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; 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.
brightonvalelegal.com presents itself as the "National Crypto Helpline", a service claiming to recover funds lost to crypto fraud. The domain name suggests a law firm, and the page title suggests an official national helpline. That combination is aimed squarely at people who have already been scammed. PhishDestroy first flagged the site on 2026-09-17, and it was still online with its content live on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
This is a recovery scam, a second-wave fraud aimed at people who have already lost money. Victims who search for help find a professional-looking legal or helpline front that promises to trace and return their stolen crypto. The operators then ask for upfront payments, described as case fees, legal costs, tracing charges or taxes. They may also request ID documents, exchange logins or wallet seed phrases. No funds are ever recovered, so the victim loses money a second time and hands over personal data that can be used for further targeting.
Evidence
Seven of 91 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain as of 2026-09-29: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky and SOCRadar. That count is modest, but these are independent vendors reaching the same verdict. MetaMask and SEAL list the domain alongside PhishDestroy, so wallet users are warned at the source. Four AlienVault OTX threat pulses also reference it, which means other researchers are tracking this operation.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Spaceship, Inc. on 2026-09-09, only eight days before PhishDestroy detected it. That short gap suggests it was set up specifically for this campaign rather than repurposed from a real firm. The site runs on DigitalOcean, LLC servers in the US. Its free Let's Encrypt certificate gives it a padlock icon, but that proves nothing about who runs it.
What to do
Do not pay any fee to this site, and stop all contact if you have already engaged. Legitimate recovery does not require upfront crypto payments. If you sent money, report it to your bank or payment provider and to national fraud authorities, and keep all messages and transaction IDs. If you shared a seed phrase, move your remaining assets to a new wallet immediately. If you shared exchange credentials, change those passwords and reset 2FA, and watch for identity misuse if you uploaded ID documents. Defenders should block the domain and warn users who report crypto losses that unsolicited "recovery" offers are a common follow-up scam.
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 22:27:44 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:35:30 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 22:27:44 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 · 5 identified
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Sentry
Issue trackers
Sentry is an open-source platform for workflow productivity, aggregating errors from across the stack in real time.
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.
