start-ledgrecom--eng.pages.dev is a phishing page impersonating Ledger, the hardware wallet maker. It presents itself as "Ledger.com Start® | Starting Up Your Device - Official Ledger Setup Guide" to reach people unboxing or initializing a new device. The subdomain misspells the brand as "ledgrecom" so that a quick glance reads as legitimate. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-09-07. The site has been offline since 2026-09-16, with the content blocked by the hosting provider, and it was still down at the last check on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
Fake "start" pages like this one exploit the moment a user is most likely to follow instructions without question: setting up a new hardware wallet. Pages of this kind typically walk the visitor through official-looking steps that end with a request to type in the 24-word recovery phrase or to install a counterfeit Ledger Live app. Once the phrase is entered, the attacker can rebuild the wallet on their own device and empty it. The hardware itself stays untouched, but every asset tied to that seed is lost.
Evidence
On 2026-09-17, ten of 89 VirusTotal engines classed the site as malicious, including ESET, Sophos, Fortinet, Netcraft, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, G-Data, Emsisoft and alphaMountain.ai. That is a modest share of engines, but the vendors flagging it are established names. urlscan.io returned a malicious verdict and identified Ledger as the brand being imitated. Besides PhishDestroy, the site appears on the MetaMask and SEAL blocklists, which protect wallet users directly.
Infrastructure
The page was deployed on Cloudflare Pages on 2026-08-05, about a month before PhishDestroy detected it. That gap suggests the site was prepared ahead of time instead of being thrown up and used at once. Traffic was served through Cloudflare's network, geolocated to Canada. Free hosting under a shared developer domain lets operators spin up branded-looking subdomains quickly. The same platform pulled the content nine days after detection.
What to do
If you typed your recovery phrase into this page, treat the wallet as compromised. Set up a fresh seed on a reset or new device and move any remaining funds there immediately. Ledger never asks for your recovery phrase on a website or in an app. If you installed software from the page, remove it and scan the machine before using it for crypto again. If you connected a hot wallet, review and revoke any token approvals it granted. Security teams should block this subdomain, watch for similarly misspelled Ledger lookalikes on shared hosting domains, and report new ones to the hosting platform.
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Phishing site impersonating Ledger: https://start-ledgrecom--eng.pages.dev/
Basis: a credential-harvesting or wallet-connect flow was confirmed on the live page; independently corroborated by 1 external source(s) (urlscan:verdict(score=100)). Hosted on Cloudflare Pages. First se
1 report filed for start-ledgrecom--eng.pages.dev (1 written by a person) · category: Phishing · source checked
“Phishing site impersonating Ledger: https://start-ledgrecom--eng.pages.dev/
Basis: a credential-harvesting or wallet-connect flow was confirmed on the live page; independently corroborated by 1 external source(s) (urlscan:verdict(score=100)). Hosted on Cloudflare Pages. First seen 2026-08-05 15:48:02; last confirmed live 2026-09-06 23:12:09.
The site was confirmed live at the time of reporting. Reported by an automated phishing-monitoring pipeline; official Ledger domains are excluded from rep”
— reported by Anonymous on Sep 7, 2026 · Source: ChainAbuse (TRM Labs) — full report and evidence there.
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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
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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
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