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@namecheap.com.
The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 15 days 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.
ipadcredit.com is on the PhishDestroy blocklist. Its page is titled "Claim Your $750 Target Gift Card" and is aimed at shoppers who expect a free reward from the US retailer. The domain name points to iPad credit while the page promises a Target gift card, and neither has any visible link to the operator. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-10-05, and on 2026-10-19 it was still online and redirecting visitors elsewhere.
How the scam works
Large unsolicited gift card offers like this one usually ask visitors to work through surveys, enter their name, address, email and phone number, or pay a small "shipping" or "verification" charge before the prize is released. The $750 card almost never arrives. Victims lose their personal details, which then feed spam and follow-up fraud, and they may lose card data or face recurring charges. Because the site redirects, the page a visitor ends up on can change over time and may differ from what the title suggests.
Evidence
When VirusTotal scanned the domain on 2026-10-06, 14 of 91 engines flagged it. They included ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet and G-Data. Several unrelated vendors reaching the same verdict makes a false positive unlikely, though most engines have not yet caught up. The domain also appears in four AlienVault OTX threat pulses, so other researchers are tracking it as well.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Namecheap on 2026-03-19, roughly 200 days before PhishDestroy detected it. That gap suggests it was either held in reserve or reused for this campaign. It resolves to 216.198.79.1 on an Amazon network in the United States and serves a free Let's Encrypt certificate, so the padlock in the browser says nothing about whether the site is legitimate.
What to do
Do not follow the redirect or complete any survey or form tied to this gift card. If you entered your address, email or phone number, expect targeted phishing and treat any "prize" follow-ups as fraud. If you gave card details or paid any fee, call your bank to dispute the charge and cancel the card, then check your statements for recurring subscriptions. If you reused a password on the site, change it everywhere and turn on two-factor authentication. Security teams should block the domain and its IP at the DNS and proxy level, and they can report the Target impersonation to the retailer and the hosting provider.
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%2026-10-19 22:38:45 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:38:45 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.
www.ipadcredit.comDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
使用技術 · 2 identified
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Vercel
PaaS
Vercel is a cloud platform for static frontends and serverless functions.
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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