watchdogcompliance.online presented itself as "Watchdog Compliance - Automated License Management - Michigan." It borrowed the identity of a compliance service to reach businesses and professionals who handle licensing in Michigan. PhishDestroy first saw the domain on 2026-09-20 and classified it as an impersonation phishing page. The site went offline on 2026-10-17 and was still unreachable when last checked on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
Impersonation pages copy the name and look of a trusted service so visitors believe they are dealing with the real provider. A license-management front gives the operator a believable reason to ask for business details, login credentials or payments for renewals and compliance fees. The page title points to a regulatory service, not a crypto product, and our classification rests on the impersonation itself. Victims can lose account access, sensitive business information, or money paid to an operator who delivers nothing.
Evidence
On 2026-10-02, 6 of 91 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain: alphaMountain.ai, Bfore.Ai PreCrime, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft and SOCRadar. That is a small share of engines, but the flagging vendors include predictive and threat-intelligence feeds that specialise in newly weaponised domains. The domain appears in 4 AlienVault OTX pulses, so other researchers have tracked it independently. Among blocklists, only PhishDestroy lists it, which means many browsers and filters may not have warned visitors.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Network Solutions on 2026-04-02, about five and a half months before PhishDestroy detected it. A domain that sits that long before active use often reflects a planned campaign rather than an improvised one. It resolved to 23.153.104.17 on the Aquiryn LLC network in the United States and used a free Let's Encrypt certificate. The padlock in the browser therefore showed only an encrypted connection and said nothing about who ran the site.
What to do
If you entered a username or password on this site, change it on the genuine service and on any account that reuses it, then turn on two-factor authentication. If you paid a licensing or compliance fee here, contact your bank or card issuer to dispute the charge, and verify any outstanding obligation directly with the real provider or the relevant Michigan licensing authority. If you shared business or identity details, watch for follow-up emails and calls that cite them. Defenders should block the domain and its IP, search mail and proxy logs from 2026-09-20 onward for visits, and reset credentials for any users who reached it.
Yang kami hitung
Waktu yang berlalu sejak laporan penyalahgunaan pertama kali disimpan hingga pengamatan pertama bahwa konten tersebut tidak tersedia. Hal ini tidak dapat menentukan penyebabnya.
Isi setiap laporan
Catatan laporan keluar yang disimpan dapat merujuk pada bukti yang tersedia pada saat itu, seperti keputusan vendor, data pendaftaran, detail hosting, klasifikasi, atau tangkapan layar. Halaman ini tidak menyimpulkan secara pasti muatan yang dikirimkan, penerimaan, pengakuan, atau tindakan oleh penerima.
Detail teknisProvenance & timestamps
Pertama Kali Terdeteksi20/09/2026
DOM Analysisanalyzed 20/09/2026score 88/1001 brand signal
Submitted URLhttps://watchdogcompliance.online/
Favicon Hash
ID kasus
ICANN OVERSIGHT
Akreditasi dan konteks 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
Tidak ada yang dikirim secara otomatis.
Network & certificates
Stored technical evidence
Network & DNS
Resolved IP
23.153.104.17
Network ASN
AS32561
Organization
Aquiryn LLC
Observed location
Sheridan, US
Server header
LiteSpeed
Server nama 4
ns7.asurahosting.com
ns7.my-control-panel.com
ns8.asurahosting.com
ns8.my-control-panel.com
Mail routing 1 MX record
watchdogcompliance.onlinepriority 0
Location describes the IP network.
Sertifikat TLS
Issuer
Let's Encrypt / YR1
Valid from
2026-10-03 03:04:15
Valid until
2027-01-01 03:04:14
Hostname coverage
Certificate hostname mismatch
Validity
Within stored validity dates
Collection time
2026-10-11 16:03:00 UTC
Collection source
PhishDestroy collector
Certificate fingerprint808af859008c47ae3194a0c44544f78f6782fa859ffef69c3a46f41477983a34Certificate names · 2 SANs
lyonshost.online
www.watchdogcompliance.lyonshost.online
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
jQuery is a JavaScript library which is a free, open-source software designed to simplify HTML DOM tree traversal and manipulation, as well as event handling, CSS animation, and Ajax.
Hubungan yang disimpan dikelompokkan berdasarkan atribut pencocokan tepat. Penyedia atau registrar bersama saja tidak membuktikan kepemilikan bersama.
Peta infrastruktur · watchdogcompliance.online
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.
Konten cocok4
Hash favicon yang sama atau judul halaman yang sama dengan host ini.
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.
6 evidence signal groups linked1 stored notification recordsKonten tidak tersedia
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 watchdogcompliance.online)
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.
