Is gov.parking-fine.top legit or a scam?
A malicious UK government clone site registered 1 day ago to facilitate parking fine (PCN) payment scams and harvest credit card data.
These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.
Analysis Summary
Phishing site — do not log in
Flagged on major browser safety blocklists as social engineering. This page looks designed to steal credentials. Don't log in — and if you already did, change the password anywhere you reused it and turn on two-factor authentication.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
MT Intelligence
The domain was registered only one day ago and immediately began hosting a pixel-perfect clone of the GOV.UK website. Our security engines, including G-Data and Sophos, have already flagged the site for phishing and spam activity. Major browser blocklists have also blacklisted the URL for social engineering. The site uses a '.top' extension, which is never used by legitimate UK government agencies. This infrastructure is part of a known 'Penalty Charge Notice' (PCN) scam campaign targeting drivers via text message.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for gov.parking-fine.top, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain registered only 1 day ago, consistent with short-lived phishing sites.
- Used in SMS phishing campaigns claiming a UK PCN (Penalty Charge Notice) has been issued, directing users to pay via the fake site.
- Official UK sources (GOV.UK, York Council) warn that texts/emails about unpaid parking fines with links are scams; DfT does not issue fines.
- Similar domains like govuk.pay-parking-fine.top explicitly reported in user warnings on Facebook and Reddit as spoofing gov.uk.
- .top TLD is commonly abused in scams and is not used by legitimate UK government websites (which use .gov.uk).
- No legitimate business, reviews, or registration records found; aligns with known parking fine phishing campaigns targeting UK drivers.
- Facebookopen
"UK (PCN): A parking penalty has been issued for your vehicle. Pay immediately to avoid further fines or legal action. Visit https://govuk.pay-parking-fine.top/"
- Redditopen
"The URL is also highly dodgy - .top is not a UK government domain. A correct URL would be councilname.gov.uk"
- York.gov.ukopen
"Scammers send text messages claiming the recipient has had a parking ticket. They urge them to click a link which leads to a fake Government website."
Domain uses "gov." and "parking-fine" to impersonate official UK GOV.UK parking fine payment pages; official warnings confirm fake government sites in PCN text scams
Scam Network Intelligence
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Detected threat categories: SOCIAL_ENGINEERING.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1302http://gov.parking-fine.top/
- 2404https://gov.parking-fine.top/
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
2 scam-type patterns detected
2 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Domain is a typosquat of gov.uk.
- Google Safe Browsing flagged this as social engineering / phishing.
- AI analyst tagged this as phishing / data-harvesting.
- Domain is a typosquat of gov.uk.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
2 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Domain is a typosquat of gov.uk.
- Google Safe Browsing flagged this as social engineering / phishing.
- AI analyst tagged this as phishing / data-harvesting.
- Domain is a typosquat of gov.uk.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
Phishing site — act fast
This page shows signs of attempting to steal credentials or impersonate a trusted brand.
- Do not interact with gov.parking-fine.top
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- If you already typed your password — change it now
Change the password on the legitimate site and anywhere else you re-used it. Turn on two-factor authentication. Review recent account activity.
- OpenReport the phishing URL
APWG (Anti-Phishing Working Group) accepts phishing reports at reportphishing@apwg.org. Google Safe Browsing reports help protect other users.
- OpenGet help on the forum
MalwareTips members can help you assess damage and next steps.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
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 flags gov.parking-fine.top as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — gov.parking-fine.top scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. gov.parking-fine.top presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YE2, expiring in 88 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- gov.parking-fine.top is 1 day old, registered on 6/23/2026 through 阿里云计算有限公司. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 3 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged gov.parking-fine.top as malicious or suspicious (1 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- Yes. The major browser blocklist feeds flagged gov.parking-fine.top with the following threat categories: SOCIAL_ENGINEERING. This protects billions of browser users from visiting the site.
- gov.parking-fine.top resolves to an IP operated by Tencent Building, Kejizhongyi Avenue 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 June 24, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around gov.parking-fine.top 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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