mixer-usdc.network presented itself as "Mixer USDC Network — Private USDC Routing," a supposed privacy service for the USDC stablecoin. It targeted holders who wanted to obscure the trail of their transfers. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-08-18 and classifies it as impersonation phishing. The site has been offline since 2026-09-11, and its DNS was still inactive when last checked on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
The page title advertises a private USDC routing service. We classified the site as impersonation phishing. Fake mixers typically ask users to send stablecoins to a deposit address, or to connect a wallet, with the promise that clean funds will come back from a separate pool. Nothing is returned. Users who seek privacy are also unlikely to report the loss, which makes them convenient targets. A victim stands to lose everything deposited, along with any tokens a connected wallet was tricked into authorizing.
Evidence
When checked on 2026-08-26, VirusTotal showed 12 of 91 engines flagging the domain. The vendors included alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft and Kaspersky. That is a modest share, but these are independent engines from different vendors reaching the same verdict. The domain also appears in four AlienVault OTX threat pulses, so other researchers were tracking it too. PhishDestroy is the only blocklist in our set that lists it.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-07-09 through OwnRegistrar, Inc., about 40 days before PhishDestroy detected it. That gap is consistent with a site set up in advance and then promoted. It ran behind Cloudflare in the US, which hides the real origin server from visitors. Its certificate came from Google Trust Services, so the browser padlock only meant the connection was encrypted, not that the operator could be trusted.
What to do
If you sent USDC to this site for "mixing," do not pay any fee or extra deposit you are offered to release it, because that is a common second-stage tactic. Record the transaction hashes and the deposit address, then report them to your exchange and to local cybercrime authorities. If you connected a wallet, check its token approvals with a revocation tool and revoke any unfamiliar spenders. Move remaining funds to a fresh wallet if you signed anything you did not understand. Defenders should keep blocking the domain and watch for lookalike mixer domains reusing the same branding.
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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 01:12:56 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-08-20 22:15:33 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-08-20 22:15:33 UTC → 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTC · 977.99hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-09-10 07:15:14 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.
使用技術 · 5 identified
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HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS.
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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
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