surgehq.io presents itself as "Surge — AI Workforce Platform", borrowing the name and look of an AI workforce service to win the trust of businesses and individual users. PhishDestroy classifies it as an impersonation phishing page and first flagged it on 2026-09-28. As of 2026-10-19 the domain was still live and redirecting visitors elsewhere, so the lure remains active.
How the scam works
Impersonation pages like this copy a real or plausible product's branding, here an AI workforce platform, so that visitors feel they are on an official site. The usual goal is to get people to sign in, register, connect accounts or pay for a plan, handing account credentials, personal details or payment information to the operators. Because the domain now redirects, visitors may be sent on to a different page that carries out the actual collection. Victims risk losing account access, money paid for a service that does not exist, and any data they typed in.
Evidence
On 2026-10-03, 6 of 91 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, SOCRadar, URLQuery and VIPRE. That is a modest count, but it comes from several unrelated vendors that reached the same conclusion independently. The domain also appears in 4 AlienVault OTX threat pulses, where other researchers have tied it to malicious activity, and it is listed on the PhishDestroy blocklist.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Namecheap on 2026-06-05, roughly 115 days before PhishDestroy detected it. That gap suggests it was set up in advance and given time to age before the campaign drew attention. It resolves to 216.198.79.1 on Amazon's network in the United States. Its Let's Encrypt certificate is free and issued automatically, so the browser padlock shows only that the connection is encrypted and says nothing about whether the site is legitimate.
What to do
If you signed in or registered on surgehq.io, change that password immediately, along with the password on any other account where you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. If you entered card or bank details, contact your bank to block the card and dispute any charges, and watch your statements closely. Treat follow-up emails or messages that mention Surge with suspicion, and reach the real service only through channels you have verified yourself. Defenders should block the domain and its IP at the DNS, proxy and email gateway level, and search logs for any users who visited or were redirected through it.
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%2026-10-19 22:32:47 UTC
RDAP registrationTidak diketahui
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:35:38 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.
app.surgehq.ioDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
Teknologi · 2 identified
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Vercel
PaaS
Vercel is a cloud platform for static frontends and serverless functions.
Hubungan yang disimpan dikelompokkan berdasarkan atribut pencocokan tepat. Penyedia atau registrar bersama saja tidak membuktikan kepemilikan bersama.
Peta infrastruktur · surgehq.io
Setiap jalur merupakan salah satu alasan mengapa sebuah domain terhubung ke host ini. Ukuran node menandai deteksi VirusTotal, sedangkan node bergaris putus-putus menunjukkan bahwa node tersebut sudah offline. Daftar lengkapnya tercantum di bawah ini.
Laporan lain tentang edge Vercel bersama6
Laporan-laporan ini diselesaikan dengan IP edge bersama yang sama. Mereka membantu penemuan laporan tetapi tidak menyiratkan kepemilikan bersama atau server asal bersama.
Didaftarkan melalui penyedia layanan pendaftaran yang sama. Sebuah penyedia layanan pendaftaran melayani jutaan pelanggan yang tidak saling terkait, sehingga hal ini sekadar mengelompokkan laporan-laporan tersebut, bukan membuktikan adanya hubungan.
5 evidence signal groups linked0 stored notification recordsTerakhir diketahui aktif
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.
Jika Anda memasukkan kredensial akun, informasi pribadi atau pembayaran, atau mengunduh file dari domain ini, segera ambil tindakan. Di bawah ini adalah sumber daya untuk membantu Anda melaporkan insiden tersebut dan melindungi diri Anda sendiri.
Waspadalah terhadap penipu yang mengatasnamakan pemulihan! Penjahat dapat menghubungi korban lagi sambil berpura-pura menjadi penyelidik, pengacara, atau agen pemulihan. Jangan membayar biaya di muka atau membagikan kredensial.Pelajari lebih lanjut tentang penipuan dalam proses pemulihan →
Laporkan kepada Pihak Berwenang di Daerah Anda
Pilih negara Anda untuk mendapatkan kontak resmi kejahatan dunia maya, atau membuat draf pengaduan →.
Direktori 97 negara
Template-based draft · optional AI wording assistance requires separate consent
Draf yang dibantu AI — detail insiden diproses oleh penyedia AI · Tinjau dan kirimkan sendiri
After a phishing incident
Rekomendasi & Saran bagi Para Korban
Choose the steps that match what you shared. Keep a copy of this report alongside your own records.
Apa yang harus saya lakukan segera?
Mendesak
Stop using the suspicious site. Open the real service through its official app or an address you already trust.
Ubah semua kata sandi — email, akun Exchange, apa pun yang menggunakan kata sandi yang sama
Aktifkan 2FA menggunakan aplikasi otentikator (bukan SMS). Nonaktifkan pemulihan berbasis SMS
Kartu pembeku jika Anda telah memasukkan detail perbankan di situs phishing tersebut
Informasi apa saja yang sebaiknya saya kumpulkan untuk laporan saya?
Pedoman 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.
Tanggal dan waktu yang tepat — dari setiap transaksi dan kontak pertama dengan penipu
Tangkapan layar — situs web penipuan, pesan obrolan, email, transaksi dompet digital, media sosial
Semua URL & domain digunakan oleh penipu (termasuk surgehq.io)
Komunikasi — email, pesan teks, nomor telepon, dan nama pengguna yang digunakan oleh penipu tersebut
Meskipun kamu belum mengetahui semua detailnya — tetap saja ajukan laporan. Informasi yang tidak lengkap tetap dapat membantu penyelidikan.
Ke mana saya harus melaporkan penipuan ini?
FBI IC3 — Pusat Pengaduan Kejahatan Internet (Laporan tingkat federal AS)
Your bank or payment provider — contact its fraud team promptly through official contact details if money or card information was exposed.
Polisi setempat — membuat catatan resmi, meskipun mereka tidak dapat bertindak segera
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?
Situs web palsu — salinan yang persis sama dengan situs asli, dengan domain yang sedikit diubah
Pemotongan babi — kepercayaan yang dibangun selama beberapa minggu melalui Telegram/WhatsApp/aplikasi kencan, lalu uangnya dicuri
Penipuan pemulihan — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
Penipuan yang didukung oleh kecerdasan buatan — deepfakes, serangan phishing otomatis, dan situs yang dihasilkan oleh kecerdasan buatan (AI) yang membuat penipuan semakin sulit dideteksi
Bagaimana cara saya melindungi diri di masa depan?
Tandai situs resmi — jangan pernah mengklik tautan dari email, pesan langsung (DM), atau iklan
Memverifikasi domain — periksa PhishDestroy Sebelum berinteraksi. Periksa HTTPS, ejaan, dan usia domain
"Terlalu bagus untuk jadi kenyataan" = penipuan — imbal hasil yang dijamin, dukungan dari selebriti, tenggat waktu yang mendesak
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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