Verdict
glasgowtimes.co.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 | Regional news website (Glasgow Times) offering local news, sport, events and subscription access. Primary monetization via subscriptions and advertising; content and navigation reflect a standard newspaper site. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- The real-world operator identity was not independently verified.
- 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 | 11 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Never archivedNo public history of this site | Watch |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by GeoTrust TLS RSA CA G1 | 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.
Full analysis
What this website is
Glasgow Times is a regional news and local-media website presenting Glasgow news, crime, court, politics, business, sport, events, notices, classifieds and lifestyle coverage, supported by digital subscriptions, advertising and local listings.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No contradictions were observed. The homepage presents a coherent regional-newspaper model rather than a deposit-taking, investment or cryptocurrency service, with ordinary navigation for news, sport, events, subscriptions, jobs, advertising and public notices. External reputation checks found no malicious or suspicious detections, and the site links to established social profiles associated with the Glasgow Times name. Runtime analysis did observe ten suspicious inline scripts, substantial page changes after interaction, and some non-whitelisted external requests; however, the same analysis found no hidden forms, password forms posting externally, wallet activity, clipboard manipulation, cloaking or brand-impersonation indicators. In context, these observations are more consistent with advertising, analytics, subscription and interactive publishing functions than with a confirmed scam mechanism.
- The homepage title and navigation identify the service as “Glasgow News, Sport, Events | Glasgow Times” and expose sections for news, sport, events, notices, jobs, advertising and subscriptions.
- The domain was registered on 2015-08-04 and is approximately 11.02 years old.
- The homepage links to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok profiles associated with Glasgow Times.
- Transport and reputation observations identified no phishing, malicious-content or blacklist contradiction.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The apparent business model is a local newspaper funded through subscriptions, display advertising, classifieds and local business advertising, not a financial product requiring the type of licensing associated with investment, lending or payments services. The available material does not independently verify the real-world operator identity, although the site’s content, branding and operating model are consistent with an established regional publication. No third-party regulated status or licensing claim is established by the supplied evidence; this is a verification point rather than an indication of fraud. The domain registrar is Newsquest Media Group Limited t/a Newsquest Digital Media, which provides a concrete registration-associated corporate detail, without by itself proving the operator’s legal identity.
- The homepage provides subscription, advertising, classifieds, contact and public-notice functions consistent with a newspaper business.
- The domain is registered through Newsquest Media Group Limited t/a Newsquest Digital Media.
- The site’s TLS certificate is issued by GeoTrust TLS RSA CA G1 using Domain Validation (DV), valid through 2026-12-03.
- The site is served through AS8075, identified as Microsoft Corporation, US.
What to Verify Next
Before credential or payment interactions, an institution should independently confirm the merchant or publisher identity, review the applicable subscription terms, cancellation process and refund provisions, and ensure that any payment flow uses the expected official domain and a protected payment method. Contact details should be cross-checked through an independently sourced publication or offline business record rather than relying solely on a page reached through an advertisement or unsolicited message.
- The homepage exposes subscription and contact forms, with no sensitive form or untrusted submission destination detected.
- The site offers a digital edition and subscription access, making cancellation and payment terms the relevant transaction checks.
- The supplied analysis identifies no wallet-connect, wallet-sensitive or wallet-drainer activity.
Summary Verdict
Available evidence is consistent with an established, apparently legitimate website and supports a high-trust, low-risk posture. The classification is strong, while the real-world operator identity remains likely rather than independently verified.
Infrastructure Integrity
The website is protected by CDN/WAF infrastructure, with the observed edge address 20.90.133.1 associated with AS8075 and Microsoft Corporation; this protective architecture reduces direct exposure of the hosting environment but is a mitigating control, not proof of legitimacy.
Closing Assessment
Ordinary browsing is proportionate to the observed risk posture; account or payment activity should follow the routine identity, terms, and payment-protection checks appropriate for any online subscription.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-11 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 | LIKELY |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 79/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 78% |
- Trusted social count=3
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 glasgowtimes.co.uk.
- The request stayed on glasgowtimes.co.uk. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under Newsquest Media Group Limited t/a Newsquest Digital Media. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by com., across 4 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2027-08-04. Noted
- It is hosted on MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | Newsquest Media Group Limited t/a Newsquest Digital Media |
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| Hosting | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK - Microsoft Corporation, US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 20.90.133.1 |
| Name servers | ns1-04.azure-dns.com., ns2-04.azure-dns.net., ns3-04.azure-dns.org., ns4-04.azure-dns.info. |
| SSL issuer | GeoTrust TLS RSA CA G1 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-12-03 |
| Domain age | 11.02 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2027-08-04 |
| 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 glasgowtimes.co.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.