This domain hosts an impersonation phishing page that presents itself as a "USDC Approval Manager" for signature-based token approvals. It borrows the identity of Circle, the issuer of USDC, and is aimed at people who hold or move the stablecoin. The domain name copies the look of an Ethereum address so it seems technical and official. PhishDestroy first saw it on 2026-09-07. On 2026-10-19 the site was still alive and redirecting visitors.
How the scam works
The page claims to manage USDC approvals and asks visitors to connect a wallet and sign a message. Signature-based approvals can grant a third party permission to move tokens without an on-chain transaction from the victim. That makes a malicious signature easy to overlook. Once the attacker holds a valid permit, they can transfer the victim's USDC to their own address. Because the transfer uses an authorization the victim signed, it cannot be reversed afterward.
Evidence
On 2026-09-16, seven of 89 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft and SOCRadar. That is a minority of engines, but the other sources point the same way. urlscan.io rated the page malicious and recognized Circle branding on it. MetaMask and SEAL block the domain alongside PhishDestroy, and Spamhaus lists it in its DBL as phishing. It also appears in four AlienVault OTX threat pulses.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Name.com, Inc. on 2026-09-04, only three days before PhishDestroy detected it. That short gap is typical of a site set up quickly for a campaign. It runs on Google Cloud Platform in the United States. Its Let's Encrypt certificate gives it a padlock in the browser, which does nothing to make the site trustworthy.
What to do
If you signed anything on this page, open a token-approval checker and revoke every USDC allowance or permit you do not recognize. Then move your remaining funds to a fresh wallet, because an unused signed permit can still be redeemed later. If you only connected a wallet without signing, disconnect it and revoke the site's access. Never approve or sign token permissions from a link you did not reach through Circle's or your wallet's official channels. Defenders should block the domain at DNS and proxy level and add the Ethereum-address-style naming pattern to their phishing detection rules.
IP 평판abuse score 23/10092 reportsFraud OrdersPhishingOpen ProxyEmail SpamPort ScanHackingSpoofingBad Web BotExploited HostWeb App Attackchecked 2026년 10월 9일
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Latest HTTP observationRedirectingHTTP redirect observed80%2026-10-19 22:33:11 UTC
RDAP registration알 수 없음
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:33:11 UTC
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After a phishing incident
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긴급
Stop using the suspicious site. Open the real service through its official app or an address you already trust.
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카드 동결 피싱 사이트에 은행 계좌 정보를 입력한 경우
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FBI 지침
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Payment records — if you paid, save the receipt, amount, date, payment provider and recipient details.
정확한 날짜 및 시간 — 각 거래 내역 및 사기범과의 첫 접촉 시점
스크린샷 — 사기 웹사이트, 채팅 메시지, 이메일, 지갑 거래, 소셜 미디어
모든 URL 및 도메인 사기꾼이 사용한 (다음과 같은 것들을 포함하여 0x7779e91a46bd3a111194fa00ef25c82c373b3777.live)
커뮤니케이션 — 사기꾼이 사용한 이메일, 문자, 전화번호, 사용자 이름
비록 모든 세부 사항을 알지 못하더라도 — 어쨌든 신고를 하세요. 부분적인 정보라도 수사에 도움이 됩니다.
Your bank or payment provider — contact its fraud team promptly through official contact details if money or card information was exposed.
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How do phishing scams typically work?
가짜 웹사이트 — 도메인을 약간만 변경한, 정식 사이트와 픽셀 단위로 완벽하게 일치하는 복제 사이트
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회복 사기 — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
AI를 이용한 사기 — 딥페이크, 자동화된 피싱, AI로 생성된 사이트 등으로 인해 사기 행각을 적발하기가 더 어려워지고 있다
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