theflarenetwork.net is an impersonation phishing page built to pass as the official site of Flare, presenting itself under the title "Flare: The blockchain for data". It targets people who hold Flare assets or follow the project and land on what looks like the genuine homepage. PhishDestroy first saw it on 2026-09-06. The site has been offline since 2026-09-11 and was still dead, with no active DNS, when last checked on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
The domain adds a simple "the" to the brand name and swaps in a .net ending, so it reads naturally in a search result, ad or social post. The copied title and branding make the page look like the real project, which lowers a visitor's guard before the page makes its request. Fake Flare pages of this kind typically push a claim, airdrop, staking or "wallet sync" step that asks visitors to connect a wallet and sign transactions or enter a recovery phrase. Either action can hand control of the victim's tokens to the operators.
Evidence
urlscan.io rated the page malicious and recognised both Flare Network branding and generic crypto lures on it. On 2026-09-07, 12 of 89 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain, including alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, Emsisoft, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data and Gridinsoft. That is a modest share of engines, but the flags came from several unrelated vendors within a day of our detection. ScamSniffer lists it alongside PhishDestroy, Spamhaus DBL lists it as spam, and it appears in 4 AlienVault OTX threat pulses.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-08-29 through Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc. It was flagged eight days later and dropped offline five days after that. That short, disposable lifespan is common for impersonation campaigns that rotate domains once they are blocked. Traffic was served through Cloudflare, Inc. (IP geolocated to CA), so the address shown belongs to the proxy rather than the operators' own server.
What to do
If you connected a wallet to this site, review and revoke any token approvals or permissions you granted, and move remaining funds to a fresh wallet if you signed anything you did not fully understand. If you typed in a seed phrase or private key, treat that wallet as compromised and transfer assets out immediately. Reach Flare only through bookmarked official channels, not search ads or links in messages. Defenders should block the domain, check proxy and DNS logs for past visits, and watch for new lookalike registrations built on the Flare name.
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 01:13:39 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-09-07 22:14:39 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-09-07 22:14:39 UTC → 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTC · 546.00hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-09-19 07:14:47 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 · 4 identified
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セキュリティ
HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS.
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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.
