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@spaceship.com.
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.
harlowbrookcounsel.com presents itself as the 'National Crypto Helpline', promising to recover money lost to crypto fraud. The domain name suggests a law practice, but the site is an impersonation phishing page aimed at people who have already been scammed. PhishDestroy first saw it on 2026-09-17. As of 2026-10-19 the site was still online and serving its content.
How the scam works
Its page title is 'National Crypto Helpline — Recover Funds Lost to Crypto Fraud'. Recovery scams like this find victims who are searching for help after a loss. They pose as an official helpline or legal counsel and claim the stolen funds can be traced and returned. The victim is then asked for upfront 'recovery', 'legal' or 'tax' fees. Many of these schemes also collect identity documents, wallet details or remote access to the victim's computer. The money paid is never returned, and someone already defrauded loses a second time.
Evidence
On 2026-09-29, 9 of 91 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain, including alphaMountain.ai, Bfore.Ai PreCrime, CRDF, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft and Kaspersky. That is a modest count, but it comes from several unrelated vendors. Spamhaus lists the domain in its DBL as phishing. Besides PhishDestroy, it appears on the MetaMask and SEAL blocklists, and four AlienVault OTX threat pulses reference it.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Spaceship, Inc. on 2026-09-05, only 12 days before PhishDestroy detected it. That is the typical pattern of a disposable domain set up for a single campaign. It is hosted on DigitalOcean, LLC at 137.184.215.29 in the US. Its Let's Encrypt certificate gives the site a browser padlock, which shows only that the connection is encrypted, not that the operator is legitimate.
What to do
Do not pay any fee to this site or to anyone who contacts you claiming to be from it. Genuine law enforcement and legitimate recovery services do not charge upfront to return stolen crypto. If you sent ID documents, watch for identity misuse and alert your bank. If you installed remote-access software at their request, remove it and change your passwords from a clean device. If you shared a seed phrase, move any remaining funds to a new wallet immediately. Report payments to your local police and national fraud reporting service. Defenders should block the domain and its IP and warn fraud-victim support channels about this lure.
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 22:30:05 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:30:05 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 22:30:05 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 · 5 identified
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Sentry
Issue trackers
Sentry is an open-source platform for workflow productivity, aggregating errors from across the stack in real time.
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.
