carding.cm is an impersonation phishing site built around a login screen titled 'Cyberpunk Auth Portal'. Its name points to card fraud, and it presents itself as a gated sign-in page that visitors must pass through to reach whatever lies behind it. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-10-07. As of 2026-10-19 the site was still online and serving its content.
How the scam works
Impersonation pages copy the look of a legitimate service's sign-in flow so visitors type their username, password or one-time codes into a form the operator controls. Here the bait is the 'Cyberpunk Auth Portal' screen. The page title names no specific brand, but PhishDestroy classifies the site as impersonation. Anything submitted goes straight to the operator, who can take over the matching real account, reuse the password elsewhere, or resell the login.
Evidence
On 2026-10-11, 8 of 92 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain: alphaMountain.ai, Chong Lua Dao, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar and VIPRE. That is a minority of engines, but the vendors are independent of one another and include established web-filtering and threat-feed providers. Spamhaus lists the domain in its DBL as spam. It also appears in 4 AlienVault OTX pulses, which means other researchers have tied it to malicious activity.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-05-25 through Netcom.cm Sarl under Cameroon's .cm extension, about 135 days before PhishDestroy detected it. That gap fits a domain that was registered and then held for a while before being used. It resolves to Cloudflare's network in the US, so the real origin server sits behind the proxy. The Google Trust Services certificate gives the page a normal padlock, which says nothing about whether it is safe.
What to do
If you entered a username and password on this portal, change that password right away on the real service and everywhere you reused it. Then turn on app-based or hardware-key two-factor authentication. Sign out of all active sessions, check your account recovery email and phone for changes, and watch for unfamiliar logins. If you submitted card or payment details, call your bank to block the card. Defenders should block carding.cm at DNS and the proxy, search logs for users who reached it, and force credential resets for anyone who did.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Evidence layersAvailability: Content servingContent: Content served at rootDNS: ResolvedRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observationLive contentOrdinary HTTP content served90%2026-10-19 02:20:44 UTC
RDAP registrationUnknown
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 02:20:44 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 02:20:44 UTC
Availability, content, DNS and registration are independent evidence layers. NXDOMAIN, an unreachable origin or missing content alone does not prove registrar action. A registrar or provider is credited only when a direct technical marker identifies that actor. Report causality is shown separately.
Recorded subdomains1
Hostnames retained in the domain record or Certificate Transparency cache. A hostname alone does not establish current availability or malicious activity.
www.carding.cmDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services.
Stored relationships are grouped by the exact matching attribute. A shared provider or registrar alone does not prove common ownership.
Infrastructure map · carding.cm
Each lane is one reason a domain is linked to this host. Node size marks VirusTotal detections and dashed nodes are already offline. The full lists follow below.
Content matches4
Same favicon hash or the same page title as this host.
4 evidence signal groups linked0 stored notification recordsLast known active
Listed domains receive at least one abuse report; this entry has no retained notification history.
If credentials were compromised, report immediately. Do not engage with recovery scammers.
If credentials, payment data, or files were exposed, report the incident immediately. Change affected passwords, revoke active sessions, and scan the device.
Beware of recovery scammers! Recovery scammers may pose as investigators, lawyers, or tracing services. Do not pay upfront fees or disclose credentials.Learn more about recovery fraud →
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After a phishing incident
Recommendations & Advice for Victims
Choose the steps that match what you shared. Keep a copy of this report alongside your own records.
What should I do immediately?
Urgent
Stop using the suspicious site. Open the real service through its official app or an address you already trust.
Change all passwords — email, exchange accounts, anything that shares the same password
Enable 2FA using an authenticator app (not SMS). Disable SMS-based recovery
Freeze cards if you entered banking details on the phishing site
What information should I collect for my report?
FBI guidelines
Keep original emails, receipts, messages and screenshots in a secure place. A factual timeline helps the receiving authority understand what happened. IC3 evidence guidance ↗
Payment records — if you paid, save the receipt, amount, date, payment provider and recipient details.
Exact dates & times — of each transaction and first contact with scammer
Screenshots — scam website, chat messages, emails, wallet transactions, social media
All URLs & domains used by the scammer (including carding.cm)
Communications — emails, texts, phone numbers, usernames the scammer used
Even if you don't have all details — file a report anyway. Partial information still helps investigations.
Where should I report the scam?
FBI IC3 — Internet Crime Complaint Center (US federal reporting)
Your bank or payment provider — contact its fraud team promptly through official contact details if money or card information was exposed.
Local police — creates an official record, even if they can't act immediately
A report is not a guarantee of recovery or investigation, but prompt, accurate transaction data can help authorities and service providers trace the incident.
How do phishing scams typically work?
Fake websites — pixel-perfect clones of legitimate sites with slightly altered domains
Pig butchering — trust built over weeks via Telegram/WhatsApp/dating apps, then money stolen
Recovery scams — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
AI-powered scams — deepfakes, automated phishing, and AI-generated sites making fraud harder to detect
How can I protect myself in the future?
Bookmark official sites — never click links from emails, DMs, or ads
Verify domains — check on PhishDestroy before interacting. Check HTTPS, spelling, domain age
"Too good to be true" = scam — guaranteed returns, celebrity endorsements, urgent deadlines
About this reportSources, observation dates and corrections
This report combines saved page captures, registration and network records, scanner results and PhishDestroy reporting history. Each source keeps its own observation date. Open a source report to inspect the original result.
The AI-assisted analysis was written on . It describes the evidence available at that time; later source checks can change.
A capture documents what was shown. A scanner result records that provider’s assessment at the time of its check. Neither a valid certificate nor a zero-detection result is a guarantee of safety.
