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@registrar.eu.
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.
fraud.universalsavefinance.com presents itself as a "Scams Recovery Service - Funds Recovery" and pitches help to people who have already lost money to crypto fraud. PhishDestroy classifies it as an impersonation phishing page: it poses as a legitimate recovery or investigative service to reach victims a second time. We first saw it on 2026-09-17. On 2026-10-19 the site was still reported as up, while DNS for its content showed as inactive, so it may be reachable only intermittently.
How the scam works
Recovery scams target people at their most desperate. The page promises to trace and return stolen funds, then asks for an upfront payment framed as a retainer, a blockchain-tracing charge, a legal fee or a release tax. Once one payment is made, new fees tend to follow, and nothing is ever returned. Operators of these schemes also commonly ask for ID documents, exchange logins or wallet seed phrases "to verify ownership." Handing those over can lead to identity theft and to the loss of whatever funds remain.
Evidence
On 2026-09-29, 6 of 91 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Netcraft and SOCRadar. That count is modest, but these vendors reached their verdicts independently, and several of them specialise in phishing and fraud detection. Apart from PhishDestroy, the domain is not yet on other blocklists, so many browsers and filters may still load it without a warning.
Infrastructure
The parent domain was registered on 2026-04-18 through Hosting Concepts B.V. (Registrar.eu), roughly five months before we detected the recovery page on a subdomain. Prepared, aged domains like this help a site avoid filters that flag newly registered names. The site is hosted on the Aquiryn LLC network in the United States.
What to do
If you paid this service, stop all further payments, however urgent the next fee is made to sound. Report the transactions to your bank, card issuer or the exchange you sent from, and file a report with your national cybercrime authority. If you shared ID documents, watch for identity misuse and consider a credit freeze. If you disclosed a seed phrase or exchange login, move your funds to a new wallet and change those passwords and 2FA immediately. Legitimate recovery comes through police or regulators and never through upfront crypto fees. Defenders should block the domain and its parent, and treat recovery-themed lures aimed at prior fraud victims as a priority.
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%2026-10-20 10:06:55 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-01 02:08:31 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-10-02 04:14:53 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-10-01 02:08:31 UTC → 2026-10-02 04:14:53 UTC · 26.11hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-10-01 15:11:42 UTC · precision medium · 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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