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; 1 month has elapsed since the first outgoing report.
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lidofinan.com is a phishing domain built to pass as Lido, the liquid staking protocol where users deposit ETH and receive stETH in return. The name is a truncated spelling of the brand, designed to catch people searching for Lido Finance or clicking a hurried link. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-09-18. The site went offline the next day, 2026-09-19, and was still down on 2026-10-19, with its content blocked by the hosting provider.
How the scam works
The page carried the title "Lido Finance & Liquid Staking Explained | Liquid Ledger", which reads like an educational explainer rather than a copy of Lido's staking app. We nonetheless classified the site as Lido impersonation. Schemes of this type use the brand to draw in stakers, then push them to connect a wallet and "stake" or "claim rewards." That step usually triggers a token approval or a direct ETH transfer to the attacker, and some versions ask for a recovery phrase instead. Anyone who signs or submits loses the staked funds, and possibly everything the approval reaches.
Evidence
Crypto-focused wallet and security blocklists acted on the domain. It is listed by MetaMask and SEAL in addition to PhishDestroy, so MetaMask users would see a warning before the page loads. On VirusTotal, 5 of 89 engines flagged it on 2026-09-18: ChainPatrol, alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker and Kaspersky. That count is modest, but the mix includes a Web3-specialist scanner alongside mainstream vendors, which suggests the verdict reflects more than a single source.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Namecheap on 2026-08-14, about five weeks before we detected it. The gap suggests it was prepared ahead of use and not spun up and burned within hours. It resolved to a Cloudflare, Inc. address in Germany, which means the real origin server sat behind Cloudflare's network and was not exposed directly.
What to do
If you connected a wallet to this site, use a token-approval checker to revoke any permissions you granted while on it. If you typed in a recovery phrase, treat that wallet as compromised and move the remaining assets to a newly created wallet immediately. Only reach Lido through a bookmarked address or its verified official channels, never through search ads or direct messages. Defenders should block lidofinan.com and monitor for similar truncated spellings of Lido-related names.
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Dear Team,
We are writing to report a phishing website that trades on the name of Lido, the liquid-staking service whose only genuine home is https://lido.fi. The domain lidofinan[.]com is carried in the Bing index under the Lido name, and a person searching for the real service
2 reports filed for lidofinan.com (2 written by people) · category: Phishing · source checked
“Dear Team,
We are writing to report a phishing website that trades on the name of Lido, the liquid-staking service whose only genuine home is https://lido.fi. The domain lidofinan[.]com is carried in the Bing index under the Lido name, and a person searching for the real service is shown this address among the results.
The page is not a copy of the Lido site and it is not a staking interface. It presents itself instead as an independent educational resource. It calls itself "Liquid Ledger", pr”
— reported by Anonymous on Sep 18, 2026 · Source: ChainAbuse (TRM Labs) — full report and evidence there.
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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