gift-community.beer was an impersonation phishing page that copied Steam and presented itself as "Steam Gift Activation". It targeted Steam users with the promise of a free gift waiting to be claimed. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-09-12. The site has been offline since 2026-09-14, and on 2026-10-19 its domain no longer resolved in DNS.
How the scam works
Lures like this usually arrive as a message from a friend or stranger saying a game or gift card is ready to redeem. The "activation" page then asks the visitor to sign in with their Steam account, and sometimes to enter a Steam Guard code as well. Anything typed there goes straight to the operators, who use it to take over the account. With access they can strip the inventory, trade away skins, change the recovery details, and send the same gift lure to everyone on the victim's friends list.
Evidence
Six of 89 VirusTotal engines marked the domain malicious when it was checked on 2026-09-12: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Fortinet, Kaspersky, LevelBlue and SOCRadar. That is a modest count, but it came from several unrelated vendors within days of the domain going live. urlscan.io returned a malicious verdict and specifically detected Steam branding on the page. Spamhaus lists the domain in its DBL as spam, and it is on the PhishDestroy blocklist.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-09-08 through Global Domain Group LLC. It was being flagged four days later and was dead within six, which is a typical lifespan for a throwaway phishing domain. It was hosted on the FEMO IT SOLUTIONS LIMITED network in Germany. It used a free Let's Encrypt certificate, so a padlock in the browser said nothing about whether the page was legitimate.
What to do
If you signed in on this page, change your Steam password right away from the official client. Then deauthorize all other devices, confirm Steam Guard is still tied to your own phone or email, and revoke any Steam Web API key you did not create yourself. Review pending and recent trade offers, and change the password on your email account if it shares that password. Warn your friends that any gift message sent from your account was not you. Defenders should block the domain and watch for other Steam gift activation lures on newly registered domains.
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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 01:13:58 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-09-14 22:18:55 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-09-14 22:18:55 UTC → 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTC · 377.93hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-09-22 19:16:55 UTC · precision low · basis bounded
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使用技術 · 4 identified
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Web serversReverse proxies
Nginx is a web server that can also be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy and HTTP cache.
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
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