west-libertygroup.sbs is an impersonation phishing page that presented itself as "West Liberty | Secure Digital & Wealth Solutions," borrowing a respectable-sounding financial brand to target people looking to invest or manage digital assets. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-09-11. The site went offline that same day, and by 2026-10-19 its DNS no longer resolved.
How the scam works
A page branded as a secure wealth and digital-asset service is built to win trust quickly. Visitors are typically invited to open an account, submit identity details, and fund a balance in crypto or by bank transfer. Dashboards then show growing returns, and attempts to withdraw are met with new "fees," "taxes" or verification charges until the victim stops paying. Victims lose their deposits, any extra payments, and the personal and login data they entered, which can be reused in follow-up fraud.
Evidence
On 2026-09-11, 6 of 89 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain: Chong Lua Dao, Kaspersky, LevelBlue, SOCRadar, Webroot and desenmascara.me. That is a modest count. The vendors include a major antivirus company alongside dedicated anti-scam and threat-intelligence services, so the verdict does not rest on a single source. The domain also appears in three AlienVault OTX threat pulses, meaning other researchers tracked it independently. It is listed on the PhishDestroy blocklist.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-07-21 through HOSTINGER operations, UAB, about seven weeks before it was detected. That gap is consistent with a site that was set up, promoted and used over a short window. It used a cheap, disposable .sbs name with a hyphenated "group" suffix that mimics a corporate identity. The site was hosted on FranTech Solutions infrastructure in Luxembourg.
What to do
If you deposited funds through this site, stop all further payments, especially any "withdrawal fee" or account-unlock charge. Contact your bank or the exchange you sent crypto from, and keep transaction records and chat logs. If you reused a password there, change it everywhere and enable two-factor authentication. Be alert to identity misuse if you uploaded ID documents, and ignore anyone offering to "recover" your money for a fee. Security teams should block the domain and IP 198.251.84.236 and watch for lookalike West Liberty domains on low-cost TLDs.
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026年9月11日score 88/1002 brand signals
Submitted URLhttps://west-libertygroup.sbs/
ケース ID
SHORTDOTゾーン · 公開証拠.sbs
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 01:13:46 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-09-11 06:47:21 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-09-11 06:47:21 UTC → 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTC · 465.46hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-09-20 23:31:08 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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