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@namecheap.com.
The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 1 month 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.
americandiscoverygroup.com presents itself as American Discovery Group under the slogan "WE FIND WHAT OTHERS OVERLOOK." PhishDestroy classifies it as an impersonation phishing page. Its listing on the MetaMask and SEAL blocklists points to crypto users as the audience. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-09-19, and the site was still online with its content live on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
Impersonation sites borrow the name and polish of a credible-sounding firm to win trust before asking for something valuable. That can be account logins, identity documents, wallet details, or an upfront payment for a promised service. The page title describes an investigative or discovery business, which is a different framing from the phishing classification. Even so, the polished slogan is the kind of hook these pages use to make a visitor feel they have found a capable, legitimate company. Whatever a victim submits or pays goes straight to the operators.
Evidence
Six of 91 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain as of 2026-09-29: CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, SOCRadar and URLQuery. That count is modest but comes from unrelated vendors reaching the same verdict. MetaMask and SEAL, both focused on crypto threats, block it alongside PhishDestroy. The domain also appears in four AlienVault OTX threat pulses, so other researchers have tracked it independently.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Namecheap on 2026-09-14 and caught by PhishDestroy only five days later. That short gap fits a site built for a quick campaign rather than an established business. It is hosted on Namecheap's own network in the United States. It uses a certificate from SSL.com, so the padlock in the browser says nothing about whether the operator can be trusted.
What to do
If you paid American Discovery Group through this site, contact your bank or payment provider immediately to dispute the charge. Do not send any further fees, however they are justified. If you entered passwords, change them everywhere they were reused and turn on two-factor authentication. If you uploaded ID documents, watch for identity misuse. If you shared a seed phrase or private key, move your funds to a new wallet right away. Security teams should block the domain and its hosting address, and report it to the registrar and host while it remains live.
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026年9月19日score 95/1001 brand signal
Submitted URLhttp://americandiscoverygroup.com/
Favicon Hash
ケース ID
Observed page title
American Discovery Group – WE FIND WHAT OTHERS OVERLOOK.
Automated brand references
Across
TLS証明書
発行者 SSL Corporation / SSL.com TLS Issuing RSA CA R1· stored validity ends in 162 days
Network & certificates
Stored technical evidence
Network & DNS
Resolved IP
198.54.114.214
Network ASN
AS22612
Organization
Namecheap, Inc.
Observed location
Chicago, US
Server header
LiteSpeed
ネームサーバー 2
dns1.namecheaphosting.com
dns2.namecheaphosting.com
Mail routing 3 MX records
mx1-hosting.jellyfish.systemspriority 5
mx2-hosting.jellyfish.systemspriority 10
mx3-hosting.jellyfish.systemspriority 20
Location describes the IP network.
TLS証明書
Issuer
SSL Corporation / SSL.com TLS Issuing RSA CA R1
Valid from
2026-09-14 21:39:58
Valid until
2027-03-31 21:49:18
Hostname coverage
Certificate hostname mismatch
Validity
Within stored validity dates
Collection time
2026-09-19 10:02:17 UTC
Collection source
PhishDestroy collector
Certificate fingerprint5cae0912dfca12ab2f0ad4658d619d103e6cf67cc180983d109dc4e5a89720f1Certificate names · 1 SANs
www.americandiscoverygroup.com
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 observationコンテンツ公開中Ordinary HTTP content served90%2026-10-19 22:26:51 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:35:29 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 22:26:51 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.
www.americandiscoverygroup.comDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
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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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