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.
wintergatelegal.com presents itself as the "National Crypto Helpline — Recover Funds Lost to Crypto Fraud" under a name styled like a law firm. PhishDestroy classifies it as an impersonation phishing page. It targets people who have already been scammed, offering them a path back to their money. We first flagged it on 2026-09-17, and the site was still online with its content live on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
This is a recovery scam. A victim searching for help after a theft finds what looks like an official helpline or legal service and is told their funds can be traced and returned. The catch usually follows quickly: an upfront retainer, a "tracing fee", taxes or release charges, sometimes paid in crypto. These schemes often also ask for identity documents, exchange logins or wallet seed phrases. The victim loses money a second time, and anything they hand over can be used for further theft or identity fraud.
Evidence
Nine of 91 engines on VirusTotal flagged the domain as of 2026-09-29, including ESET, Kaspersky, Fortinet, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, CRDF, Gridinsoft, alphaMountain.ai and Bfore.Ai PreCrime. That count is modest, but several established vendors agree. Spamhaus lists it in its domain blocklist as phishing (DBL_PHISH), and it is blocked by MetaMask and SEAL alongside PhishDestroy. Four AlienVault OTX threat pulses reference it, so other researchers are tracking it as well.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-09-05 through Spaceship, Inc., just 12 days before we detected it. A brand-new domain posing as an established national helpline is a strong red flag on its own. It is hosted on DigitalOcean, LLC servers in the US and uses a free Let's Encrypt certificate, so the padlock in the browser says nothing about whether the service is legitimate.
What to do
If you contacted this site, stop all payments. Real recovery services and authorities do not demand upfront fees to return stolen crypto. If you already paid by card or bank transfer, contact your bank immediately to dispute it. Report the original theft and this contact to your police and national fraud reporting body. If you shared ID documents, watch for identity misuse. If you gave out a seed phrase or exchange login, move your remaining funds to a new wallet and change passwords and 2FA. Uninstall any remote-access software they had you install. Defenders should block the domain and its DBL_PHISH listing at mail and web gateways, and warn fraud-victim support channels about fake helpline recovery offers.
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 22:33:17 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:35:40 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 22:33:17 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.
