catru.online posed as a bank website. Its pages carried the title "Home - Capital Trust Bank", and urlscan.io matched the layout to a generic banking template. The domain name itself reads like a clipped form of "Capital Trust", meant to look plausible at a glance. PhishDestroy flagged it on 2026-09-03, the same day it was registered. The site has been offline since 2026-09-27, and its DNS was still inactive on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
Fake bank sites like this copy the look of a real or invented institution so visitors trust them with money or credentials. Typical lures include an online-banking login form that captures usernames, passwords and one-time codes. Others ask victims to open an "account" by sending a deposit, uploading ID documents or paying a release or verification fee before they can access their funds. A victim can lose banking access, personal identity documents and any money transferred, because payments sent to the operators cannot be recovered through the fake bank.
Evidence
On 2026-09-11, 14 of 89 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain. They included BitDefender, ESET, Fortinet, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, G-Data, Gridinsoft, CRDF and alphaMountain.ai. That is a meaningful spread of independent vendors for a site that had existed for barely a week. urlscan.io returned a malicious verdict, Spamhaus lists the domain in its DBL as spam, and it appears in four AlienVault OTX threat pulses alongside the PhishDestroy blocklist entry.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Global Domain Group LLC and detected on the same day, 2026-09-03. That timing points to a disposable domain set up for a short campaign rather than an established business. It was hosted on the NEW DHAKA HARDWARE network in the United States. A free Let's Encrypt certificate gave it a padlock icon, which only means the connection was encrypted, not that the site was legitimate. The site stayed live for about three and a half weeks before going dark.
What to do
If you entered banking credentials on this site, change that password at your real bank right away, enable two-factor authentication, and call the bank using the number on your card to report possible compromise. If you sent a deposit or paid any "fee", contact your bank or payment provider immediately to dispute the transfer, and file a fraud report. If you uploaded ID documents, watch for identity misuse. Do not pay anyone who promises to recover the money. Defenders should block the domain and search proxy and DNS logs for visits between 2026-09-03 and 2026-09-27.
What we count
Elapsed time from the first stored abuse report to the first observation that the content was unavailable. This does not establish the cause.
What each report contains
Stored outgoing-report records may reference evidence available at the time, such as vendor verdicts, registration data, hosting details, classifications, or screenshots. This page does not infer the exact payload delivered, receipt, acknowledgement, or action by a recipient.
Technical detailsProvenance & timestamps
First DetectedSep 3, 2026
Submitted URLhttps://catru.online/
Favicon Hash
Case ID
ICANN OVERSIGHT
Accreditation and RAA context
Registrar accreditation and DNS abuse obligations
For this gTLD, the registrar above operates under an ICANN accreditation agreement. The links below provide the official fee schedule and current DNS abuse compliance guidance.
Accreditation is a contract, not a safety certification.
RAA §3.18 establishes abuse-contact and handling requirements. This report can document stored outbound notices and later technical observations; it does not by itself establish receipt, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Primary outcomeDNS inactivereason: DNS NXDOMAIN80% confidence
Attributionsource: Dns Cache
Evidence layersAvailability: DNS inactiveContent: UnreachableDNS: NXDOMAINRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observationUnknownProbe Inconclusive20%2026-10-19 01:16:37 UTC
RDAP registrationUnknown
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-09-26 10:11:36 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-09-26 10:11:36 UTC → 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTC · 102.06hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-09-28 13:13:15 UTC · precision low · basis bounded
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.
JSDelivr is a free public CDN for open-source projects. It can serve web files directly from the npm registry and GitHub repositories without any configuration.
The chat button by GetButton takes website visitor directly to the messaging app such as Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp and allows them to initiate a conversation with you.
Stored relationships are grouped by the exact matching attribute. A shared provider or registrar alone does not prove common ownership.
Infrastructure map · catru.online
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.
7 evidence signal groups linked1 stored notification recordsContent unavailable
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 catru.online)
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.
