variationsal.io was an impersonation phishing page that presented itself under the bland title "Service Status". It mimicked an official status or verification screen, and urlscan.io matched its look to a generic Cloudflare-style template. It was listed by MetaMask and SEAL, which points to crypto wallet users as the intended audience. PhishDestroy first saw it on 2026-08-14, and the site has been offline since 2026-09-16, with its DNS still inactive as of 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
A "Service Status" page borrows the authority of an infrastructure or platform notice. It typically tells visitors that a service needs attention, a check must be passed, or an account must be re-verified, then steers them to the action the operator wants. On impersonation pages aimed at crypto users, that action is usually entering login details or a recovery phrase, or approving a wallet request. Whatever is handed over goes straight to the attacker.
Evidence
On 2026-09-15, 11 of 89 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain. The vendors included ChainPatrol, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet and G-Data, a mix of crypto-specific and general security vendors. urlscan.io returned a malicious verdict, and Spamhaus lists the domain in its DBL under the phishing category. Alongside PhishDestroy, the MetaMask and SEAL blocklists carry it, and three AlienVault OTX pulses reference it.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through GNAME.COM PTE. LTD. on 2026-08-11, only three days before PhishDestroy detected it. That gap fits a disposable domain stood up for a short campaign. Traffic ran through Cloudflare, Inc. on an address geolocated to Canada, which places the real origin server behind the proxy. The site went dark a day after the last VirusTotal check and did not come back.
What to do
If you entered a password on this page, change it right away on the real service and on any account that reuses it, then turn on app-based 2FA. If you typed a seed phrase, treat that wallet as compromised and move your funds to a new wallet with a fresh phrase. If you connected a wallet and signed anything, review and revoke token approvals with a trusted approval checker. Defenders should block the domain at DNS and proxy level and search mail and web logs for visits between 2026-08-11 and 2026-09-16.
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 01:18:54 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-09-15 22:25:11 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-10-15 20:22:19 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-09-15 22:25:11 UTC → 2026-10-01 01:51:14 UTC · 363.43hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-09-23 12:08:12 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
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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