Verdict
exchangerates.org.uk appears legitimate.
Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.
| What this site appears to be | Exchange Rates UK provides live exchange rates, currency conversion and comparison tools, historical data, forecasts, financial news, and links to international money-transfer providers. The page includes disclaimers that rate information should be independently verified. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | None flagged itVirusTotal | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 21 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Never archivedNo public history of this site | Watch |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by WE1 | Noted |
The page as captured
No screenshot is retained for this report.
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity).
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
- The operator behind the site could not be independently connected to a real-world brand or person.
Full analysis
Overview
Exchange Rates UK is an established informational website providing live exchange rates, currency conversion and comparison tools, historical data, forecasts, financial news, and links to international money-transfer providers. Its apparent business model is free financial information supported by advertising, referrals, and audience monetization rather than custodial financial services.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No contradictions were observed. The homepage presents a coherent informational purpose, with no detected phishing, brand impersonation, malicious behavior, or high-risk investment pattern. Its rate disclaimers appropriately state that information should be independently verified, and the site's established operating history and clean external reputation support a legitimate assessment.
- The domain was registered on 2005-12-23 and is approximately 20.62 years old.
- External reputation checks recorded zero malicious and zero suspicious detections, with no blacklist or phishing finding.
- The homepage contains no login form, hidden sensitive form, or wallet-connection behavior.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The site presents informational market data rather than claiming to provide regulated custody or investment services. No license claim or registration number is supplied in the available site content, so regulatory status is not established for any third-party provider linked from the site; this is a transparency point, not an identity contradiction. Registration is through 123-Reg Limited t/a 123-reg, while the available third-party broker-reputation check returned no match.
- The homepage describes advertising, referral relationships, and newsletter monetization rather than custodial financial services.
- Domain registration is recorded through 123-Reg Limited t/a 123-reg, expiring 2028-12-23.
- The site's transport encryption uses a DV certificate issued by WE1, valid through 2026-09-25.
What to Verify Next
Before relying on any linked financial provider, independently confirm that provider's authorization and published terms with the relevant official registry. Rate-sensitive decisions should also be checked against independent market sources, consistent with the site's own disclaimer.
- The homepage explicitly advises independent verification of rate information.
- The homepage's sole detected form is a newsletter signup rather than a sensitive financial submission form.
Summary Verdict
The website presents as a legitimate, established, high-trust informational service with a coherent purpose and no observed scam or impersonation indicators. Normal interaction and standard use are appropriate.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site is protected by Cloudflare CDN/WAF infrastructure, and all observed addresses were CDN edge servers rather than exposed origin addresses. This reduces direct origin exposure and is a mitigating security factor, but does not independently establish legitimacy.
Closing Assessment
Normal browsing, account login where offered, and standard site use are appropriate; consequential financial decisions should remain based on independently confirmed information and provider terms.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-02 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
No rule findings contributed to this verdict.
Identity verification
| Status | UNVERIFIED |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 30/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 50% |
- No on-site identity signals detected
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of exchangerates.org.uk.
- The request stayed on exchangerates.org.uk. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under 123-Reg Limited t/a 123-reg [Tag = 123-REG]. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by cloudflare.com, across 2 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2028-12-23. Clear
- It is hosted on CLOUDFLARENET, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | 123-Reg Limited t/a 123-reg [Tag = 123-REG] |
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| Hosting | CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 2606:4700:20::681a:226 |
| Name servers | courtney.ns.cloudflare.com, jerry.ns.cloudflare.com |
| SSL issuer | WE1 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-09-25 |
| Domain age | 20.6 years |
| Domain expiry | 2028-12-23 |
| Archive first seen | Not available |
| Archive snapshots | 0 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 0 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about exchangerates.org.uk at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.