americangirlsell.com is an impersonation phishing page whose name borrows the American Girl brand and adds "sell" to suggest an official or discount outlet. Its page title is simply "americangirlsell" and gives nothing away beyond that. It targets shoppers and collectors searching for the brand's products. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-10-01. On 2026-10-19 the server still responded, but the domain's DNS was no longer serving the page.
How the scam works
Brand-impersonation shops copy the look and wording of a real retailer, then push visitors through a convincing checkout. The victim gives up their name, address, email and card or other payment details. Usually nothing is ever shipped, and the stolen card data and contact details can be reused for further fraud. A domain that pairs a brand name with a word like "sell" is a common way to look legitimate in search results and social media ads.
Evidence
On 2026-10-03, 6 of 91 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain: CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, Netcraft, SOCRadar and URLQuery. That ratio is low, but six vendors with separate detection pipelines reached the same verdict on their own. The domain also appears in one AlienVault OTX threat pulse. Among blocklists, it is currently listed only by PhishDestroy.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Dynadot Inc on 2026-04-07, nearly six months before PhishDestroy detected it. That gap suggests it was bought in advance and left idle or used quietly before the campaign surfaced. It is hosted on the Malakmadze Web LLC network in Georgia (GE), which is unrelated to the brand it imitates. The free Let's Encrypt certificate gives it a padlock in the browser but says nothing about who runs the site.
What to do
If you entered card details on this site, call your bank right away to block the card and dispute any charges. Then watch your statements for small test transactions. If you reused a password from this site anywhere else, change it on those accounts and turn on two-factor authentication. Expect follow-up phishing emails or texts that use the name and address you entered. Defenders should block the domain and its hosting IP at mail and web gateways and report it to the brand owner's fraud team.
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026년 10월 9일score 83/1001 brand signal
Submitted URLhttp://americangirlsell.com/
Favicon Hash
Observed page title
americangirlsell
Automated brand references
Wordpress
TLS 인증서
발급자 Let's Encrypt / YR2· stored validity ends in 74 days
Network & certificates
Stored technical evidence
Network & DNS
Resolved IP
146.19.203.52
Network ASN
AS199242
Organization
malakmadze Malakmadze Web LLC, GE
Observed location
GE
Server header
nginx
네임서버 1
ns2.dyna-ns.net
Mail routing 1 MX record
parkmail.dynadot.compriority 0
Location describes the IP network.
TLS 인증서
Issuer
Let's Encrypt / YR2
Valid from
2026-10-04 16:42:47
Valid until
2027-01-02 16:42:46
Hostname coverage
Certificate hostname mismatch
Validity
Within stored validity dates
Collection time
2026-10-09 13:03:42 UTC
Collection source
PhishDestroy collector
Certificate fingerprintb368e1ed8b4ebc5811d20ae3648f58c0f2bd37eca5da23895940ef41b824fd54Certificate names · 1 SANs
www.americangirlsell.com
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Primary outcomeDNS 비활성reason: DNS NXDOMAIN80% confidence
Attributionsource: Dns Cache
Evidence layersAvailability: DNS inactiveContent: UnreachableDNS: NXDOMAINRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observation알 수 없음Probe Inconclusive20%2026-10-19 10:07:37 UTC
RDAP registration알 수 없음
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-12 10:08:57 UTClast content: 2026-10-12 10:08:57 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-10-12 20:20:57 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-10-12 10:08:57 UTC → 2026-10-12 20:20:57 UTC · 10.20hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-10-12 15:14:57 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.
Recorded subdomains1
Hostnames retained in the domain record or Certificate Transparency cache. A hostname alone does not establish current availability or malicious activity.
www.americangirlsell.comDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
기술 · 9 identified
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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 americangirlsell.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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