Verdict
vodacom.co.tz 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 | Official Vodacom Tanzania homepage providing product and service marketing (fibre, 5G), device offers, and M-Pesa mobile money information. Contains support and legal links; appears to be a legitimate corporate 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 | 17 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Archived since 2006305 snapshots | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by GlobalSign Atlas R46 DV TLS CA 2026 Q2 | 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).
- Public web-archive history exists since 2006.
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
This is the Vodacom Tanzania corporate website, presenting fibre and 5G connectivity, mobile and business services, device offers, prepaid and postpaid bundles, recharge options, and M-Pesa mobile-money information. Its apparent business model is that of a telecommunications operator generating revenue through service subscriptions, device sales, and transaction services.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No contradictions were observed. The homepage presents a coherent Vodacom Tanzania corporate identity, with structured navigation for Personal, M-Pesa, Vodacom Business, Investor Relations, ESG, and Help & Support. The content describes ordinary telecommunications products and services rather than deceptive investment, cryptocurrency, gambling, or credential-harvesting mechanisms. No brand-impersonation, phishing, malicious-content, or blacklist indicators were identified, and the absence of a login form or sensitive form on the captured homepage further reduces the observed impersonation risk.
- The homepage is titled “Welcome to Vodacom Tanzania” and identifies fibre, 5G, devices, bundles, recharge services, and M-Pesa.
- External reputation checks recorded 0 malicious detections, 0 suspicious detections, and no blacklist or phishing indication for the domain.
- The domain registration record shows creation on 2009-08-05 and an age of 17.03 years; registrar: REG-TZNIC.
- Historical records contain 305 snapshots spanning 2006–2026, covering 21 tracked years, with no detected suspicious repurposing or semantic drift.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The site provides support and legal navigation, which is consistent with a mature customer-facing corporate service. However, the supplied page evidence does not identify a specific licence, registration number, or licensing authority; this is a regulatory-disclosure gap rather than evidence of deception. The available evidence is therefore consistent with an established, apparently legitimate website, while the real-world operator identity remains independently unverified. No matching third-party broker-reputation record was identified, but that contextual signal is not a licensing determination.
- The homepage exposes “Help & Support,” “Investor Relations,” “Our Purpose & ESG,” and legal/support links.
- The business model shown on the site is telecommunications: fibre, 5G, device sales, bundles, recharge services, and M-Pesa.
- The site’s transport encryption uses a TLS certificate issued by GlobalSign Atlas R46 DV TLS CA 2026 Q2, with DV validation, valid to 2026-09-17T16:16:10+00:00.
- The website is served through AS19551, operated by INCAPSULA - Incapsula Inc, US.
What to Verify Next
Before credential or payment interactions, an institution should independently confirm the responsible Vodacom Tanzania entity and any applicable telecommunications or mobile-money authorisations through the relevant official registry. Standard merchant controls should also confirm that published service terms, purchase conditions, cancellation or return provisions, and payment-protection arrangements correspond to the intended transaction. Contact details should be validated through an independently sourced official channel rather than relying solely on information presented during a transaction.
- The supplied regulatory evidence records the on-page disclosure state as unclear and does not provide a licence number or licensing authority.
- The homepage contains product purchase prompts such as “Buy Now” for listed devices and “Get Connected” for connectivity services.
- The site includes dedicated Help & Support and legal navigation that can be used for document and contact-channel comparison.
- The real-world operator identity is classified as unverified despite the site’s established corporate presentation.
Summary Verdict
The overall posture is high trust and low risk, with converging evidence supporting an established, apparently legitimate corporate website and no observed scam or impersonation contradictions. The classification is strong, but it should not be treated as independent proof of the real-world operator’s identity.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site is protected by Incapsula CDN/WAF infrastructure, with observed edge addresses 45.60.73.192 and 45.60.82.192 on AS19551; no origin candidate was observed. This is a meaningful defensive control that mitigates direct origin exposure, but it is an infrastructure-strength signal rather than proof of corporate ownership.
Closing Assessment
Ordinary browsing and service research are proportionate to the observed posture; credential or payment interactions should follow the standard independent identity, transaction-terms, and payment-protection checks expected for any telecom or mobile-money service.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-13 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 vodacom.co.tz.
- The request stayed on vodacom.co.tz. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under REG-TZNIC. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by co.tz, across 2 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2027-08-04. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 2006-02-05. Clear
- It is hosted on INCAPSULA, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | REG-TZNIC |
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| Hosting | INCAPSULA - Incapsula Inc, US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 45.60.73.192 |
| Name servers | ns3.vodacom.co.tz, ns4.vodacom.co.tz |
| SSL issuer | GlobalSign Atlas R46 DV TLS CA 2026 Q2 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-09-17 |
| Domain age | 17.03 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2027-08-04 |
| Archive first seen | 2006-02-05 |
| Archive snapshots | 305 |
| 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 vodacom.co.tz 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.