Security Review

Is swinnertonmachinery.co.uk legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Dangerous· 1/100

Agricultural machinery seller flagged by multiple antivirus engines as malware; no verifiable business registration or postal address found.

swinnertonmachinery.co.ukScanned 6h ago
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Trust score
DANGEROUS
Heuristics 0·MT 40
Category tags
business servicese-commerce#Fake Shop#Clone Site72% MT confidence
Technical red flags (1)

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.

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
10/92
Engines flagged this URL
Domain Age
10 years old
Registered Feb 3, 2016
MT Intelligence
Suspicious
High likelihood · 72% confidence
DANGEROUS

Critical risk detected

8 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page as malicious. Multiple independent checks — antivirus engines, browser safety blocklists, and threat databases — flagged this site. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.

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MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
High scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust40/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
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Confidence
The domain is 10+ years old and hosts a professional-looking agricultural machinery storefront with contact forms, an online shop, and social-media links. However, six antivirus engines—including BitDefender, CyRadar, and G-Data—classify the site as malware or phishing, a significant red flag that contradicts the legitimate business appearance. The page lacks a postal address despite claiming decades of operation across the UK and Ireland, which is unusual for an established machinery dealer. The site loads external resources from legitimate CDNs and analytics services, but the malware detections suggest either compromised infrastructure or intentional malicious hosting. The domain's age and valid SSL certificate provide some legitimacy signals, but they do not override the consensus antivirus verdict.
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Page Content

The site presents as Swinnerton Machinery, an agricultural equipment sales and repair business. It includes sections for machinery sales, spare parts, mechanical services, and a login/register form. The body text claims over 100 years of combined team experience and 60+ years of tractor repair expertise. However, no postal address is displayed on the page, which is a notable omission for a business claiming to operate across the UK and Ireland.

Infrastructure

The domain resolves to IP 35.214.49.201 (Google Cloud infrastructure) with a valid Let's Encrypt SSL certificate expiring in 52 days. The hosting IP has zero abuse reports and a clean reputation score. External resources load from legitimate sources: Google Fonts, Google Tag Manager, Facebook, Instagram, and a third-party domain (famouswolf.co.uk).

Domain History

The domain is 3,778 days old (approximately 10.3 years), registered via Tucows Inc with privacy protection enabled. The age suggests an established online presence, though the privacy flag prevents verification of current ownership or business registration details.

Web Reputation

Six antivirus engines flag the site as malicious or phishing: ADMINUSLabs, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, CRDF, CyRadar, and G-Data. Two additional engines mark it as suspicious. Browser blocklists remain clean, and our sandbox analysis did not trigger alerts. The domain is not indexed in global traffic rankings, suggesting minimal legitimate web visibility.

Risk Factors
6
  • Six antivirus engines (BitDefender, CyRadar, G-Data, ADMINUSLabs, Chong Lua Dao, CRDF) classify the site as malware or phishing.
  • No postal address displayed despite claiming to operate a physical business across the UK and Ireland for decades.
  • Domain privacy protection prevents verification of current business ownership or registration.
  • Not indexed in global traffic rankings, indicating low or no legitimate web presence.
  • Login/register form present on a site flagged as malicious, creating credential-harvesting risk.
  • External resource loading from famouswolf.co.uk, a third-party domain not associated with the stated business.
Positive Signals
5
  • Domain is 10+ years old, suggesting some historical legitimacy.
  • Valid SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt.
  • Hosting IP (Google Cloud) has zero abuse reports and clean reputation.
  • Page structure and content appear professionally designed with coherent business narrative.
  • Browser blocklists do not flag the site.
AI Recommendation
Do not enter payment details or login credentials on this site. If you are looking for legitimate agricultural machinery dealers in the UK, verify the business independently through Companies House or local trade directories before engaging.
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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 swinnertonmachinery.co.uk, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
10 yrs
Registered Feb 2016
Web mentions
No scam reports found
No complaints, no negative coverage turned up in our sweep.
Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst

No scam reports or complaints found in available sources.

Antivirus Engines

Detection matrix · live
10 engines 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.

8Malicious2Suspicious52Harmless92Engines
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of 92
ADMINUSLabs
Malicious· malicious
BitDefender
Malicious· malware
Chong Lua Dao
Malicious· malicious
CRDF
Malicious· malicious
CyRadar
Malicious· malware
G-Data
Malicious· malware
Lionic
Malicious· malware
VIPRE
Malicious· malware
alphaMountain.ai
Suspicious· suspicious
Gridinsoft
Suspicious· suspicious

10 antivirus engines 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.

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 a contact email on its own domain
Emails on site's domainoffice@swinnertonmachinery.co.uk
Phone numbers+44 01827 897711
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles5
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Contact email on the site's own domain (office@swinnertonmachinery.co.uk).
  • Phone number listed (+44 01827 897711).
  • Links to 9 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age10 years old
RegistrarTucows Inc t/a Tucows
RegisteredFeb 3, 2016
ExpiresFeb 3, 2027
Owner privacyHidden
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · R12
ExpiresJul 31, 2026 (52d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingGoogle LLC
Server locationGB
Web servernginx
Platform / CMSWordPress

Server Reputation

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

Avoid this site

Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.

  • Do not interact with swinnertonmachinery.co.uk

    Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.

  • Verify the business through independent channels

    Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.

  • Never use irreversible payment methods

    Crypto, gift cards, wire transfers, and cash apps offer zero buyer protection. Use a credit card or PayPal if you must pay.

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Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
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 flags swinnertonmachinery.co.uk as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
  • No — swinnertonmachinery.co.uk scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
  • Yes. swinnertonmachinery.co.uk presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · R12, expiring in 52 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • swinnertonmachinery.co.uk is 10.4 years old, registered on 2/3/2016 through Tucows Inc t/a Tucows. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
  • 10 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged swinnertonmachinery.co.uk as malicious or suspicious (8 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
  • No. swinnertonmachinery.co.uk is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • swinnertonmachinery.co.uk resolves to an IP operated by Google LLC 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 swinnertonmachinery.co.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·swinnertonmachinery.co.uk
DANGEROUS

Swinnerton Machinery claims to be a UK agricultural equipment dealer, but 6 antivirus engines flag the site as malware or phishing, and the business lacks verifiable registration or a physical address on the page.

Do not enter payment details or login credentials on this site. If you are looking for legitimate agricultural machinery dealers in the UK, verify the business independently through Companies House or local trade directories before engaging.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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