gov-eadn.shop is on the PhishDestroy blocklist, which we first logged on 2026-10-11. The name opens with "gov-", a prefix that resembles official government addresses, but it sits on a cheap retail .shop extension that no government uses. The site was still alive on 2026-10-19 and was answering requests with a redirect.
How the scam works
The page title shows a Cloudflare "520: Web server is returning an unknown error" message, not branded content. That conflicts with the domain being blocklisted, because the error page itself takes nothing from visitors. The risk sits behind the redirect. A domain styled like a government site can send visitors to pages that ask for personal details, payments or logins. Treat anything this domain leads to as untrusted, and do not submit identity documents, card numbers, passwords or wallet details there.
Evidence
On 2026-10-16, 5 of 92 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, LevelBlue, SOCRadar and Sophos. That is low coverage, but five unrelated vendors reached the same verdict on their own, which carries weight for a new domain. Three AlienVault OTX threat pulses also reference it, so other researchers are tracking it. Among the blocklists we checked, only PhishDestroy currently lists it.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Dynadot Inc. on 2026-04-25, about 169 days before we detected it. That gap suggests it was registered early and kept idle until it was put to use. Traffic resolves to Cloudflare, Inc. (104.21.14.24, geolocated to CA), a reverse-proxy service that hides the real origin server. The 520 error means that hidden origin was failing to respond properly when the page was fetched. The certificate is a free, automatically issued Let's Encrypt (YE1) one, so the padlock in the browser says nothing about who runs the site.
What to do
If you only opened the page, close it and do not follow wherever it redirects. If you entered personal or payment details, contact your bank to block the card, and watch for identity misuse or follow-up messages that claim to come from a government office. If you typed a password, change it everywhere you reuse it and turn on two-factor authentication. Defenders should block the domain at DNS and the web proxy, and search logs for visits and redirect chains that started from it.
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.
Latest HTTP observationRedirectingHTTP redirect observed80%2026-10-20 10:00:46 UTC
RDAP registrationअज्ञात
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-20 10:00:46 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.
Recorded subdomains1
Hostnames retained in the domain record or Certificate Transparency cache. A hostname alone does not establish current availability or malicious activity.
ontario.gov-eadn.shopDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
तकनीकें · 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.
संग्रहीत संबंधों को सटीक मिलान विशेषता द्वारा समूहीकृत किया जाता है। एक साझा प्रदाता या रजिस्ट्रार अकेले सामान्य स्वामित्व साबित नहीं करता है।
संरचना मानचित्र · gov-eadn.shop
प्रत्येक लेन एक कारण है कि कोई डोमेन इस होस्ट से जुड़ा हुआ है। नोड का आकार ईVirusTotal का संकेत देता है और धराशायी नोड पहले से ही ऑफ़लाइन हैं। पूरी सूचियाँ नीचे दी गई हैं।
सामग्री मेल खाती है4
इस होस्ट की तरह वही फ़ैविकॉन हैश या वही पेज शीर्षक।
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।
4 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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