Peakgatefinance.com is an impersonation phishing site built to look like a banking or financial services brand. It targets people who believe they are dealing with a legitimate finance provider. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-10-07. As of 2026-10-19 it was still online and serving live content, so anyone landing on it is still exposed.
How the scam works
Sites like this copy the look and wording of a generic bank or investment portal. They then ask visitors to sign in, verify an account or enter card and identity details. Everything typed into the forms goes to the operators, who can use it to take over real accounts, move money or run follow-up fraud. The page currently titles itself "406 Not Acceptable", a server error message. We nonetheless classify the site as a banking impersonation page based on its detected content.
Evidence
On 2026-10-11, 13 of 92 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain. They include BitDefender, ESET, Kaspersky, Fortinet, G-Data, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, CRDF and alphaMountain.ai. That is a modest share, but these are major, independent vendors reaching the same conclusion. urlscan.io returned a malicious verdict and matched the page to its generic banking brand category. Spamhaus lists the domain in its DBL as phishing, and one AlienVault OTX threat pulse references it.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-08-09 through Global Domain Group LLC, 59 days before PhishDestroy detected it. That gap suggests it was prepared in advance rather than spun up on the day of the campaign. It is hosted in the United States on the PONYNET network of FranTech Solutions. Its TLS certificate comes from Let's Encrypt, so the browser padlock only shows an encrypted connection and says nothing about whether the site is trustworthy.
What to do
If you entered a username or password here, change it right away on the genuine service and on any account that reuses it. Then turn on two-factor authentication. If you submitted card or bank details, call your bank, ask them to block the card and watch closely for unfamiliar transactions. Do not send money or answer further messages from anyone tied to this site. Defenders should block the domain at DNS, proxy and mail gateways and search logs for earlier visits or form submissions.
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026年10月10日score 93/1002 brand signals
Submitted URLhttp://peakgatefinance.com/
Favicon Hash
Observed page title
406 Not Acceptable
Automated brand references
FoundationGoogle
TLS証明書
発行者 Let's Encrypt / YR2· stored validity ends in 76 days
Network & certificates
Stored technical evidence
Network & DNS
Resolved IP
198.251.89.30
Network ASN
AS53667
Organization
FranTech Solutions
Observed location
Cheyenne, US
Server header
LiteSpeed
ネームサーバー 1
ns24.asurahosting.com
Mail routing 1 MX record
peakgatefinance.compriority 0
Location describes the IP network.
TLS証明書
Issuer
Let's Encrypt / YR2
Valid from
2026-10-06 16:38:07
Valid until
2027-01-04 16:38:06
Hostname coverage
Certificate hostname mismatch
Validity
Within stored validity dates
Collection time
2026-10-07 22:02:14 UTC
Collection source
PhishDestroy collector
Certificate fingerprint54ff4f5ce5c1657cfc9a631328f158f9a3def7e1265be96342037a6e462fa7f6Certificate names · 1 SANs
www.peakgatefinance.com.smartcargolink.com
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 22:31:55 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:35:36 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 22:31:55 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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