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vanillabalance.online

“How to Check Your Vanilla Gift Card Balance | Visa & Mastercard”

Registrador
Global Domain Group
Resolved IP
163.61.188.9
Registered
08/01/2026
PhishDestroy assessment Crítico
Disponibilidad Último activo conocido Última observación de accesibilidad almacenada Observado · HTTP probe
VirusTotal detecciones: 6/89 Spamhaus DBL: DBL_PHISH Etiqueta automática de marca: Mastercard
OTX: 5 refs 03/09/2026 1 Report Sent
API
Este dominio ha sido señalado como malicioso
Motores de seguridad que informan una detección: 6. Tenga extrema precaución: no ingrese credenciales o información personal.
ABUSE NOTICE · 7D+ OPEN Outgoing abuse reports are recorded; the latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable.
Notification and current-status evidence

The sent-report ledger records the first outgoing report at . The recorded recipient is abuse@whiteprivacy.com. The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 1 month has elapsed since the first outgoing report.

ICANN RAA §3.18 describes registrar abuse-contact and handling obligations. This section records outgoing timestamps, listed recipients, case identifiers, and later availability. It does not by itself prove receipt, acknowledgement, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.

Elapsed since first report
1 month
Reports sent
1
Latest case ID
PD-20260903-EF92B4
Current status
HTTP 200 at latest stored check
VirusTotal
engine detections
Google Safe Browsing
OTX
community references
Page captures
open gallery
Domain age
Reports sent
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Resumen del informe

Suplantación de Mastercard: vanillabalance.online — Último activo conocido (HTTP 200). Resumen de las pruebas: VirusTotal 6/89 (alphaMountain.ai, CRDF…

El análisis detallado de PhishDestroy AI se mantiene en inglés para conservar el registro forense original.

Source evidenceVirusTotal 6 / 89 · OTX 5 references 7 sources

VirusTotal

6 / 89 engine detections

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Spamhaus DBL

DBL_PHISH

URLQuery

checked — no detections recorded

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Google Safe Browsing

No threat flag

Abrir informe

Results reflect each source’s collection time. Zero detections do not guarantee safety. OTX references are community publications.

Analysis

Crítico
VirusTotal
6 / 89
OTX
5 community refs
Page captures
3

PhishDestroy threat report

Overview

vanillabalance.online is an impersonation phishing page dressed up as a balance checker for Vanilla prepaid gift cards. It uses Mastercard branding, and its page title reads "How to Check Your Vanilla Gift Card Balance | Visa & Mastercard". It targets people holding prepaid gift cards who want to see what is left on them. PhishDestroy first flagged the domain on 2026-09-03, and the site was still online and serving content as of 2026-10-19.

How the scam works

Fake balance checkers rely on a simple step: to see your balance, you type in the full card number, expiration date and security code, sometimes with a PIN or ZIP code. Prepaid gift cards carry no name or bank login. Anyone who has those details can spend the card online right away, so the balance is usually gone within minutes of submission. The page title mentions both Visa and Mastercard, while we classified the site as Mastercard impersonation. Victims lose whatever value was on the card, along with any personal details the form collected.

Evidence

Spamhaus lists the domain in its DBL under the phishing category, which is a strong signal that filtering infrastructure treats it as malicious. VirusTotal returned 6 detections out of 89 engines on 2026-09-11, from alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft and SOCRadar. That count is modest, so many security tools may still let the page through. The domain also appears in 5 AlienVault OTX threat pulses and on the PhishDestroy blocklist.

Infrastructure

The domain was registered on 2026-01-08 through Global Domain Group LLC, almost eight months before PhishDestroy detected it. A gap like that fits a domain held in reserve or one that ran quietly before being reported. It resolves to an address on the NEW DHAKA HARDWARE network, located in the US. The Let's Encrypt certificate gives the page a padlock, which proves nothing about who runs it.

What to do

If you entered a gift card number, expiry date or security code here, call the issuer immediately using the phone number printed on the back of the card. Ask them to freeze the card and, where possible, issue a replacement. Keep the card and your purchase receipt, because issuers often require both before refunding any unspent balance. Check balances only through the website or phone number printed on the card itself, never through a search result or ad. Defenders should block the domain at DNS and proxy level, and retailers and card issuers can share it with fraud teams handling gift card complaints.

