Motori di sicurezza che segnalano un rilevamento: 5. Prestare estrema cautela: non inserire credenziali o informazioni personali.
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 compliance@tucows.com.
The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 2 months 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.
plug.contact is an impersonation phishing page built to pass itself off as a legitimate service so visitors trust it with information they would never give a stranger. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-08-10. As of 2026-10-19 the domain still resolves and the phishing content is live, so anyone reaching it today sees a working page.
How the scam works
Impersonation sites copy the look, wording and flow of a service the victim already uses, then insert a login form, a "verification" step or a payment request at the point where the real service would. Whatever is typed goes straight to the operators: account passwords, one-time codes, personal details or, on crypto-themed clones, wallet recovery phrases. The page carries the bare title "BABE", which names no brand, while we classify the site as impersonation phishing. No specific phishing kit has been tied to it.
Evidence
Detection by security vendors is still thin. Five of 89 VirusTotal engines (alphaMountain.ai, Chong Lua Dao, Fortinet, Gridinsoft and SOCRadar) marked the domain malicious in a check on 2026-09-21. The overwhelming majority of scanners will therefore let it through without warning. Spamhaus lists the domain in its DBL as a spam source, and three AlienVault OTX threat pulses reference it, which shows other researchers have tied it to malicious activity. Among blocklists, PhishDestroy currently carries it.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-01-06 through Tucows Domains Inc., roughly seven months before PhishDestroy detected it. That gap suggests a domain held in reserve or reused rather than one spun up for a single burst. It is hosted on the Materialism s.r.l. network, a Romanian-registered provider, with the server located in Sweden. The site uses a free Let's Encrypt certificate, so the browser padlock only means the connection is encrypted. It says nothing about who runs the page.
What to do
If you entered a password on plug.contact, change it immediately on the real service and anywhere you reused it, then turn on app-based two-factor authentication and sign out other sessions. If you typed a one-time code, review recent logins and account changes. If you made a payment or entered card details, contact your bank to dispute the charge and block the card. If you entered a wallet recovery phrase, treat that wallet as compromised and move the funds to a new one. Security teams should block the domain at DNS and web proxies, add it to mail filtering given the Spamhaus spam listing, and check logs for users who visited it after 2026-08-10.
IoC Extractionscanned 11/08/20260 wallet · 2 Telegram IoCs
Submitted URLhttp://plug.contact/
Favicon Hash
ID del caso
ICANN OVERSIGHT
Accreditamento e contesto 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.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Evidence layersAvailability: Content servingContent: Content served at rootDNS: ResolvedRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observationContenuto attivoOrdinary HTTP content served90%2026-10-19 22:37:29 UTC
RDAP registrationSconosciuto
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:37:29 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 22:37:29 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.
Tecnologie · 2 identified
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Operating systems
Ubuntu is a free and open-source operating system on Linux for the enterprise server, desktop, cloud, and IoT.
Le relazioni archiviate sono raggruppate in base all'attributo di corrispondenza esatta. Un fornitore o un registrar condiviso da solo non dimostra la proprietà comune.
Mappa delle infrastrutture · plug.contact
Ogni riga rappresenta un motivo per cui un dominio è collegato a questo host. I nodi a dimensione intera indicano rilevamenti di VirusTotal, mentre quelli tratteggiati sono già offline. Di seguito è riportato l'elenco completo.
Risultati corrispondenti4
Stesso hash della favicon o stesso titolo della pagina di questo host.
Registrati tramite lo stesso registrar. Un registrar serve milioni di clienti non collegati tra loro, quindi questo dato indica semplicemente un raggruppamento piuttosto che dimostrare un nesso.
6 evidence signal groups linked1 stored notification recordsUltimo attivo conosciuto
If credentials were compromised, report immediately. Do not engage with recovery scammers.
Se hai inserito credenziali dell'account, informazioni personali o di pagamento oppure hai scaricato un file da questo dominio, agisci immediatamente. Di seguito sono riportate le risorse per aiutarti a segnalare l'incidente e proteggerti.
Attenzione ai truffatori che promettono il recupero dei fondi! I criminali possono contattare nuovamente le vittime fingendo di essere investigatori, avvocati o agenti di recupero. Non pagare commissioni anticipate né condividere credenziali.Scopri di più sulle frodi relative ai sussidi di recupero →
Template-based draft · optional AI wording assistance requires separate consent
Bozza assistita dall'intelligenza artificiale: i dettagli dell'incidente vengono elaborati dal fornitore di intelligenza artificiale · Controllalo e invialo tu stesso
After a phishing incident
Raccomandazioni e consigli per le vittime
Choose the steps that match what you shared. Keep a copy of this report alongside your own records.
Cosa devo fare subito?
Urgente
Stop using the suspicious site. Open the real service through its official app or an address you already trust.
Modifica tutte le password — e-mail, account Exchange, qualsiasi servizio che utilizzi la stessa password
Abilita l'autenticazione a due fattori (2FA) utilizzando un'app di autenticazione (non via SMS). Disattiva il recupero tramite SMS
Carte congelate se hai inserito i tuoi dati bancari sul sito di phishing
Quali informazioni devo raccogliere per la mia relazione?
Linee guida dell'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.
Date e orari esatti — di ogni transazione e del primo contatto con il truffatore
Schermate — siti web truffaldini, messaggi in chat, e-mail, transazioni tramite portafoglio digitale, social media
Tutti gli URL e i domini utilizzato dal truffatore (tra cui plug.contact)
Comunicazioni — e-mail, SMS, numeri di telefono, nomi utente utilizzati dal truffatore
Anche se non conosci tutti i dettagli — sporgere comunque denuncia. Anche le informazioni parziali sono comunque utili alle indagini.
A chi devo segnalare la truffa?
FBI IC3 — Internet Crime Complaint Center (sistema di segnalazione federale degli Stati Uniti)
Europol — Segnalazioni relative alla criminalità informatica in Europa (UE)
Your bank or payment provider — contact its fraud team promptly through official contact details if money or card information was exposed.
Polizia locale — crea un documento ufficiale, anche se non è in grado di agire immediatamente
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?
Siti web fasulli — cloni perfetti, al pixel, di siti legittimi con domini leggermente modificati
Macellazione dei suini — fiducia conquistata nel corso di settimane tramite Telegram/WhatsApp/app di incontri, per poi rubare i soldi
Truffe legate al recupero dei fondi — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
Truffe basate sull'intelligenza artificiale — i deepfake, il phishing automatizzato e i siti generati dall’intelligenza artificiale rendono più difficile individuare le frodi
Come posso proteggermi in futuro?
Aggiungi i siti ufficiali ai preferiti — Non cliccare mai sui link contenuti nelle e-mail, nei messaggi diretti o negli annunci pubblicitari
Verifica i domini — controllare PhishDestroy prima di interagire. Verifica l'HTTPS, l'ortografia e l'età del dominio
"Troppo bello per essere vero" = truffa — rendimenti garantiti, testimonial di personaggi famosi, scadenze urgenti
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.
