gov-eadn.shop is on the PhishDestroy blocklist, which we first logged on 2026-10-11. The name opens with "gov-", a prefix that resembles official government addresses, but it sits on a cheap retail .shop extension that no government uses. The site was still alive on 2026-10-19 and was answering requests with a redirect.
How the scam works
The page title shows a Cloudflare "520: Web server is returning an unknown error" message, not branded content. That conflicts with the domain being blocklisted, because the error page itself takes nothing from visitors. The risk sits behind the redirect. A domain styled like a government site can send visitors to pages that ask for personal details, payments or logins. Treat anything this domain leads to as untrusted, and do not submit identity documents, card numbers, passwords or wallet details there.
Evidence
On 2026-10-16, 5 of 92 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, LevelBlue, SOCRadar and Sophos. That is low coverage, but five unrelated vendors reached the same verdict on their own, which carries weight for a new domain. Three AlienVault OTX threat pulses also reference it, so other researchers are tracking it. Among the blocklists we checked, only PhishDestroy currently lists it.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Dynadot Inc. on 2026-04-25, about 169 days before we detected it. That gap suggests it was registered early and kept idle until it was put to use. Traffic resolves to Cloudflare, Inc. (104.21.14.24, geolocated to CA), a reverse-proxy service that hides the real origin server. The 520 error means that hidden origin was failing to respond properly when the page was fetched. The certificate is a free, automatically issued Let's Encrypt (YE1) one, so the padlock in the browser says nothing about who runs the site.
What to do
If you only opened the page, close it and do not follow wherever it redirects. If you entered personal or payment details, contact your bank to block the card, and watch for identity misuse or follow-up messages that claim to come from a government office. If you typed a password, change it everywhere you reuse it and turn on two-factor authentication. Defenders should block the domain at DNS and the web proxy, and search logs for visits and redirect chains that started from it.
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.
Latest HTTP observationRedirectingHTTP redirect observed80%2026-10-20 10:00:46 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-20 10:00:46 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.
Recorded subdomains1
Hostnames retained in the domain record or Certificate Transparency cache. A hostname alone does not establish current availability or malicious activity.
ontario.gov-eadn.shopDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
使用技術 · 2 identified
Cloudflare
CDN
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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