prestige-union.online presented itself as Prestige Union, a digital bank "dedicated to innovating, simplifying, and humanizing digital banking." PhishDestroy classifies it as an impersonation phishing page aimed at people looking for an online banking or account service. We first flagged it on 2026-09-23, two days after the domain was registered. The site has been offline since 2026-09-24, and its DNS was still inactive when last checked on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
Fake digital banks borrow the look and language of real fintech brands to seem trustworthy. They typically invite visitors to open an account or sign in. Login forms on pages like this send usernames, passwords, one-time codes and identity details straight to the operators. Some fake banks also ask for a starting deposit or verification payment that never comes back. urlscan.io matched the page to a generic banking template, consistent with a ready-made phishing layout.
Evidence
Thirteen of 91 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain as of 2026-10-03, including Google Safe Browsing, ESET, BitDefender, Fortinet, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, alphaMountain.ai, CRDF and CyRadar. Google Safe Browsing lists it under social engineering, so Chrome and other browsers using that feed would have shown a warning. urlscan.io returned a malicious verdict. The domain also appears in four AlienVault OTX threat pulses, meaning other researchers tracked it independently.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Namecheap on 2026-09-21 and was caught within 48 hours. It went dark the day after detection, which fits a short-lived, throwaway campaign rather than a long-running brand. It was hosted at FranTech Solutions in Luxembourg and served over a free Let's Encrypt certificate. The padlock in the browser therefore said nothing about whether the bank was real.
What to do
If you signed in or registered on this site, change that password immediately and anywhere else you reused it. Turn on app-based two-factor authentication on your real bank and email accounts. If you shared ID documents or card details, contact your bank to block cards and watch for account-opening fraud. If you sent a deposit or "verification" payment, report it to your bank or payment provider and to local police right away. Defenders should block the domain and its hosting IP, and search mail and proxy logs for visits from 2026-09-21 onward.
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026年9月23日score 91/1001 brand signal
Submitted URLhttps://prestige-union.online/
Favicon Hash
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.
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 01:16:24 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-09-23 23:04:20 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-09-23 23:04:20 UTC → 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTC · 161.18hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-09-27 07:39:37 UTC · precision 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 · 7 identified
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Bootstrap
UI frameworks
Bootstrap is a free and open-source CSS framework directed at responsive, mobile-first front-end web development. It contains CSS and JavaScript-based design templates for typography, forms, buttons, navigation, and other interface components.
jQuery is a JavaScript library which is a free, open-source software designed to simplify HTML DOM tree traversal and manipulation, as well as event handling, CSS animation, and Ajax.
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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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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