ABUSE NOTICE · 72H+ 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@nicnames.com.
The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 4 days 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.
paul-brian-bridgewater.xyz is an impersonation phishing page built around the persona "Paul Brian Bridgewater," presented as a developer, creator and entrepreneur. It targets people who might trust a named individual's personal site, including crypto users looking for projects, collaborators or opportunities. PhishDestroy first saw the domain on 2026-10-16. As of 2026-10-19 the site was still online and serving content.
How the scam works
The page title reads "Paul Brian Bridgewater | Developer, Creator & Entrepreneur," which looks like an ordinary personal portfolio, while PhishDestroy classifies the site as impersonation phishing. Schemes of this type borrow the identity and reputation of a real or invented person so visitors lower their guard. Once trust is established, the visitor is typically steered toward an off-page contact, a fake investment or token offer, a download, or a form that collects credentials or personal details. Victims usually lose money sent to the impersonator, account access, or sensitive personal information.
Evidence
On 2026-10-16, VirusTotal showed 3 of 92 engines flagging the domain: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF and Forcepoint ThreatSeeker. That detection rate is low, so most security tools will not yet warn visitors. The domain appears on the PhishDestroy blocklist and is referenced in 4 AlienVault OTX pulses.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-08-07 through NicNames, Inc, about ten weeks before PhishDestroy first saw it. It resolves to 136.0.111.71 on AS40676, Psychz Networks, in the United States. The site uses a TLS certificate issued by Let's Encrypt (YR2), so the browser padlock says nothing about whether the site is legitimate.
What to do
If you visited the site, do not follow its links, download its files, or reply through any contact channel it lists. If you entered a password or email credentials, change them immediately wherever they are reused and turn on two-factor authentication. If you sent money or shared personal details, keep any messages and transaction records and report them to your bank, exchange or local fraud authority. Defenders should block the domain and its IP at the DNS, proxy and email layers. They should also add it to internal threat feeds and watch for lookalike domains using the same persona.
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026年10月16日score 81/1002 brand signals
Submitted URLhttps://paul-brian-bridgewater.xyz/
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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.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Evidence layersAvailability: Content servingContent: Content served at rootDNS: ResolvedRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observationコンテンツ公開中Ordinary HTTP content served90%2026-10-19 22:46:31 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:46:31 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 22:46:31 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.
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JSDelivr is a free public CDN for open-source projects. It can serve web files directly from the npm registry and GitHub repositories without any configuration.
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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