arcape.fun is a phishing page that impersonates a crypto project branded ARC, greeting visitors with the headline "Ape into the ARC" to pull in traders eager to buy early. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-09-15. When last checked on 2026-10-19 the site was still alive and its content resolved through a redirect, so the lure remains active.
How the scam works
The "Ape into" wording is aimed at speculative buyers who act fast on new tokens. Impersonation pages like this borrow a project's name and branding, then route the visitor into a fake buy, presale or claim flow. That flow usually asks for a wallet connection and a signature or transfer. Instead of tokens, the victim sends funds or grants permissions to an address controlled by the operators. The redirect means the page can hand visitors off to a different destination at any time, so what one person sees may not match what the next person gets.
Evidence
Independent coverage is thin. On 2026-09-29 VirusTotal showed 5 detections out of 91 engines, from alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar and VIPRE. Most security tools will not warn a visitor yet. The domain appears in 4 AlienVault OTX threat pulses, which shows other researchers have linked it to malicious activity. Among blocklists, it is currently listed only by PhishDestroy.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Namecheap on 2026-09-06, just nine days before PhishDestroy caught it. That short gap is typical of throwaway domains spun up for a single campaign. Traffic runs through Cloudflare, with the edge address geolocated to Canada, so the real origin server is hidden behind the proxy. The certificate from Google Trust Services is issued automatically, so the browser padlock says nothing about whether the site is legitimate.
What to do
If you connected a wallet to arcape.fun, check its token approvals with a revocation tool and cancel any you do not recognize. If you signed a transaction you did not fully understand, move your remaining assets to a fresh wallet. Never share a seed phrase with any site claiming to be ARC. Only use links that the real project announces through its official channels. Defenders should block the domain at DNS and proxy level and add it to wallet and browser warning lists. Abuse reports to Cloudflare and Namecheap can help shorten the site's lifespan.
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.
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Accountability draft
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Network & certificates
Stored technical evidence
Network & DNS
Shared CDN edge
Resolved IP
172.67.209.22
Network ASN
AS13335
Organization
Cloudflare, Inc.
Observed location
Toronto, CA
Server header
cloudflare
एज-आईपी प्रतिष्ठा इस डोमेन के लिए जिम्मेदार नहीं है।
नेमसर्वर 2
everton.ns.cloudflare.com
lina.ns.cloudflare.com
Location describes the IP network.
TLS प्रमाणपत्र
Issuer
Google Trust Services / WE1
Valid from
2026-09-07 08:03:24
Valid until
2026-12-06 09:01:49
Hostname coverage
Stored certificate dates valid
Validity
Within stored validity dates
Collection time
2026-09-15 16:02:08 UTC
Collection source
PhishDestroy collector
Certificate fingerprintfd485a15aae7c57b51b48188abad991bf0122132c7da16bb480c7f612eb21a78Certificate names · 1 SANs
arcape.fun
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Latest HTTP observationRedirectingHTTP redirect observed80%2026-10-20 10:06:36 UTC
RDAP registrationअज्ञात
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-20 10:06:36 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.
तकनीकें · 8 identified
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Node.js
Programming languages
Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform, JavaScript runtime environment that executes JavaScript code outside a web browser.
Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services.
संग्रहीत संबंधों को सटीक मिलान विशेषता द्वारा समूहीकृत किया जाता है। एक साझा प्रदाता या रजिस्ट्रार अकेले सामान्य स्वामित्व साबित नहीं करता है।
समान रजिस्ट्रार: Namecheap6
एक ही रजिस्ट्रार के माध्यम से पंजीकृत। एक रजिस्ट्रार लाखों असंबंधित ग्राहकों को सेवा प्रदान करता है, इसलिए यह लिंक साबित करने के बजाय रिपोर्टों को समूहित करता है।
5 evidence signal groups linked0 stored notification recordsअंतिम ज्ञात सक्रिय
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.
यदि आपने खाता क्रेडेंशियल, व्यक्तिगत या भुगतान जानकारी दर्ज की है, या इस डोमेन से कोई फ़ाइल डाउनलोड की है, तो तुरंत कार्रवाई करें। घटना की रिपोर्ट करने और अपनी सुरक्षा करने में आपकी सहायता के लिए नीचे संसाधन दिए गए हैं।
रिकवरी ठगों से सावधान रहें! अपराधी जांचकर्ता, वकील या रिकवरी एजेंट होने का नाटक करते हुए पीड़ितों से दोबारा संपर्क कर सकते हैं। अग्रिम शुल्क का भुगतान न करें या क्रेडेंशियल साझा न करें।रिकवरी धोखाधड़ी के बारे में और जानें →
Template-based draft · optional AI wording assistance requires separate consent
एआई-सहायता प्राप्त ड्राफ्ट - घटना विवरण एआई प्रदाता द्वारा संसाधित किया जाता है · इसकी स्वयं समीक्षा करें और सबमिट करें
After a phishing incident
पीड़ितों के लिए सिफारिशें और सलाह
Choose the steps that match what you shared. Keep a copy of this report alongside your own records.
मुझे तुरंत क्या करना चाहिए?
अत्यावश्यक
Stop using the suspicious site. Open the real service through its official app or an address you already trust.
सभी पासवर्ड बदलें — ईमेल, एक्सचेंज खाते, कुछ भी जो एक ही पासवर्ड साझा करता हो
2FA सक्षम करें एक ऑथेंटिकेटर ऐप (एसएमएस नहीं) का उपयोग करें। एसएमएस-आधारित रिकवरी को अक्षम करें।
फ्रीज़ कार्ड्स यदि आपने फिशिंग साइट पर बैंकिंग विवरण दर्ज किए
मैं अपनी रिपोर्ट के लिए कौन सी जानकारी एकत्र करूँ?
एफबीआई दिशानिर्देश
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.
सटीक तिथियाँ और समय — प्रत्येक लेनदेन और ठग के साथ पहली बातचीत का
Your bank or payment provider — contact its fraud team promptly through official contact details if money or card information was exposed.
स्थानीय पुलिस — एक आधिकारिक रिकॉर्ड बनाता है, भले ही वे तुरंत कार्रवाई न कर सकें
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?
नकली वेबसाइटें — थोड़े बदले हुए डोमेन के साथ वैध साइटों के पिक्सेल-परफेक्ट क्लोन
सूअर का वध — टेलीग्राम/व्हाट्सएप/डेटिंग ऐप्स के माध्यम से हफ्तों में बनाया गया भरोसा, फिर पैसे चोरी
रिकवरी घोटाले — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
एआई-संचालित धोखाधड़ियाँ — डीपफेक, स्वचालित फ़िशिंग, और एआई-जनित साइटें धोखाधड़ी का पता लगाना कठिन बना रही हैं
मैं भविष्य में खुद को कैसे सुरक्षित रख सकता हूँ?
आधिकारिक साइटों को बुकमार्क करें — ईमेल, डीएम, या विज्ञापनों में दिए गए लिंक पर कभी क्लिक न करें
डोमेन सत्यापित करें — की जाँच करें PhishDestroy संवाद करने से पहले HTTPS, वर्तनी, डोमेन की आयु की जाँच करें।
"सच होने के लिए बहुत अच्छा" = घोटाला — गारंटीशुदा रिटर्न, सेलिब्रिटी समर्थन, तत्काल समय-सीमाएँ
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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