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@spinservers.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.
kmc.gelian.com.ng is an impersonation phishing page titled "Kano Municipal Council IGR Platform". It copies the portal Kano Municipal Council uses to collect internally generated revenue such as rates, levies and permit fees. The likely targets are residents, traders and businesses in Kano who expect to pay these charges online. PhishDestroy first detected it on 2026-09-20, and on 2026-10-19 it was still online and redirecting visitors.
How the scam works
Fake government revenue portals take advantage of people who already owe something. A victim looking for a way to settle a levy or renew a permit lands on a page branded as the council's IGR platform. The page asks for personal or business details and then for a payment or card information. Money sent through a page like this never reaches the council, so the victim may still owe the real charge. Any identity or card details entered can be reused for further fraud.
Evidence
VirusTotal shows 6 of 91 engines flagging the domain as of 2026-10-01: CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar and Webroot. That count is modest, but these are six unrelated vendors reaching the same verdict, and it means most browsers and security tools may still let the page load without a warning. PhishDestroy lists it on its blocklist.
Infrastructure
The site runs on a subdomain of gelian.com.ng, which was registered through smartweb on 2026-08-22. PhishDestroy detected it 29 days later. A commercial .com.ng name has no clear connection to a municipal government. The site is hosted in the US on Majestic Hosting Solutions, LLC at 147.124.214.22. Its free Let's Encrypt certificate means the padlock in the browser only shows the connection is encrypted. It says nothing about whether the site belongs to the council.
What to do
If you paid any levy or fee through this site, contact your bank or card issuer right away to dispute the charge and block the card. Then check with Kano Municipal Council through its official offices whether your obligation is still outstanding. If you entered a password that you also use elsewhere, change it. Expect follow-up calls or messages that use the details you submitted to make more payment demands look genuine. Defenders should block the domain and its hosting IP, and warn local businesses and payment staff that this lookalike portal is circulating.
発行者 Let's Encrypt / YR1· stored validity ends in 57 days
Network & certificates
Stored technical evidence
Network & DNS
Resolved IP
147.124.214.22
Network ASN
AS396073
Organization
Majestic Hosting Solutions, LLC
Observed location
Dallas, US
Server header
LiteSpeed
Location describes the IP network.
TLS証明書
Issuer
Let's Encrypt / YR1
Valid from
2026-09-18 09:37:33
Valid until
2026-12-17 09:37:32
Hostname coverage
Certificate hostname mismatch
Validity
Within stored validity dates
Collection time
2026-09-20 10:02:04 UTC
Collection source
PhishDestroy collector
Certificate fingerprint7b36c1847d60c1976e70959edce369ae6be66f50787819dca25dba6cc6fa2008Certificate names · 1 SANs
www.kmc.gelian.com.ng
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 22:33:17 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:33:17 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.kmc.gelian.com.ngDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
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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