ashleymadison-us.com is an impersonation phishing page that borrows the name of Ashley Madison, the discreet dating service. It targets members of that service and people looking for anonymous dating. PhishDestroy first saw it on 2026-09-02. The site has been offline since 2026-09-16, its content is blocked by the provider, and it was still down when last checked on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
The page carried the title "Ashley Madison - How to Stay Anonymous While Dating." That title reads like an advice article, while we classified the site as an impersonation phishing page. Lookalike domains of this kind put a familiar brand next to a reassuring privacy message, then steer visitors toward fake sign-in or sign-up forms that capture email addresses, passwords and sometimes payment details. For a service built on discretion, the stakes go beyond a stolen account. An exposed identity tied to an affair-oriented dating site is exactly the kind of material scammers use for pressure and extortion.
Evidence
On 2026-09-15, VirusTotal showed 6 of 89 engines flagging the domain: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, PhishFort, SOCRadar and VIPRE. That is a small share of engines, but it includes a brand-protection specialist and several URL-reputation services that reached the same verdict independently. The domain also appears in 4 AlienVault OTX threat pulses. Among blocklists, it is currently listed by PhishDestroy.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Spaceship, Inc. It resolved to 188.114.96.9 on Cloudflare's network, geolocated to Canada, which hides the real origin server behind a proxy. Its certificate came from Google Trust Services (WE1). That certificate gave the site a padlock in the browser but says nothing about who runs it. The site stayed up only about two weeks after PhishDestroy first saw it before going offline.
What to do
If you entered an Ashley Madison login on this site, change that password right away, along with any other account that shares it, and turn on two-factor authentication. If you entered card details, ask your bank to block the card and watch for unfamiliar charges. If you receive messages threatening to expose your dating activity, do not pay. Keep the messages and report them to the police. Defenders should block the domain and look for close variants that combine the Ashley Madison brand with country suffixes.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
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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
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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
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