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@publicdomainregistry.com.
The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 16 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.
changehero.global is an impersonation phishing page that presents itself as a cryptocurrency exchange under the Changehero name. It targets people looking to buy, sell or swap Ethereum and Bitcoin. PhishDestroy first detected it on 2026-10-03. As of 2026-10-19 the site still responded, but the host serving its content no longer resolved in DNS, so the phishing pages were not reachable.
How the scam works
The page title, "Buy & Sell Bitcoin, Ethereum | Cryptocurrency Exchange | Changehero", is written to look like a real instant-swap service and to appear credible in search results and shared links. Our classification lists Ethereum as the impersonated brand, while the page title presents Changehero exchange branding. Fake exchanges like this usually ask the visitor to send coins to a deposit address for a swap that never arrives. Some also request login details or wallet information. Anything sent is lost, and victims are often pressed to pay extra "fees" to release funds that do not exist.
Evidence
On 2026-10-15, 4 of 92 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker and SOCRadar. That is a low count, so most security tools would not have warned a visitor. The domain also appears in 4 AlienVault OTX threat pulses, which means other researchers have tracked it independently. Among blocklists, it is currently listed only by PhishDestroy.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-10-02 through PDR Ltd. (PublicDomainRegistry.com), one day before we detected it. That short gap fits a site built to go live at once rather than an established business. Traffic passes through Cloudflare (address located in CA), which hides the real origin server. The Let's Encrypt certificate only means the connection is encrypted. It says nothing about whether the operator is legitimate.
What to do
If you sent crypto to this site for a swap, treat it as lost. Do not pay any "withdrawal fee" or "verification deposit" to get it back, and ignore anyone who offers paid recovery. Record the transaction hashes and report them to your exchange and local authorities. If you created an account or entered an email and password, change that password everywhere you reused it and turn on 2FA. Security teams should block the domain and look in proxy and DNS logs for users who reached it after 2026-10-02.
登録情報作成日 2026年10月2日 (18d · Very New!)—Expires 2027年10月2日
技術詳細Provenance & timestamps
初確認2026年10月3日
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026年10月9日score 86/1003 brand signals
Submitted URLhttp://changehero.global/
Favicon Hash
ケース ID
ICANN OVERSIGHT
認定と RAA の背景
Registrar accreditation and DNS abuse obligations
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 22:38:42 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-03 20:05:07 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-10-05 22:25:19 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-10-03 20:05:07 UTC → 2026-10-05 22:25:19 UTC · 50.34hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-10-04 21:15:13 UTC · precision low · 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.
脅威情報の照合 · source references
ScamAdviserPublic lookup
A public ScamAdviser lookup is available. Review its current score and warnings at the source; the existence of a lookup page is not itself a malicious verdict.
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.
