Phishing sites impersonating YouTube

PhishDestroy has recorded 77 phishing domains impersonating YouTube since 2025-08-30, 5 of them in the last 30 days. The most used registrars are NICENIC and NameCheap; the most common TLDs are .com and .info. The official YouTube domain is youtube.com: any other site asking for your login or wallet is not YouTube.

77
Domains, all time
5
Last 30 days
43
Online at last check
2
Confirmed takedowns

New domains in the last 90 days

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YouTube phishing domains detected per day: 15 from 2026-07-25 to 2026-10-22; peak 2.

How to tell a fake YouTube site

Official domain: youtube.com.

Words most often added to the brand in reported domains: dmca, mediasync, sweeply, airbnb, clone, sweep, trumpcast, alert, duplicate, disabled.

  • Type the address yourself or use a bookmark; phishing links for YouTube arrive through ads, search results, direct messages and fake support accounts.
  • Check the full domain before you sign in: look for extra words, hyphens, a different TLD or look-alike letters.
  • YouTube does not ask you to confirm your password or card details through a link in an email or SMS.

Paste a suspicious address into the Homoglyph Checker or check it against the DestroyList.

Latest YouTube phishing domains

The 50 most recently detected domains impersonating YouTube
DomainFirst detectedStatus at last checkRegistrar
blackopaldirectco.shop2026-10-17OnlineDynadot
bkbeautyco.shop2026-10-16OnlineDynadot
com-qr.to2026-10-13OnlineNICENIC
barstoolsportshq.shop2026-10-11OnlineDynadot
jobstrendz.com2026-10-10OnlineNAMECHEAP
smooth-wrench.com2026-09-21OnlinePorkbun
napthepubg.mobi2026-09-11OnlineDomain The Net Technologies
ambika223.github.io2026-09-08OfflineGitHub
hayzat.com2026-09-06OnlineWebcentral
yt.automatizatube.com2026-09-06OnlineNameCheap
io-qr.cc2026-09-05OfflineNICENIC
ripvox.com2026-09-05OfflineTrustname.com
aachen-webdesign.de2026-08-25Online—
lp.liveparty.jp2026-07-27Online—
karaoke.garrettmanley.com2026-07-27OnlineSquarespace Domains II
sweeply.my2026-06-01OfflineNAMECHEAP
mediasync.my2026-06-01OfflineNAMECHEAP
mediasync.cv2026-06-01OfflineNAMECHEAP
id0976443.icu2026-06-01OfflineGlobal Domain
sweeply.at2026-06-01Online—
id9910875.sbs2026-06-01OfflineGlobal Domain
id0144871.sbs2026-06-01OfflineGlobal Domain
mediasync.top2026-06-01OfflineNamecheap
cz10948903id.shop2026-06-01OnlinePublicDomainRegistry.com
pltba09083.shop2026-06-01OfflineWeb Commerce Communication
dmca-alerts.info2026-06-01OnlineNICENIC
remove-strike.pro2026-06-01OfflinePublicDomainRegistry.com
dmca-alert.info2026-06-01OnlineNICENIC
sweep-cooperation.info2026-06-01OnlineNICENIC
sweep.video2026-06-01OfflineNameCheap
mediasync.video2026-06-01OfflineNameCheap
strikeverify.com2026-06-01OnlineNICENIC
dmca-verify.com2026-06-01OnlineNICENIC
sweeply.run2026-06-01OfflineNameCheap
dmcadef.com2026-06-01OnlineNICENIC
id240941.com2026-06-01OfflineHello Internet
sweep.gl2026-06-01OnlineNICENIC
sweeply.digital2026-06-01OfflineNameCheap
mediasync.ink2026-06-01OfflineNAMECHEAP
mediasync.sh2026-06-01OnlineNICENIC
sweeply.cc2026-06-01OnlineNICENIC
sweeply.media2026-06-01OfflineNameCheap
dmca-hub.report2026-05-08OfflineNameCheap
dmca-notify.rest2026-05-08OfflineNAMECHEAP
mediasync.one2026-05-08OfflineNameCheap
dmca.forum2026-04-29OfflineNAMECHEAP
takedown-alert.info2026-04-23UnknownNICENIC
dmcaverify.com2026-04-23OfflineDynadot
dmca-gov.cfd2026-04-23OfflineGlobal Domain
siputzx.my.id2026-04-18OnlinePT Digital Registra Indonesia

All 77 YouTube reports

Where they are registered and hosted

Registrars

  1. NICENIC13
  2. NameCheap8
  3. NAMECHEAP5
  4. Cloudflare4
  5. NiceNIC4
  6. Global Domain4
  7. Tucows Domains3
  8. Dynadot3

Top-level domains

  1. .com17
  2. .info5
  3. .shop5
  4. .app4
  5. .live3
  6. .io2
  7. .dev2
  8. .cc2

Hosting networks

  1. CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US19
  2. AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.15
  3. Cloudflare, Inc.11
  4. CLOUDFLARENET, US6
  5. GOOGLE - Google LLC, US4
  6. SQUARESPACE, US2
  7. Amazon.com, Inc.2
  8. AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US2

Related

Data: PhishDestroy domain-report database, built 2026-10-22. Counts cover every reported domain whose stored target brand is YouTube; share of all PhishDestroy reports: 0.03%.