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 compliance@tucows.com.
The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 2 months 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.
dark.direct calls itself "direct access to the darknet", and PhishDestroy classifies it as an impersonation phishing page. It targets people searching for reliable entry points to darknet services, who already depend on third-party link lists and are easy prey for a convincing fake directory. PhishDestroy first flagged the domain on 2026-08-11, and it was still online with live content on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
Impersonation sites in this niche copy the look and promise of a trusted link directory, then send visitors to cloned login pages instead of the real services. Anyone who signs in through those copies hands over their username, password and sometimes recovery details. Crypto sent to a deposit address shown on a cloned page goes straight to the operators, and victims lose account access, stored balances and every deposit they make.
Evidence
On 2026-09-25, VirusTotal showed 4 of 91 engines flagging the domain: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft and SOCRadar. That count is low, so most browsers and security tools are unlikely to warn a visitor. The domain also appears in 4 AlienVault OTX threat pulses, which shows other researchers have linked it to malicious activity on their own. Among blocklists, PhishDestroy lists it.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2021-10-02 through Tucows Domains Inc., nearly five years before PhishDestroy detected it. This is an aged name rather than a fresh throwaway, and its age should not be read as a sign of trust. The site sits behind Cloudflare's network in the US, so the visible address belongs to Cloudflare and does not reveal the hosting server behind it.
What to do
If you logged in to any service through a link from this site, change that password right away from a source you already trust. Change it anywhere else you reused it too, and turn on PGP-based or app-based two-factor authentication. Do not send crypto to any address the site or its linked pages showed you, and only use links you can verify against PGP-signed mirror lists. Defenders should block the domain at the DNS and proxy level and check logs for past visits to identify affected users.
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.
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 22:28:48 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:35:31 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 22:28:48 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 · 4 identified
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HSTS
セキュリティ
HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS.
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.
