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 abuse@spaceship.com.
The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 13 days 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.
allocation-theindexfinance.cfd is an impersonation phishing page posing as The Index. It greets visitors with the title "The Index — hold it, get paid in stocks" and is aimed at crypto users who might believe they have an allocation waiting. PhishDestroy flagged it on 2026-10-07, the same day the domain was registered. When last checked on 2026-10-19, the site was still listed as live, but its content was no longer resolving through DNS.
How the scam works
The domain pairs "allocation" with the brand name, a common lure for fake claim pages. These pages usually tell visitors they are eligible for a token or reward allocation and ask them to connect a wallet or confirm a transaction to collect it. The promise of being "paid in stocks" just for holding adds a sense of easy, passive income. A victim who signs what the page requests can hand over token approvals or transfer assets directly, and those losses cannot be reversed on-chain.
Evidence
On 2026-10-11, six of 92 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, LevelBlue, SOCRadar and VIPRE. That count is modest, so many security tools will not warn on it yet. The stronger signal comes from the crypto-focused blocklists that already carry it. MetaMask, ScamSniffer and SEAL list it alongside PhishDestroy, and it appears in two AlienVault OTX threat pulses.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Spaceship, Inc. on 2026-10-07 and was caught within hours. That timing points to a throwaway domain set up for a short campaign on a cheap .cfd extension. Traffic routes through Cloudflare (AS13335, US), which hides the real origin server. The Let's Encrypt certificate means the padlock icon offers no assurance that the site belongs to The Index.
What to do
If you connected a wallet or signed anything on this site, open a token-approval checker right away and revoke every permission granted to unfamiliar contracts. Then move any remaining funds to a fresh wallet if you entered a seed phrase. Treat any "allocation" offer for The Index as fake unless it comes through the project's verified official channels. Defenders should block the domain at DNS and proxy level and watch for lookalike .cfd domains using the same naming pattern. Abuse reports to Cloudflare and Spaceship help keep the domain offline.
The linked repository preserves daily zone observations across seven ShortDot-operated TLDs, including registration volume and abuse-related indicators. This registry context is supporting background and is not an independent detection for the domain in this report.
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.
Primary outcomeDNS 非アクティブreason: DNS NXDOMAIN80% confidence
Attributionsource: Dns Cache
Evidence layersAvailability: DNS inactiveContent: UnreachableDNS: NXDOMAINRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observation不明Probe Inconclusive20%2026-10-19 22:39:24 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-07 16:01:21 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-10-08 20:20:32 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-10-07 16:01:21 UTC → 2026-10-08 20:20:32 UTC · 28.32hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-10-08 06:10:56 UTC · precision medium · basis bounded
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.
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.
Your bank or payment provider — contact its fraud team promptly through official contact details if money or card information was exposed.
地元の警察 — たとえ直ちに行動を起こせなくても、公式な記録が残される
A report is not a guarantee of recovery or investigation, but prompt, accurate transaction data can help authorities and service providers trace the incident.
詐欺による金銭の返還を装った詐欺 — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
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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