88172-google.com is an impersonation phishing site that borrows the Google name, with a numeric prefix bolted onto the brand to look like a legitimate Google subdomain or service link. It targets people who trust anything carrying the Google name, including users who reach it through links aimed at crypto wallet holders. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-09-25. As of 2026-10-19 the domain still resolves, but its content is unreachable, so it can be reactivated at any time.
How the scam works
Schemes like this work by putting a familiar brand in the address bar and presenting a page that looks like an official Google sign-in or verification step. Victims who type their login details, recovery codes or other personal data hand them straight to the operator. The operator can then take over the Google account and any services tied to it, including email used to reset passwords elsewhere. The page title currently reads "Offline," while our classification is Google impersonation phishing.
Evidence
Fifteen of 92 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain as of 2026-10-07. The vendors include alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet and G-Data. That is a meaningful spread of independent vendors for a site this young. Google Safe Browsing lists it for social engineering, and urlscan.io returned a malicious verdict with Google detected as the imitated brand. It also appears on the MetaMask and SEAL blocklists alongside PhishDestroy's own, and Spamhaus DBL lists it as spam. Two AlienVault OTX threat pulses reference it as well.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Dynadot Inc on 2026-09-25, the same day PhishDestroy detected it. That timing points to a site set up for an immediate campaign rather than an established web presence. It is hosted at 217.60.76.92 on the Netiface America, Inc. network, located in the Netherlands. The Let's Encrypt certificate gives it a padlock icon, but that only means the connection is encrypted, not that the site is genuine.
What to do
If you entered your Google credentials on this domain, change your Google password immediately from the official Google account page. Then enable or reset two-factor authentication and sign out of all other sessions. Check your recovery email, recovery phone and connected third-party apps for changes you did not make. Also change the password on any other account that used the same password or relies on that Gmail address for resets. Defenders should block the domain and its hosting IP, and watch for similar numeric-prefix lookalikes of Google domains in mail and proxy logs.
등록 정보생성됨 2026년 9월 25일 (24d · Very New!)—Expires 2027년 9월 25일
기술 세부 정보Provenance & timestamps
최초 발견2026년 9월 25일
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026년 10월 9일score 100/1003 brand signals
Submitted URLhttp://88172-google.com/
Favicon Hash
Observed page title
Offline
Automated brand references
GeminiGoogleIcloud
TLS 인증서
발급자 Let's Encrypt / YR1· stored validity ends in 65 days
Network & certificates
Stored technical evidence
Network & DNS
Resolved IP
217.60.76.92
Network ASN
AS401626
Organization
10GIG.host
Observed location
Eygelshoven, NL
Server header
nginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu)
네임서버 1
ns2.dyna-ns.net
Location describes the IP network.
TLS 인증서
Issuer
Let's Encrypt / YR1
Valid from
2026-09-25 06:39:34
Valid until
2026-12-24 06:39:33
Hostname coverage
Certificate hostname mismatch
Validity
Within stored validity dates
Collection time
2026-09-25 22:02:03 UTC
Collection source
PhishDestroy collector
Certificate fingerprintf61e565865ead15af82fcc22945e133b69017d0e9d3c0b28bdaa288091cd4581Certificate names · 1 SANs
www.88172-google.com
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Hostnames retained in the domain record or Certificate Transparency cache. A hostname alone does not establish current availability or malicious activity.
www.88172-google.comDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
기술 · 3 identified
U
Ubuntu
Operating systems
Ubuntu is a free and open-source operating system on Linux for the enterprise server, desktop, cloud, and IoT.
Template-based draft · optional AI wording assistance requires separate consent
AI 지원 초안 - 사고 세부정보는 AI 제공업체에서 처리됩니다. · 직접 검토하고 제출하세요.
After a phishing incident
피해자를 위한 권고 사항 및 조언
Choose the steps that match what you shared. Keep a copy of this report alongside your own records.
지금 당장 어떻게 해야 할까요?
긴급
Stop using the suspicious site. Open the real service through its official app or an address you already trust.
모든 비밀번호 변경 — 이메일, 익스체인지 계정 등, 동일한 비밀번호를 사용하는 모든 것
2단계 인증 활성화 인증 앱(SMS 제외)을 사용합니다. SMS 기반 복구 기능을 비활성화하세요.
카드 동결 피싱 사이트에 은행 계좌 정보를 입력한 경우
보고서를 작성하기 위해 어떤 정보를 수집해야 할까요?
FBI 지침
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.
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 88172-google.com)
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.
지역 경찰 — 비록 당장 조치를 취할 수는 없더라도 공식 기록을 남깁니다
A report is not a guarantee of recovery or investigation, but prompt, accurate transaction data can help authorities and service providers trace the incident.
How do phishing scams typically work?
가짜 웹사이트 — 도메인을 약간만 변경한, 정식 사이트와 픽셀 단위로 완벽하게 일치하는 복제 사이트
pig butchering — Telegram·왓츠앱·데이트 앱을 통해 몇 주에 걸쳐 신뢰를 쌓은 뒤, 돈을 훔쳐갔다
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
앞으로 어떻게 하면 스스로를 지킬 수 있을까요?
공식 사이트 즐겨찾기 추가 — 이메일, DM 또는 광고에 포함된 링크는 절대 클릭하지 마세요
도메인 확인 — 확인하기 PhishDestroy 상호작용을 시작하기 전에 HTTPS, 맞춤법, 도메인 등록 기간을 확인하세요.
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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