icuprojects.online is an impersonation phishing site that passes itself off as a legitimate service to collect information from people who arrive expecting the real thing. Its page is titled "Bot Verification". PhishDestroy first detected it on 2026-09-14. When last checked on 2026-10-19, the domain was still online and serving live content, so it remains an active risk.
How the scam works
Impersonation phishing borrows the look and wording of a trusted brand so the victim lowers their guard and follows the page's instructions. These typically include signing in, confirming an account, or completing an extra step before "continuing". Whatever is typed into such a page goes to the operators rather than the genuine service. Victims can lose account access, personal details, or funds tied to those accounts. The title shows a generic "Bot Verification" screen, while our analysis classifies the site as impersonation phishing.
Evidence
On 2026-09-25, VirusTotal showed 6 of 91 engines flagging the domain. The vendors were alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar and desenmascara.me. That is a small share of engines, so many browsers and security tools may still let the site load without a warning. Among the blocklists covered here, only PhishDestroy lists it. The domain also appears in 4 AlienVault OTX threat pulses, which shows other researchers have connected it to malicious activity.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-09-11 through HOSTINGER operations, UAB. It was caught just three days later, a short gap typical of throwaway domains set up specifically for a campaign. The site is hosted on the FranTech Solutions network in Luxembourg. Its Let's Encrypt certificate gives it the browser padlock, but that only means the connection is encrypted, not that the site is trustworthy.
What to do
If you entered a password on this site, change it right away on the genuine service and on any other account that uses the same password. Then turn on two-factor authentication and review recent sign-ins and account activity. If you provided payment or identity details, contact your bank or the affected provider and watch for follow-up phishing messages that reference what you submitted. Security teams should block icuprojects.online at DNS and web proxies, search logs for earlier visits, and report the domain to the hosting network and registrar so it can be taken down.
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 22:31:00 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:35:33 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 22:31:00 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.
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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