Blocklist matchesPhishDestroy 1
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Captura guardada · 3 captures

Observed page title
How to Check Your Vanilla Gift Card Balance | Visa & Mastercard
Automated brand references
Mastercard Visa
Certificado TLS
Emitido por Let's Encrypt · stored validity ends in 77 days

Domain details

Dominio
URLScan verdict Análisis finalizado score 0 report ↗
Reputación de IP abuse score 0/100 3 reports Brute-ForceWeb App Attack checked 05/10/2026
OTX tags 2026-09activeall-domainsblocklistcontentcryptodominiosdrainerfraudlivemonthlyphishdestroyphishingscam
Registrador Global Domain Group (Unknown)
Contacto de abusoabuse@whiteprivacy.com
Registro de la ICANNICANN Lookup (RDAP) →
RegistroCreado 08/01/2026 (284d) — Expires 08/01/2027
Estado HTTP200
Detalles técnicosProvenance & timestamps
Primera detección03/09/2026
DOM Analysisanalyzed 09/10/2026score 88/1002 brand signals
Submitted URLhttps://vanillabalance.online/
Favicon Hash
ID del caso
ICANN OVERSIGHT

Acreditación y contexto RAA

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.

Accountability draft No se envía nada automáticamente.

Network & certificates

Stored technical evidence

Network & DNS

Resolved IP
163.61.188.9
Network ASN
AS153568
Organization
MIT
Observed location
Staten Island, US
Server header
LiteSpeed

Servidores de nombres 4

  • dns1.lytehosting.com
  • dns2.lytehosting.com
  • dns3.lytehosting.com
  • dns4.lytehosting.com

Mail routing 1 MX record

  • vanillabalance.onlinepriority 0

Location describes the IP network.

Certificado TLS

Issuer
Let's Encrypt
Valid from
2026-08-23 00:44:17
Valid until
2026-11-21 00:44:16
Validity
Within stored validity dates
Collection time
2026-10-10 22:03:15 UTC
Collection source
PhishDestroy collector
Certificate fingerprintf949393d22e0cf60cc788d6eb0165181ec64402e9ad6a4057fd90a9616745bfa

Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.

Latest Classified Outcome 2026-10-19 22:36:42 UTC

Primary outcome Contenido activo reason: Ordinary HTTP content served 90% confidence
Attribution source: Current Http Probe
Evidence layers Availability: Content serving Content: Content served at root DNS: Resolved Registration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observation Contenido activo Ordinary HTTP content served 90% 2026-10-19 22:36:42 UTC
RDAP registration Desconocido
Observed timeline last reachable: 2026-10-19 22:36:42 UTC last content: 2026-10-19 22:36:42 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.
Tecnologías · 3 identified
Detected via Cloudflare Radar · Wappalyzer engine
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Análisis de VirusTotal

6 / Los proveedores de seguridad de 89 marcaron este dominio
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Last analyzed First positive detection Previous stored snapshot: 6 detections
alphaMountain.ai
CRDF
Forcepoint ThreatSeeker
Fortinet
Gridinsoft
SOCRadar

Evidencias archivadas

Wayback Machine Snapshot
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Análisis del rendimiento del sitio

Google PageSpeed Insights — mobile performance audit of vanillabalance.online · checked Sep 3, 2026

82
Needs Work
Performance
FCP
2.84s
First Contentful Paint
LCP
3.15s
Largest Contentful Paint
CLS
0.155
Cumulative Layout Shift
TBT
0ms
Total Blocking Time
SI
2.86s
Speed Index
Powered by Google PageSpeed Insights · Mobile strategy · Scores: 90-100 Good 50-89 Needs Work 0-49 Poor
Registration & observation details3

Availability observations

Last reachable observation
Last content observation
Estimate basis
Currently reachable

An estimated time describes an observation window. It does not prove a registrar action or the exact moment a site became unavailable.

Check for cloaking

Compare what a browser and a crawler receive, and check for Keitaro traffic routing.

Page titles differ

alive_content: raw=ok; http=200; via=https_proxy; server=LiteSpeed

Browser
How to Check Your Vanilla Gift Card Balance | Visa & Mastercard
Crawler
VanillaGift | Visa Card or Mastercard Balance
vanillabalance.online
Resultado guardado
Cloaked / Filtered
Stored observation history20

Dated changes retained by the monitor and source collectors. Newest observations appear first; source states are not proof of a takedown.

