variacharge.paytrakr.com is an impersonation phishing page built around a billing-style name, with "charge" in the subdomain and a payment-tracker sound to the parent domain. That framing targets people expecting an invoice, a subscription charge or a payment confirmation. PhishDestroy first saw it on 2026-09-24. The site has been offline since 2026-09-26, and its DNS was still inactive at the last check on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
Impersonation pages of this kind copy the look of a legitimate service so a visitor trusts the form in front of them. A payment-themed lure usually works through a message about an unexpected charge or a pending payment. It then pushes the victim to sign in, dispute the charge or confirm card details, and whatever is typed goes straight to the operators. The page title showed only the hostname itself, giving no visible brand name. The likely losses are account credentials, card numbers and any personal details the form requested.
Evidence
On 2026-09-25, a day after PhishDestroy flagged it, VirusTotal showed 14 of 91 engines marking the domain as malicious. The vendors included BitDefender, ESET, Fortinet, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, G-Data, Gridinsoft, CRDF and ADMINUSLabs. Several of these feed browser and endpoint protection, so many users would have been warned within days. PhishDestroy lists the domain on its own blocklist.
Infrastructure
The parent domain was registered through NAMECHEAP INC on 2025-08-14, more than a year before this subdomain was caught serving phishing. That gap suggests the domain was held or reused rather than set up for a single quick campaign. The page was hosted at 2.59.170.20 on the WorldStream B.V. network in the Netherlands. It went dark about two days after detection.
What to do
If you entered a password on this page, change it right away on the real service and anywhere else you reuse it, then turn on two-factor authentication. If you typed card details, call your bank to cancel the card and dispute any charges you don't recognize. Treat any follow-up email or call about a "charge" or "refund" as part of the same scam. Defenders should block the paytrakr.com domain and its subdomains, and search mail logs for messages that link to it. Check proxy and DNS logs for traffic to 2.59.170.20 around late September 2026 to find users who may have submitted data.
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 01:00:10 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-09-24 02:27:49 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-09-24 02:27:49 UTC → 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTC · 157.79hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-09-27 09:21:22 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.
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
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