cobaws1.com is an impersonation phishing site: it was built to pass itself off as a legitimate service so visitors would trust it with sensitive information. PhishDestroy first detected it on 2026-09-02. The site went offline on 2026-09-14, and its DNS was still inactive when we last checked on 2026-10-19, so it lasted under two weeks after we flagged it.
How the scam works
Impersonation pages copy the look, wording and flow of a brand people already use, then ask for something that only the real service should receive: account passwords, one-time codes, card details or, on crypto-themed clones, a wallet recovery phrase. Whatever the victim types goes straight to the operators, who use it to take over the account or empty the wallet. The page title read "Nur einen Moment…", a German "just a moment" waiting message rather than branded content, while we classified the site as impersonation phishing.
Evidence
Independent detection was thin. VirusTotal returned 0 detections across 89 engines on 2026-09-13, one day before the site went dark. That means most security vendors never caught it during its short life, and PhishDestroy is the only blocklist carrying it. The domain does appear in 3 AlienVault OTX threat pulses, which shows other researchers tracked it as part of broader malicious activity.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through HOSTINGER operations, UAB. Its traffic ran behind Cloudflare, Inc. on an address geolocated to Canada, so the real origin server stayed hidden behind Cloudflare's proxy. The site was active for about twelve days between our first detection and its disappearance, which fits a short-lived campaign that drops its domain once it is flagged.
What to do
If you entered a password on cobaws1.com, change it on the real service and on any other account that uses the same password, then turn on app-based 2FA or a hardware key and sign out of all active sessions. If you gave card details, call your bank and have the card blocked. If you typed a wallet recovery phrase, treat that wallet as compromised and move your funds to a new wallet with a fresh phrase immediately. Security teams should block the domain and search proxy and DNS logs for lookups between 2026-09-02 and 2026-09-14 to find users who may have been exposed.
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 01:13:51 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-09-02 20:28:06 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-09-02 20:28:06 UTC → 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTC · 667.78hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-09-16 18:21:30 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.
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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