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; 13 days 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.
zestprotocol.forum is an impersonation phishing page posing as Zest Protocol. It uses the real project's tagline as its page title: "Zest Protocol | The Bitcoin liquidity protocol." It targets people who lend, borrow or supply liquidity in Bitcoin DeFi and expect to reach the genuine app. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-10-07. As of 2026-10-19 the domain was still registered, but its DNS was no longer serving the page.
How the scam works
The site copies Zest Protocol's name and branding. The unusual .forum ending makes it look like a community or support hub rather than an obvious fake. Pages like this usually push visitors to "connect wallet" and then ask them to approve a transaction, sign a message, or type in a recovery phrase to "fix" or "claim" something. Any of those steps can hand an attacker control of the funds. A leaked seed phrase exposes the entire wallet, not just the assets held in the protocol.
Evidence
VirusTotal shows 9 of 92 engines flagging the domain as of 2026-10-11. The flagging vendors include alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft and Kaspersky. That is a modest count, but these are independent vendors reaching the same verdict within days. The crypto-focused blocklists carry more weight here: MetaMask, ScamSniffer and SEAL all list the domain alongside PhishDestroy, so many wallet users will see a warning before the page loads. Three AlienVault OTX threat pulses also reference it.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-10-06 through Spaceship, Inc., and PhishDestroy caught it the next day. That one-day gap fits a site built for a fast, short-lived campaign. Traffic passed through Cloudflare (AS13335, US), so the visible IP address belongs to Cloudflare's network, not the operator's actual server. A free automated Let's Encrypt certificate gave the page a padlock, which says nothing about whether the site is legitimate.
What to do
If you connected a wallet on zestprotocol.forum, open a token-approval checker for every chain you used and revoke any permissions granted around the time of your visit. If you signed a transaction you did not fully understand, or entered a seed phrase, assume the wallet is compromised. Create a new wallet and move your remaining assets to it right away. Reach Zest Protocol only through bookmarked or officially announced addresses, never through links in DMs, replies or search ads. Defenders should block the domain and watch for lookalike registrations that pair the Zest Protocol name with new top-level domains.
登録情報作成日 2026年10月6日 (14d · Very New!)—Expires 2027年10月6日
技術詳細Provenance & timestamps
初確認2026年10月7日
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026年10月9日score 100/1001 brand signal
Submitted URLhttp://zestprotocol.forum/
Favicon Hash
ケース ID
ICANN OVERSIGHT
認定と RAA の背景
Registrar accreditation and DNS abuse obligations
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 22:18:23 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-09 22:30:50 UTClast content: 2026-10-09 22:30:50 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-10-10 20:20:48 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-10-09 22:30:50 UTC → 2026-10-10 20:20:48 UTC · 21.83hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-10-10 09:25:49 UTC · precision medium · 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.
使用技術 · 4 identified
Google Tag Manager
Tag managers
Google Tag Manager is a tag management system (TMS) that allows you to quickly and easily update measurement codes and related code fragments collectively known as tags on your website or mobile app.
Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services.
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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