Results reflect each source’s collection time. Zero detections do not guarantee safety. OTX references are community publications.
ネットワークセキュリティインテリジェンス Registrar context
Cloudflare Radar Verdict悪意あり
Phishing
Registrar contextNiceNIC
Stored registration data identifies NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED (IANA 3765) as the registrar. PhishDestroy maintains separate NiceNIC abuse-report research; registrar association is contextual and is not an independent detection for this domain.
connect-dappsconnect.com is an impersonation phishing site built to look like a generic crypto "connect your wallet" service, the kind of page users expect when linking a wallet to a decentralized app. Its name repeats the word "connect" twice, a pattern designed to feel familiar to anyone used to wallet-linking prompts. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-10-07, and as of 2026-10-19 the site was still online with its content live.
How the scam works
Fake dApp connectors usually reach victims through links promising a fix for a "sync error", an airdrop claim or a wallet validation step. Once there, the victim is asked to connect a wallet and either approve a transaction or type in a recovery phrase. Either action hands control of the funds to the operator, who can then empty the wallet. The page currently carries the title "Application placeholder", which reads like an unfinished app shell, while our classification is impersonation phishing.
Evidence
On 2026-10-11, 16 of 92 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain. The flagging vendors include BitDefender, ESET, Fortinet, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, G-Data, Emsisoft, CRDF and alphaMountain.ai, so the detection comes from several independent security vendors. urlscan.io returned a malicious verdict and matched the page to generic crypto branding. ScamSniffer, a Web3-focused blocklist, lists the domain alongside PhishDestroy, and it appears in two AlienVault OTX threat pulses.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-10-04 through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, just three days before PhishDestroy caught it. That short gap fits a disposable domain stood up for a quick campaign. The site sits behind Cloudflare, with the edge address geolocated to Canada, which hides the real origin server. Its Let's Encrypt certificate gives it a browser padlock, but that only means the connection is encrypted and says nothing about whether the site is legitimate.
What to do
If you connected a wallet here, open a token-approval checker for each affected chain and revoke any allowances you do not recognize. Then move your remaining assets to a fresh wallet. If you typed in a seed phrase or private key, treat that wallet as compromised and transfer whatever is left from an uncompromised device right away. Do not reply to anyone offering to "recover" your funds, because these offers are a common follow-up scam. Security teams should block the domain at DNS and proxy level, watch for lookalike "dappsconnect" registrations, and report it to Cloudflare and the registrar for takedown.
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: Active
Latest HTTP observationコンテンツ公開中Ordinary HTTP content served90%2026-10-20 02:44:05 UTC
RDAP registrationアクティブNICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED · IANA 3765RDAP HTTP 200source: Rdap Status CollectorclientDeleteProhibitedclientTransferProhibitedexpires 2027-10-04 19:03:53 UTCchecked 2026-10-09 04:30:47 UTC
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-20 02:44:05 UTClast content: 2026-10-20 02:44:05 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
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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