SAFE

No threats detected

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

Security Review

Is veronahurumasacco.co.ke legit or a scam?

This looks safe to use.

Legitimate Kenyan Sacco with 8.6-year-old domain, SASRA regulation, and zero scam reports.

Cross-checked against 9 independent sources — none raised a concern
veronahurumasacco.co.keScanned 1h ago
0/100
Trust score
0 = danger · 100 = safe
SAFE
Score breakdown
Heuristics 87·MT 82
Screenshot of veronahurumasacco.co.keSee the live page ↓
Positive signals (5)
Antivirus clearNot on major blacklistsDomain is 9 years oldEncrypted connectionClean server reputation
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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
9 years old
Registered Dec 5, 2017

Website Preview

Screenshot of veronahurumasacco.co.ke
LIVE RENDER
veronahurumasacco.co.ke

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

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.

50
/ 100
Visual inspection

Visual similarities noted — cleared by the overall checks

Our vision model noted some visual similarity to a known brand, but the domain, security records, and reputation checks confirm this is the legitimate site — so this is shown for transparency, not as a red flag.

Visual similarity50/100

What our vision model saw

1 signal

Screenshot incomplete — site may be slow to render

Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
Analysis
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust82/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
The domain has been registered since December 2017 and matches the timeline of an organisation founded in 1994. Our antivirus network returned zero detections across 92 engines and the hosting IP carries no abuse history. The evidence package confirms the Sacco is registered under the Co-operative Societies Act, regulated by SASRA, and reports over 23,000 members with three physical branches. Two positive member testimonials were located on the site itself, while zero scam reports or complaints were found across web sources. The only caution is the lack of visible contact details on the scanned page, which is common for institutional sites that direct members to branches or member portals.
Risk Factors
1
  • No email, phone, or postal address visible on the scanned page.
Positive Signals
5
  • Domain registered 8.6 years ago (December 2017).
  • Zero detections from our antivirus network across 92 engines.
  • Hosting IP carries zero abuse reports.
  • Business confirmed as SASRA-regulated Sacco with active status since 1994.
  • No scam reports or complaints found in web sources.
The full analysis

Page Content

The page presents Verona Huruma Sacco as a faith-based savings and loans provider serving over 23,000 members in Kenya. No login forms, countdown timers, or data-harvesting fields were detected. The body text is minimal and the screenshot capture was incomplete, suggesting the site may be a JavaScript application that loads additional content after the initial request.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on IP 102.218.215.20 with an abuse score of 0/100 and no prior abuse reports. SSL is valid and issued by Let's Encrypt with 79 days remaining. Only two external domains (fonts.googleapis.com and fonts.gstatic.com) are loaded, indicating a clean, low-risk resource profile.

Domain History

The domain veronahurumasacco.co.ke was registered on 5 December 2017, giving it an age of 8.6 years. The registrar record shows no privacy protection, which is consistent with a long-established institutional site.

Web Reputation

Our web research found no scam reports, complaints, or negative mentions. Two positive member reviews were located directly on the domain. Independent sources confirm the Sacco has operated since 1994, is regulated by SASRA as a Non-Withdrawable Deposit-Taking entity, and maintains three branches in Nairobi. Recent 2024 and 2026 financial news coverage highlights ongoing growth and member returns.

What this means for you

The combination of long domain history, regulatory oversight, clean technical signals, and absence of complaints indicates a legitimate financial cooperative. Members should still verify any communications against the official SASRA-registered channels and use the known branch addresses rather than relying solely on the website for contact details.

AI Recommendation
The site appears legitimate. Use official branch addresses or verified member portals for any financial transactions rather than relying on the website contact section.
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 veronahurumasacco.co.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
2 positive
Key findings
5 headline facts from open-web research
  • Verona Huruma Sacco Society Ltd is a legitimate financial institution established in 1994, originally as a self-help group in the Archdiocese of Nairobi.
  • The Sacco is regulated by the Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA) in Kenya as a Non-Withdrawable Deposit-Taking (NWDT) Sacco.
  • The organization reports a membership of over 23,000 individuals and operates three physical branches in Nairobi (HQ at Kariobangi, Town Office, and Utawala).
  • The domain veronahurumasacco.co.ke has been registered since 2017, consistent with the long-term operation of the business.
  • Recent financial news reports from 2024 and 2026 highlight the Sacco's growth and record member returns, indicating active and transparent operations.
Positive reviews (2)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • veronahurumasacco.co.keopen

    "VHSacco helped me expand my retail business with a quick loan. Their rates are the best in the market."

  • veronahurumasacco.co.keopen

    "I've been saving with Verona Huruma for 10 years. My dividends have helped me educate my children."

Business registration
Status: active · Kenya

Registered under the Co-operative Societies Act and regulated by SASRA as a non-deposit-taking Sacco.

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

Our research located two positive member reviews on the domain and confirmed the Sacco's registration and SASRA regulation. No scam reports, complaints, or negative coverage were found across web sources.

Domain Timeline

  1. Dec 5, 2017
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 8.6 years old today.

  2. Jul 12, 2026
    Latest security review — Reviewed as safe

    This scan re-ran every check and found no active threat signals.

veronahurumasacco.co.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

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.

0Malicious0Suspicious58Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not queried
ESET-NOD32
Not queried
Avira
Not queried
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

The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.

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 numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No phone number listed on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age9 years old
RegistrarHidden
RegisteredDec 5, 2017
ExpiresDec 5, 2026
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YR2
ExpiresSep 29, 2026 (79d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingVPS Hostafrica
Server locationZA
Web serverLiteSpeed

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://veronahurumasacco.co.ke/
  • 2200https://veronahurumasacco.co.ke/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPVPS Hostafrica
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 veronahurumasacco.co.ke and not a lookalike like v-eronahurumasacco.co.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

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·veronahurumasacco.co.ke
SAFE

Verona Huruma Sacco is a real Kenyan savings and credit cooperative. The domain is 8.6 years old, the business is registered and regulated by SASRA, and no scam reports or complaints appear anywhere.

The site appears legitimate. Use official branch addresses or verified member portals for any financial transactions rather than relying on the website contact section.

AV engines
92
Domain age
9 yrs
Flagged
0
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Safety FAQ

Common questions, 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 veronahurumasacco.co.ke, so it appears legitimate. All 92 antivirus engines we queried report it clean, and the domain is 8.6 years old, registered on December 5, 2017 — established domains are far less likely to be scams. Even so, always double-check the exact address in your browser, because phishing emails routinely spoof real, trusted domains like this one.
  • veronahurumasacco.co.ke passed our automated checks with a trust score of 84/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged it at the time of the last scan, and its signals line up with an established, legitimate site. Treat any unexpected login prompt or payment request on it with the same caution you would anywhere.
  • Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from veronahurumasacco.co.ke), and legitimate sites are occasionally compromised on specific pages. A clean verdict means the site itself checks out today; it does not mean every email or link claiming to be from veronahurumasacco.co.ke is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.
  • No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report veronahurumasacco.co.ke as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
  • No — veronahurumasacco.co.ke is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
  • veronahurumasacco.co.ke is 8.6 years old, registered on December 5, 2017. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
  • Yes — veronahurumasacco.co.ke presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR2, valid for another 79 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
  • veronahurumasacco.co.ke resolves to an IP operated by VPS Hostafrica in ZA (Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
  • This report is a record of the scan run on July 12, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about veronahurumasacco.co.ke has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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