Is openseasa.com a scam?

openseasa.com has been flagged by 15 security vendors on VirusTotal and appears in 3 blocklists. Exercise extreme caution.

Who owns openseasa.com?

openseasa.com is registered through TUCOWS DOMAINS, INC., created on October 23, 2025. Check our full WHOIS report for detailed ownership data.

Is openseasa.com safe to visit?

openseasa.com shows moderate risk indicators. Always verify the site's legitimacy before interacting with it.

How do I report openseasa.com?

You can report openseasa.com to your local cybercrime authorities, Google Safe Browsing, and anti-phishing organizations. Our report page includes country-specific reporting contacts and pre-filled complaint templates.

openseasa[.]com

Domain Security & Threat Intelligence Report

15/95 VT Detections URLScan: Scanned Still Active Detected Oct 25, 2025 Killed Feb 22, 2026 3 Blocklists Targets: OpenSea

85 Threat Score

Analyst Security Overview

AI-Generated

The domain openseasa.com is designed to impersonate the legitimate NFT marketplace OpenSea. With a VirusTotal detection score of 15/95, it poses a considerable risk to users attempting to engage with the real platform. Users navigating to this domain may unknowingly compromise their credentials to malicious actors, leading to potential financial loss.

Registered with TUCOWS DOMAINS, INC. and having an age of just 124 days, the domain has already been flagged on multiple blocklists, indicating its malicious intent. The IP address 198.18.8.177 is associated with suspicious activities, further raising red flags for users and security systems alike.

Currently, openseasa.com has been taken down following a coordinated effort by PhishDestroy, which reported and blocklisted the domain. Monitoring continues to ensure that variations of this phishing scheme do not emerge in the future.

VirusTotal

15/95 VT Detections

URLScan.io

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Domain Age

125 days New

Site Status

Active (HTTP 403)

DestroyList

Listed

User Reports

1 report

Threat Response Pipeline

14/15

Pre-emptive Discovery & Ingestion

30+ Proprietary Parsers · Infrastructure Analysis · Threat Ingested

3/3 ✓

30+ Proprietary Parsers

Distributed network scanning Google Ads (malvertising), SEO-manipulated results, Twitter/X, YouTube & Telegram campaigns

Infrastructure Analysis

dnstwist & typosquatting detection to catch look-alike domains targeting established brands

Threat Ingested

openseasa.com detected and queued for full analysis

Oct 25, 2025

Global Ecosystem Submission

50+ Vendor Submissions · Cloudflare Radar · VirusTotal · Blocklist Detection · Brand Impersonation

5/5 ✓

50+ Vendor Submissions

Data submitted to Cloudflare, Google Safe Browsing, Microsoft, VirusTotal, Netcraft, ESET, Bitdefender, Norton, Avira, PhishTank, Dr.Web, URLScan.io, PolySwarm & more

Cloudflare Radar

Scanned via Cloudflare Radar — DNS, certificates & network data

VirusTotal

15/95 vendors flagged on VirusTotal

Feb 23, 2026

Blocklist Detection

Found in 3 blocklists: MetaMask, PhishDestroy, SEAL

Feb 25, 2026

Brand Impersonation

Impersonation of OpenSea

Legal Notifications & Reporting

ICANN Compliance Reports · DestroyList Published · Abuse Report Pending · Re-detection Logic

3/4

ICANN Compliance Reports

Formal abuse notifications aligned with ICANN standards, including forensic evidence packages (metadata, screenshots, PDF)

DestroyList Published

Added to PhishDestroy/DestroyList — open-source blocklist for wallets & extensions

Oct 25, 2025

Abuse Report Pending

Will be sent to registrar (TUCOWS DOMAINS, INC.) & hosting

Re-detection Logic

Follow-up alerts if threat remains active beyond 24 hours — automated re-reporting cycle

Public Transparency & Takedown

Open Threat Database · Social Broadcasting · Domain Taken Down

3/3 ✓

Open Threat Database

Real-time commits to GitHub repository & live monitoring at phishdestroy.io/live

Social Broadcasting

Automated alerts on Twitter, Telegram & Mastodon channels

Domain Taken Down

Phishing site is offline — no longer serving malicious content

Feb 22, 2026

Public Blocklist Status

Listed in 3 public blocklists — MetaMask, PhishDestroy, SEAL

Checked against 11 community-maintained threat databases

Website Screenshot

Malicious Content

Screenshot of openseasa.com captured during automated security scan

Automated capture by URLScan.io View full scan

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Domain Intelligence

Domainopenseasa.com

RegistrarTUCOWS DOMAINS, INC. (Canada)

IP Address198.18.8.177

CreatedOct 23, 2025 (125 days — New)

ExpiresOct 23, 2026

Nameserversns1.siteground.net
ns2.siteground.net

Abuse Contactstucows@domains.siteground.com
admin@mx10.antispam.mailspamprotection.com
abuse@mx30.antispam.mailspamprotection.com
abuse@mx10.antispam.mailspamprotection.com
admin@mx20.antispam.mailspamprotection.com
postmaster@mx10.antispam.mailspamprotection.com
admins@siteground.com
domainabuse@tucows.com
postmaster@mx20.antispam.mailspamprotection.com
admin@mx30.antispam.mailspamprotection.com
postmaster@mx30.antispam.mailspamprotection.com
abuse@mx20.antispam.mailspamprotection.com

First DetectedOct 25, 2025

Registrar Response0h

HTTP Status403

VirusTotal Analysis

15 / 95 security vendors flagged this domain

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Evidence & External Reports

URLScan Report

VirusTotal

URLQuery

Wayback Machine

WHOIS Lookup Deep Analysis

Cloudflare Radar Scanned ✓ ThreatFox

Shodan

ScamAdviser

ChainAbuse

Were You Affected by This Site?

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If you have interacted with this domain, entered personal information, or connected a cryptocurrency wallet — take immediate action. Below are resources to help you report the incident and protect yourself.

Chainabuse

Report crypto wallet address, transaction, or phishing URL

FBI IC3

Report internet crime (US)

Europol

Report cybercrime (EU)

Action Fraud

Report fraud & cyber crime (UK)

SEAL-ISAC

Security Alliance — crypto threat intelligence

Domain Appeal

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