Security engines reporting a detection: 7. Public blocklists reporting a match: 2. Exercise extreme caution — do not enter credentials or personal information.
thepolymarket.gr.com is a fraudulent site impersonating Polymarket, the legitimate decentralized prediction market platform, using its branding and page title to deceive visitors into thinking they have reached the real service. It targets crypto wallet holders who use or are curious about prediction markets. PhishDestroy first identified this domain as a threat on 2026-09-07, and as of 2026-10-18 the site remains fully live with active content.
How the scam works
The site presents itself as Polymarket — Decentralized Prediction Markets for Real-World, closely mimicking the legitimate platform's appearance to build trust. When a visitor attempts to participate in a market or claim a reward, they are prompted to connect their crypto wallet. That connection triggers a drainer — malicious contract interactions that, once approved, transfer tokens and assets out of the victim's wallet without further consent. The victim loses whatever holdings the drainer is authorized to move, often within seconds of approving the transaction.
Evidence
Seven of 89 engines on VirusTotal flagged this domain as malicious as of 2026-09-14, with detections from ChainPatrol, alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, Seclookup, and VIPRE. The domain appears on three independent blocklists: PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL. The MetaMask blocklist entry is particularly significant, as it means users of that wallet will receive an in-browser warning before reaching the site.
Infrastructure
The domain is registered under the .gr.com second-level namespace through registrar Key-Systems GmbH, with the parent domain dating back to 1994-08-26. The site is hosted on Cloudflare's network at IP 188.114.97.3, routing traffic through US-based infrastructure. TLS is provided by Let's Encrypt under the YE1 intermediate, a free certificate that adds no identity verification beyond domain control.
What to do
If you visited this site but did not connect a wallet, no immediate action is required beyond avoiding the domain. If you connected a wallet, immediately open a legitimate wallet management tool and revoke all token approvals granted to any contract associated with this site — tools such as Revoke.cash can help identify and cancel outstanding approvals. If funds were moved, document the transaction hashes and report the incident to your wallet provider and relevant blockchain analytics services. Security teams and platform operators should add thepolymarket.gr.com to internal blocklists and alert any communities where Polymarket is discussed.
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 02:30:26 UTC
RDAP registrationUnknown
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 02:30:26 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 02:30:26 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.
Technologies · 2 identified
Cloudflare
CDN
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 · thepolymarket.gr.com
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 thepolymarket.gr.com)
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.
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