  1. Availability monitor · Recorded state

    Desconocido→live_content

    content_served

  2. Availability monitor · Recorded state

    Desconocido→live_content

    content_served

  3. Availability monitor · Recorded state

    Desconocido→live_content

    content_served

  4. Availability monitor · Recorded state

    Desconocido→live_content

    content_served

  5. Availability monitor · Recorded state

    Desconocido→live_content

    content_served

Earlier observations 15
  1. Availability monitor · Recorded state

    Desconocido→live_content

    content_served

  2. Availability monitor · Recorded state

    Desconocido→live_content

    content_served

  3. Availability monitor · Recorded state

    Desconocido→live_content

    content_served

  4. Availability monitor · Recorded state

    Desconocido→live_content

    content_served

  5. Availability monitor · Recorded state

    Desconocido→live_content

    content_served

  6. Availability monitor · Recorded state

    Desconocido→live_content

    content_served

  7. Availability monitor · Recorded state

    Desconocido→live_content

    content_served

  8. Availability monitor · Recorded state

    Desconocido→live_content

    content_served

  9. Availability monitor · Recorded state

    Desconocido→live_content

    content_served

  10. Availability monitor · Recorded state

    Desconocido→live_content

    content_served

  11. Availability monitor · Recorded state

    Desconocido→live_content

    content_served

  12. Availability monitor · Recorded state

    Desconocido→live_content

    content_served

  13. VirusTotal · Detection count

    3→4

  14. VirusTotal · Detection count

    2→3

  15. Availability monitor · First collection record

    Accesible

Recorded activity

6 entries
  1. AlienVault OTX

    5 community references

    View source
  2. Google Safe Browsing

    No threat flag

    View source
  3. VirusTotal

    6/89 engine detections

    View source
  4. Abuse report sent

    PD-20260903-EF92B4

    abuse@whiteprivacy.com
  5. Added to PhishDestroy

    vanillabalance.online

    View source
  6. URLScan

    Page captured

    View source

Datos y informes externos

Instantánea de evidencia enviada
Sent: Ledger records: 1 Case ID: PD-20260903-EF92B4 Recipient: abuse@whiteprivacy.com
Page title stored with report: How to Check Your Vanilla Gift Card Balance | Visa & Mastercard
PDF notice generated
Análisis en profundidad
Help & reporting

¿Te ha afectado esta página web?

6 evidence signal groups linked 1 stored notification records Último activo conocido
If credentials were compromised, report immediately. Do not engage with recovery scammers.

Si ingresó credenciales de cuenta, información personal o de pago, o descargó un archivo de este dominio, tome medidas inmediatas. A continuación encontrará recursos que le ayudarán a informar el incidente y protegerse.

Official reporting routes

¡Cuidado con los estafadores que se hacen pasar por empresas de recuperación de datos! Los delincuentes pueden volver a contactar a las víctimas haciéndose pasar por investigadores, abogados o agentes de recuperación. No pague tarifas por adelantado ni comparta credenciales. Más información sobre el fraude en las ayudas de recuperación →

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After a phishing incident

Recomendaciones y consejos para las víctimas

Choose the steps that match what you shared. Keep a copy of this report alongside your own records.

¿Qué debo hacer ahora mismo?

Urgente

Stop using the suspicious site. Open the real service through its official app or an address you already trust.

  • Cambiar todas las contraseñas — correo electrónico, cuentas de Exchange, cualquier cosa que utilice la misma contraseña
  • Activar la autenticación de dos factores utilizando una aplicación de autenticación (no SMS). Desactivar la recuperación mediante SMS
  • Tarjetas de congelación si has introducido tus datos bancarios en la página de phishing

¿Qué información debo recopilar para mi informe?

Directrices del FBI

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.
  • Fechas y horas exactas — de cada transacción y del primer contacto con el estafador
  • Capturas de pantalla — páginas web fraudulentas, mensajes de chat, correos electrónicos, transacciones con monederos electrónicos, redes sociales
  • Todas las URL y dominios utilizados por el estafador (incluidos vanillabalance.online)
  • Comunicaciones — correos electrónicos, mensajes de texto, números de teléfono y nombres de usuario que utilizó el estafador

Aunque no tengas todos los detalles — presenta la denuncia de todos modos. Incluso la información parcial sigue siendo útil para las investigaciones.

¿Dónde debo denunciar la estafa?

  • IC3 del FBI — Centro de Denuncias de Delitos en Internet (sistema federal de denuncia de EE. UU.)
  • Europol — Informes sobre la ciberdelincuencia en Europa (UE)
  • Your bank or payment provider — contact its fraud team promptly through official contact details if money or card information was exposed.
  • Policía local — deja constancia oficial, aunque no puedan actuar de inmediato

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?

  • Páginas web falsas — Clones idénticos al milímetro de sitios web legítimos, con dominios ligeramente modificados
  • Sacrificio de cerdos — Se ganaba la confianza de las víctimas a lo largo de varias semanas a través de Telegram, WhatsApp o aplicaciones de citas, y luego les robaban el dinero.
  • Estafas relacionadas con la recuperación — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
  • Estafas basadas en la inteligencia artificial — los «deepfakes», el phishing automatizado y los sitios web generados por IA, que hacen que el fraude sea más difícil de detectar

¿Cómo puedo protegerme en el futuro?

  • Añadir a favoritos las páginas web oficiales — Nunca hagas clic en enlaces de correos electrónicos, mensajes directos o anuncios
  • Verificar dominios — comprobar si PhishDestroy antes de interactuar. Comprueba que sea HTTPS, la ortografía y la antigüedad del dominio
  • «Demasiado bueno para ser verdad» = estafa — rendimientos garantizados, recomendaciones de famosos, plazos urgentes

Further guidance: NIST · phishing responseFBI IC3 · reports & evidenceFTC · recovery scams

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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.

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