Is interior.go.ke a scam?

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on interior.go.ke. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Is interior.go.ke safe to use?

interior.go.ke passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 87/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

How old is the interior.go.ke domain?

interior.go.ke is 8.6 years old, registered on 11/22/2017. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.

Has interior.go.ke been flagged by antivirus engines?

1 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged interior.go.ke as malicious or suspicious (1 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.

Is interior.go.ke on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. interior.go.ke is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is interior.go.ke hosted?

interior.go.ke resolves to an IP operated by New IP First Block2 in KE (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.

How often is the interior.go.ke report updated?

This is a permanent record of the scan run on July 8, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around interior.go.ke have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

SAFE

No threats detected

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

Security Review

Is interior.go.ke legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 87/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

Official Kenyan government ministry site with 8.6-year-old domain and clean security record.

Why we trust it

Domain is 8.6 years old and uses the government-restricted .go.ke TLD.Zero abuse reports on the hosting IP and only one engine flag out of 92.Directly referenced by other official Kenyan government domains and verified social accounts.

interior.go.keScanned 1h ago

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Trust score

SAFE

Score breakdown

Heuristics 75·MT 92

Positive signals (3)

Not on major blacklistsDomain is 9 years oldClean server reputation

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

1/92

Engines flagged this URL

Domain Age

9 years old

Registered Nov 22, 2017

Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 95% confidence

Website Preview

LIVE RENDER

interior.go.ke

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

Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

Analysis

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust92/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

The domain interior.go.ke belongs to the Ministry of Interior and National Administration of Kenya. It was registered in November 2017 and uses the .go.ke TLD, which is reserved exclusively for Kenyan government entities. Our antivirus network flagged it only once out of 92 engines, and the hosting IP carries zero abuse reports. Multiple official Kenyan government sites and social media accounts link directly to it. No scam reports, complaints, or negative reviews appear in our research. The site publishes ministry news, tenders, and official contact channels.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The page presents the official mandate, news, and public services of Kenya's Ministry of Interior and National Administration. It lists active government tenders, contact forms, and complaint procedures. The ministry also publishes warnings about impersonation scams on the site itself.

Infrastructure

The site runs on IP 102.210.149.88 with an abuse score of 0/100 and no recorded abuse reports. SSL is not present on the scanned URL. Our antivirus network returned a single CRDF flag out of 92 engines, with the remaining 91 engines clean. Browser blocklist feeds show no hits.

Domain History

The domain was registered on 2017-11-22 and is now 8.6 years old. It uses the .go.ke TLD, which Kenyan authorities restrict to official government departments only. The registration is not privacy-protected.

Web Reputation

Our research found zero scam reports, zero complaints, and zero negative reviews across consumer sites and general web sources. The domain is referenced by other official Kenyan government sites including president.go.ke, tenders.go.ke, and parliament.go.ke, plus verified ministry social media accounts. Business registration records confirm the ministry's active status in Kenya.

What this means for you

The site matches every expected signal of an authentic government portal. Users can safely access official information and services through this domain.

Positive Signals

Domain is 8.6 years old and uses the government-restricted .go.ke TLD.
Zero abuse reports on the hosting IP and only one engine flag out of 92.
Directly referenced by other official Kenyan government domains and verified social accounts.
No scam reports or complaints found in our research.
Business registration confirms active Kenyan government entity.

AI Recommendation

Use the site normally for official Kenyan government services. Verify the URL starts with interior.go.ke before entering any personal information.

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 interior.go.ke, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration

Active · Kenya

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 interior.go.ke is the official website of the Ministry of Interior and National Administration, Republic of Kenya (Harambee House, Nairobi)
Registered 2017-11-22 (8.6 years old); .go.ke TLD restricted to Kenyan government departments only
Linked from president.go.ke, tenders.go.ke, parliament.go.ke, official X (@InteriorKE), Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram accounts
Site hosts ministry mandate, news, tenders (e.g., KNG/022/2026-2028), contact forms, and complaint procedures
No scam reports, fraud complaints, or negative reviews found on Trustpilot, ScamAdviser, Reddit, or general web searches
Ministry issues public warnings about impersonation scams and operates official complaint channels via the site
VirusTotal shows clean phishing/phishtank status; no evidence of malicious activity

Business registration

Status: active · Kenya

.go.ke is reserved exclusively for Kenyan government entities; domain registered 2017-11-22 per user input; official site of Ministry of Interior and National Administration

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 interior.go.ke and didn't find scam reports or complaints. The domain is confirmed as the official site of the Ministry of Interior and National Administration with active government registration in Kenya.

Domain Timeline

Nov 22, 2017
Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 8.6 years old today.
Jul 8, 2026
Latest security review — Reviewed as safe
This scan re-ran every check and found no active threat signals.

interior.go.ke has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.

Threat Detection

Antivirus Engines

Detection matrix · live

1 engine flagged this URL

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. Each detection is listed below by engine name — even a single hit is a meaningful signal.

1Malicious0Suspicious59Harmless92Engines

of 92

CRDF

Malicious· malicious

1 antivirus engine flagged this URL. Even a single detection is a meaningful signal — treat this site with extra caution and avoid entering credentials, payment info, or downloading any files.

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

ListedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

Technical Details

domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referenced

Domain & Encryption

Domain History

Age9 years old

RegistrarHidden

RegisteredNov 22, 2017

ExpiresNov 22, 2025

Owner privacyVisible

Hosting & Technology

HostingNew IP First Block2

Server locationKE

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPNew IP First Block2

Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

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 interior.go.ke and not a lookalike like i-nterior.go.ke.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.
Open

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·interior.go.ke

SAFE

This is the official website of Kenya's Ministry of Interior and National Administration. The domain is 8.6 years old, restricted to government use, and shows no scam reports or malicious flags.

Use the site normally for official Kenyan government services. Verify the URL starts with interior.go.ke before entering any personal information.

AV engines

MT passes

Net signals

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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 interior.go.ke. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
interior.go.ke passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 87/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
interior.go.ke is 8.6 years old, registered on 11/22/2017. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
1 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged interior.go.ke as malicious or suspicious (1 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
No. interior.go.ke is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
interior.go.ke resolves to an IP operated by New IP First Block2 in KE (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 8, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around interior.go.ke 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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