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@spaceship.com.
The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 13 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.
theindexfinance.cfd is an impersonation phishing page that poses as "The Index" and pitches the hook "hold it, get paid in stocks." It targets crypto users who might believe holding a token earns them equity-style rewards. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-10-07, the same day the domain was registered. As of 2026-10-19 the domain still responds, but its DNS no longer serves the phishing content.
How the scam works
The page title "The Index — hold it, get paid in stocks" sells a too-good-to-be-true reward: own the asset and receive stock payouts. Pages like this borrow a project's name to win trust. They then push visitors to connect a wallet, "claim" or "activate" rewards, or buy in. Each step can mean signing a transaction or token approval that lets the operators move funds, or sending crypto directly to them. Victims lose whatever they sent or approved, and the promised stock payouts never arrive.
Evidence
Four days after registration, on 2026-10-11, 15 of 92 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain. They included alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, Emsisoft, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data and Gridinsoft. The strongest signal comes from wallet-focused blocklists. Besides PhishDestroy, it is listed by MetaMask, ScamSniffer and SEAL, which means wallet users relying on those protections should see warnings.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Spaceship, Inc. on 2026-10-07 and detected within hours. That timing fits a disposable domain spun up for a short campaign. The cheap .cfd extension and a name built from "index" plus "finance" both fit that pattern. Traffic runs through Cloudflare, Inc. (188.114.96.3, geolocated to CA), so the real origin server is hidden behind the proxy.
What to do
If you connected a wallet or signed anything on this site, revoke its token approvals right away with a trusted approval checker. If you suspect a signature exposed more than one token, move remaining assets to a fresh wallet. Never enter a seed phrase on a page like this. If you already did, treat that wallet as compromised and empty it into a new one. If you sent funds, keep the transaction hashes and report them to your wallet provider and local authorities. Security teams should block the domain at DNS and proxy level and alert users to "get paid in stocks" lures that reuse The Index branding.
登録情報作成日 2026年10月7日 (13d · Very New!)—Expires 2027年10月7日
技術詳細Provenance & timestamps
初確認2026年10月7日
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026年10月9日score 100/1004 brand signals
IoC Extractionscanned 2026年10月8日19 wallet · 0 Telegram IoCs
Submitted URLhttp://theindexfinance.cfd/
Favicon Hash
ケース ID
SHORTDOTゾーン · 公開証拠.cfd
ShortDot zone evidence
The linked repository preserves daily zone observations across seven ShortDot-operated TLDs, including registration volume and abuse-related indicators. This registry context is supporting background and is not an independent detection for the domain in this report.
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 22:39:17 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-12 10:39:55 UTClast content: 2026-10-12 10:39:55 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-10-12 20:20:57 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-10-12 10:39:55 UTC → 2026-10-12 20:20:57 UTC · 9.68hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-10-12 15:30:26 UTC · precision medium · 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
Cloudflare Browser Insights
AnalyticsRUM
Cloudflare Browser Insights is a tool that measures the performance of websites from the perspective of users.
Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services.
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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