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; 1 month 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.
thornvalelegal.com presents itself as a "National Crypto Helpline" and promises, in Russian, the return of funds lost to crypto fraud. The domain name suggests a law firm, and the site is aimed at people who have already been scammed and are looking for help. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-09-17. As of 2026-10-19 the site was still online and serving its content.
How the scam works
The page title translates to "Return of funds after crypto fraud." This is the setup of a recovery scam, which preys on victims a second time. These operations typically pose as an official helpline or legal service and claim they can trace stolen coins or force a refund. They then ask for upfront payments described as fees, taxes, deposits or "unlocking" charges. Some also collect passport scans, exchange logins or wallet seed phrases. Victims lose whatever they pay, and any identity documents or credentials they hand over can be reused against them. No funds are ever recovered.
Evidence
Seven of 91 VirusTotal engines flag the domain as of 2026-09-29: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky and SOCRadar. That count is modest, so many browsers and filters will not warn visitors. MetaMask and SEAL list the domain alongside PhishDestroy, which is independent confirmation from the wallet-security community. It also appears in four AlienVault OTX threat pulses.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Spaceship, Inc. on 2026-09-09, only eight days before PhishDestroy detected it. That short gap fits a site built to start working quickly. It is hosted in the United States on DigitalOcean, LLC at 137.184.215.29. The free Let's Encrypt certificate gives the page a padlock, but this proves nothing about who runs it.
What to do
Do not pay any recovery, legal or release fee requested through this site or by anyone who contacted you from it. If you already paid, contact your bank or card issuer at once to dispute the transaction, and report the loss to the police with your payment receipts and chat logs. If you sent identity documents, watch for identity misuse and alert your bank. If you shared an exchange password or seed phrase, change the password and enable 2FA, or move your funds to a new wallet immediately. Defenders should block the domain and its hosting IP and treat unsolicited "fund recovery" outreach to fraud victims as a scam indicator.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Evidence layersAvailability: Content servingContent: Content served at rootDNS: ResolvedRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observationコンテンツ公開中Ordinary HTTP content served90%2026-10-19 22:25:28 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:35:39 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 22:25:28 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.
使用技術 · 5 identified
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Sentry
Issue trackers
Sentry is an open-source platform for workflow productivity, aggregating errors from across the stack in real time.
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.
