usdc028.com is an impersonation phishing site whose domain uses the USDC stablecoin name plus a numeric suffix, a pattern built to look like an official or regional USDC service. It targets crypto users who hold or trade stablecoins. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-10-09. The site has been offline since 2026-10-14, with its content blocked at the provider level, and was still down at the last check on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
Impersonation pages like this borrow a trusted crypto brand to make a fake platform feel legitimate. The victim is then steered into whatever the operator wants: connecting a wallet and signing a transaction, entering login details or a recovery phrase, or depositing USDC into an account they will never be able to withdraw from. The page carried only the generic title "Home", which names no brand, while the domain itself is what invokes USDC. Victims typically lose the stablecoins they send or approve, along with any credentials typed into the site.
Evidence
Four of 92 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain as of 2026-10-13: Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, LevelBlue and SOCRadar. That is a small share, which is common for short-lived scam domains that are only scanned after they go live. Four AlienVault OTX threat pulses also reference it, so researchers outside PhishDestroy have independently tracked it. Among the blocklists we checked, only PhishDestroy lists it.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Gname.com Pte. Ltd. on 2025-12-29, more than nine months before PhishDestroy detected it. That gap suggests it was either held in reserve or ran for a long time before anyone reported it. Traffic passed through Cloudflare, Inc., which places the visible IP in Canada and hides the real origin server behind the proxy.
What to do
If you deposited USDC on this site, do not pay any "fee", "tax" or "unlock" charge to get it back. Those demands are a second round of the same theft. If you connected a wallet, revoke any token approvals granted during that session and move remaining funds to a fresh wallet if you signed anything unfamiliar. If you entered a seed phrase, treat that wallet as compromised and empty it immediately. If you reused a password there, change it everywhere and enable 2FA. Defenders should block the domain and watch for other domains that combine "usdc" with numbers, since operators often rotate through these variants.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Hostnames retained in the domain record or Certificate Transparency cache. A hostname alone does not establish current availability or malicious activity.
www.usdc028.comDomain record
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HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS.
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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
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