pixelcoinairdrop-18f.pages.dev is an airdrop scam that poses as a token giveaway for Pixels, the name shown in its page title. It targets crypto holders and Pixels players who expect free token claims. PhishDestroy first detected it on 2026-09-04. The site has been offline since 2026-09-16 after the hosting provider blocked its content, and it was still down when last checked on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
Fake airdrop pages lure visitors with a promise of free tokens and a prominent claim button, often branded with a real project's name. Here the page presented itself as Pixels. Claiming requires connecting a wallet and signing a transaction or approval. That signature typically grants the attacker permission to move the victim's tokens or NFTs, so the wallet is emptied instead of receiving anything. Some variants also ask for a seed phrase to verify eligibility, which hands over full control of the wallet.
Evidence
On 2026-09-17, VirusTotal showed 5 of 89 engines flagging the domain: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft and LevelBlue. That is a modest detection rate, typical of short-lived pages on shared hosting. Stronger signals come from crypto-specific blocklists: besides PhishDestroy, the site is listed by ScamSniffer and Enkrypt, both of which focus on wallet-draining threats.
Infrastructure
The site was a subdomain on Cloudflare Pages, with a registration date of 2026-09-05. It resolved to 188.114.97.9 on the Cloudflare, Inc. network, geolocated to Canada. Its TLS certificate was issued by Google Trust Services (WE1). These are mainstream free services that scammers misuse to host throwaway pages quickly.
What to do
If you only opened the page, no action is needed beyond avoiding it. If you connected a wallet and signed anything, use a token-approval checker to revoke permissions granted around that time, then move remaining assets to a fresh wallet. If you entered a seed phrase, treat the wallet as compromised and transfer funds to a new wallet with a newly generated phrase immediately. Real airdrops never require your recovery phrase. Defenders should block the domain and watch for similar pages.dev subdomains that use airdrop or Pixels-themed names.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
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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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