melstroy.stream presented itself as "Mellstroy Casino — Официальное онлайн‑казино от Меллстроя", which translates to an official online casino from Mellstroy. It targeted Russian-speaking gamblers who trust that name. The domain itself drops one "l" from the brand it claims to represent. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-08-12 as a fraudulent gambling site. It has been offline since 2026-09-11 and was still unreachable, with no active DNS, on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
Fraudulent casinos that borrow a celebrity's name rely on borrowed trust. Players believe a well-known personality stands behind the site, so they deposit money or crypto with little hesitation. These operations typically show winnings on screen but block or endlessly delay withdrawals, often while demanding extra "verification" or "tax" payments before any payout. Victims lose their deposits, any follow-up fees, and the personal or payment details they handed over during sign-up.
Evidence
On 2026-08-21, VirusTotal showed 12 of 91 engines flagging the domain. The flagging vendors were alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data and Gridinsoft. Most engines stayed silent, but that spread of independent vendors goes beyond a single outlier. The domain also appears in four AlienVault OTX threat pulses, so other researchers tracked it too. Among the blocklists we checked, it is listed by PhishDestroy.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Dynadot Inc on 2025-11-13, roughly nine months before PhishDestroy detected it. That long lead time suggests it was set up well in advance rather than spun up and burned in days. It was hosted on the KnownSRV Ltd. network in the Netherlands. The site went dark about a month after detection, but the same branding can easily reappear on a new domain.
What to do
If you deposited money or crypto on melstroy.stream, do not pay any further "withdrawal", "verification" or "tax" fees, because they will not unlock a payout. Contact your bank or card issuer to dispute card payments, and keep screenshots and transaction IDs for a police report. If you reused the password from this site anywhere else, change it there, and watch out for follow-up "refund" offers, which are a common second scam. Defenders should block the domain and watch for lookalike Mellstroy casino domains appearing in DNS and proxy logs.
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026年8月12日score 81/1001 brand signal
Submitted URLhttps://melstroy.stream/
Favicon Hash
ケース ID
ICANN OVERSIGHT
認定と RAA の背景
Registrar accreditation and DNS abuse obligations
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.
Certificate fingerprint5ea178439a4a035faff0f23e373816b665f474409347c6675a2ea68304231a2fCertificate names · 1 SANs
www.melstroy.stream
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Primary outcomeDNS 非アクティブreason: DNS NXDOMAIN80% confidence
Attributionsource: Dns Cache
Evidence layersAvailability: DNS inactiveContent: UnreachableDNS: NXDOMAINRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observation不明Probe Inconclusive20%2026-10-19 01:12:27 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-08-25 22:15:45 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-08-25 22:15:45 UTC → 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTC · 857.99hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-09-12 19:15:20 UTC · precision very low · basis bounded
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.melstroy.streamDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
Casino / Gambling License Verification
Unverified gambling license
This domain markets casino/gambling services. Scam casinos routinely display fake Curaçao, MGA, or Kahnawake license badges that don’t exist in the real registries. Always verify the license number against the official regulator database before depositing. If the site shows a seal but no clickable registry link — or the linked registry page doesn’t exist — treat it as fraudulent.
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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