ABUSE NOTICE · 7D+ 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@bluehost.com.
The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 25 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.
smsteels.com is an impersonation phishing page that imitates ConstructConnect, the construction bidding and project-lead platform. Its likely targets are contractors, subcontractors and suppliers who expect bid invitations or project documents. PhishDestroy first flagged the domain on 2026-09-25, and as of 2026-10-19 it was still online and serving a redirect. Its page title belongs to S M Steels, an authorized dealer of TMT bars, beams and MS pipe, while our classification is ConstructConnect impersonation.
How the scam works
Lures that use the ConstructConnect name usually arrive as an email about a new bid opportunity, a shared plan set or an expiring project invitation. The link sends the recipient through a redirect to a page styled as a ConstructConnect login or document viewer, which asks for an email address and password before anything opens. Those credentials go to the attackers, who can use them to read business email, send fresh lures to the victim's contacts, or tamper with payment and invoice conversations.
Evidence
urlscan.io rated the site malicious and recognized ConstructConnect branding on the page. On VirusTotal, 6 of 92 engines flagged it as of 2026-10-07: Criminal IP, alphaMountain.ai, Chong Lua Dao, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft and SOCRadar. That is a small share, so many security tools will still let the site load. The domain also appears in 30 AlienVault OTX pulses, which shows other analysts have tied it to threat activity. PhishDestroy is currently the only blocklist listing it.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2008-01-24 through BigRock Solutions Ltd., more than eighteen years before it was flagged. That makes it a long-established domain carrying a steel dealer's name, not a fresh throwaway registration, which helps it get past filters that distrust new domains. It is hosted on Network Solutions, LLC in the US and uses a Let's Encrypt certificate. The padlock in the browser therefore says nothing about whether the site is legitimate.
What to do
If you entered a password on this page, change it right away, starting with your email account and any account that uses the same password. Then turn on app-based two-factor authentication. Review your mailbox for forwarding rules or sent messages you did not create, and warn colleagues and bidding partners in case lures were sent from your account. Confirm any change to payment or invoice details by phone with a number you already know. Security teams should block the domain at the mail gateway and proxy, search logs for clicks and logins after 2026-09-25, and report the redirect to the hosting provider.
発行者 Let's Encrypt / YR2· stored validity ends in 4 days
Network & certificates
Stored technical evidence
Network & DNS
Resolved IP
162.241.222.199
Network ASN
AS19871
Organization
Unified Layer
Observed location
Atlanta, US
Server header
Apache
ネームサーバー 4
dns1.bigrock.in
dns2.bigrock.in
dns3.bigrock.in
dns4.bigrock.in
Mail routing 5 MX records
aspmx.l.google.compriority 1
alt1.aspmx.l.google.compriority 5
alt2.aspmx.l.google.compriority 5
alt4.aspmx.l.google.compriority 10
alt3.aspmx.l.google.compriority 10
Location describes the IP network.
TLS証明書
Issuer
Let's Encrypt / YR2
Valid from
2026-07-27 05:38:23
Valid until
2026-10-25 05:38:22
Hostname coverage
Certificate hostname mismatch
Validity
Within stored validity dates
Collection time
2026-09-25 07:02:05 UTC
Collection source
PhishDestroy collector
Certificate fingerprint6cb4862857232f1abcebe33975dd027e4ac8c9815b6877a1b908318a096fa549Certificate names · 1 SANs
www.smsteels.com
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Latest HTTP observationRedirectingHTTP redirect observed80%2026-10-19 22:32:34 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:35:37 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.
Recorded subdomains1
Hostnames retained in the domain record or Certificate Transparency cache. A hostname alone does not establish current availability or malicious activity.
www.smsteels.comDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
使用技術 · 9 identified
Google Maps
Maps
Google Maps is a web mapping service. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° interactive panoramic views of streets, real-time traffic conditions, and route planning for traveling by foot, car, bicycle and air, or public transportation.
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.
Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services.
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.
Popper is a positioning engine, its purpose is to calculate the position of an element to make it possible to position it near a given reference element.
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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