schwbai.com is an impersonation phishing page that presented itself as an official tax notice from the Indian government. Its page title, in Hindi, reads "कर दंड सूचना - भारत सरकार" ("Tax Penalty Notice - Government of India"), so it was aimed at Hindi-speaking taxpayers in India. PhishDestroy first saw it on 2026-09-27. It went offline on 2026-09-28, and as of 2026-10-19 the domain no longer resolves.
How the scam works
Fake penalty notices work through fear and urgency. The victim is told they owe a tax fine and must act now to avoid escalation, such as legal action or a frozen account. The page then asks them to "verify" their identity or pay the penalty. That typically means handing over tax ID and identity numbers, bank login details, card data or a UPI payment. The victim loses the money paid toward the fake penalty, and the stolen details can later be used for account takeover or further fraud.
Evidence
VirusTotal flagged the domain on 2026-09-27 with 14 of 91 engines. The detecting vendors included BitDefender, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, alphaMountain.ai, ADMINUSLabs, Chong Lua Dao, CRDF and CyRadar. Several of these run independent web-threat feeds, so the verdict does not rest on a single source. Spamhaus lists the domain in its DBL under the phishing category, and it is on the PhishDestroy blocklist.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Spaceship, Inc. on 2025-12-31, about nine months before it surfaced as a phishing page. That gap suggests it was held in reserve before the campaign went live. It was hosted on Zenlayer's network at an address located in Hong Kong, far from the Indian audience it targeted. The site stayed up for only about a day after detection.
What to do
If you entered your tax ID, identity numbers or bank login on this page, change your banking passwords and turn on two-factor authentication. Watch your accounts for unfamiliar activity. If you paid a "penalty" by card or UPI, contact your bank immediately to dispute the transaction, and report the fraud through India's national cybercrime reporting channels. Real tax notices arrive through official government portals, never through unfamiliar domains. Defenders should block schwbai.com and its hosting IP and search mail and proxy logs for earlier visits. They should also watch for similar Hindi-language government penalty lures, which often reappear on fresh domains.
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 01:16:45 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-09-27 22:59:07 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-09-27 22:59:07 UTC → 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTC · 65.26hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-09-29 07:37:01 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 · 3 identified
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Nginx
Web serversReverse proxies
Nginx is a web server that can also be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy and HTTP cache.
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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