meritkinq5021.com is on the PhishDestroy blocklist as a suspicious domain. PhishDestroy first saw it on 2026-10-16. That same day the site went offline, and the content is now blocked by its provider. It was still down when last checked on 2026-10-19. The only page title it showed was "Just a moment...", the generic browser-check screen that appears before a site loads, so it does not reveal which brand or audience the site was after.
How the scam works
The "Just a moment..." title is an interstitial check, not the site's own content, and no impersonated brand or phishing kit has been identified behind it. Still, Spamhaus lists the domain specifically for phishing, and security vendors including PhishFort have flagged it. That points to a page built to trick visitors into handing over something valuable, such as login credentials, personal details or payment information. Anyone who reached the content behind the check screen should treat whatever they typed or approved there as exposed.
Evidence
On 2026-10-16, six of 92 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, ESET, Fortinet, G-Data and PhishFort. That count is modest, but the vendors are independent of one another, and one of them focuses on phishing. Spamhaus DBL carries the domain under its phishing category (DBL_PHISH), which mail and DNS filters widely enforce. The domain also appears in two AlienVault OTX threat pulses, so other researchers have tracked it too.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-07-27 through Cloudflare, Inc., about 81 days before PhishDestroy flagged it. It resolves to Cloudflare's network (AS13335) with a US-located address. That means the visible IP belongs to the reverse proxy rather than the real origin server. The provider-side block on 2026-10-16 matches the day the site went dark, which suggests the takedown came from the infrastructure layer.
What to do
If you entered a password on this site, change it immediately, along with any account that reuses it, and turn on two-factor authentication. If you gave card or bank details, contact your bank to block the card and dispute any unfamiliar charges. Be wary of follow-up emails or messages that reference this site. Defenders should block the domain at DNS, proxy and email gateways, and use the Spamhaus DBL_PHISH listing as a filtering signal. They should also search logs for any internal visits since 2026-07-27.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Observed timelinecurrent episode first observed: 2026-10-16 10:00:12 UTCfirst terminal observation: 2026-10-16 10:00:12 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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