basedone.cyou is an impersonation phishing page that presented itself as a "Based Rewards Proposal" promising that "Eligible Voters Receive Rewards." It borrows the Based name and the look of a governance vote to reach crypto users who expect token incentives for taking part. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-10-07. The site went offline on 2026-10-08, and on our last check on 2026-10-19 it was still dead with no active DNS.
How the scam works
Fake governance pages exploit a familiar ritual: a project posts a proposal, holders vote, and participants receive a reward. The lure here is the promise of rewards for eligible voters, which pushes visitors to prove eligibility, usually by connecting a wallet and signing what looks like a vote or a claim. In schemes of this kind, that signature or transaction is actually a token approval, transfer or permit that lets the attacker move the victim's assets. No reward exists, and the voter loses whatever the signed permission covers.
Evidence
Wallet-security blocklists caught this domain even though antivirus engines did not. MetaMask, ScamSniffer and SEAL all list it alongside PhishDestroy, and those are the lists that trigger warnings inside wallets and browser extensions. Spamhaus has the domain on its DBL as spam, and it appears in 2 AlienVault OTX threat pulses. VirusTotal returned 0 detections out of 92 engines on 2026-10-07, so a clean antivirus result is no reason to trust a page like this.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Spaceship, Inc. on 2026-10-06, one day before PhishDestroy detected it, and it was offline within roughly 48 hours of registration. That fits a disposable phishing domain built for a short campaign and then abandoned. The cheap .cyou extension and a name that echoes the brand point the same way. The site sat behind Cloudflare (AS13335, US), which hides the real origin server.
What to do
If you connected a wallet to this page, use a token-approval checker to revoke any permissions you granted around 2026-10-07. If assets are still exposed, move them to a fresh wallet. If you signed something you did not fully understand, treat that wallet as compromised. Only trust reward or voting announcements found through the project's official channels, never through links in DMs, replies or ads. Defenders should block basedone.cyou and similar Based-themed lookalikes on newly registered domains, and should not rely on VirusTotal scores to clear governance-reward pages.
IoC Extractionscanned 2026年10月8日0 wallet · 1 Telegram IoC
Submitted URLhttp://basedone.cyou/
Favicon Hash
SHORTDOTゾーン · 公開証拠.cyou
ShortDot zone evidence
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 01:17:15 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinecurrent episode first observed: 2026-10-14 20:21:26 UTCfirst terminal observation: 2026-10-07 22:00:17 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.
使用技術 · 3 identified
Cloudflare Browser Insights
AnalyticsRUM
Cloudflare Browser Insights is a tool that measures the performance of websites from the perspective of users.
Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services.
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
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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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