed the site as an official regional microsite of GMB Trade Union (a UK-registered trade union with over 500,000 members), with contact details and office address matching the national GMB site exactly. Official GMB social channels link directly to gmbnwi.org.uk with consistent branding.

Scam Network Intelligence

Cross-site correlation

This site shares signals with a broader cluster

Low correlation

Many scams don't operate alone. We correlate third-party scripts, hosting infrastructure, brand-impersonation signals, and the AI evidence package to detect when a site is part of a broader scam network.

Suspicion score
0/100
ClearLowModerateHighCritical
Linked signals (2)
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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
Has contact info, but not on the site's domain
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbers0151 727 0077
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles5
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • No email uses the site's own domain — legitimate shops usually do.
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Phone number listed (0151 727 0077).
  • Links to 10 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age3 years old
RegistrarUnlimited Web Hosting UK Ltd
RegisteredOct 3, 2023
ExpiresOct 3, 2026
Owner privacyHidden
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · R13
ExpiresJul 19, 2026 (40d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingUnlimited Web Hosting UK LTD (Cloud Hosting Services)
Server locationGB
Web servernginx
Platform / CMSDrupal

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://gmbnwi.org.uk/
  • 2200https://gmbnwi.org.uk/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPUnlimited Web Hosting UK LTD (Cloud Hosting Services)
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.

  • Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on gmbnwi.org.uk and not a lookalike like g-mbnwi.org.uk.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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Reputation Sources

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

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

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 gmbnwi.org.uk. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • gmbnwi.org.uk passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 89/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • Yes. gmbnwi.org.uk presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · R13, expiring in 40 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • gmbnwi.org.uk is 2.7 years old, registered on 10/3/2023 through Unlimited Web Hosting UK Ltd. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
  • No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report gmbnwi.org.uk as clean.
  • No. gmbnwi.org.uk is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • gmbnwi.org.uk resolves to an IP operated by Unlimited Web Hosting UK LTD (Cloud Hosting Services) in GB (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 9, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around gmbnwi.org.uk have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·gmbnwi.org.uk
SAFE

This is the official North West & Irish Region website for GMB Trade Union, a legitimate UK trade union with over 500,000 members. The domain has been active for nearly three years, carries valid SSL, and our antivirus network reports no threats. Member testimonials and verified business registration confirm its authenticity.

This is a safe, legitimate site. If you are a GMB member in the North West or Irish region, you can use it to access union services, find local office contact details, and learn about campaigns and member benefits.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
2
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